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The text of the Committee's resolution on these aspects is as follows: " T'he United Nations Committee oni UNRRA, in accordance with the resolution adopted by the General Assembly of the United Nations at the 21st Plenary Meeting in London on February 1, 1946, and in order to facilitate the work of its Chairman in preparing a report to the forthcoming meeting of. the General Assembly of the United Nations, authorizes the Chairman:—• " 1. To communicate with each member of UNRRA who has not yet contributed the full amount of the contributions recommended by the UNRRA Council in order to secure the prompt availability of these contributions. " 2. To approach the members of the United Nations who are not now members of UNRRA as directed in paragraph 1 (&) of the resolution and to inform them of the manner of election to membership in UNRRA. "3. To suggest to the UNRRA Council that a resolution be submitted at its present session authorizing the Director General to take such steps as are necessary to obtain information concerning the progress made towards economic rehabilitation in the countries being assisted by UNRRA and recommending that the members of UNRRA make available the necessary information and that such information together with full reports on the work of UNRRA be furnished to the Secretary General of the United Nations; and "4. To request the Director General of UNRRA and the Secretary General of the United Nations to consult with the Committee, through its Chairman, on the progress of the reports to be made under paragraph 3 of the resolution and on the establishment of the closest possible relations between UNRRA and the United Nations. Amongst the remaining business transacted by the Council at its Fourth Session was the adoption of a report from the Committee on Financial Control including a recommendation as follows: " That the Administration be instructed to take all appropriate measures for the solution, of its accounting problems which the Administration recognizes are essential for the efficient and economical direction of its affairs; recommends further that the Administration submit audited accounts as at 31 December 1945, as prescribed by the Council, to the satisfaction of the Council at the earliest practicable date; and in addition recommends that the Council direct the Administration to make periodic reports to and in the discretion of the Committee on Financial Control and the Audit Subcommittee of the progress it is making in order that these committees shall keep the Council or the Central Committee as the case may be, fully informed of the progress made by the Administration." The decision of the Central Committee, authorizing approval of an Administrative Budget for 1946 of $15,209,078, was also accepted without dissent. The Council's last act, prior to its temporary adjournment, was to accept, with expressions of profound regret and sincere tributes to his unselfish and devoted service, the resignation of Governor Lehman as Director-General of UNRRA. Simultaneously, a new post was created for Governor Lehman—that of Permanent Honorary Chairman of the Council.

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