The Universal Postal Union, the most widespread of international associations, is composed of all nations of the world. Established by international convention, it was first set up in 1874 by representatives of national postal administrations. Details of the Union are worked out in a series of “arrangements” and “règlements”; members of the organization propose amendments to the documents mentioned and discussion then takes place in the Congress.

The International Wheat Conference, which convened in London on March 18, 1947, adjourned on April 23 without having reached agreement. The Conference did, however, produce a draft of an international wheat agreement which represented a greater harmony of views between producing and consuming countries than had previously been possible.

THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY THEREFORE DETERMINES, in pursuance of Article 93 paragraph 2 of the Charter, and upon the recommendation of the Security Council, the conditions on which Switzerland may become a party to the Statute of the International Court of Justice, as follows:

Switzerland will become a party to the Statute of the Court on the date of the deposit with the Secretary-General of the United Nations of an instrument, signed on behalf of the Government of Switzerland and ratified as may be required by Swiss constitutional law, containing:

(a) Acceptance of the provisions of the Statute of the Court;

(b) Acceptance of all the obligations of a Member of the United Nationsunder Article 94 of the Charter;

The Arab League, composed of Egypt, Syria, Iraq, Lebanon, Transjordan, Saudi-Arabia, and Yemen, was established by the pact signed by these states on March 22, 1944. According to the pact, which may be regarded as the League's constitution, the League has as its purpose to strengthen relations between the member-states, to coordinate their policies in order to achieve cooperation between them, and to safeguard their independence and sovereignty. With due regard to the “organization and circumstances of each state,” cooperation is to be effected specifically on 1) economic and financial affairs: commercial relations, customs, currency, and questions of agriculture and industry; 2) communications: railroads, roads, aviation, navigation, telegraphs and posts; 3) cultural affairs; 4) nationality, passports, visas, extradition, and execution of judgments; 5) social affairs; and 6) health affairs.

The Provisional Maritime Consultative Council, established as the result of a meeting held in October, 1946, of the United Maritime Consultative Council, held its first meeting in Paris from May 16 to 19, 1947. Represented were the governments of Australia, Belgium, Brazil, Canada, Chile, Denmark, United States, France, United Kingdom, Greece, India, Norway, New Zealand, Netherlands, Poland and the Union of South Africa, with Sweden and Yugoslavia represented by observers.

The Agreement formally establishing the Caribbean Commission was signed at Washington on October 20, 1946, by the United States, Great Britain, the Netherlands, and France. The Commission has as its purpose to strengthen cooperation among the signatory powers and their dependencies in the area “with a view toward improving the economic and social well-being of the peoples of the territory.” Together with its auxiliary bodies — the Caribbean Research Council and the West Indian Conference — the Caribbean Commission is an outgrowth of the Anglo-American Caribbean Commission, which was established in March, 1942. In December, 1945, France and the Netherlands accepted invitations to become members of the Commission, and on July 15, 1946, the present agreement was first initialed. The four-power body, like its predecessor the Anglo-American Commission, serves strictly in an advisory and consultative capacity, its main function being “to study, formulate and recommend … measures, programs, and policies with respect to social and economic problems, … make recommendations for the carrying into effect of all action necessary or desirable in this connection, [and to] … assist in coordinating local projects which have regional significance and to provide technical guidance.”

The area of the Free Territory of Trieste shall be the territory within the frontiers described in Articles 4 and 22 of the present Treaty as delimited in accordance with Article 5 of the Treaty.

As an independent regional non-political organization, the Pan-American Union, with its headquarters in Washington, has functioned for over fifty years to develop cooperation in social, economic and cultural affairs among the American Republics.

The Governments of Australia, the French Republic, the Kingdom of the Netherlands, New Zealand, the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, and the United States of America, (hereinafter referred to as “the participating Governments”),

After consideration of possible control machinery and zones of occupation in Austria, the European Advisory Commission agreed that the Allied Control Machinery in Austria should consist of an Allied Council, an Executive Committee, and staffs appointed by the four governments concerned. The whole organization, composed of the governments of the United Kingdom, the United States of America, the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics, and the Provisional Government of the French Republic, was known as the Allied Commission for Austria. The purposes of the Allied Commission, as laid down by the European Advisory Commission, include 1) the separation of Austria from Germany; 2) the establishment of a central Austrian administrative machine; 3) preparation for the establishment of a freely elected Austrian Government; and 4) facilitation of the administration of Austria.

The Conference of Foreign Ministers was established by the Potsdam Declaration “to continue the necessary proparatory work for the peace settlements.” During the period under review it held three sessions, the first in London from September 11 to October 2, 1945, the second in Paris in two meetings from April 25 to May 16 and from June to July 12, and the third in New York from November 4 to December 6, 1946.

The first formal action by the Allied Governments in considering the problem of reconstruction of the disrupted transport system of Europe's devastated areas was taken in October, 1942, when the Inter-Allied Committee on Post-war Requirements set up a Technical Advisory Committee on Inland Transport, with Professor E. R. Hondelink of the Netherlands as chairman. On November 18, 1942, the Hondelink Committee held its first meeting in London, with representatives present from Belgium, Czechoslovakia, France, Greece, the Netherlands, New Zealand, Norway, Poland, the United Kingdom and the United States. The work of the Committee consisted of 1) the preparation of estimates of requirements of equipment for the rehabilitation of inland waterways, railways, and ports against estimated movements of military and relief materials, and 2) the planning of an organization to expedite the movement of relief and priority traffic in post-war Europe. As a result of this work, the basis was laid for the eventual Agreement establishing the European Central Inland Transport Organization.