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 INTERNATIONAL AGREEMENTS OTHER THAN TREATIES [62 STAT. with public and private or- ganizations whenever it is deemed advisable, in so far as such organizations share the purpose of the Organization and observe the principles of the United Nations; (g) to promote the conclu- sion of bilateral arrangements for mutual assistance in the re- patriation of displaced persons, having regard to the principles laid down in paragraph (c) (ii) of the resolution adopted by the General Assembly of the United Nations on 12 February 1946 regarding the problem of refugees (Annex III); (h) to appoint staff, subject to the provisions of Article 9 of this Constitution; (i) to undertake any project appropriate to the accomplish- ment of the purposes of this Organization; (j) to conclude agreements with countries able and willing to receive refugees and dis- placed persons for the purpose of ensuring the protection of their legitimate rights and interests in so far as this may be necessary; and (k) in general, to perform any other legal act appropriate to its purposes. ARTICLE 3 RELATIONSHIP TO THE UNITED NATIONS The relationship between the Organization and the United Na- tions shall be established in an agreement between the Organiza- tion and the United Nations as pro- vided in Articles 57 and 63 of the Charter of the United Nations. ARTICLE 4 MEMBERSHIP 1. Membership in the Organi- zation is open to Members of the United Nations. Membership is also open to any other peace- loving States, not members of the United Nations, upon recommend- ation of the Executive Committee, by a two-thirds majority vote of members of the General Council present and voting, subject to the conditions of the agreement between the Organization and the United Nations approved pur- suant to article 3 of this Consti- tution. 2. Subject to the provisions of paragraph 1 of this article, the members of the Organization shall be those States whose duly author- ized representatives sign this Con- stitution without reservation as to subsequent acceptance, and those States which deposit with the Secretary-General of the United Nations their instruments of ac- ceptance after their duly author- ized representatives have signed this Constitution with such res- ervation. 3. Subject to the provisions of paragraph 1 of this article, those States, whose representatives have not signed the Constitution re- ferred to in thepreviousparagraph, or which, having signed it, have not deposited the relevant instru- ment of acceptance within the following six months, may, how- ever, be admitted as members of the Organization in the following cases: (a) if they undertake to liqui- date any outstanding contribu- tions in accordance with the relevant scale; or Post, p. 3054. Post, p. 3044. 59 Stat. 1046, 1047. 3040

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