The Assembly may consider any question and make recommendations on any matter within the competence of the Organisation. Its functions, other than those which have been conferred on it elsewhere in the present Statutes, shall be:
a) to elect its President and Vice-Presidents;
b) to elect the members of the Council;
c) to appoint the Secretary-General on the recommendation of the Council;
d) to approve the Financial Regulations of the Organisation;
e) to lay down general guidelines for the administration of the Organisation;
f) to approve the staff regulations applicable to the personnel of the Secretariat;
g) to elect the auditors on the recommendation of the Council;
h) to approve the general programme of work of the Organisation;
i) to supervise the financial policies of the Organisation and to review and approve the budget;
j) to establish any technical or regional body which may become necessary;
k) to consider and approve reports on the activities of the Organisation and of its organs and to take all necessary steps to give effect to the measures which arise from them;
l) to approve or to delegate the power to approve the conclusion of agreements with governments and international organisations;
m) to approve or to delegate the power to approve the conclusion of agreements with private organisations or private entities;
n) to prepare and recommend international agreements on any question that falls within the competence of the Organisation;
o) to decide, in accordance with the present Statutes, on applications for membership.