(hereinafter individually referred to as the Panel of State-to-State Mediators), and the other Panel for mediating other disputes set forth in (hereinafter individually referred to as the General Panel of Mediators).
2. The Panels shall consist of qualified persons, designated as hereinafter provided, who are willing to serve thereon.
3. The Organization may maintain other special Panels of Mediators as necessary.
1. Each Contracting State may designate up to five persons from among its nationals to the Panel of State-to-State Mediators, and designate up to twenty persons from among its nationals to the General Panel of Mediators.
2. Each Founding Member may designate up to ten extra persons from among its nationals to the General Panel of Mediators.
3. All designations shall be notified to the Secretary-General and shall take effect from the date on which the notification is received.
1. Persons designated to the Panels of Mediators shall be persons of high moral character and recognized competence in specialized fields such as law, commerce, industry or finance, who may be relied upon to conduct mediation.
2. In addition to the qualifications referred to in
, persons designated to the Panel of State-to-State Mediators shall also be persons of known competency in questions of international law, diplomacy, international relations or international political and economic affairs and with extensive political skill and judgment.
1. The Governing Council may designate up to ten persons to the Panel of State-to-State Mediators and up to twenty persons to the General Panel of Mediators.
, due regard shall be paid additionally to the importance of assuring representation of principal legal systems, geographical diversity and gender balance on the Panels as a whole when the Governing Council designates persons to serve on the Panels.
1. Persons designated to the Panels shall serve for renewable periods of five years.
2. In case of death, resignation or withdrawal of the designation of a person designated to a Panel, the Contracting States or the Governing Council which designated the person shall have the right to designate another person to serve for the remainder of the term.