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 INTERNATIONAL AGREEMENTS OTHER THAN TREATIES [59 STAT. Preparatory Com- mission. Executive Commit- tee. The Governments represented at the United Nations Educational and Cultural Conference in London, Having determined that an international organisation to be known as the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organisa- tion shall be established, and Having formulated the Constitution of the United Nations Educa- tional, Scientific and Cultural Organisation, Agree as follows: 1. Pending the coming into force of the Constitution and the establish- ment of the Organisation provided for therein, there shall be estab- lished a Preparatory Commission to make arrangements for the first Session of the General Conference of the Organisation, and to take such other steps as are indicated below. 2. For this purpose the Commission shall:- (a) Convoke the First Session of the General Conference. (b) Prepare the provisional agenda for the First Session of the General Conference and prepare documents and recom- mendations relating to all matters on the agenda including such matters as the possible transfer of functions, activities and assets of existing international agencies, the specific arrangements between this Organisation and the United Nations Organisation, and arrangements for the Secretariat of the Organisation and the appointment of its Director- General. (c) Make studies and prepare recommendations concerning the programme and the budget of the Organisation for presenta- tion to the General Conference at its First Session. (d) Provide without delay for immediate action on urgent needs of educational, scientific, and cultural reconstruction in devas- tated countries as indicated in Paragraphs 6 and 7. 3. The Commission shall consist of one representative of each of the Governments signatory to this Instrument. 4. The Commission shall appoint an Executive Committee composed of fifteen members to be selected at the first meeting of the Commis- sion. The Executive Committee shall exercise any or all powers of the Commission as the Commission may determine. 5. The Commission shall establish its own rules of procedure and shall appoint such other committees and consult with such specialists as may be desirable to facilitate its work. 6. The Commission shall appoint a special technical sub-committee to examine the problems relating to the educational, scientific and cultural needs of the countries devastated by the war, having regard to the information already collected and the work being done by other 1884

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