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 63 STAT.] MULTILATERAL-TELECOMMUNICATIONS-OCT. 2, 1947 2. One year before this date, in the case of an ordinary conference, and at least six months before in the case of an extraordinary confer- ence, the inviting Government shall send invitations to the Members and Associate Members of the Union, which may communicate the invitation to the private operating agencies recognized by them. The inviting Government, in agreement with the Administrative Council, shall itself send a notification to the international organizations which may be interested in this conference. 3. The replies of the invited Members and Associate Members, re- garding the Delegations of Governments and the representatives of recognized private operating agencies, must reach the inviting Gov- ernment at the latest one month before the date of the opening of the conference. 4. (1) Applications made by international organizations for ad- mission to the conferences must be sent to the inviting Gov- ernment within a period of two months from the date of the notification as provided in paragraph 2. (2) Four months before the meeting of the conference, the in- viting Government shall forward to the Members and Asso- ciate Members the list of international organizations which have made application to take part in the conference, in- viting them to state, within a period of two months, whether or not these applications should be granted. 5. The following shall be admitted to Administrative conferences: a) Delegations as defined in the Annex 2 to the Convention; Ante,p .1483. b) Representatives of recognized private operating agencies; c) Observers of international organizations if at least half of the Members whose replies have been received within the period prescribed in paragraph 4 have pronounced favourably. 6. Any admission of other international organizations to a confer- ence shall be subject to a decision of the conference itself, taken at the first session of the Plenary Assembly. 7. The provisions of paragraphs 4, 5, 6 and 7 of Chapter 1 of the General Regulations are applicable to Administrative Conferences. Anse,p . 149 Chapter 3 Voting at Conferences 1. Each Member of the Union shall have one vote in accordance with Article 1 of the Convention. An, p. 1409. 2. (1) Each delegation shall present credentials. In the case of a crdntis-. plenipotentiary conference, these must be full powers signed by the Head of the Government or by the Minister of Foreign Affairs of the Member of the Union concerned. (2) A special committee shall verify the credentials of each delegation during the first week of the conference. 1497

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