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6 — The director general shall each year submit to the council a report on the activities of IUCN during the previous year, together with an account of the receipts and expenditure and a balance sheet as at the end of the year. When approved by the council this report shall be sent to the members.

7 — The director general shall prepare for presentation to each ordinary session of the general assembly a report on the work of IUCN since the last general assembly. The report shall be submitted by the director general to the council and presented to the general assembly with such comments as the council may decide to make.

Article X

Finance

1 — The income of IUCN may be derived from:

a) Membership dues of State members, graded according to the size of the population of the State concerned and its national income;

b) Membership dues of other members;

c) Grants, donations and payments in support of IUCN;

d) Returns from investments and services.

2 — The director general shall submit to each ordinary session of the general assembly for approval a draft triennial programme and the estimates of income and expenditure for the next triennium, the programme and the estimates to be related, together with the comments of the treasurer and the council. During the course of the discussion on the estimates, the treasurer may object on financial grounds to any proposed alteration.

3 — The director general shall submit each year to the council for approval an annual budget based on estimates of income and expenditure with due regard to the outline approved by the general assembly; he shall keep the treasurer informed of unforeseen expenses and of significant variations from predicte income. He will, if necessary, submit, in agreement with the treasurer, amended budgets to the council.

4 — The director general shall cause true and accurate accounts to be kept of all monies received and expended by IUCN and shall be responsible for the control of all such income and expenditure in accordance with the budget.

5 — The accounts of IUCN shall be examined each year by the auditors appointed by the general assembly who will submit a written report to the council. The council shall examine the auditors, report and make recommendations thereon to the members. The auditors shall submit to each ordinary session of the general assembly a consolidated report on the accounts of IUCN for the triennium.

6 — The director general shall have the power to accept grants, donations and other payments on behalf of IUCN, subject to any instruction by the council.

Article XI External relations

The director general, with the agreement of the council, may establish in the name of IUCN appropriate

working relations with governments and organizations, whether national or international, governmental or nongovernmental and shall report such actions to the members and to the following general assembly.

Article XII Bulletin

An information bulletin shall be published periodically in the official languages of IUCN and circulated to all members. It shall serve as a mean of providing the members with information on the activities of IUCN and on other aspects of the conservation of nature and natural resources. It shall be used as a mean of promoting the objects of IUCN.

Article XIII Seat

Switzerland is the seat of the Union.

Article XIV Official languages

The official languages of IUCN are English and French.

Article XV Legal status

1 — IUCN is an association established pursuant to article 60 of the Swiss Civil Code, and therefore the legally binding provisions of this Code governing associations apply to IUCN and in particular articles 65 (3), 68, 75 and 77.

2 — The director general with the consent of the council has the authority to take the appropriate steps to obtain, in accordance with the laws of the country in which IUCN is to undertake activities, such legal status as may be necessary to carry out those activities.

Article XVI Regulations

1 — The council shall adopt and may amend the regulations. The regulations shall conform to these Statutes, and neither limit nor expand the powers of the members to exercise control on any matter required by these Statutes or the authority conferred by these Statutes upon the council or director general.

2 — Any regulation or amendment to a regulation shall be communicated to the members as soon as possible after it is made.

3 — A member may ask the council to review a regulation. A regulation shall be considered by the general assembly at the request of a voting member.

Article XVII Amendments

1 — The council shall consider any amendment to these Statutes proposed by a member of IUCN, provided that it is received by the secretariat not less