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 INTERNATIONAL AGREEMENTS OTHER THAN TREATIES [57 STAT. Delegation ofrepre- 9. Any contracting Government may designate the delegation of sentation and vote. any other contracting Government to represent it and to vote on its behalf at any meeting of the Council or on any particular question. The terms of any such delegation of authority shall be communicated in writing by the delegating Government to the Chairman of the Council. Decisions. 10. The Council may take decisions, without holding a meeting, by correspondence between the Chairman and the delegations of the con- tracting Governments, unless any delegation objects. Any decisions so taken shall be communicated forthwith to all the delegations and shall be recorded in the Minutes of the next meeting of the Council. Arrangements to fa- 11. The Council shall make at the earliest practicable date all pos- sible arrangements with international shipping controls to facilitate the exportation of wheat. Dutiesof Executive 12. The Council shall instruct the Executive Committee (a) to Committee. cooperate with bodies engaged in the task of improving human nutri- tion, (b) to investigate the possibilities of increasing wheat consump- tion and (c) to examine and report upon any proposals made to the Council by any contracting Government designed to facilitate the attainment of the objectives of the Agreement. Ascertainment of 13. The Council shall ascertain and make public the carry-over earry-over. of wheat in Argentina, Australia, Canada and the United States of America at the end of each of their respective crop-years. wheat storagetfacili- 14. The Council shall, upon the request of any contracting Govern- ties. ment of an exporting country, investigate the possibility of meeting the needs of that country for wheat storage facilities to maintain in a good state of preservation such stocks of wheat as may accumulate prior to the coming into force of Article IV. The Council shall re- port to the contracting Governments its findings together with its recommendations. nartioal tradeo nt r 15. The Council shall at its regular August meeting make and pub- lish, with such detail as it considers desirable, an estimate of the total volume of international trade in wheat and flour in the current quota- year and shall from time to time review that estimate and publish such revised estimates as it may make. Annualreport. 16. The Council shall publish an annual report on the operation of the Agreement which shall include a summary of relevant statistics and such other material as the Council may determine. The Council may authorize the publication of such other reports as it considers appropriate. Reports shall be published in English and in any other languages that the Council may determine. CPerfnoromancetby 17. Pending the establishment of the Executive Committee under of Executive Co m - Article VIII, the Council shall itself perform the functions assigned mittee. by the Agreement to that Committee. Assetst, etc., of 18. The Council may arrange to take over the assets and liabilities Committee. of the Wheat Advisory Committee upon the dissolution of that body on such terms as may be agreed with it. 1392

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