-8 (c) determine the annual and special contributions to be paid by the members of the
Organization and matters related thereto;
(d) establish the Secretariat of the Organization and appoint the Director General of the
Secretariat;
(e) establish other subsidiary organs as it may deem necessary or desirable for the purpose of
achieving the objectives of the Organization and prescribe for such organs rules for the conduct
of their affairs;
(f) make rules governing the financial, administrative and other activities of the Organization
including those relating to co-operation between the Organization and the Organizations referred
to in Article V of this Agreement as well as the Co-operating States and Organizations referred to
in Article VI of this Agreement and representation of the Organization by officers of the
Organization or the Director General of the Secretariat of the Organization;
(g) promote research and study on and the implementation of the objectives of the
Organization;
(h) give directions to the Secretariat concerning its work, including the organization of
conferences, seminars and other meetings on intellectual property and on other matters relevant
to the objectives of the Organization;
(i) exercise such other powers and perform such other functions as are entrusted to it or
conferred upon it by this Agreement or the Council of Ministers;
(j) do all such other things as it may deem necessary or desirable for the achievement of the
objectives of the Organization.
(6) The Administrative Council may delegate any of the powers and functions conferred
upon it or entrusted to it by this Article to the Chairman or a Vice-Chairman or to all or some of
such officers collectively, or to the Director General of the Secretariat or a subsidiary organ
established by the Administrative Council.
Article VIII
The Secretariat and Functions
(1) The Director General of the Secretariat shall be the principal executive officer of the
Organization. The Director General shall be appointed for a fixed term of four years, and shall
be eligible for re-appointment.
(2) The Secretariat shall examine ways in which the objectives of the Organization may be
achieved and may act in relation to any particular matter which appears to merit examination
either on its own initiative or upon the request of a member of the Organization made through its