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ARTICLE XIII
AMENDMENTS

1. Amendments of the Charter may be made by the General Conference of The WFB.

2. After consultation with The WFB Executive Council, the Honorary Secretary-General
of The WFB, at the request of the WBU Council or after consultation with it, may
propose amendments.

ARTICLE XIV

TRANSITIONAL PROVISION

1. Pending the recommendations of the WBU Council in respect of the conditions
of service of the different categories of the WBU personnel, their status shall be
provided in Article VIII with the consent of The WFB President.
2. Operation of the WBU is divided into two phases as follow:

(a) The First Phase during B.E. 2542-2543 (1999-2000) shall focus on the
educational system and the emphasis shall be given to research, training,
Buddhist practice, academic seminar, exchange of Buddhist resource persons
and development of the WBU to be ready for the academics, management and
financing in accordance with the Second Phase.
(b) The Second Phase shall begin from B.E. 2544 (2001) onwards during which
the WBU shall enjoy academics, management and financial support that may
enable the WBU to expand its operation to link formal, non-formal and informal
education with the needs of local and global societies.
3. Official functioning of the WBU shall commence after the Inaugural Ceremony.

4. Functions and responsibilities of the Ad Hoc Committee on the WBU assigned in
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accordance with the resolution of the 56 Meeting of The WFB Executive Council
shall be transferred to the WBU Centre upon an official inaugural ceremony of the
WBU’s location through the good offices of the Headquarters of The WFB.
5. In pursuance of requests made for consideration of the 20 General Conference
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by the Hsi Lai University, Los Angeles county, California, U.S.A and the Buddhist
Discussion Centre (Upwey) Ltd., Victoria, Australia, the following are approved as
Associated Institutions under Article III.2:

A. The International Academy of Buddhism of the Hsi Lai University, Los Angeles
County, California, USA as an academic research and training centre; and
B. The Buddhist Discussion Centre (Upwey) Ltd., as a Buddhist training centre.

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