JX 232 A35 EXECUTIVE AGREEMENT SERIES 461 PREPARATORY COMMISSION OF THE UNITED NATIONS INTERIM ARRANGEMENTS BETWEEN THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA For sale by the Superintendent of Documents, U. S. Government Printing Office, Washington 25, D. C. Price 10 cents DEPOSITED BY THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA MAY 10 '46 INTERIM ARRANGEMENTS CONCLUDED BY THE GOVERNMENTS REPRESENTED AT THE UNITED NATIONS CONFERENCE ON INTERNATIONAL ORGANIZATION INTERIM ARRANGEMENTS CONCLUDED BY THE GOVERNMENTS REPRESENTED AT THE UNITED NATIONS CONFERENCE ON INTERNATIONAL ORGANIZATION' THE GOVERNMENTS represented at the United Nations Conference on International Organization in the city of San Francisco, Having determined that an international organization to be known as the United Nations shall be established, Having this day signed the Charter of the United Nations, and Having decided that, pending the coming into force of the Charter and the establishment of the United Nations as provided in the Charter, a Preparatory Commission of the United Nations should be established for the performance of certain functions and duties, AGREE as follows: 1. There is hereby established a Preparatory Commission of the United Nations for the purpose of making provisional arrangements for the first sessions of the General Assembly, the Security Council, the Economic and Social Council, and the Trusteeship Council, for the establishment of the Secretariat, and for the convening of the International Court of Justice. 2. The Commission shall consist of one representative from each government signatory to the Charter. The Commission shall establish its own rules of procedure. The functions and powers of the Commission, when the Commission is not in 'session, shall be exercised by an Executive Committee composed of the representatives of those governments now represented on the Executive Committee of the Conference. The Executive Committee shall appoint such committees as may be necessary to facilitate its work, and shall make use of persons of special knowledge and experience. 3. The Commission shall be assisted by an Executive Secretary, who shall exercise such powers and perform such duties as the Commission may determine, and by such staff as may be required. This staff shall be composed so far as possible of officials appointed for this purpose by the participating governments on the invitation of the Executive Secretary. 4. The Commission shall: a. convoke the General Assembly in its first session; b. prepare the provisional agenda for the first sessions of the principal organs of the Organization, and prepare documents and recommendations relating to all matters on these agenda; c. formulate recommendations concerning the possible transfer of certain func [Text and signatures reproduced by photographic process from the signed original. For romanized signatures see pages 40-43.) tions, activities, and assets of the League of Nations which it may be considered desirable for the new Organization to take over on terms to be arranged; d. examine the problems involved in the establishment of the relationship between specialized intergovernmental organizations and agencies and the Organization; e. issue invitations for the nomination of candidates for the International Court of Justice in accordance with the provisions of the Statute of the Court; f. prepare recommendations concerning arrangements for the Secretariat of the Organization; and g. make studies and prepare recommendations concerning the location of the permanent headquarters of the Organization. 5. The expenses incurred by the Commission and the expenses incidental to the convening of the first meeting of the General Assembly shall be met by the Government of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland or, if the Commission so requests, shared by other governments. All such advances from gov. ernments shall be deductible from their first contributions to the Organization. 6. The seat of the Commission shall be located in London. The Commission shall hold its first meeting in San Francisco immediately after the conclusion of the United Nations Conference on International Organization. The Executive Committee shall call the Commission into session again as soon as possible after the Charter of the Organization comes into effect and whenever subsequently it considers such a session desirable. 7. The Commission shall cease to exist upon the election of the Secretary-General of the Organization, at which time its property and records shall be transferred to the Organization. 8. The Government of the United States of America shall be the temporary depositary and shall have custody of the original document embodying these interim arrangements in the five languages in which it is signed. Duly certified copies thereof shall be transmitted to the governments of the signatory states. The Government of the United States of America shall transfer the original to the Executive Secretary on his appointment. 9. This document shall be effective as from this date, and shall remain open for signature by the states entitled to be the original Members of the United Nations until the Commission is dissolved in accordance with paragraph 7. IN FAITH WHEREOF, the undersigned representatives having been duly authorized for that purpose, sign this document in the English, French, Chinese, Russian and Spanish languages, all texts being of equal authenticity. DONE at the city of San Francisco this twenty-sixth day of June, one thousand nine hundred and forty-five. |