ate delegates, advisors and experts.

(c) The expenses of each delegation shall be borne by the Contracting
Party that has appointed the delegation. The Assembly may ask the World
Intellectual Property Organization (hereinafter referred to as "WIPO")
to grant financial assistance to facilitate the participation of
delegations of Contracting Parties that are regarded as developing
countries in conformity with the established practice of the General
Assembly of the United Nations or that are countries in transition to a
market economy.

(2)
(a) The Assembly shall deal with matters concerning the maintenance
and development of this Treaty and the application and operation of this
Treaty.

(b) The Assembly shall perform the function allocated to it under
Article 17(2) in respect of the admission of certain intergovernmental
organizations to become party to this Treaty.

(c) The Assembly shall decide the convocation of any diplomatic
conference for the revision of this Treaty and give the necessary
instructions to the Director General of WIPO for the preparation of such
diplomatic conference.

(3)
(a) Each Contracting Party that is a State shall have one vote and
shall vote only in its own name.

(b) Any Contracting Party that is an intergovernmental organization may
participate in the vote, in place of its Member States, with a number of
votes equal to the number of its Member States which are party to this
Treaty. No such intergovernmental organization shall participate in the
vote if any one of its Member States exercises its right to vote and
vice versa.

(4) The Assembly shall meet in ordinary session once every two years
upon convocation by the Director General of WIPO.

(5) The Assembly shall establish its own rules of procedure, including
the convocation of extraordinary sessions, the requirements of a quorum
and, subject to the provisions of this Treaty, the required majority for
various kinds of decisions.

Article 16

International Bureau

The International Bureau of WIPO shall perform the administrative tasks
concerning the Treaty.

Article 17

Eligibility for Becoming Party to the Treaty

(1) Any Member State of WIPO may become party to this Treaty.

(2) The Assembly may decide to admit any intergovernmental organization
to become party to this Treaty which declares that it is competent in
respect of, and has its own legislation binding on all its Member States
on, matters covered by t