Article 49 Powers and duties of Assembly

Elect at each meeting its President and other officers;

Elect the contracting States to be represented on the Council, in accordance with the provisions of Chapter IX;

Examine and take appropriate action on the reports of the Council and decide on any matter referred to it by the Council;

Determine its own rules of procedure and establish such subsidiary commissions as it may consider to be necessary or desirable;

Vote annual budgets and determine the financial arrangements of the Organization, in accordance with the provisions of Chapter XII;

Review expenditures and approve the accounts of the Organization;

Refer, at its discretion, to the Council, to subsidiary commissions, or to any other body any matter within its sphere of action;

Delegate to the Council the powers and authority necessary or desirable for the discharge of the duties of the Organization and revoke of modify the delegations of authority at any time;

Carry out the appropriate provisions of Chapter XIII;

Consider proposals for the modification, or amendment of the provisions of this Convention and, if it approves of the proposals, recommend them to the contracting States in accordance with the provisions of Chapter XXI;

Deal with any matter within the sphere of action of the Organization not specifically assigned to the Council.