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 INTERNATIONAL AGREEMENTS OTHER THAN TREATIES [62 STAT. Article II Organmration 1. Each member Government shall be represented at meetings of the Council by a single delegate, who may be accompanied by an alternate and by experts and advisers. Participation in meetings of the Council by alternates, experts and advisers shall not entail the right to vote, except in the case of an alternate who is acting in the place of a delegate during his absence. 2. Each member Government shall have one vote. Decisions of the Council shall be taken by a simple majority of the votes cast, except as otherwise provided by this Agreement. A majority of the total membership of the Council shall constitute a quorum. 3. The Council shall elect a Chairman and a Vice-Chairman. 4. The Council shall determine the frequency, dates and place of its meeting and establish rules governing its procedure. 5. The chairman shall call a meeting of the Council at least once in every year, unless directed otherwise by a majority of the member Governments. The initial meeting shall be called by the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations within six months Post, p. 3715. after the entry into force of this Agreement. and at such place as it may designate. 6. The seat of the Council shall be at the seat of the Regional Office of the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations most conveniently situated within the area defined in Article IV. Pending the establishment of such a Regional Office, the Council shall select a temporary seat within that area. 7. The Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations shall provide the Secretariat for the Council and shall appoint its Secretary. Article III Functions The Council shall have the following functions and duties: a. To formulate the oceanographical, biological and other technical aspects of the problems of development and proper utilization of living aquatic resources; b. To encourage and coordinate research and the application of improved methods in every day practices; c. To assemble, publish or otherwise disseminate oceanographical, biological and other technical information relating to living aquatic resources; d. To recommend to member Governments such national or coop- erative research and development projects as may appear neces- sary or desirable to fill gaps in such knowledge; e. To undertake, where appropriate, cooperative research and devel- opment projects directed to this end; 3712

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