Ministerial Meetings, held in conjunction with sessions of technical committees established under Article V, paragraph 6 of the Constitution, may be convened from time to time as decided by the or , when matters developed at technical level are deemed to require political endorsement or visibility.

Subject to the decision of or , Ministerial Meetings should not deal with programme and budget matters which are addressed in the context of the programme of work and budget process, nor with matters primarily of a regional, technical or scientific nature which are normally considered by statutory bodies of the Organization.

Ministerial Meetings shall normally report to the , except that any relevant issues having programme or budget implications shall be referred to the .”