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 INTERNATIONAL AGREEMENTS OTHER THAN TREATIES [61 STAT. ARTICLE II. Membership 1. Membership of the United Nations Organisation shall carry with it the right to membership of the United Nations Educational, Scien- tific and Cultural Organisation. 2. Subject to the conditions of the agreement between this Organi- sation and the United Nations Organisation, approved pursuant to Post p.2502. Article X of this Constitution, States not members of the United Nations Organisation may be admitted to membership of the Organi- sation, upon recommendation of the Executive Board, by a two- thirds majority vote of the General Conference. 3. Members of the Organisation which are suspended from the exercise of the rights and privileges of membership of the United Nations Organisation shall, upon the request of the latter, be sus- pended from the rights and privileges of this Organisation. 4. Members of the Organisation which are expelled from the United Nations Organisation shall automatically cease to be members of this Organisation. ARTICLE III. Organs The Organisation shall include a General Conference, an Executive Board and a Secretariat. ARTICLE IV. The General Conference A. Composition 1. The General Conference shall consist of the representatives of the States Members of the Organisation. The Government of each Mem- ber State shall appoint not more than five delegates, who shall be selected after consultation with the National Commission, if estab- lished, or with educational, scientific and cultural bodies. B. Functions 2. The General Conference shall determine the policies and the main lines of work of the Organisation. It shall take decisions on pro- grammes drawn up by the Executive Board. 3. The General Conference shall, when it deems it desirable, summon international conferences on education, the sciences and humanities and the dissemination of knowledge. 4. The General Conference shall, in adopting proposals for submission to the Member States, distinguish between recommendations and international conventions submitted for their approval. In the former case a majority vote shall suffice; in the latter case a two-thirds majority shall be required. Each of the Member States shall submit recommendations or conventions to its competent authorities within a period of one year from the close of the session of the General Conference at which they were adopted. 2498

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