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Contents

Introductory Note

Address of the President of the United States of America at the Signing

of the Agreement Establishing the United Nations Relief and Reha-

bilitation Administration.

Text of Agreement for United Nations Relief and Rehabilitation Admin-
istration.

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Resolutions on Policy of the First Session of the Council.

Part I. General Policies:

Res. No. 1. Relating to the Scope of the Activities of the Adminis-

tration

Res. No. 2. Relating to Non-discrimination

Res. No. 3. Relating to Assistance From Member Governments

Res. No. 4. Relating to Administration Publicity.

Res. No. 5. Relating to the Relations of the Administration With

Intergovernmental Agencies Other Than Those Established To

Deal With Supplies, Shipping, and Related Questions.

Res. No. 6. Relating to Collaboration With Regard to Economic

Measures

Part II. Relief and Rehabilitation Policies:

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Res. No. 7. Relating to Relief Distribution Policies.

Res. No. 8. Relating to Health and Medical Care.

Res. No. 9. Relating to Welfare Services and Voluntary Relief

Agencies.

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Res. No. 10. Relating to Policies With Respect to Displaced Persons.

Res. No. 11. Relating to Policies With Respect to Agricultural Reha-

bilitation and Other Means of Increasing Food Essential to Relief.

Res. No. 12. Relating to Policies With Respect to the Rehabilitation of

Such Industries, Transport, and Other Services as Are Essential

to Relief...

Res. No. 13. Relating to Policies With Respect to Shelter.

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Resolutions on Policy of the First Session of the Council-Continued.
Part III. Finances and Supplies:

Res. No. 14. Relating to a Financial Plan for the Administration.
Res. No. 15. Relating to Insurance

Res. No. 16. Relating to Taxation of Relief and Rehabilitation

Supplies .

Res. No. 17. Relating to Procedures for Ascertaining and Meeting
Deficits in Supplies Requiring Importation

Part IV. Organization and Administration:

Res. No. 18. Fixing the Composition of the Committee of the Council for Europe.

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Res. No. 19. Fixing the Composition of the Committee of the Council for the Far East

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Res. No. 20. Relating to the Functions of the Committees of the
Council for Europe and the Far East

Res. No. 21. Fixing the Composition of the Committee on Supplies .
Res. No. 22. Relating to the Functions of the Committee on Sup-
plies

Res. No. 23. Relating to the Appointment of a Subcommittee of the
Committee on Supplies

Res. No. 24. Fixing the Composition of the Committee on Financial
Control .

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Res. No. 25. Relating to the Functions of the Committee on Financial
Control

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Res. No. 26. Relating to the Creation and Composition of Standing
Technical Committees.

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Res. No. 27. Relating to the Functions of the Committee on Agriculture

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Res. No. 28. Relating to the Functions of the Committee on Displaced Persons

Res. No. 29. Relating to the Functions of the Committee on Health
Res. No. 30. Relating to the Functions of the Committee on Industrial
Rehabilitation

Res. No. 31. Relating to the Functions of the Committee on Welfare.
Res. No. 32. Relating to Facilities and Immunities for the Adminis-
tration, Its Council and Committee Members and Its Staff
Res. No. 33. Relating to Immunities and Priorities for Transit
Goods.

Res. No. 34. Relating to Official Correspondence of the Administration

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Res. No. 35. Relating to Communications With Neutral Governments .

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Res. No. 36. Relating to Travel Facilities for the Staff of the Administration.

Res. No. 37. Relating to Personnel Policies

Res. No. 38. Relating to the Administrative Budget and the Allocation of Administrative Expenses

Res. No. 39. Relating to the Salary of the Director General
Res. No. 40. Relating to the Rules of Procedure of the Council and
the Rules of Standing Committees of the Council. .

Res. No. 41. Relating to Regulations With Respect to Expenditures and Receipts of the Administration

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Reports of Committees of the Council, First Session .

Report of Committee I. Organization and Administration (Reception

No. 322). ..

Regional Committees of the Council.

Standing Technical Committees of the Council

Facilities and Immunities for the Administration, Its Council and
Committee Members and Its Staff . . .

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Rules of Procedure of the Council and Its Standing Committees
Personnel Policies of the Administration

Regulations With Respect to Expenditures and Receipts of the Ad-
ministration, Administrative Budget, and Allocation of Admin-
istrative Expenses

Report of Committee II.

General Policy (Reception No. 299)

The Scope of the Activities of the Administration.
Relations With Governments.

Relations With Other Intergovernmental Agencies

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Report of Committee III. Finance and Supplies (Reception No. 298):
The Financial Plan

Taxation of Relief and Rehabilitation Supplies

Procedures for Ascertaining and Meeting Deficits in Supplies Requir

ing Importation.

Functions of the Committee on Supplies.

Consideration of Report of the Committee on Ad Hoc Committees

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Report of Committee IV. Relief and Rehabilitation Policies (Reception No. 310)

Resolution Relating to Relief Distribution Policies
Resolution Relating to Health and Medical Care .
Resolution Relating to Welfare Services and Voluntary Relief
Agencies.

Resolution Relating to Policies With Respect to Displaced Persons .
Resolution Relating to Policies With Respect to Agricultural Rehabili-
tation and Other Means of Increasing Food Essential to Relief . .
Resolution Relating to Policies With Respect to the Rehabilitation of
Such Industries, Transport, and Other Services as Are Essential
to Relief.

Resolution Relating to Policies With Respect to Emergency Shelter.
Report of Subcommittee 1. Relief Distribution Policies.
Report of Subcommittee 2.

Report of Subcommittee 3. Policies With Respect to Welfare
Services Including Relations With Voluntary Relief Agencies .

Statement of Subcommittee 3.
Report of Subcommittee 4.

Displaced Persons

Report of Subcommittee 5. Policies Relating to Agricultural Rehabilitation and Other Means of Raising Food Essential to

Report of Subcommittee 6. Policies Relating to Rehabilitation of Such Industries, Transport, and Other Services as Are Essential to Relief.

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Reports of Committees of the Council, First Session-Continued.
First Report of the Committee on Ad Hoc Committees (Reception No.
285)....

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Second Report of the Committee on Ad Hoc Committees (Reception
No. 331)

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Verbatim Minutes of Final Plenary Meeting-December 1, 1943. . . 183-203 Closing Remarks of Mr. Dean Acheson, Chairman of the First Session of the Council.

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Appendices:

1. Resolutions Adopted at the Sixth Meeting of the First Session of the Council. .

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2. Speech of Acceptance by the Director General.

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3. Officers of Committees and Subcommittees of the First Session