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 ol Ai.j . ML ,TILA'1TERAL--UNESCO-SEPT. 30, 1946 2503 of their resources and activities to this Organisation, the Director- General, subject to the approval of the Conference, may enter into mutually acceptable arrangements for this purpose. 3. This Organisation may make appropriate arrangements with other intergovernmental organisations for reciprocal representation at meetings. 4. The United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organisa- tion may make suitable arrangements for consultation and co-opera- tion with nongovernmental international organisations concerned with matters within its competence, and may invite them to under- take specific tasks. Such co-operation may also include appropriate participation by representatives of such organisations on advisory committees set up by the General Conference. ARTICLE XII. Legal status of the Organisation The provisions of Articles 104 and 105 of the Charter of the United b 9Stat. 1063. Nations Organisation concerning the legal status of that Organisation, its privileges and immunities shall apply in the same way to this Organisation. ARTICLE XIII. Amendments 1. Proposals for amendments to this Constitution shall become effective upon receiving the approval of the General Conference by a two-thirds majority; provided, however, that those amendments which involve fundamental alterations in the aims of the Organisation or new obligations for the Member States shall require subsequent acceptance on the part of two-thirds of the Member States before they come into force. The draft texts of proposed amendments shall be communicated by the Director-General to the Member States at least six months in advance of their consideration by the General Conference. 2. The General Conference shall have power to adopt by a two-thirds majority rules of procedure for carrying out the provisions of this Article. ARTICLE XIV. Interpretation 1. The English and French texts of this Constitution shall be regarded Authoritative texts. as equally authoritative. 2. Any question or dispute concerning the interpretation of this Constitution shall be referred for determination to the International Court of Justice or to an arbitral tribunal, as the General Conference may determine under its rules of procedure. I·1L_1

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