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 TELECOMMUNICATION CONVE~TION. DECEMBER 9, 1932. § 5. If more than two parties are involved, each group of plaintiffs or of defendants shall appoint an arbitrator, observing the same procedure as in § 4. § 6. The two arbitrators thus appointed shall agree in designating an umpire who, if the arbitrators are individuals and not govern- ments or administrations, must not be of the same nationality as either of them or either of the parties involved. Failing an agreement of the arbitrators as to the choice of the umpire, each arbitrator shall propose an umpire in no way concerned in the dispute. Lots shall then be drawn between the umpires proposed. The drawing of lots shall be done by the Bureau of the Union. § 7. Finally, the parties in dispute shall have the right to have their disagreement settled by a single arbitrator. In this case, either they shall agree on the choice of the arbitrator, or the latter shall be designated in conformity with the method indicated in § 6. § 8. The arbitrators shall be free to decide on the procedure to be followed. § 9. Each party shall bear the expenses it shall have incurred in the investigation of the dispute. The cost of the arbitration shall be apportioned equally among the parties involved. ARTICLE 16 International Oonsulting Oommittees 2405 § 1. Consulting committees may be formed for the purpose of Sllm15:01, 19 November 2014 (UTC)ttflD' studying questions relating to the telecommunication services. § 2. The number, composition, duties, and functioning of these committees are defined in the Regulations annexed to the present Convention. ARTICI.E 17 Bureau oj the Union § 1. A central office, called the Bureau of the International Tele- re!TarmstroBot (talk)mr.uonaJ Bu- communication Union, shall function under the conditions stated FUnctiOllll, ete. hereinafter: § 2. (1) In addition to the work and operations provided for by the various other articles of the Convention and of the Regulations, the Bureau of the Union shall be charged with: (a) work preparatory to and following conferences, in which it shall be represented in an advisory capacity; (6) providing, in cooperation with the organizing administration involved, the secretariat of conferences of the Union, as well as, when so requested or when so prO\ided for by the Regulations annexed to the present Convention, the secre- tariat of meetings of committees appointed by the Union or placed under the auspices of the latter; (c) issuing such publications as will be found generally useful between two conferences.