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2. Each participating country shall be entitled to have one representative on the Commodity Council. The voting power of the representatives shall be determined in conformity with the provisions of Article 63 (b). 3. The Organization shall be entitled to appoint a non-voting representative to each Commodity Council and may invite any competent inter-governmental organization to nominate a non-voting representative for appointment to a Commodity Council. 4. Each Commodity Council shall appoint a non-voting chairman who, if the Council so requests, may be nominated by the Organization. 5. The Secretariat of each Commodity Council shall be appointed by the Council after consultation with the Organization. 6. Each Commodity Council shall adopt appropriate rules of procedure and regulations regarding its activities. The Organization may at any time require their amendment if it considers that they are inconsistent with the provisions of this Chapter. 7. Each Commodity Council shall make periodic reports to the Organization on the operation of the agreement which it administers. It shall also make such special reports as the Organization may require or as the Council itself considers to be of value to the Organization. 8. The expenses of a Commodity Council shall be borne by the participating countries. 9. When an agreement is terminated, the Organization shall take charge of the archives and statistical material of the Commodity Council. Article 65 Initial Term, Renewal and Review of Commodity Control Agreements 1. Commodity control agreements shall be concluded for a period of not more than five years. Any renewal of a commodity control agreement, including agreements referred to in paragraph 1 of Article 68, shall be for a period not exceeding five years. The provisions of such renewed agreements shall conform to the provisions of this Chapter. 2. The Organization shall prepare and publish periodically, at intervals not greater than three years, a review of the operation of each agreement in the light of the principles set forth in this Chapter. 3. Each commodity control agreement shall provide that, if the Organization finds that its operation has failed substantially to conform to the principles laid down in this Chapter, participating countries shall either revise the agreement to conform to the principles or terminate it. 4. Commodity control agreements shall include provisions relating to withdrawal of any party.