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The Final Plenary Session was held on July 22, 1944. As a result of the deliberations, as recorded in the minutes and reports of the respective Commissions and their Committees and of the Plenary Sessions, the following instruments were drawn up:— International Monetary Fund Articles of Agreement of the International Monetary Fund, which are attached hereto as Annex A. International Bank for Reconstruction and Development Articles of Agreement of the International Bank for Reconstruction and Development, which are attached hereto as Annex B. _ Summary of the Agreements in Annex A and Annex B, which is attached hereto as Annex C. The following resolutions, statement, and recommendations were adopted:— I. PREPARATION OF THE FINAL ACT The United Nations Monetary and Financial Conference ' That the Secretariat be authorized to prepare the Final Act in accordance with the suggestions proposed by the Secretary General in Journal No. 1!), July 19, 1.144, That the Final Act contain the definitive texts of the conclusions approved by the Conference in plenary session, and that no changes be made therein at the Closing Plenary Session; . , That the Co-ordinating Committee review the text and, if approved, submit it to the Final Plenary Session. 11. PUBLICATION OF DOCUMENTATION The United Nations Monetary and Financial Conference Resolves — . n ... , ~ That the Government of the United States of America bo authorized to pubiisn tne Final Act of this Conference; the Reports of the Commissions; the Minutes of the Public Plenary Sessions; and to make available for publication such additional documents m connection with the work of this Conference as in its judgment may be considered in the public interest. 111. NOTIFICATION OF SIGNATURES AND CUSTODY OF DEPOSITS The United Nations Monetary and Financial Conference Resolves — To request the Government of the United States of America — (1) As depository of the Articles of Agreement of the International Monetary Fund, to inform the Governments of all countries whose names are set forth'in Schedule A of the Articles of Agreement of the International Monetary Fund, and all Governments whose membership is approved in accordance with Article 11, Section 2, of all signatures of the Articles of Agreement ; and _ . (2) To receive and to hold in a special deposit account gold or United States dollars transmitted to it in accordance with Article XX, Section 2 (d), of the Articles of Agreement of the International Monetary Fund, and to transmit such funds to the Board of Governors of the Fund when the initial meeting has been called. IV. STATEMENT REGARDING SILVER The problems confronting some nations as a result of the wide fluctuation in the value of silver were the subject of serious discussion in Commission 111. Due to the shortage ot time the magnitude of the other problems on the agenda, and other limiting considerations, i! was impossible to give sufficient attention to this problem at this time m order to make definite recommendations. However, it was the sense of Commission .111 that the subject should merit further study by the interested nations. V. LIQUIDATION OF THE BANK FOR INTERNATIONAL SETTLEMENTS The United Nations Monetary and Financial Conference /?cco [, yyiyyic7i(is— The liquidation of the Bank for International Settlements at the earliest possible moment. VI. ENEMY ASSETS AND LOOTED PROPERTY Whereas, in anticipation of their impending defeat, enemy leaders, enemy nationals, and their collaborators are transferring assets to and through neutral countries in order to conceal them and to perpetuate their influence, power, and ability to plan future aggrandizement and world domination, thus jeopardizing the efforts of the United Nations to establish and permanently maintain peaceful international relations;

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