Agreement for Controlling the Desert Locust in the Eastern Region of its Distribution Area in South-West Asia

 

Article VI

OBSERVERS AND CONSULTANTS

1. Participation of International Organizations in the work of
the Commission and the relations between the Commission and such
organizations shall be governed by the relevant provisions of the
Constitution and the General Rules of the Organization as well as
by the rules on relations with International Organizations
adopted by the Conference or Council of the Organization. All
such relations shall be dealt with by the Director-General of the
Organization.

2. Member Nations and Associate Members of the Organization that
are not Members of the Commission may, upon their request, be
represented by an observer at sessions of the Commission and of
its subsidiary bodies.

3. States which, while not Members of the Commission nor Members
or Associate Members of the Organization, are Members of the
United Nations, any of its Specialized Agencies or the
International Atomic Energy Agency may, upon request and subject
to the concurrence of the Executive Committee and to the
Provisions relating to the granting of observer status to nations
adopted by the Conference of the Organization, be invited to
attend sessions of the Commission and its subsidiary bodies in an
observer capacity.

4. The Commission may invite consultants or experts to attend its
sessions.

Article VII

SECRETARIAT

The Director-General of the Organization shall provide the
Secretary and staff of the Commission who, for administrative
purposes, shall be responsible to him. They shall be appointed
under the same terms and conditions as the staff of the
Organization.

Article VIII

THE EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE

1. An Executive Committee shall be established and shall be
composed of one representative (preferably a locust specialist)
of each of the Members of the Commission. The Chairman and
Vice-Chairman of the Executive Committee shall be elected from
amongst its Members and shall hold office for one year. They
shall be eligible for re-election .

2. The Executive Committee shall meet at least once between any
two successive regular Sessions of the Commission. The Chairman
of the Executive Committee shall, in consultation with the
Director-General of the Organization, convene Sessions of the
Committee.

3. The Secretary of the Commission shall act as Secretary of the
Executive Committee.

Article IX

FUNCTIONS OF THE EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE

The Executive Committee shall:

a) make proposals to the Commission concerning policy matters and
the programme of activities;

b) ensure the implementation of the policies and programmes
approved by the Commission;

c) submit draft programmes of work and budget and annual accounts
to the Commission;

d) prepare the draft annual report on the activities of the
Commission for the approval of the Commission with the view of
its transmission to the Director-General of the Organization.

e) carry out such other functions as the Commission may delegate
to it.

Article X

RULES OF PROCEDURE AND FINANCIAL REGULATIONS

The Commission may, by a two-thirds majority of its membership,
adopt and amend its own Rules of Procedure and Financial
Regulations which shall be consistent with the General Rules and
the Financial Regulations respectively of the Organization. The
Rules of Procedure and Financial Regulations of the Commission
and any amendment thereto shall come into force upon approval by
the Director-General of the Organization, and as from the date of
such approval, the Financial Regulations and amendments thereto
being subject to confirmation by the Council of the Organization.

Article XI

SUBSIDIARY BODIES

1. The Commission may, if necessary, establish sub-commissions,
committees or working parties, subject to the availability of the
necessary funds in the relevant chapters of the approved budgets
of the Commission and of the Organization. The determination of
such availability shall be made by the Director-General of the
Organization. Before taking any decision involving expenditure in
connection with the establishment of subsidiary bodies, the
Commission shall have before it a report from the
Director-General on the administrative and financial implications
thereof.

2. Sessions of sub-commissions, committees and working parties
shall be convened by the Chairman of such bodies in consultation
with the Director-General of the Organization.

3. Membership in subsidiary bodies shall either be open to all
Members of the Commission or shall consist of selected Members of
the Commission, or of individuals appointed in their personal
capacity, as determined by the Commission.

4. The procedure of subsidiary bodies shall be governed mutatis
mutandis by the Rules of Procedure of the Commission.

Article XII

FINANCE

1. Each Member of the Commission undertakes to contribute
annually its share of the Budget in accordance with a scale of
contributions to be adopted by a two-thirds majority of the
membership of the Commission. The contributions of the Members of
the Commission shall initially, be calculated on the basis of the
financial contributions worked out in respect of the Members in
connection with the United Nations Special Fund Desert Locust
Project, subject to such modifications as may be determined by
the Commission as the result of acceptances of the Agreement in
addition to those provided for in Article XX of the Agreement.

2. Contributions by Members may be made partly in cash and partly
in kind, the proportion of each being determined by the
Commission. For budgetary purposes, the cash value of
contributions in kind shall be calculated by such means as the
Commission may decide.

3. The Commission may also accept contributions and donations
from other sources.

4. Contributions shall be payable in currencies to be determined
by the Commission after consultation with each Member and with
the concurrence of the Director-General of the Organization.

5. All contributions and donations received shall be placed in a
Trust Fund administered by the Director-General of the
Organization in conformity with the Financial Regulations of the
Organization.

 

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