2. Countries which are largely industrial and produce transportation equipment, agricultural implements, machinery, spare parts and supplies for the construction of workshops for manufacturing and repairing the essential categories of such materials, or which produce fertilizers, pesticides, seeds, and animal feeding stuffs, to take all appropriate and practicable measures for expanding production, increasing export, and facilitating transportation of such supplies to countries in urgent need of them, and for facilitating the construction in these countries of small factories and workshops for the manufacture and repair of the most essential agricultural machines, implements and spare parts, for increasing food production.

3. All countries to carry out as far as practicable appropriate and necessary measures to regulate consumption, including the maintenance of high extraction rates, the dilution of flour, restrictions on usage of bread-grains for beverages and other non-essential purposes, and restrictions on the feeding of bread-grains to animals.

4. Governments and international agencies concerned to continue and expand publication of the fullest possible information on supplies and requirements of foodstuffs and materials mentioned in paragraphs 1 and 2 above and on action taken to carry out the recommendations contained in this resolution in order that future action may be guided by full knowledge of the relevant facts.

5. That attention continue to be given to the need for measures necessary to enable importing countries to overcome international payment difficulties in order that the above recommendations may be rendered effective in improving the food situation.

Relief Needs After the Termination of UNRRA

[In this resolution the General Assembly recognizes that certain countries will continue to require assistance in 1947 to provide for imports of food and other basic essentials; establishes a special Technical Committee composed of financial and foreign trade experts to determine by January 15, 1947 the amount of financial assistance required for relief purposes in 1947, and calls upon Members of the United Nations to assist in the furnishing of relief when and where needed during the year. The resolution was unanimously adopted by the General Assembly on December 11, 1946.]

THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY,

TAKING NOTE of the UNRRA Council Resolution (No. 100) of 16 August 1946, and of the related resolution adopted by the Economic and Social Council of 3 October 1946;

RECOGNIZING that certain countries will need financial assistance in 1947 to provide for imports of food and other basic essentials of life;

TAKING NOTE that this need for assistance may not, in all cases, be entirely met by international institutions and other public and private agencies available for this purpose;

RECOGNIZING that, in some countries, if such assistance is not provided, there will be hunger, privation and suffering during the winter, spring and early summer of next year;

TAKING NOTE of the urgent necessity of meeting this residual relief need promptly, and of the expressed willingness of Members of the United Nations to do their part in attaining this end;

RECOGNIZING the desirability of meeting this need without wasteful duplication of effort;

CONSIDERING that one of the purposes of the United Nations is to be a center for harmonizing the actions of nations in the attainment of their common ends, including international cooperation in solving international problems of an economic and humanitarian character; REAFFIRMING the principle that at no time should relief supplies be used as a political weapon, and that no discrimination should be made in the distribution of relief supplies because of race, creed, or political beliefs;

1. ESTABLISHES a Special Technical Committee whose functions shall be:

(a) to study the minimum import requirements of the basic essentials of life, particularly food and supplies for agricultural production of countries which the Committee believes might require assistance in the prevention of suffering or of economic retrogression which threatens the supply of these basic essentials;

(b) to survey the means available to each country concerned to finance such imports;

(c) to report concerning the amount of financial assistance which it believes may be required in the light of (a) and (b) above.

2. DECIDES that the Committee shall consist of 10 experts in the field of finance and foreign trade to be designated by the Governments of Argentina, Brazil, Canada, China, Denmark, France, Poland, United Kingdom, United States of America, and Union of Soviet Socialist Republics to serve in their individual capacities and not as representatives of the Governments by which they are designated; and urges each Government to select a person of outstanding competence to serve on the Committee.

3. DIRECTS the Secretary-General to transmit to the Committee the information called for in the third paragraph of the above-mentioned resolution of the Economic and Social Council.

4. DIRECTS the Committee to submit its report to the SecretaryGeneral for submission to Member Governments as soon as possible, but in any event not later than 15 January 1947.

5. CALLS UPON all Members of the United Nations to assist in the furnishing of relief when needed and where needed during the ensuing year, by developing their respective programs with the greatest possible speed and, in appropriate cases, by extending special credit facilities to the needy countries.

6. RECOMMENDS that all Members of the United Nations keep the Secretary-General informed concerning their plans for assisting in meeting relief needs in 1947, and concerning the progress of their relief activities in this respect.

