ARTICLE 6

MEETINGS

1. The Assembly of Governors shall meet at least once a year. Such a meeting shall be known as the "Ordinary Meeting of the Association".
2. The Sub-regional Committees shall meet at least once every year. Such a meeting shall be known as the "Ordinary Meeting of the Association's Sub-regional Committees".
3. Extraordinary meetings of the Assembly of Governors or the Sub-regional Committees shall be called at any time by the Chairperson of the Association or by the Chairperson of the Sub-regional Committee concerned, either at his/her own initiative or at the request of at least fifty per cent of members. In either case, sufficient consultations shall take place and reasonable period of notice shall be given.
4. The report on any Sub-regional Committee meeting shall be presented to the next Ordinary Meeting of the Assembly of Governors following the Sub-regional Committee meeting.
5. The quorum required for the holding of the meetings of organs of the Association shall be at least fifty per cent of its members.
6. The decisions of the Assembly of Governors or of any organ thereof shall, as a rule, be by consensus of opinion of the Governors present, provided that in matters concerning the running of the Association, decisions may be taken by a two-thirds majority of the Governors present except as provided for in Paragraph 9 of article 5 and in Paragraph 9 of this article.
7. Each Ordinary Meeting of the Association shall determine the time, venue and servicing arrangements for the next meeting. Similarly, at each Ordinary Meeting of a Sub-regional Committee, such a Committee shall determine the time, venue and servicing arrangements for the next meeting.
8. The Assembly of Governors, the Bureau and the Sub-regional Committees may adopt such rules and regulations as may be necessary or appropriate to conduct the business of the Association, provided that such rules and regulations adopted by the Bureau and the Sub-regional Committees shall not be inconsistent with the rules and regulations adopted by the Assembly of Governors.
9. The expenses involved in running meetings of the Sub-regional Committees or subsidiary bodies thereto shall be shared according to a formula agreed upon by the members concerned.

Tuesday 30 November 2004