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[接上页] 3. The Secretary-General shall participate in the meetings of the Council without the right to vote. Article 17 Responsibilities of the Secretary-General 1. In accordance with the directives issued by the Council, the Secretary-General shall report to the Council and shall be responsible for: a) Executing and implementing all the policies of the Organization, as desired by the Council; b) Achieving the objectives of the Organization; c) Managing and functioning of the Organization; d) Drawing up annual reports, working plans and financial budgets of the Organization for approval of the Council; e) Formulating and implementing the internal management provisions of the Secretariat; f) Submitting proposals to the Council concerning programs and activities as well as measures designed to achieve the objectives of the programs and activities of the Organization; g) Recruiting and managing the staff of internal divisions from the Member States according to the Service Regulations set by the Council; h) Appointing on contract basis such scientists, technologists and other experts who are not regular staff members for carrying out the assigned jobs of the Organization; i) Negotiating and signing international cooperative agreements with the approval of the Council. 2. The responsibilities of the Secretary-General and the staff, whether regular or on contract, with regard to the Organization shall be exclusively international in character. During the course of the discharge of their duties with the Organization, they shall not seek or receive instructions from any government or from any authority external to the Organization. Each Member State shall also respect international character of the responsibilities of the Secretary-General and the staff members, and shall not exert any influence on them in any manner or form during the course of the discharge of their duties with the Organization. CHAPTER 7 FINANCES Article 18 Financial Arrangements 1. The funds for the Organization shall be provided through the contributions of the Member States, voluntary grants from the Host Government and other Member States, donations/subsidies received from other organizations, and services provided to others. 2. Each Member State shall contribute to the budget of the Organization in accordance with the financial arrangements to be decided by the Council. 3. The Council through consensus shall decide the scale of financial contribution of each Member State. It shall be reviewed every three years. 4. The scale of the financial contribution of each Member State shall be calculated in accordance with the level of its economic development and average gross domestic product (GDP) per capita. 5. Each Member State shall be required to make a minimum financial contribution, called the ?floor?, to the Organization, to be decided by the Council by a two-thirds majority vote. 6. No Member State shall be required to make financial contribution in excess of eighteen percent (18 %) of the approved budget of the Organization. 7. Subject to any directions given by the Council, the Secretary-General may accept donations, gifts or legacies to the Organization provided that these do not entail any conditions contrary to the objectives of the Organization. CHAPTER 8 DISPUTES Article 19 Settlement of Disputes Any dispute between two or more Member States, or between any of them and the Organization, concerning the interpretation or application of this Convention, shall be resolved through cordial consultations in the Council. In case of non-settlement of the dispute, it shall be settled through arbitration in accordance with the additional rules adopted by the Council through consensus. CHAPTER 9 OTHER PROVISIONS Article 20 Exchange of Personnel Upon request from the Organization, Member States shall facilitate the exchange of personnel concerned with the work entrusted to the Organization and within its competence. This exchange of personnel shall be consistent with the laws and regulations of the Member States relating to entry into, stay in, or departure from their territories. Article 21 Exchange of Information 1. The Organization and the Member States shall facilitate the exchange of scientific and technical information pertaining to the areas of space science, space technology and their applications. A Member State may not communicate such information to the Organization and vice versa if it considers that such information will infringe its own agreements with the third party or it is inconsistent with the interests of its own security. 2. In carrying out its activities, it will be ensured by the Organization that the scientific results in view of a scientific and / or technological research / study shall be made public / published only after these have been used by the scientists / engineers within the Member States responsible for the experiments under the aegis |