13 -Pending the deposit of their instruments of ratification or accession, the States mentioned in paragraph I of Article III may be represented at meetings of the Council and take part in its work until the thirty-first of December, 1954. This right shall not include the right to vote, unless the State concerned has contributed to the Organization in accordance with the provisions of paragraph I of Article 4 of the Financial Protocol annexed to this Convention.
Article VI
Directors-General and staff
1:
(a) The Council shall, by a two-thirds majority of all the Member States, appoint for each laboratory a Director-General for a defined period and may, by the same majority, dismiss him. In respect of the laboratory under his direction, each Director-General shall be the chief executive officer of the Organization and its legal representative. He shall, in regard to financial administration, act in accordance with the provisions of the Financial Protocol annexed to this Convention. The Council may, by a two-thirds majority of all the Member States, delegate to the Directors-General, either separately or jointly, authority to act on behalf of the Organization in other matters. Each Director-General shall also submit an annual report to the Council and shall attend, without the right to vote, all its meetings.
(b) The Council may postpone the appointment of a Director-General for such period as it considers necessary, either on the entry into force of this Convention or on the occurrence of a subsequent vacancy. In this event. it shall appoint a person to act in his stead, the person so appointed to have such powers and responsibilities as the Council may direct.