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9. With a view to facilitating the inauguration of the work of the Commission in matters immediately affecting the economic and social welfare of the local inhabitants of the territories within the scope of the Commission, the Commission shall give early consideration to the projects set forth in the resolution (appended to this Agreement) relating to important immediate projects adopted by the South Seas Conference at Canberra, Australia, on 6 February, 1947. 10. The participating Governments undertake to secure such legislative and administrative provision as may be required to ensure that the Commission will be recognized in their territories as possessing such legal capacity and as being entitled to such privileges and immunities (including the inviolability of its premises and archives) as are necessary for the independent exercise of its powers and discharge of its functions. ARTICLE V Procedure of the Commission 11. Irrespective of the place of meeting, each senior Commissioner shall preside over sessions of the Commission in rotation, according to the English alphabetical order of the participating Governments. 12. The Commission may meet at such times and in such places as it may determine. It shall hold two regular sessions in each year, and such further sessions as it may decide. 13. At a meeting of the Commission two-thirds of all the senior Commissioners shall constitute a quorum. 14. The decisions of the Commission shall be taken in accordance with the following rules : (a) Senior Commissioners only shall be entitled to vote ; (b) Procedural matters shall be decided by a majority of the senior Commissioners present and voting ; (c) Decisions on budgetary or financial matters which may involve a financial contribution by the participating Governments (other than a decision to adopt the annual administrative budget of the Commission), shall require the concurring votes of all the senior Commissioners ; (d) Decisions on all other matters (including a decision to adopt the annual administrative budget of the Commission) shall require the concurring votes of two thirds of all the senior Commissioners. 15. In the absence of a senior Commissioner, his functions shall be discharged for all purposes of this Article by the other Commissioner appointed by his Government or, in the absence of both, by an alternate designated by his Government or the senior Commissioner. 16. The Commission may appoint Committees and, subject to the provisions of this Agreement, may promulgate rules of procedure and other regulations governing the operations of the Commission, of its auxiliary and subsidiary bodies and such Committees as it shall establish, and of the Secretariat and generally for the purpose of carrying into effect the terms of this Agreement. 17. The official languages of the Commission and its auxiliary and subsidiary bodies shall include English and French. 18. The Commission shall make to each of the participating Governments, and publish, an annual report on its activities, including those of its auxiliary and subsidiary bodies.