Section 9. Contributions by Non-member Governments and Non-governmental Sources The Council expects that contributions will be received to the work of the Administration from non-member governments or non-governmental sources. Such contributions may be accepted in accordance with rules and regulations established by the Director General in conformity with general policies of the Administration. Section 10. Action on Contributions The Council recommends that each member government take at the earliest possible time such constitutional budgetary, administrative, or legislative steps as may be necessary to make its contribution available when needed for the purposes of the Administration. Section 11. Direct Contributions to Liberated Areas The Council recommends that member governments giving to or receiving from foreign sources, direct contributions or other direct aid in the nature of relief and rehabilitation in addition to contributions to or from the Administration, shall do so only after prior notification and consultation with the Director General. Section 12. Immediate Administrative Expenses In order to meet immediate administrative expenses, the Director General may ask such of the member governments as may be in a position to do so to make immediate advance payments in the amounts necessary, with appropriate credit toward the general amounts recommended in sections 4 and 5 hereof. Expenditures: Administrative and Operational Section 13. Rate of Contributions The Council recommends that, so far as is consistent with efficient operation, contributions of all member governments for the work of the Administration shall be called upon at an approximately equal rate. Section 14. Administrative Expenses The Director General may incur obligations and make expenditures for administrative purposes from the general resources of the Administration, in accordance with approved administrative budgets. Section 15. Use of Currency The Director General may use so much of the foreign exchange available to the Administration as he may deem necessary for defraying administrative and operational expenses which cannot be met from local currency credits. Such expenditures may be made in any country, whether or not the government thereof is a member government. The consent of a member government must be secured for the use of any of its local currency to finance expenditures in any other country. Distribution Section 16. Governments in a Position to Pay With Suitable Means of Foreign Exchange It shall be the policy of the Administration not to deplete its available resources for the relief and rehabilitation of any area whose government is in a position to pay with suitable means of foreign exchange. Section 17. Determination of Whether a Government is in a Position To Pay With Suitable Means of Foreign Exchange When a member government considers that it is not in a position to pay as in the foregoing section, the Director General, in consultation with the member government involved and on the advice of the appropriate committee or subcommittee of the Council, shall determine whether the government or country is not in a position to pay for relief and rehabilitation supplies and services. In case of disagreement, either the member government or the Director General may refer the matter to the Council. In making the determination the applicant's foreign exchange assets and its sources of foreign exchange shall be taken into account. Although payment for relief and rehabilitation supplies and services shall be considered to have a strong claim on the foreign exchange assets of the applicant country, due consideration shall be given also to its need of foreign exchange for other purposes. The Director General, from time to time, shall review such determination in the light of changing circumstances. Section 18. Policy on Relief Debt Burdens It shall be the policy of the Administration that an applicant government shall not be required to assume the burden of an enduring foreign exchange debt for the procurement of relief and rehabilitation supplies and services. Section 19. Supplies and Services for Which Member Governments Are Not in a Position To Pay With Suitable Means of Foreign Exchange The Council recommends that governments not in a position to pay in suitable means of foreign exchange for necessary relief and rehabilitation supplies or services make available to the Administration in whole or in part the local currency proceeds from the sale of supplies furnished by the Administration. It shall be the policy of the Administration to use any such local currency for relief and rehabilitation work, including the care and movement of displaced persons, and for such other purposes as may be agreed upon with the government. Programs for the utilization of such local currency shall be formulated by the Director General and the member government involved. Section 20. Expenses Met With Local Currency The Council recommends that so far as possible all expenses of the Administration within a liberated area shall be borne by the government of such area, and shall be paid in local currency made available by the government of the area or derived from the proceeds of the sale of supplies. Section 21. Distribution of Gold or Convertible Currency Forbidden Under no circumstances shall any distribution of gold or convertible currency resources be made by the Administration to any member or non-member government except for purchases of essential supplies and services. Custody and Management of Funds Section 22. Form of Assets All funds and currency credits of the Administration shall be retained, so far as advisable, in the form in which they are received until needed. Section 23. Fiscal Agents The Director General shall in consultation with the appropriate member government, select such fiscal agents for the Administration as he may require. Section 24. Accounting The Director General shall prescribe a procedure to secure careful accounting for all funds and other property of the Administration and shall require all officials, employees, and agents of the Administration to comply with such procedure. Section 25. Audit All financial transactions of the Administration shall be audited annually by an auditor selected by the Council upon the recommendation of the appropriate committee of the Council. RESOLVED Resolution No. 15 A Resolution Relating to Insurance (Reception No. 298) That if it appears to the Director General conducive to the efficient and economical discharge of the business of the Administration, the Administration may carry its own risks without insurance except as may be otherwise directed by the Council. Resolution No. 16 A Resolution Relating to Taxation of Relief and Rehabilitation RESOLVED Supplies (Reception No. 298) 1. That the Council recommends that all member governments make appropriate measures according to their constitutional procedures to insure that relief and rehabilitation supplies and services furnished by the Administration are not subjected to taxation in a manner which reduces the resources of the Administration. 2. That so far as may be required for the attainment of the above purpose, the Council recommends to all member governments that, inter alia, (a) export taxes on supplies to be furnished by the Administra- (b) appropriate action be taken where the necessary arrange- 3. That the appropriate Committee of the Council concern itself with the relationship of customs duties and other taxes in liberated areas to relief and rehabilitation work, and that a study of the problem and the preparation of recommendations be undertaken for the future guidance of the Council with regard to relief and rehabilitation work. Resolution No. 17 A Resolution Relating to Procedures for Ascertaining and Meeting Deficits in Supplies Requiring Importation RESOLVED (Reception No. 298) That the following shall be the policies of the Administration with regard to procedures for ascertaining and meeting deficits in supplies requiring importation: A. Policies Relating to Procedures for Estimating and Meeting Import Requirements I. Preparation and Presentation of Over-all Requirements 1. The Committee of the Council for Europe and the Committee of the Council for the Far East will recommend, from time to time, as policies to be adopted by the Council whatever basis or bases the Committees think appropriate for the whole or parts of their respective areas. 2. The Council will consider these recommendations and, from time to time, determine the policies to be adopted, on the basis of which over-all estimates of relief and rehabilitation requirements shall be made. 3. The Director General, in consultation with the appropriate regional committees, will compute estimates of over-all requirements for their respective areas in conformity with the bases and policies approved by the Council. 4. The Director General will present before the intergovernmental allocating agencies estimates of over-all requirements for relief and rehabilitation of all areas, liberated and to be liberated, in order to permit a global consideration of these requirements and all other requirements. 11. Preparation and Presentation of National Requirements 1. The Director General may present to the intergovernmental allocating agencies the particular requirements of any country for which the assistance of the Administration has been requested. 2. In cases where requirements or programs of intended purchases are presented directly to the intergovernmental allocating agencies by the government of a country liberated or to be liberated, such government, in advance of their presentation, shall keep the Director General fully informed of such requirements or programs. The Di |
