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of the Organization and revoke or modify the delegations of authority at any time;
      (i) Carry out the appropriate provisions of Chapter XIII;
      (j) 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;
      (k) Deal with any matter within the sphere of action of the Organization not specifically assigned to the Council.

CHAPTER IX.—THE COUNCIL.

Article 50.

Composition and election of Council.
(a) The Council shall be a permanent body responsible to the Assembly. It shall be composed of twenty‑one contracting States elected by the Assembly. An election shall be held at the first meeting of the Assembly and thereafter every three years, and the members of the Council so elected shall hold office until the next following election.
(b) In electing the members of the Council, the Assembly shall give adequate representation to (1) the States of chief importance in air transport; (2) the States not otherwise included which make the largest contribution to the provision of facilities for international civil air navigation; and (3) the States not otherwise included whose designation will ensure that all the major geographic areas of the world are represented on the Council. Any vacancy on the Council shall be filled by the Assembly as soon as possible; any contracting State so elected to the Council shall hold office for the unexpired portion of its predecessor's term of office.
(c) No representative of a contracting State on the Council shall be actively associated with the operation of an international air service or financially interested in such a service.

Article 51.

President of Council.
The Council shall elect its President for a term of three years. He may be reelected. He shall have no vote. The Council shall elect from among its members one or more Vice Presidents who shall retain their right to vote when serving as acting President. The President need not be selected from among the representatives of the members of the Council but, if a representative is elected, his seat shall be deemed vacant and it shall be filled by the State which he represented. The duties of the President shall be to:
      (a) Convene meetings of the Council, the Air Transport Committee, and the Air Navigation Commission;
      (b) Serve as representative of the Council; and
      (c) Carry out on behalf of the Council the functions which the Council assigns to him.

Article 52.

Voting in Council.
Decisions by the Council shall require approval by a majority of its members. The Council may delegate authority with respect to any particular matter to a committee of its