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 INTERNATIONAL AGREEMENTS OTHER THAN TREATIES [62 STAT. Organization during the preced- ing year and shall give a full account of the activities of the Organization during that period. These reports shall be submitted to the Executive Committee for consideration, and thereafter shall be transmitted to the General Council together with any com- ments of the Executive Committee thereon, as provided by para- graph 6 of article 7 of this Con- stitution. (b) At every special session of the General Council the Director- General shall present a statement of the work of the Organization since the last meeting. ARTICLE 9 STAFF 1. The paramount considera- tion in the employment of the staff and in the determination of the conditions of service shall be the necessity of securing the highest standards of efficiency, competence and integrity. A fur- ther consideration in the em- ployment of the staff shall be adherence to the principles laid down in the present Constitution. Due regard shall be paid to the importance of recruiting staff on an appropriate geographical basis, and of employing an adequate number of persons from the coun- tries of origin of the displaced persons. 2. No person shall be employed by the Organization who is ex- cluded under Part II, other than paragraph 5, of Annex I to this Constitution, from becoming the concern of the Organization. 3. In the performance of their duties, the Director-General and the staff shall not seek or receive instructions from any Govern- ment or from any other au- thority external to the Organiza- tion. They shall refrain from any action which might reflect on their position as international officials responsible only to the Organization. Each member of the Organization undertakes to respect the exclusively interna- tional character of the respon- sibilities of the Director-General and the staff and not to seek to influence them in the discharge of their responsibilities. ARTICLE 10 FINANCE 1. The Director-General shall submit, through the Executive Committee, to the General Coun- cil an annual budget, covering the necessary administrative, opera- tional and large-scale re-settle- ment expenditures of the Organ- ization, and from time to time such supplementary budgets as may be required. The Execu- tive Committee shall transmit the budget to the General Council with any remarks it may deem appropriate. Upon final approval of a budget by the General Council, the total under each of these three headings-to wit, "administra- tive", "operational" and "large- scale re-settlement"-shall be allo- cated to the members in proportions for each heading to be determined from time to time by a two-thirds majority vote of the members of the General Council present and voting. 2. Contributions shall be paya- ble, as a result of negotiations un- dertaken at the request of mem- bers between the Organization and such members, in kind or in such currency as may be provided for in a decision by the General Coun- Post,p. 3052 . 3044

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