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 1741 59 STAT.] MULTILATERAL-TRANSPORT ORGANIZATION-SEPT. 27,1945 Organisation shall concert arrangements for the establishment of regional and local offices with the Member Governments in whose ter- ritory the offices are situated and/or in appropriate cases in agreement with the Allied Commander-in-Chief concerned. The Council. 2. Each member Government shall name one representative and such alternates as may be necessary upon the Council. The Council shall, for each of its sessions, select one of its members to preside. The Council shall determine its own rules of procedure. Unless otherwise provided in this Agreement or by action of the Council, the Council shall vote by simple majority. 3. The Council shall be convened in regular session not less than twice a year by the Executive Board. It may be convened in special session whenever the Executive Board shall deem necessary and shall be convened within thirty days after request by one-third of the mem- bers of the Council. 4. The Council shall perform the functions assigned to it under this Agreement and review the work of the Organisation generally to ensure its conformity with the broad policies determined by the Council. The Executive Board. 5. The Executive Board shall consist of seven members who shall be appointed by the Council. These seven members shall include one member nominated by each of the following Governments: the Pro- visional Government of the French Republic and the Governments of the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics, the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland and the United States of America. Each member of the Executive Board shall be provided with an alternate similarly selected, who shall act only in the absence of the member of the Executive for whom he is the alternate. The members and their alternates shall be appointed for not longer than one year. The Executive Board shall choose its own Chairman, sub- ject to confirmation by the Council. 6. The Executive Board shall perform the executive functions as- signed to the Organisation within the framework of the broad policies determined by the Council. It shall act in accordance with the rul- ing of the majority of its members. It shall present to the Council such reports on the performance of its functions as the Council may require. 7. The Executive Board shall appoint a chief officer who shall direct under its supervision the technical and administrative work of the Organisation in conformity with the policies of the Council and the Executive Board as determined by their decisions. This officer shall appoint the staff at headquarters and at regional and local offices, subject to the approval of the Executive Board, taking into account the exigencies of the various branches of transport concerned. The responsibilities of the chief officer and staff shall be exclusively inter- national in character.

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