government to safeguard such persons from any loss in established status or rights by reason of their temporary transfer to the service of the Administration. It was felt that the adoption of a similar policy by international agencies would be of great aid to the Director General and promote the development of common policies and a stronger international civil service.

4. It was recognized that the wholly temporary character of the Administration presents a very special personnel problem. Salary standards must be established at a sufficiently high level to make it possible for the Administration to secure the services of persons possessing the highest degree of competence in their respective fields of work. On the other hand, it was felt that the most careful scrutiny must be given by the Director General to the special problem which will arise because of the varying salary standards prevailing in the different parts of the world in which the Administration will operate; and that every precaution must be exercised by him to avoid inequities and eliminate friction because of these varying standards.

5. Recognizing that the scope and complexity of the work which the Administration is undertaking will require the services of persons possessing a wide variety of skills and technical knowledge, your subcommittee feels that it may, in some instances, be essential for the Administration to provide special training for its personnel. It was agreed that the fullest utilization should be made by the Administration of the men and women now serving in the armed forces of the United Nations, and who, at the close of the war, will constitute a vast reservoir of manpower capable of making an extremely valuable contribution to the work of the Administration.

In order to make effective these conclusions, the Committee recommends the adoption by the Council of the following resolution:

A Resolution Relating to Personnel Policies

WHEREAS, the Council desires to promote the concept of a truly international civil service; and,

WHEREAS, it recognizes that the success of the Administration will in large part depend upon the vision, competence, integrity, and loyalty of the men and women who will become its administrative officers, and comprise its technical staff; and that the vesting, by the Agreement, of full executive authority and responsibility in the Director General, requires that he act with the greatest possible freedom in the selection of personnel and the establishment of personnel standards; it is therefore

RESOLVED

1. That the staff of the Administration should be of an international character, selected upon the basis of individual competence, character,

and integrity, without discrimination on the grounds of sex, race, nationality, or creed, and recruited upon as wide a geographic basis as is possible, compatible with efficient administration; and that salary standards be established at a sufficiently high level to make it possible for the Administration to secure the employment of persons possessing the highest qualifications within their own particular field of endeavor; and that due consideration should be given to the special problems which will arise because of the varying salary standards that will prevail in the different countries in which the Administration will operate.

2. That the Council recommends

(a) That all member governments endeavor to make available to the Administration such persons in their own civil service as the Director General may invite to join the staff of the Administration; and to take proper steps to insure that the established rights and status of such persons shall be in no way adversely affected by their temporary employment by the Administration.

(b) That international agencies be urged to adopt the same policy with respect to such of their employees as may be invited to join the staff of the Administration.

VI. Regulations With Respect to Expenditures and Receipts of the Administration, Administrative Budget, and Allocation of Administrative Expenses

1. Regulations With Respect to Expenditures and Receipts of the Administration

The Committee recommends the adoption of the following resolution concerning the attached regulations with respect to expenditures and receipts of the Administration (Appendix XIV). Regulations in the financial field are also included in the Financial Plan approved by Committee III. It is recommended that the report of that committee be studied and coordinated as far as necessary with the report of this Committee.

A Resolution Relating to Regulations With Respect to Expenditures and Receipts of the Administration

RESOLVED

That the Council adopts the regulations attached hereto which shall be considered as Annex II to the Rules of Procedure of the Council (Appendix XIII).2

2 See ante, p. 80.

2. Administrative Budget and Allocation of Administrative Expenses

The Committee, having considered the estimate of administrative expenses for the year 1944 and for the unelapsed part of the year 1943, submitted by the Director General as required by Article VI of the Agreement (Appendix XV), recommends the adoption by the Council of the resolution set forth below.

