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 2500 INTERNATIONAL AGREEMENTS OTHER THAN TREATIES [61 STAT. and executive duties of the Board. It shall also have regard to the diversity of cultures and a balanced geographical distribution. Not more than one national of any Member State shall serve on the Board at any one time, the President of the Conference excepted. 3. The elected members of the Executive Board shall serve for a term of three years, and shall be immediately eligible for a second term, but shall not serve consecutively for more than two terms. At the first election eighteen members shall be elected of whom one third shall retire at the end of the first year and one third at the end of the second year, the order of retirement being determined immediately after the election by the drawing of lots. Thereafter six members shall be elected each year. 4. In the event of the death or resignation of one of its members, the Executive Board shall appoint, from among the delegates of the Mem- ber State concerned, a substitute, who shall serve until the next session of the General Conference which shall elect a member for the remainder of the term. B. Functions 5. The Executive Board, acting under the authority of the General Conference, shall be responsible for the execution of the programme adopted by the Conference and shall prepare its agenda and programme of work. 6. The Executive Board shall recommend to the General Conference the admission of new Members to the Organisation. 7. Subject to decisions of the General Conference, the Executive Board shall adopt its own rules of procedure. It shall elect its officers from among its members. 8. The Executive Board shall meet in regular session at least twice a year and may meet in special session if convoked by the Chairman on his own initiative or upon the request of six members of the Board. 9. The Chairman of the Executive Board shall present to the General Conference, with or without comment, the annual report of the Director-General on the activities of the Organisation, which shall have been previously submitted to the Board. 10. The Executive Board shall make all necessary arrangements to consult the representatives of international organisations or qualified persons concerned with questions within its competence. 11. The members of the Executive Board shall exercise the powers delegated to them by the General Conference on behalf of the Con- ference as a whole and not as representatives of their respective Governments. ARTICLE VI. Secretariat 1. The Secretariat shall consist of a Director-General and such staff as may be required. 2. The Director-General shall be nominated by the Executive Board and appointed by the General Conference for a period of six years,

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