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of this Constitution. A majority shall be a majority of the Members present and voting. D. Procedure 9. The General Conference shall meet annually in ordinary session; it may meet in extraordinary session on the call of the Executive Board. At each session the location of its next session shall be designated by the General Conference and shall vary from year to year. 10. The General Conference shall, at each session, elect a President and other officers and adopt rules of procedure. 11. The General Conference shall set up special and technical committees and such other subordinate bodies as may be necessary for its purposes. 12. The General Conference shall cause arrangements to be made for public access to meetings, subject to such regulations as it shall prescribe. E. Observers 13. The General Conference, on the recommendation of the Executive Board and by a two-thirds majority may, subject to its rules of procedure, invite as observers at specified sessions of the Conference or of its commissions representatives of international organizations, such as those referred to, in Article XI, paragraph 4. ARTICLE V Executive Board A. Composition 1. The Executive Board shall consist of eighteen members elected by the General Conference from among the delegates appointed by the Member States, together with the President of the Conference who shall sit ex officio in an advisory capacity. 2. In electing the members of the Executive Board the General Conference shall endeavour to include persons competent in the arts, the humanities, the sciences, education and the diffusion of ideas, and qualified by their experience and capacity to fulfil the administrative and executive duties of the Board. It shall also have regard to the diversity of cultures and a balanced geographical distribution. Not more than one national of any Member State shall serve on the Board at any one time, the President of the Conference excepted. 3. The elected members of the Executive Board shall serve for a term of three years, and shall be immediately eligible for a second term, but shall not serve consecutively for more than two terms. At the first election eighteen members shall be elected of whom one-third shall retire at the end of the first year and one-third at the end of the second year, the order of retirement being determined immediately after the election by the drawing of lots. Thereafter six members shall be elected each year. 4. In the event of the death or resignation of one of its members, the executive Board shall appoint from among the delegates of the Member State concerned, a substitute, who shall serve until the next