The Committee believes that it is essential for the purposes of Article VI of the Agreement and of the efficient operation of the Administration that a method of allocating administrative expenses among all member governments should be agreed by the present Council. In the time available, however, it did not appear possible to the Committee to suggest a schedule of allocations that could be confidently taken as finally the most appropriate. Consequently, the Committee proposes that the allocation to be made at this session of the Council, as set forth in the following resolution, should be regarded as provisional, in that it should be reviewed by the appropriate committee of the Council before a final determination is made by the Council for future years. In framing this schedule the Committee has sought guidance from existing schedules of allocations used by other international bodies. It has recognized, however, that it would not be appropriate for the Administration to adopt the principle which obtains on many such bodies of limiting the maximum allocation so that no state pays more than a comparatively small percentage of the total. It has further had in mind the desirability of a clear and simple schedule, and it has paid regard to the fact that the main object of the Administration is the provision of relief supplies and services, and that it would be undesirable to adopt a schedule of administrative expenses which would allocate an unduly large proportion of any government's general contribution to administrative expenses. At the same time the Committee has been anxious to meet the expressed desire of the governments of liberated areas to contribute substantially to the administrative expenses. In accordance with the regulations with respect to expenditures and receipts of the Administration, a member government may treat its share of the administrative expenses as included in its general contribution for participation in the work of the Administration.

A Resolution Relating to the Administrative Budget and the Allocation of Administrative Expenses

RESOLVED

1. That the annual budget covering the necessary administrative expenses of the Administration for the calendar year 1944 and the unelapsed part of the year 1943 submitted by the Director General in the amount of $10,000,000 is hereby approved.

2. That the total amount of $10,000,000 approved in the preceding paragraph is allocated to the member governments in the following proportions:

APPENDIX I TO THE REPORT OF COMMITTEE I

A Resolution Fixing the Composition of the Committee of the Council for Europe

WHEREAS, in paragraph 5 of Article III of the Agreement there is established a standing Committee of the Council for Europe and, WHEREAS, the Agreement further provides that the said Committee "shall consist of all the members of the Council or their alternates, representing member governments of territories within the European area and such other members of the Council representing other governments directly concerned with the problems of relief and rehabilitation in the European area as shall be appointed by the Council;" and, WHEREAS, the terms "Europe" and "European area” are not defined in the Agreement; it is therefore

RESOLVED

1. That for the purposes of the Committee of the Council for Europe, the terms "Europe" and "European area" shall be construed to include the entire continent of Europe, the British Isles, Iceland, and all islands in the Mediterranean.

2. That the Committee of the Council for Europe shall consist of the members of the Council or their alternates representing Belgium, Czechoslovakia, the French Committee of National Liberation, Greece, Iceland, Luxembourg, the Netherlands, Norway, Poland, the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics, the United Kingdom, and Yugoslavia, being countries included within the European area, and in addition the members of the Council or their alternates representing Brazil, Canada, and the United States of America.

3. That the Central Committee is authorized to appoint additional members to the Committee in cases of emergency between sessions of the Council, such appointments to continue until the next session of the Council.

APPENDIX II TO THE REPORT OF COMMITTEE I

A Resolution Fixing the Composition of the Committee of the Council for the Far East

WHEREAS, in paragraph 5 of Article III of the UNRRA Agreement there is established a "Committee of the Council for the Far East"; and,

WHEREAS, the Agreement further provides that the said Committee "shall consist of all the members of the Council, or their alternates, representing member governments of territories within the Far Eastern area and such other members of the Council representing other governments directly concerned with the problems of relief and rehabilitation in the Far Eastern area as shall be appointed by the Council"; and,

WHEREAS, the terms "Far East" and "Far Eastern area" are not defined in the Agreement; it is therefore

RESOLVED

1. That for the purposes of the Committee of the Council for the Far East the terms "Far East" and "Far Eastern area" shall be construed to include eastern continental Asia, the East Indies, Philippine Islands, Australia, New Zealand, and the Islands of the eastern Indian and western Pacific Oceans.

2. That the Committee of the Council for the Far East shall consist of the members of the Council or their alternates, representing Australia, China, the French Committee of National Liberation, India, the Netherlands, New Zealand, the Philippine Commonwealth, the United Kingdom, and the United States of America; and

3. That the Central Committee is authorized to appoint additional members to the Committee in cases of emergency between sessions of the Council, such appointments to continue until the next session of the Council.