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General SecretariatArticle 5. The Secretary General of the Organization, or his representative, may participate with voice but without vote in the deliberations of the General Assembly. Organs of the OASArticle 6. The chairs or representatives of the following organs or agencies of the inter-American system may attend the General Assembly with the right to speak: Inter-American Juridical Committee; Inter-American Commission on Human Rights; Inter-American Court of Human Rights; Permanent Executive Committee of the Inter-American Council for Integral Development; and Inter-American specialized organizations.
Permanent observersArticle 8. Permanent observers or their respective alternates, as the case may be, may attend the public meetings of the plenary General Assembly and the General Committee. They may likewise attend any closed meetings when invited by the corresponding presiding officer. Permanent observers may also request the floor and the corresponding presiding officer will decide on the request. Other observersArticle 9. The following may also send observers to the General Assembly:
b. Governments of non-American states that are members of the United Nations or of its specialized agencies, when they express an interest in attending, with the authorization of the Permanent Council; c. Inter-American regional or subregional governmental entities or agencies that are not included among the organs or agencies of the Organization, with the authorization of the Permanent Council; d. The specialized agencies of the United Nations and other international agencies, when agreements concluded with the Organization and in force so establish. The observers referred to in this article may request to speak at meetings, and the corresponding presiding officer shall decide whether to recognize the observer. For the purposes of this article, the Secretary General of the Organization shall transmit the appropriate communications. Special guests Article 10. With the authorization of the Permanent Council and the consent of the government of the country in which the Assembly session is to be held, representatives of the specialized agencies of the United Nations and other governmental or nongovernmental international agencies and organizations not included in the previous article may attend the General Assembly as special guests, as long as they have expressed interest in doing so. For the purposes of this article, the Secretary General of the Organization shall extend the appropriate invitations. Requests to attend General Assembly sessions as special guests shall be presented to the General Secretariat of the Organization at least 30 days in advance of the opening of the Assembly session. III. PRESIDENT Article 11. The head of the delegation indicated by the order of precedence established under these Rules of Procedure shall serve as provisional president until the General Assembly elects its president. Article 12. At the first plenary session, the General Assembly shall elect a president, who shall hold office until the close of the Assembly session. The election shall be by the vote of a majority of the member states. Article 13. The heads of delegation shall be vice presidents ex officio of the Assembly and shall replace the president in the event of his disability, in accordance with the order of precedence. Article 14. When the officer presiding over a session wishes to take part in the discussion or in the voting on a matter, he shall request the appropriate representative, in accordance with Article 13, to preside. Powers of the presidentArticle 15. The president shall call the plenary sessions; decide on the order of business thereof; open and close the plenary sessions; direct the discussions; recognize speakers in the order in which they request the floor; submit points under discussion to a vote and announce the results thereof; decide on points of order in accordance with the provisions of Article 57; install the General Committee of the Assembly; and, in general, comply with and enforce the provisions of these Rules of Procedure. IV. SECRETARIAT Article 16. The General Secretariat, as the central and permanent organ of the Organization, is the Secretariat of the General Assembly. To this end, the Secretary General shall, on a permanent basis, provide it with adequate Secretariat services and shall carry out the duties and assignments given him by the Assembly. Article 17. The General Secretariat shall provide the delegations with the official documents of the General Assembly. It shall also provide these documents, except those for which it has been decided to limit distribution, to the permanent observers, other observers, and special guests. Article 18. The president of the General Assembly shall establish the maximum duration of the statements of the heads of delegation. V. COMMITTEESPreparatory CommitteeArticle 19. The Preparatory Committee of the General Assembly shall be governed by Articles 60 and 91.c of the Charter and by the applicable provisions of these Rules of Procedure. Article 20. No later than 15 days before the opening of the General Assembly session, the Preparatory Committee shall adopt recommendations on the following topics: a. Agreement on the draft agenda; b. Agreement on the proposed program-budget; c. Agreement on the time limit for the presentation of proposals; d. Agreement on the duration of the Assembly session; e. Agreement on the minutes of the meetings. Article 21. The chair of the Permanent Executive Committee of the Inter-American Council for Integral Development, or his representatives, may participate in the deliberations of the Preparatory Committee, with the right to speak. The Committee may invite representatives of other entities of the inter-American system to participate in its deliberations when it considers matters directly related to the activities of those entities. 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