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 63 STAT.] MULTILATERAL-TELECOMMUNICATIONS-OCT. 2, 1947 (Chapter IV, art. le1 ) (-4) shall reach their decisions on frequency assignments (see 285) solely on an engineering basis. 299 However, for the more effective understanding of the problems coming before the Board under provision 286, each member shall be familiar with geographic, economic and demographic conditions within a particular area of the world. 300 (4) The members of the Board shall serve, not as repre- sentatives of their respective countries, or of a region, but as custodians of an international public trust. 301 (5) No member of the Board shall request or receive instructions relating to the exercise of his duties from any government or a member thereof or from any public or private organization or person. Furthermore, each member of the Union must respect the international character of the Board and of the functions of its members and shall refrain from any attempt to influence any of them in the performance of their functions. 302 No member of the Board nor any of its staff may take any part or have any financial interest whatsoever in any branch of telecommunication." 303 § 4. (1) Members of the Board shall be elected by each ordi- nary Administrative Radio Conference according to the pro- cedure established by that Conference. 304 (2) Members of the Board elected by said Conference shall take up their duties on the date determined by that Con- ference. They shall remain in office until the members elected by the following Conference have taken up their duties. 302.1 " The term "financial interest" is not to be construed as applying to the continuation of retirement benefits aeeruing in respect of previous e- ployment or services. 1719

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