'Treaty of Peace with Turkey. Signed at Sévres, August 10, 1920. [With Maps.]' [‎15v] (10/112)

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With the approval of the majority of the Assembly, the Council may name additional
Members of the League whose Representatives shall always be members of the Council ;
the Council with like approval may increase the number of Members of the League to be
selected by the Assembly for representation on the Council.
The Council shall meet from time to time as occasion may require, and at least once
a year, at the Seat of the League, or at such other place as may be decided upon.
The Council may deal at its meetings with any matter within the sphere of action of
the League or affecting the peace of the world.
Any Member of the League not represented on the Council shall be invited to send a
Representative to sit as a member at any meeting of the Council during the consideration
of matters specially affecting the interests of that Member of the League.
At meetings of the Council, each Member of the League represented on the Council
shall have one vote, and may have not more than one Representative.
Article 5.
Except where otherwise expressly provided in this Covenant or by the terms of the
present Treaty, decisions at any meeting of the Assembly or of the Council shall require
the agreement of all the Members of the League represented at the meeting.
All matters of procedure at meetings of the Assembly or of the Council, including
the appointment of Committees to investigate particular matters, shall be regulated by
the Assembly or by the Council and may be decided by a majority of the Members of
the League represented at the meeting.
The first meeting of the Assembly and the first meeting of the Council shall be
summoned by the President of the United States of America.
Article 6.
The permanent Secretariat shall be established at the Seat of the League. The
Secretariat shall comprise a Secretary General and such secretaries and staff as may be
required.
the first Secretary General shall be the person named in the Annex : thereafter
the Secretary General shall be appointed by the Council with the approval of the majoritv
of the Assembly.
^ 1 he secretaries and staff of the Secretariat shall be appointed by the Secretarv
General with the approval of the Council.
1 he Secretary General shall act in that capacity at all meetings of the Assembly
and of the Council. • r j j
The expenses of the Secretariat shall be borne by the Members of the League in
accordance with the apportionment of the expenses of the International Bureau of the
I niversal Postal Imion.
Article 7.
I he Seat of the League is established at Geneva.
I he Council may at any time decide that the Seat of the League shall be established
elsewhere.
All positions under or in connection with the League, including the Secretariat,
shall be open equally to men and women.
Representatives of the Members of the League and officials of the League when
engaged on the business of the League shall enjoy diplomatic privileges and immunities.
f he buildings and other property occupied by the League or its officials or by
Representatives attending its meetings shall be inviolable.
Article 8.
The Members of the League recognise that the maintenance of peace requires the
reduction of national armaments to the lowest point consistent with national safety and
the enforcement by common action of international obligations.
+ 1 f W^ nci1 ’ takln g account of the geographical situation and circumstances of each
btate, shall formulate plans for such reduction for the consideration and action of the
several Governments.
Such plans shall be subject to reconsideration and revision at least every ten years.
armamPnT, tw/ ado P ted b J the several Governments, the limits of
a itnts therein hxed shall not be exceeded without the concurrence of the Council.