60 STAT.] MULTILATERAL--INTER-AMERICAN SYSTEM-MAR . 8,1945 Pan American Union, unless there should be held in the same year an International Conference of American States pursuant to the preceding article. The next regular Meeting of the Ministers of Foreign Affairs shall be held in 1947. The Meetings shall be charged with taking decisions on problems of great urgency and importance concerning the inter-American system and with regard to situations and disputes of every kind which may disturb the peace of the American Republics. If, under exceptional circumstances, a Minister of Foreign Affairs should be unable to attend, he may be represented by a special delegate. 3. The Governing Board of the Pan American Union shall be com- Compos Governing posed of one ad hoc delegate designated by each of the American Pan Americ Republics, which delegates shall have the rank of Ambassadors and shall enjoy the corresponding privileges and immunities, but shall not be part of the diplomatic mission accredited to the government of the country in which the Pan American Union has its seat. This provision shall take effect at the expiration of the present period of sessions of the existing Board. 4. In addition to its present functions the Governing Board of tioAnio the Pan American Union Board. a) Shall take action, within the limitations imposed upon it by the International Conferences of American States or pursuant to the specific direction of the Meetings of Ministers of Foreign Affairs, on every matter that affects the effective functioning of the inter-American system and the solidarity and general welfare of the American Republics; b) Shall call the regular Meetings of Ministers of Foreign Affairs provided for in Paragraph 1 of Article 2 hereof, and special meet- ings, when they are requested, to consider exclusively emergency questions. In the latter case the call shall be made upon the vote of an absolute majority of the Board; c) Shall supervise the inter-American agencies which are or may become related to the Pan American Union, and shall receive and approve annual or special reports from these agencies. 5. The Chairman of the Governing Board of the Pan American er'ingr Union shall be elected annually and shall not be eligible for re-election E'"t'on- for the term immediately following. The Governing Board of the Pan American Union shall meet at Metings. least once each week. The seat of the Pan American Union and of the Governing Board Location shall continue to be in Washington. The Director General of the Pan American Union shall be chosen Pn Aeri by the Governing Board for a term of ten years; he shall not be eligible for re-election, nor can he be succeeded by a person of the same nationality. In the event of a vacancy in the office of Director General of the Dvacc Pan American Union, a successor shall be appointed who shall hold office until the end of the term and who may be re-elected if the va- cancy occurs during the second half of the term. 80634°-48 -PT. 1 -- --4S 1855 ition of Board of an Union. ial func- 3overning of (ov- i. leneral of in Union. a office of ,eral.
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