63 STAT.] MULTILATRATER TLECOMMUNICATIONS-OCT. 2, 1947 ARTICLE V Exchange of Information and Documents 1. Subject to such arrangements as may be necessary for the safe- guarding of confidential material, the fullest and promptest exchange of appropriate information and documents shall be made between the United Nations and the Union to meet the requirements of each. 2. Without prejudice to the generality of the provisions of the preceding paragraph: a) The Union shall submit to the United Nations an annual report on its activities; b) The Union shall comply to the fullest extent practicable with any request which the United Nations may make for the furnishing of special reports, studies or information; c) The Secretary General of the United Nations shall, upon re- quest, consult with the appropriate authority of the Union with a view to providing to the Union such information as may be of special interest to it. ARTICLE VI Assistance to the United Nations The Union agrees to co-operate with and to render all possible as- sistance to the United Nations, its principal and subsidiary organs, in accordance with the United Nations Charter and the International p.S9S .tat., p2. Telecommunication Convention, taking fully into account the partic- "Ate,P' 14 ular position of the individual members of the Union who are not members of the United Nations. ARTICLE VII Relations with the International Court of Justice 1. The Union agrees to furnish any information which may be requested by the International Court of Justice in pursuance of Article 34 of the Statute of the Court. p. 059. 2. The General Assembly authorizes the Union to request advisory Advisory opinions. opinions of the International Court of Justice on legal questions aris- ing within the scope of its competence other than questions concerning the mutual relationships of the Union and the United Nations or other specialized agencies. 3. Such request may be addressed to the Court by the Plenipo- tentiary Conference or the Administrative Council acting in pursuance of an authorization by the Plenipotentiary Conference. 4. When requesting the International Court of Justice to give an advisory opinion the Union shall inform the Economic and Social Council of the request. 1533
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