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 INTERNATIONAL AGREEMENTS OTHER THAN TREATIES [57 STAT. November 9, 1943 [E. A. S. 352] Establishment. There is hereby established the United Nations Relief and Rehabil- itation Administration. Powers. 1. The Administration shall have power to acquire, hold and convey property, to enter into contracts and undertake obligations, to designate or create agencies and to review the activities of agencies so created, to manage undertakings and in general to perform any legal act appropriate to its objects and purposes. Purposes and fum. ti. nd n 2. Subject to the provisions of Article VII, the purposes and func- tions of the Administration shall be as follows: t n . Relief of war vi- (a) To plan, coordinate, administer or arrange for the administra- tion of measures for the relief of victims of war in any area under the control of any of the United Nations through the provision of food, fuel, clothing, shelter and other basic necessities, medical and other essential services; and to facilitate in such areas, so far as necessary to the adequate provision of relief, the production and transporta- tion of these articles and the furnishing of these services. The form of activities of the Administration within the territory of a member government wherein that government exercises administrative authority and the responsibility to be assumed by the member govern- ment for carrying out measures planned by the Administration therein shall be determined after consultation with and with the consent of the member government. Agreement between the United States of America and other governments or authoritiesrespecting the United Nations Relief and Rehabilitation Administration. Signed at Washington November 9, 1943. AGREEMENT FOR UNITED NATIONS RELIEF AND REHABILITATION ADMINISTRATION The Governments or Authorities whose duly authorized represen- tatives have subscribed hereto, Being United Nations or being associated with the United Nations in this war, Being determined that immediately upon the liberation of any area by the armed forces of the United Nations or as a consequence of retreat of the enemy the population thereof shall receive aid and relief from their sufferings, food, clothing and shelter, aid in the pre- vention of pestilence and in the recovery of the health of the people, and that preparation and arrangements shall be made for the return of prisoners and exiles to their homes and for assistance in the resump- tion of urgently needed agricultural and industrial production and the restoration of essential services, Have agreed as follows: ARTICLE I 1164

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