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b) The president, vice-presidents and treasurer of IUCN.

2 — If a member of the bureau is unable to perform the functions of the member's office because of ill health, or if the member dies or resigns the office, the council shall appoint a replacement from amongst its members to serve for the balance of the term concerned.

Function

3 — The function of the bureau shall be to act on behalf of and under the authority of the council

between meetings of the council.

Procedure

4 — The bureau shall meet at least twice each year. The rules of procedure of the bureau shall be as prescribed in the regulations of IUCN.

5 — Decisions of the bureau shall be made by a two-thirds majority of the votes cast. All decisions shall be mailed to council members within ten days of having been made. If five council members who arc not members of the bureau advise the director general of their objection to the bureau decision within thirty days after the mailing of the decision, the decision shall be submitted to the council at the next council meeting. The council shall either approve or disapprove the bureau decision. If five council members have not objected within the time provided, the bureau decision becomes effective at once.

ARTICLE VIII The commissions

1 — The general assembly shall establish the commissions of IUCN and determine their objectives. The council may propose to the general assembly the creation, abolition, or subdivision of a commission, or amendment of a commission's objectives. The council may establish a temporary commission, pending a decision by the next ordinary or extraordinary general assembly, provided that its objectives do not encroach on those of an existing commission.

2 — The members of each commission shall be appointed in the manner prescribed in the regulations of IUCN.

3 — Commissions may designate their own officers (other than chairmen and deputy chairmen) as provided in the regulations of IUCN.

4 — The organization and functions of the commissions shall be as prescribed in the regulations of IUCN.

5 — The chairman of each commission shall present a report at each ordinary session of the general assembly.

ARTICLE IX The director general and the secretariat

1 — a) The director general shall be the chief executive of IUCN.

b) The director general shall be responsible to the council and to the bureau acting on their behalf for the effective implementation of the policy of IUCN.

c) The director general shall be responsible for the finances and accounting of IUCN.

2 — The director general shall be appointed by the council for a period of not more than three years (which appointment may be renewed) on such terms and conditions as may be determined by the council and set forth in a contract.

3 — The director general or his representative may be present without power to vote at the meetings of the general assembly, the council, the bureau, the commissions and any committees or groups of any of these organs and shall be entitled to speak.

4 — The director general shall appoint the staff of the secretariat in accordance with staff rules formulated by the director general and approved by the council. The staff shall be selected on as wide a geographical basis as possible, and there shall be no discrimination because of race, sex or creed.

5 — In the performance of their duties, the director general and the staff shall not seek or receive instructions from any authority external to IUCN. They shall refrain from any action incompatible with their position as staff members of an international organization. Each member of IUCN shall respect the exclusively international character of the responsibilities of the director general and the staff, and not seek to influence them in the discharge of their responsibilities.

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