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 62 STAT.] MULTILATERAL--CARIBBEAN COMMISSION-OCT. 30, 1946 2621 Article X The Conference The Conference shall be an auxiliary body of the Commission. The continuity of its existence shall be ensured by means of regular sessions. Article XI Composition of the Conference 1. Each territorial government shall be entitled to send to each session of the Conference not more than two delegates and as many advisers as it may consider necessary. 2. Delegates to the Conference shall be appointed for each territory in accordance with its constitutional procedure. The duration of Duration of appoint- their appointments shall be determined by the appointing govern- ments. Article XII Functions of the Conference The sessions of the Conference shall provide a regular means of consultation with and between the delegates from the territories on matters of common interest within the terms of reference of the Com- mission as described in Article IV hereof, and shall afford the oppor- Ant t , . 2819. tunity to present to the Commission recommendations on such matters. Article XIII Meetings of the Conference 1. The Commission shall convene the Conference at least bien- nially, on such date as the Commission shall decide. The location of each session of the Conference, which shall be in one of the territories, shall be selected in rotation according to English alphabetical order of the Member Governments. 2. The Chairman of each session of the Conference shall be the Charman. Chairman of the national section of the Commission in whose territory the session is held. Article XIV Central Secretariat 1. The Commission shall establish, at a place within the Caribbean area to be agreed upon by the Member Governments, a Central Secretariat to serve the Commission and its auxiliary bodies. 2. A Secretary-General and a Deputy Secretary-General shall be Appointmentof se retary-Oeneral, etc. appointed by the Commission under such terms and conditions as it shall prescribe. On the occurrence of a vacancy in the office of Sec- retary-General the position shall not be filled, except for special reasons approved by the Commission, by a candidate of the same nationality as the outgoing Secretary-General, regard being had to the desirability of continuity in the administration of the Commis- sion's business. It shall, however, be open to the Commission at its

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