Appendix B-(Continued)—Statute of the International Court of Justice Article 68 In the exercise of its advisory functions the Court shall further be guided by the provisions of the present Statute which apply in contentious cases to the extent to which it recognizes them to be applicable. CHAPTER V-AMENDMENT Article 69 Amendments to the present Statute shall be effected by the same procedure as is provided by the Charter of the United Nations for amendments to that Charter, subject however to any provisions which the General Assembly upon recommendation of the Security Council may adopt concerning the participation of states which are parties to the present Statute but are not Members of the United Nations. Article 70 The Court shall have power to propose such amendments to the present Statute as it may deem necessary, through written communications to the Secretary-General, for consideration in conformity with the provisions of Article 69. Appendix C 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 establishment 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 General Assembly, the Security Council, the Economic and Social Council, and the Trusteeship 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 representatives 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) Formulate recommendations concerning the possible transfer of certain functions, activities, and assets of the League of Nations which it may be considered desirable for the new Organization to take over on terms to be arranged; Appendix C-Continued)-Interim Arrangements (d) Examine the problems involved in the establishment of the relationship between specialized intergovernmental organizations and agencies and the Organization; (e) Issue invitations for the nomination of candidates for the International Court of Justice in accordance with the provisions of the Statute of the Court; (f) Prepare recommendations concerning arrangements for the Secretariat of the Organization; and (g) Make studies and prepare recommendations concerning the location of the permanent headquarters of the Organization. 5. The expenses incurred by the Commission and the expenses incidental to the convening of the first meeting of the General Assembly shall be met by the Government of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland or, if the Commission so requests, shared by other governments. All such advances from governments shall be deductible from their first contributions to the Organization. 6. The seat of the Commission shall be located in London. The Commission shall hold its first meeting in San Francisco immediately after the conclusion of the United Nations Conference on International Organization. The Executive Committee shall call the Commission into session again as soon as possible after the Charter of the Organization comes into effect and whenever subse quently it considers such a session desirable. 7. The Commission shall cease to exist upon the election of the SecretaryGeneral of the Organization, at which time its property and records shall be transferred to the Organization. 8. The Government of the United States of America shall be the temporary depositary and shall have custody of the original document embodying these interim arrangements in the five languages in which it is signed. Duly certified copies thereof shall be transmitted to the governments of the signatory states. The Government of the United States of America shall transfer the original to the Executive Secretary on his appointment. 9. This document shall be effective as from this date, and shall remain open for signature by the states entitled to be the original Members of the United Nations until the Commission is dissolved in accordance with paragraph 7. IN FAITH WHEREOF, the undersigned representatives having been duly authorized for that purpose, sign this document in the English, French, Chinese, Russian, and Spanish languages, all texts being of equal authenticity. DONE at the city of San Francisco, this twenty-sixth day of June, one thousand nine hundred and forty-five. Edward R. Stettinius, Jr., Secretary of State; Chairman Cordell Hull, Senior Adviser Tom Connally, United States Senate Arthur H. Vandenberg, United States Senate Sol Bloom, House of Representatives Charles A. Eaton, House of Representatives Appendix D-(Continued) Advisers Department of State James Clement Dunn, Assistant Secretary of State Green H. Hackworth, Legal Adviser Leo Pasvolsky, Special Assistant to the Secretary of State for International Organization and Security Affairs Isaiah Bowman, Special Adviser to the Secretary of State Hamilton Fish Armstrong, Special Adviser to the Secretary of State John Foster Dulles Charles W. Taussig, Chairman, United States Section, Anglo-American Caribbean Commission Avra M. Warren, Director, Office of American Republic Affairs John D. Hickerson, Deputy Director, Office of European Affairs Harley A. Notter, Adviser, Office of Special Political Affairs Leroy D. Stinebower, Deputy Director, Office of International Trade Policy Treasury Department Harry White, Assistant Secretary of the Treasury War Department John J. McCloy, Assistant Secretary of War Lieutenant General Stanley D. Embick, Joint Strategic Survey Committee Major General Muir S. Fairchild, Joint Strategic Survey Committee Major General R. L. Walsh, Special Assistant to the Commanding General, Army Air Forces Brigadier General Kenner Hertford, Chief of Pan American Group, Opera tions Division Department of Justice Charles Fahy, Solicitor General of the United States Navy Department Artemus Gates, Assistant Secretary of the Navy Admiral Arthur J. Hepburn, Chairman, General Board Vice Admiral Russell Willson, Joint Strategic Survey Committee Rear Admiral Harold C. Train, Joint Post-War Committee R. Keith Kane, Special Assistant to the Secretary of the Navy Department of the Interior Abe Fortas, Under Secretary of the Interior Department of Agriculture Charles F. Brannan, Assistant Secretary of Agriculture Department of Commerce Frank A. Waring, Special Assistant to the Secretary of Commerce |