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59STAT.] MULTILATERAL-U .N . PREPARATORY COMMISSION--JUNE 26, 1945 1413 tions, 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; d. examine the problems involved in the establishment of the relationship between specialized intergovernmental organizations and agencies and the Organ- ization; 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 Expenses. convening of the first meeting of the General Assembly shall be met by the Gov- ernment of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland or, if the Commission so requests, shared by other governments. All such advances from gov. ernments shall be deductible from their first contributions to the Organization. 6. The seat of the Commission shall be located in London. The Commission shall Location of meet- hold its first meeting in San Francisco immediately after the conclusion of the United Natiors 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 subsequently it considers such a session desirable. 7. The Commission shall cease to exist upon the election of the Secretary-General Duration of Com- of the Organization, at which time its property and records shall be transferred to the m ss on - Organization. 8. The Government of the United States of America shall be the temporary de- Depositary. positary 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 Effective date. signature by the states entitled to be the original Members of the United Nations until the Commissiqn is dissolved in accordance with paragraph 7. IN FAITH WHEREOF, the undersigned representatives having been duly author- ized 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.