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248 International Court of Justice in pursuance of Article 34 of the Statute of the Court.

2. The General Assembly authorized the United Nations Educational, Scientific, and Cultural Organization to request advisory opinions of the International Court of Justice on legal questions arising within the scope of its activities other than questions concerning the mutual relationships of the Organization and the United Nations or other specialized agencies.

3. Such request may be addressed to the Court by the General Conference or by the Executive Board acting in pursuance of an authorization by the Conference.

4. When requesting the International Court of Justice to give an advisory opinion the United Nations Educational, Scientific, and Cultural Organization shall inform the Economic and Social Council of the request.

Any regional or branch offices which the United Nations Educational, Scientific, and Cultural Organization may establish shall, so far as practicable, be closely associated with such regional or branch offices as the United Nations may establish.

1. The United Nations and the United Nations Educational, Scientific, and Cultural Organization recognize that the eventual development of a single unified international civil service is desirable from the standpoint of effective administrative co-ordination, and with this end in view agree to develop common personnel standards, methods, and arrangements designed to avoid serious discrepancies in terms and conditions of employment, to avoid competition in recruitment of personnel, and to facilitate interchange of personnel in order to obtain the maximum benefit from their services.

2. The United Nations and the United Nations Educational, Scientific, and Cultural Organization agree to co-operate to the fullest extent possible in achieving these ends and in particular they agree to: