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place connected with the dispute that the Commission desires to undertake; and (c) comply with any time limits agreed with or fixed by the Commission. Article 35 As soon as the Commission is constituted, the Secretary-General shall transmit to each member of the Commission a copy each of:
Article 36 Upon the constitution of the Commission, its President or where the Commission consists of a single conciliator, such conciliator shall invite each party to file, within 30 days or such longer time limit as the President or the single conciliator may fix, a written statement of its position. If the Commission comprises more than one conciliator but upon its constitution, the Commission has no President, such invitation shall be issued and any such longer time limit shall be fixed by the Secretary-General. At any stage of the proceeding, within such time limits as the Commission shall fix, either party may file such other written statements as it deems useful and relevant. Article 37 (1) The hearings of the Commission shall take place in private and, except as the parties otherwise agree, shall remain secret. (2) The Commission shall decide, with the consent of the parties, which other persons besides the parties, their agents, counsel and advocates, witnesses and experts during their testimony, and officers of the Commission may attend the hearings. Article 38 (1) Each party may, at any stage of the proceeding, request that the Commission hear the witnesses and experts whose evidence the party considers relevant. The Commission shall fix a time limit within which such hearing shall take place. (2) Witnesses and experts shall, as a rule, be examined before the Commission by the parties under the control of its President. Questions may also be put to them by any member of the Commission.
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