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 1412 Preparatory Com- mission of United Nations. Executive Commit- tee. Executive Secre- tary. Duties. INTERNATIONAL AGREEMENTS OTHER THAN TREATIES [59 STAT. INTERIM ARRANGEMENTS CONCLUDED BY THE GOVERNMENTS REPRESENTED AT THE UNITED NATIONS CONFERENCE ON INTERNATIONAL ORGANIZATION' THE GOVERNMENTS represented at the United Nations Conference on International Organization in the city of San Francisco, Having determined that an international organization to be known as the United Nations shall be established, Having this day signed the Charter of the United Nations, and Having decided that, pending the coming into force of the Charter and the estab- lishment of the United Nations as provided in the Charter, a Preparatory Commission of the United Nations should be established for the performance of certain functions and duties, AGREE as follows: 1. There is hereby established a Preparatory Commission of the United Nations ·for the purpose of making provisional arrangements for the first sessions of the Gen- eral Assembly, the Security Council, the Economic and Social Council, and the Trus- teeship Council, for the establishment of the Secretariat, and for the convening of the International Court of Justice. 2. The Commission shall consist of one representative from each government signatory to the Charter. The Commission shall establish its own rules of procedure. The functions and powers of the Commission, when the Commission is not in 'session, shall be exercised by an Executive Committee composed of the represen- tatives of those governments now represented on the Executive Committee of the Conference. The Executive Committee shall appoint such committees as may be necessary to facilitate its work, and shall make use of persons of special knowledge and experience. 3. The Commission shall be assisted by an Executive Secretary, who shall exercise such powers and perform such duties as the Commission may determine, and by such staff as may be required. This staff shall be composed so far as possible of officials appointed for this purpose by the participating governments on the invitation of the Executive Secretary. 4. The Commission shall: a. convoke the General Assembly in its first session; b. prepare the provisional agenda for the first sessions of the principal organs of the Organization, and prepare documents and recommendations relating to all matters on these agenda; c. formulaterecommendationsconcerning the possible transfer of certain func- I [Text and signatures reproduced by photographic process from the signed original. For romanized signatures see pages 1454-1457.]

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