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Paragraphs in "Convention Creating The Niger Basin Authority" coded as SBS

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Art.5 Article 5 INSTITUTIONS
Art.5.1 1.The institutions of the Authority shall be as follows:
Art.5.1.a (a) The Summit of Heads of State and Government;
Art.5.1.b (b) The Council of Ministers;
Art.5.1.c (c) The Technical Committee of Experts;
Art.5.1.d (d) The Executive Secretariat and its specialised Organs.
Art.7 Article 7 COUNCIL OF MINISTERS-COMPOSITION AND FUNCTIONS
Art.7.1 1.The Council of Ministers of the Authority hereinafter referred to as "the Council" is the organ of control of the Authority. It is made up of Ministers or their accredited representatives. Each member State shall have one vote. Each Minister may be assisted by experts.
Art.7.2 2.The Council is responsible for the monitoring of the activities of the Executive Secretariat and shall report them to the Summit. It shall prepare the meetings of the Summit and examine all the problems, deal with matters presented to it and submit the recommendations of these meetings to the Summit.
Art.7.3 3.The Council shall meet once a year in ordinary Session. The quorum shall be reached on simple majority. The recommendations and resolutions shall be adopted by consensus.
Art.7.4 4.The Current Chairman of the Council shall convene an extraordinary meeting of the Council at the request of a member State.
Art.7.5 5.The Council shall meet in the country assuming the chairmanship, or the Host Country, or in any other place designated by the Chairman of the Summit. The Chairman is elected for two years. Between Sessions, he shall represent the Council. He takes decisions according to the directives of the Summit and within the limit of the powers conferred upon him. The Chairmanship is assumed by rotation according to French alphabetical order of the names of the countries.
Art.8 Article 8 THE TECHNICAL COMMITTEE OF EXPERTS - CREATION, COMPOSITION AND FUNCTIONS
Art.8.1 1.The Technical Committee of Experts shall comprise representatives from each member State with the mandate to:
Art.8.1.a (a) Prepare all meetings of the Council of Ministers;
Art.8.1.b (b) Submit reports and recommendations to the Council of Ministers.
Art.8.2 2.The Technical Committee of Experts may meet at the Executive Secretary's request according to a schedule approved by the Council of Ministers.
Art.8.3 3.Any other meeting of the Technical Committee of Experts shall be approved by the Chairman of the Council of Ministers.
Art.14 Article 14 THE FINANCIAL CONTROLLER AND THE EXTERNAL AUDITOR
Art.14.1 1.A Financial Controller shall be appointed by the Council of Ministers to whom he shall be answerable. He shall be directly responsible as far as the financial management of the Secretariat is concerned.
Art.14.2 2.An External Auditor of the Authority is appointed on the recommendation of the host country to the Council of Ministers and may be removed from office, when need be, by the Council.
Art.14.3 3.The rules governing the terms and conditions of service of the Financial Controller and the powers of the External Auditor are as laid down in the Financial Regulation.
Sect.5 Chapter V SETTLEMENT OF DISPUTES