7. DIRECTS the Secretary-General

(a) to make available to all Members of the United Nations the information received pursuant to paragraph 6 above, in order that this information, together with that transmitted pursuant to paragraph 4 above, may be used by the Members of the United Nations to facilitate the coordination, without wasteful duplication of effort, of their respective relief programs and activities;

(b) to facilitate informal consultation among Governments concerning their relief plans and programs; and to arrange for such consultation among Governments whenever, in his opinion, the purpose of this resolution would be promoted thereby;

(c) to furnish, within the limitations of available staff and funds, such technical assistance in respect of the 1947 relief programs as Governments may request.

8. (a) DIRECTs the Secretary-General to consider the ways and means of collecting and utilizing contributions, from persons, organizations and peoples all over the world, equivalent to the earnings of one day's work, for the purpose of helping to meet relief needs during 1947; and to report on the results of such consideration to Member Governments and to the Economic and Social Council at the earliest possible date;

(b) REQUESTS the Economic and Social Council to study the report made by the Secretary-General and to take whatever action it may deem appropriate in regard to this matter.

9. DIRECTS the Secretary-General to report at each session of the Economic and Social Council on the activities being carried out under this Resolution.

Economic Reconstruction of Devastated Areas

[In this resolution the General Assembly expresses its approval of the action of the Economic and Social Council in connection with the survey of the economic reconstruction of devastated areas in Asia and the Far East, urges the Members to take all possible steps which may lead to the early solution of the problems of economic reconstruction of devastated areas, and requests further study of the problems involved by the Economic and Social Council and its Commissions. The resolution was unanimously adopted by the General Assembly on December 11, 1946.]

THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY,

TAKING NOTE of the Preliminary Report of the Temporary SubCommission on Economic Reconstruction of Devastated Areas (document A/147), and of the relevant resolution of the Economic and Social Council of 3 October 1946 (document A/126), and recognizing the urgent need for international cooperation in the reconstruction of devastated areas:

1. APPROVES the General Resolution of the Economic and Social Council, the resolution on Survey of the Economic Reconstruction of Devastated Areas in Asia and the Far East, and the resolution for continuing the work of the Sub-Commission on Devastated Areas in Europe (document E/245);

2. URGES the Members of the United Nations, the Economic and Social Council, and the specialized agencies and intergovernmental organizations concerned, to take all possible steps, within their respective fields of activity, which may lead to the early solution of the problems of economic reconstruction of devastated areas;

3. DIRECTS the Secretary-General to transmit to the International Bank for Reconstruction and Development the opinion of the General Assembly that, if the economic reconstruction of devastated areas is not to be unduly delayed, the International Bank should come into full effective operation at the earliest possible date so that, in accordance with the special functions laid down for the Bank in its articles of Agreement, it may be able, early in 1947, to make the fullest possible contribution toward the needs of economic reconstruction;

4. RECOMMENDS that the Economic and Social Council and its Commissions consider undertaking as soon as possible, in cooperation with the specialized agencies concerned, a general survey of raw material resources needed for the economic reconstruction of devastated areas, with a view to recommending the adoption of the necessary measures to increase and promote production and to facilitate

transportation of those materials from the producing areas to the devastated areas;

5. FURTHER RECOMMENDS that, in order to give effective aid to the countries devastated by war, the Economic and Social Council at its next session give prompt and favorable consideration to the establishment of an economic commission for Europe and an economic commission for Asia and the Far East.

Consultative Arrangements of the Economic and Social Council With Non-Governmental

Organizations

[The first of the two resolutions on this subject recommends that the Economic and Social Council give to the World Federation of Trade Unions the same rights as specialized agencies to submit to the Council items for inclusion in its provisional agenda. This proposal was adopted on December 15, 1946, 25 to 22, with 6 abstentions, the United States voting against this resolution. The second resolution provides that all non-governmental organizations in the same category as the WFTU should receive equal treatment in respect of consultative arrangements with the Council. It was adopted on December 15, 1946, 34 to 11, with 8 abstentions. The United States voted for this resolution.]

I. REQUEST OF THE WORLD FEDERATION OF TRADE UNIONS THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY,

HAVING CONSIDERED the request of the World Federation of Trade Unions, dated 12 November 1946, for the establishment of a closer connection with the Economic and Social Council, and taking into account the decision of the Council of 21 June 1946 "that most close consultative connection should be established with the World Federation of Trade Unions";

RECOMMENDS to the Economic and Social Council that it give to the World Federation of Trade Unions the right to submit to the Economic and Social Council questions for insertion in the provisional agenda, in accordance with the procedure now applicable to specialized agencies.

II. CONSULTATIVE ARRANGEMENTS WITH NON-GOVERNMENTAL

THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY,

ORGANIZATIONS

HAVING CONSIDERED the report of the Economic and Social Council (document A/125) concerning arrangements for consultation with non-governmental organizations,