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" The Assembly— " Recommends that a suitable appropriation to cover the administrative expenses of the High Commissioner should be provided by the competent organs of the League ; and " Notes that the sum required for this purpose for the year 1937 amounts to 82,500 Swiss francs." V. " The Assembly — " Having taken note of the report of the governing body of the Nansen International Office for the year ending 29th June, 1936 : " Expresses appreciation at the satisfactory results of the general application of the Nansen stamp system in France, and hopes that a similar practice will be adopted in all countries ; " Again urges Governments not to expel refugees until they have obtained entrance visas for another country ; '' Requests the Governments of the immigration countries to continue to co-operate with the Office by informing it of the possibilities of settlement in their territories ; and " Recommends Governments to consider the advantage of capitalizing their expenditure on refugees and of placing such funds at the disposal of the Office for the settlement of refugees." VI. " The Assembly — " In order to give effect to the provisions of the present resolution — " (1) In accordance with Article 6 of the Statute of the Nansen International Office for Refugees, appoints Judge Hansson as President of the governing body of the Office until 31st December, 1938, and grants him a credit of 5,000 Swiss francs for representation allowance for the year 1937 ; " (2) Requests the Council to appoint, in the course of its present session, a High Commissioner for the Refugees coming from Germany (Jewish and other), until 31st December, 1938." Intellectual Co-operation. The Sixth Committee's discussion of this subject ra.nged over a wide and varied field, and its report is sufficient to indicate the multiplicity of subjects to which attention was directed. Among these subjects may be mentioned the following Free circulation of educational films. Teaching of history. The use of broadcasting in the cause of peace (a Convention on which had been signed shortly after the opening of the Assembly session). A draft convention for the protection of national artistic and historic treasures. A universal charter for authors' rights. Expansion of the permanent international studies conference. Co-operation among the educational authorities in League of Nations' teaching. Unemployment among intellectual workers. Revision of school text-books. International conversations on arts and letters. The study of the problems of foreign policy, education, literature, and art. International art exhibitions. The collection of ethnographical and historical works. Safeguarding of the artistic and cultural riches of Spain. Exhibition of art and technique in modern life. Exact and natural sciences. Finally, an interesting discussion ensued as to whether it would not be possible for the International Committee on Intellectual Co-operation to take more definite and practical steps to develop international co-operation by means of mutual understanding between nations. This object, which is no doubt the basis of all the activities of the movement for international intellectual co-operation, met with considerable support, but it was finally decided to leave the question of concrete steps for consideration by the next Assembly. The Committee's report on Intellectual Co-operation is Document A. 66, 1936, XII, and and the resolutions which it proposed to the Assembly are as follows :— I. General resolution — " The Assembly is glad to note that the activities of the Intellectual Co-operation Organization have been maintained and extended during the year 1935-36, despite circumstances which have often been very difficult, and that the programme carried out during the year, as well as that planned for 1936-37, is inspired by the constant desire to achieve work useful to the League of Nations, the States which belong to it, and intellectual workers themselves. " It approves the various reports which have been submitted to it, and particularly that of the International Committee on Intellectual Co-operation (Document C. 328, M. 205, 1936, XII) on the work of its Eighteenth Session, and that of the governing body of the International Institute of Intellectual Co-operation (Document C. 318, M. 199, 1936, XII), and thanks the Committee and the governing body for their systematic and persistent efforts.

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