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(d) Establish any subsidiary bodies as they deem necessary;

(e) Prepare, where appropriate, protocols to this Convention;

(f) Consider and adopt proposals for amendments to this Convention in
accordance with the provisions of article 14;

(g) Consider and undertake any additional action that may be required
for the achievement of the purposes of this Convention;

(h) At their first meeting, consider and by consensus adopt rules of
procedure for their meetings and the meetings of subsidiary bodies;

(i) At their first meeting, review their experience in implementing the
provisions of article 5, paragraph 9, and consider what steps are necessary to
develop further the system referred to in that paragraph, taking into account
international processes and developments, including the elaboration of an
appropriate instrument concerning pollution release and transfer registers or
inventories which could be annexed to this Convention.

3. The Meeting of the Parties may, as necessary, consider establishing
financial arrangements on a consensus basis.

4. The United Nations, its specialized agencies and the International
Atomic Energy Agency, as well as any State or regional economic integration
organization entitled under article 17 to sign this Convention but which is
not a Party to this Convention, and any intergovernmental organization
qualified in the fields to which this Convention relates, shall be entitled to
participate as observers in the meetings of the Parties.

5. Any non-governmental organization, qualified in the fields to which this
Convention relates, which has informed the Executive Secretary of the Economic
Commission for Europe of its wish to be represented at a meeting of the
Parties shall be entitled to participate as an observer unless at least one
third of the Parties present in the meeting raise objections.

6. For the purposes of paragraphs 4 and 5 above, the rules of procedure
referred to in paragraph 2 (h) above shall provide for practical arrangements
for the admittance procedure and other relevant terms.

Article 11

RIGHT TO VOTE

1. Except as provided for in paragraph 2 below, each Party to this
Convention shall have one vote.

2. Regional economic integration organizations, in matters within their
competence, shall exercise their right to vote with a number of votes equal to
the number of their member States which are Parties to this Convention. Such
organizations shall not exercise their right to vote if their member States
exercise theirs, and vice versa.

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