United Maritime Consultative Council Washington, D.C., and London, England Came into being on March 3, 1946, on the basis of a temporary agreement which was to expire October 31, 1946. (T.I.A.S. 1723; 61 Stat., pt. 4.) The following Governments accepted the agreement: Australia, Belgium, Brazil, Canada, Chile, Denmark, France, Greece, India, Netherlands, New Zealand, Norway, Poland, Sweden, Union of South Africa, the United Kingdom, the United States, and Yugoslavia. The agreement provided for the establishment of a Contributory Nations Committee, to be set up in Washington, to provide shipping space for relief and rehabilitation cargoes originating in Canada and the United States; and a Coordinating and Review Committee, to be set up in London, to consider UNRRA requirements from areas other than the United States and Canada. The agreement further provided that Governments should meet periodically for discussions in a United Maritime Consultative Council "for the purpose of exchanging information to the end that individual governments may be enabled to frame their own policies in the post-UMA period in the light of the knowledge of the policies of other governments." The Council was also to consider and study other problems in the international shipping field which might be referred to it for the purpose of making appropriate recommendations to member governments. The United Maritime Consultative Council, however, had no executive power. The United Maritime Consultative Council terminated its existence on October 31, 1946, at which time the Provisional Maritime Consultative Council (q. v.) came into existence. United Nations Central Training Film Committee Organized by informal arrangement of the War Department in July 1942, it included representatives of Canada, Czechoslovakia, Greece, the Netherlands, New Zealand, the Soviet Union, the Union of South Africa, the United States, and the United Kingdom. These countries, other than the United States, were represented on the Committee through their military missions in Washington. Most United States participants were military personnel, but the chairman of the Committee at one time was a representative of the National Archives. The Committee's purpose was to promote the inter-Allied exchange of motion pictures and film strips used in military training. It was financed with funds supplied by the War and Navy Departments. The Committee was terminated in July 1946. United Nations Relief and Rehabilitation Administration Washington, D.C. Established under an agreement, which was signed and came into force for most of its signatories including the United States on November 9, 1943 (Executive Agreement Series 352; reprinted in 57 Stat. 1164). Membership consisted of 48 Governments. The general purpose of UNRRA was to provide relief for victims of World War II. In fulfillment of this purpose it procured commodities and services to a total of $3,683,500,000; provided facilities for displaced persons. In December 1946, under resolution 115, the Council of UNRRA turned over to its Central Committee responsibility for the affairs of UNRRA. In November 1948, the General Assembly of the United Nations approved, by resolution 241, an agreement between UNRRA and the United Nations, thereby bringing the agreement into force, under which the United Nations took over from UNRRA responsibility for (a) residual accounting, (b) the UNRRA history project, (c) the UNRRA records and archives, (d) the remaining UNRRA accounts receivable, (e) certain other minor assets and functions. On March 30, 1949, the Central Committee of UNRRA met for the last time and effected the dissolution of UNRRA, as of midnight March 31, 1949. In liquidating its affairs, UNRRA turned over, from its residual assets, amounts to other international organizations as follows: Food and Agriculture Organization, $1,135,000; International Refugee Organization, $3,603,839; World Health Organization, $4,000,000; United Nations International Children's Fund (UNICEF), $34,461,065 (including claims, rights, and residues) and the United Nations, on behalf of UNICEF, an estimated $40,000. United Nations War Crimes Commission London, England Created as the result of diplomatic correspondence between the Governments concerned at a meeting of the representatives of those governments in London on October 26, 1943. The Commission held its first official meeting in January 1944, and its final meeting on March 31, 1948. It was composed of representatives of the Governments of Australia, Belgium, Canada, China, Czechoslovakia, Denmark, France, Greece, India, Luxembourg, the Netherlands, New Zealand, Norway, Poland, the United Kingdom, the United States 842727-50-22 of America, and Yugoslavia. Its primary function was the recording of war crimes committed against nationals of the United Nations. In this connection, it prepared lists of suspected war criminals. It also made recommendations to the member governments on questions of policy relating to the apprehension and trial of war criminals. The Commission is now in liquidation, its assets having been vested in trustees, to be used to finance a publication prepared by it on law reports of the United Nations War Crimes Commission (UNWCC). (See Law Reports of Trials of War Criminals, London, published for the UNWCC by H. M. Stationery Office, 1947-, volume I–. Also, incidental to the Law Reports see History of the United Nations War Crimes Commission and the Development of the Laws of War, compiled by the United Nations War Crimes Commission, London, published for the UNwcc by H. M. Stationery Office, 1948.) Any surplus after winding up the affairs of the UNWCC will be distributed among the member governments. APPENDIX 2 Members of the United Nations and the Specialized Agencies1 (As of September 15, 1949) ILO UNESCO FAO ICAO 2 Fund Bank WHO IRO ITU UPU 4 Members of the United Nations and the Specialized Agencies-Continued ILO UNESCO FAO ICAO 2 Fund Bank WHO IRO ITU UPU 4 Rumania.. San Marino. Saudi Arabia. Southern Rhodesia.. Switzerland. Syria.... 444 444 444 Thailand. Jordan, Hashemite Ukrainian S. S. R... U. of South Africa... U. S. S. R... United Kingdom. United States. Uruguay... Vatican City. Venezuela. Yemen.. ILO ABBREVIATIONS and Development World Health Organization -International Refugee Organization International Telecommunication Union Universal Postal Union International Labor Organization | Bank...-----International Bank for Reconstruction UNESCO...United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization WHO. FAO....... Food and Agriculture Organization | IRO. of the United Nations ITU. ICAO.... International Civil Aviation Organization UPU. Fund International Monetary Fund 1 A specialized agency is an intergovernmental organization which, in the terms of article 57 of the United Nations Charter, has "wide international responsibilities in economic, social, cultural, educational, health and related fields" and which has entered into a formal agreement with the United Nations. These agreements cover coordination of programs, the establishment of budgetary and financial relationships, cooperation in the development of personnel and statistical services, and the avoidance of competitive or overlapping administrative and technical services. Each specialized agency has its own constitution and receives its basic legal power not from the United Nations but from the governments which accept its constitution. * Spain is not participating in the ICAO although legal debarment from membership will not become effective until 28 States have ratified the amendment to the ICAO Convention debarring Spain. In addition to the 74 members shown on this chart, ITU's total membership of 81 includes the following: |