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 PUBLIC LAWS--CH. 135-MAR. 28,1944 secretariat, etc. The Director General, or upon his authorization the Deputy Directors General, shall supply such secretariat and other staff and facilities as shall be required by the Council and its committees, including the regional committees and subcommittees. Such Deputy Directors General as shall be assigned special functions within a region shall attend meetings of the regional standing committee whenever possible and shall keep it advised on the progress of the relief and rehabilita- tion program within the region. Reports. "5. The Director General shall make periodic reports to the Central Committee and to the Council covering the progress of the Adminis- tration's activities. The reports shall be made public except for such portions as the Central Committee may consider it necessary, in the interest of the United Nations, to keep confidential; if a report affects the interests of a member government in such a way as to render it questionable whether it should be published, such govern- ment shall have an opportunity of expressing its views on the question of publication. The Director General shall also arrange to have prepared periodic reports covering the activities of the Administra- tion within each region and he shall transmit such reports with his comments thereon to the Council, the Central Committee and the respective regional committees. "ARTICIE V "BSTPLIaE AND BESOURCES Contributions by member governments. Accounting. Purchases outside own territorie. "1. In so far as its appropriate constitutional bodies shall authorize, each member government will contribute to the support of the Administration in order to accomplish the purposes of Article I, paragraph 2 (a). The amount and character of the contributions of each member government under this provision will be determined from time to time by its appropriate constitutional bodies. All such contributions received by the Administration shall be accounted for. "2. The supplies and resources made available by the member gov- ernments shall be kept in review in relation to prospective require- ments by the Director General, who shall initiate action with the member governments with a view to assuring such additional sup- plies and resources as may be required. "3. All purchases by any of the member governments, to be made outside their own territories during the war for relief or rehabilita- tion purposes, shall be made only after consultation with the Director General, and shall, so far as practicable, be carried out through the appropriate United Nations agency. "ARTICLE VI "A DM INISTRATIVE EXPENSES Budgets. "The Director General shall submit to the Council an annual budget, and from time to time such supplementary budgets as may be required, covering the necessary administrative expenses of the mAocati"on of Administration. Upon approval of a budget by the Council the total amount approved shall be allocated to the member governments in proportions to be determined by the Council. Each member gov- ernment undertakes, subject to the requirements of its constitutional procedure, to contribute to the Administration promptly its share of the administrative expenses so determined. "ArTcLE VII c tof militay "Notwithstanding any other provision herein contained, while hostilities or other military necessities exist in any area, the Admin- [58 STAT.

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