1. An Intergovernmental Committee is hereby established with the
following duties:
(a) to study the problems concerning the application and operation of
the Universal Copyright Convention;
(b) to make preparation for periodic revisions of this Convention;
(c) to study any other problems concerning the international protection
of copyright, in co-operation with the various interested international
organizations, such as the United Nations Educational, Scientific and
Cultural Organization, the International Union for the Protection of
Literary and Artistic Works and the Organization of American States;
(d) to inform States party to the Universal Copyright Convention as to
its activities.
2. The Committee shall consist of the representatives of eighteen
States party to this Convention or only to the 1952 Convention.
3. The Committee shall be selected with due consideration to a fair
balance of national interests on the basis of geographical location,
population, languages and stage of development.
4. The Director-General of the United Nations Educational, Scientific
and Cultural Organization, the Director-General of the World
Intellectual Property Organization and the Secretary-General of the
Organization of American States, or their representatives, may attend
meetings of the Committee in an advisory capacity.