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                     제15304호                                                         2003. 1.21. (화요일)
                                                                 principle, that country shall remain as the host
                 7. Member-Countries failing to reply to the
                                                                 of the Bureau for at least five years.
                  consultation within four months from the date
                                                                       Article Ⅷ(Article 13 amended)
                  of notification are considered as abstaining.
                                                               Asian-Pacific Postal Training Centre
                         Article Ⅳ(Article 7 amended)
                                                               Deleted
                 Withdrawal from the Union
                 1. Any Member-Country has the right to                Article Ⅸ(Article 14 amended)
                                                               Expenditure of the Union
                  withdraw from the Union by means of a notice
                                                               Article 14 is renumbered as Article 13.
                  of its renunciation of the Acts of the Union
                  given by the Government of the country The annual expenditure of the Union shall be
                                                               separate for the Administrative Section and for
                  concerned to the Director of the Bureau and by
                                                               the Training Section. Each Congress of the
                  him to the Governments of the other Member-
                                                               Union decides on the maximum amount for the
                  Countries accordingly.
                                                               annual expenditure for the Administrative
                 2. Withdrawal from the Union becomes effective
                                                               Section on the basis of the recommendation
                  at the expiry of one year from the date of
                                                               made by the Director of the Bureau. The
                  receipt of the notification from the withdrawing
                                                               expenditure for the Administrative Section is
                  country by the Director of the Bureau.
                                                               shared by all the Member-Countries of the
                         Article Ⅴ(Article 8 amended)
                                                               Union. The contribution units of each Member-
                 Organs of the Union
                                                               Country shall be determined on the basis of that
                 The following are established as the organs of
                                                               Member-Country’s Universal Postal Union
                 the Union: Congress, the Executive Council and
                                                               contribution class, as prescribed in the General
                 the Bureau. The purposes and functions of these
                                                               Regulations of the Asian-Pacific Postal Union.
                 organs are prescribed in this Chapter and in the
                                                               The annual expenditure for the Training Section
                 General Regulations.
                                                               is covered in principle by participating countries
                         Article Ⅵ(Article 10 amended)
                                                               in direct proportion to their use of the training
                 Extraordinary Congress
                 An Extraordinary Congress may be held at the  course and by voluntary contributions of the
                                                               other countries or organisations or the
                 request or with the consent of at least two-
                                                               Administrative Section.
                 thirds of the Member-Countries. Unless it is
                                                                       Article Ⅹ(Article 15 amended)
                 unavoidable, this session should be held in
                                                               Article 15 is renumbered as Article 14.
                 conjunction with the Executive Council meeting.
                                                                         Article(Article 16 amended)
                         Article Ⅶ(Article 12 amended)
                                                               Article 16 is renumbered as Article 15.
                 Bureau
                                                               Signature, Ratification and Other Forms of
                 1. The Bureau serves as a medium of liaison,
                                                               Approval of the Acts of the Union
                  information, inquiry and training for the
                                                               1. Signature of the Acts of the Union by
                  Member-Countries of the Union.
                                                                 Plenipotentiaries shall take place at the end of
                 2. The Bureau is composed of the Administrative
                                                                 Congress. The Plenipotentiary delegates
                  Section and the Training Section.
                                                                 having proxy powers of those who are not
                 3. The host country of the Bureau shall be
                                                                 attending the Congress should also sign the
                  determined by Congress, or in exceptional
                                                                 Acts of the Union on their behalf subject to
                  circumstances, by the Executive Council. In
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