Page:United States Statutes at Large Volume 59 Part 2.djvu/839

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1522 INTERNATIONAL AGREEMENTS OTHER THAN TREATIES [59 STAT. have full power and authority to carry out the duties as- signed to him by the Council. The Secretary General shall make periodic reports to the Council covering the progress of the Secretariat's activities. The Secretary General shall appoint the staff of the Secretariat. He shall likewise appoint the secretariat and staff necessary to the functioning of the Assembly, of the Council, and of Committees or such working groups as are mentioned in the present Agreement or may be constituted pursuant thereto. ARTICLE V FINANCES Each member State shall bear the expenses of its own delegation to the Assembly and the salary, travel and other expenses of its own delegate on the Council and of its representatives on committees or subsidiary working groups. Contributions The expenses of the organization shall be borne by the member States in proportions to be decided by the As- sembly. Funds shall be advanced by each member State to cover the initial expenses of the Organization. sfspenanial The Assembly may suspend the voting power of any delinquency member State that fails to discharge, within a reasonable period, its financial obligations to the Organization. ARTICLE VI SPECIAL DUTIES The Organization shall also carry out the functions placed upon it by the International Air Services Transit Agreement and by the International Air Transport Agreement drawn up at Chicago on December 7,1944, in accordance with the terms and conditions therein set forth. Members of the Assembly and the Council who have not accepted the International Air Services Transit Agreement [2] or the International Air Transport Agree- ment [3] drawn up at Chicago on December 7, 1944 shall not have the right to vote on any questions referred to the Assembly or Council under the provisions of the relevant Agreements. ARTcLE VII TRANSFER OF FUNCTIONS, RECORDS, AND PROPERTY The exercise of any functions which shall have been herein assigned to the Provisional Organization shall ' [International Civil Aviation Conference, Chicago, Illinois, November 1 to December 7, 1944, Final Act and Related Docu- ments, pp . 87-90.] '[Ibid., pp. 91-95.]