1. The following standing committees have been established by decision of the G.A.:

a) Financial Committee

b) Committee on Human Rights

c) Committee on Education

d) Committee on Regulation

e) Committee on Social Affairs

f) Committee on Culture

g) Committee on Bioethics

h) Committee on International Policy

i) Committee on Mass Media

The task of the committees is to recommend to the G.A. and the Secretariat. Issues to be processed and discussed at the committees may be assigned by the G.A., the Secretariat within the frame of the G.A.'s decisions or even the committee itself may decide following recommendation of its president, always with the approval of the Secretariat.

2. The number of the committees may increase solely by decision of the G.A..

3. The number of committee members is determined by the G.A. while both its members and president are elected by it.

4. Members of a committee may not originate from the same state unless the number of members of all state delegations has been exhausted.

5. The committee elects its reporter for each specific issue to be processed, by means of an open election among its members. The reporter bears the responsibility for the preparation of the report and even introduces the committee's suggestion-recommendation to the G.A..

6. The committees convene following the proposal of their president and the approval of the Secretariat, which determines the place and time of session, likewise, the way in which the occurring expenses are to be met. Two or even more committees may have common sessions on issues of common interest.

7. The committees, in accordance with the Secretariat, may assign the study of specific issues to special committees or specific individuals.

8. The decisions of the committees are taken by a relative majority of those present.

9. The decisions of the committees are submitted to the Secretariat which in turn submits them to be voted for at the G.A. either supplemented or not with a positive or negative recommendation of the Secretariat itself.

If the Secretariat rules that there is no reason to have a committee's recommendation submitted to the G.A. then it may not do so. The members of a committee whose issue, by suggestion of the Secretariat, was not submitted for voting to the G.A. may request anew for the discussion of the in question issue at the Secretariat of the specific report in order for it to be submitted to the G.A. If the Secretariat again decides negatively, then the committee may, by its decision, ask the presiding board of the G.A. to have the G.A. itself decide whether it will take the committee's report into consideration.

10. The meetings of the committees are not open to the public.