The Conference for Revision of the Universal Copyright Convention,
Having considered the problems relating to the Intergovernmental
Committee provided for in Article XI of this Convention, to which this
resolution is annexed,
Resolves that:
1. At its inception, the Committee shall include representative of the
twelve States members of the Intergovernmental Committee established
under Article XI of the 1952 Convention and the resolution annexed to
it, and, in addition, representatives of the following States: Algeria,
Australia, Japan, Mexico, Senegal and Yugoslavia.
2. Any States that are not party to the 1952 Convention and have not
acceded to this Convention before the first ordinary session of the
Committee following the entry into force of this Convention shall be
replaced by other States to be selected by the Committee at its first
ordinary session in conformity with the provisions of Article XI (2)
and (3).
3. As soon as this Convention comes into force the Committee as
provided for in paragraph 1 shall be deemed to be constituted in
accordance with Article XI of this Convention.
4. A session of the Committee shall take place with one year after the
coming into force of this Convention; thereafter the Committee shall
meet in ordinary session at intervals of not more than two years.
5. The Committee shall elect its Chairman and two Vice-Chairmen. It
shall establish its Rules of Procedure having regard to the following
principles:
(a) The normal duration of the term of office of the members
represented on the Committee shall be six years with one-third retiring
every two years, it being however understood that, of the original
terms of office, one-third shall expire at the end of the Committee's
second ordinary session which will follow the entry into force of this
Convention, a further third at the end of its third ordinary session,
and the remaining third at the end of its fourth ordinary session.
(b) The rules governing the procedure whereby the Committee shall fill
vacancies, the order in which terms of membership expire, eligibility
for reelection, and election procedures, shall be based upon a
balancing of the needs for continuity of membership and rotation of
representation, as well as the considerations set out in Article XI (3).
Expresses the wish that the United Nations Educational, Scientific and
Cultural Organization provide its Secretariat.
In faith whereof the undersigned, having deposited their respective
full powers, have signed this Convention.
DONE at Paris, this twenty-fourth day of July 1971, in a single copy.