constituteproject.org PDF generated: 18 Apr 2016, 15:25 Article 111 The Economic, Social and Cultural Council convenes annually of right in two ordinary sessions of fifteen days each upon convocation by its President. The meetings of the Economic, Social and Cultural Council shall be public. Article 112 The President and the Vice-President of the Economic, Social and Cultural Council shall be elected to the heart of the Council by their peers upon the opening meeting of the first session for a mandate of five years. No member of the Economic, Social and Cultural Council may be prosecuted, sought, or tried for his opinions expressed by him during the meetings of the Council. Article 113 The internal organization, rules of operation and the designation of members of the Economic, Social and Cultural Council shall be determined by law. TITLE XIV: TREATIES AND INTERNATIONAL AGREEMENTS • Foreign affairs representative • International law • Treaty ratification Article 114 The President of the Republic shall negotiate and ratify treaties. He shall be informed of any negotiations likely to lead to an international agreement not submitted to ratification. • Accession of territory • Colonies • International organizations • Treaty ratification • Legal status of treaties Article 115 Peace treaties, treaties of commerce, treaties or accords relating to international organizations, those concerning State finances, those containing cession, exchange or joining of territory, shall only be approved or ratified according to the law. They only take effect after approval or ratification. No cession, no exchange, no joining of territory shall be valid without the consent of the people. • Legal status of treaties Article 116 Treaties or agreements regularly approved or ratified shall have, from their publication, an authority superior to that of laws, under the reservation for each treaty or agreement of application by the other party. Mali 1992 Page 24