62 STAT.] MULTILATERAL-UNIVERSAL POSTAL UNION-JULY 5, 1947 members in accordance with the provisions of the Universal Postal Convention, items proposed to it by the United Nations. Similarly, the Council, its commissions and committees, and the Trusteeship Council shall include in their agenda items proposed by the Union. Article IV RECOMMENDATIONS OF THE UNITED NATIONS 1. The Union agrees to arrange for the submission as soon as pos- sible, for appropriate action, to its congresses or its administrative conferences or commissions, or to its members, in conformity with the provisions of the Universal Postal Convention, of all formal recom- mendations which the United Nations may make to it. Such rec- ommendations will be addressed to the Union and not directly to its members. 2. The Union agrees to enter into consultation with the United Nations, upon request, with respect to such recommendations, and in due course to report to the United Nations on the action taken by the Union or by its members to give effect to such recommendations, or on the other results of their consideration. 3. The Union will co-operate in whatever further measures may be necessary to make co-ordination of the activities of specialized agencies and those of the United Nations fully effective. In particular, it will co-operate with any body which the Council may establish for the purpose of facilitating such co-ordination and will furnish such in- formation as may be required for the carrying out of this purpose. 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 information and documents shall be made between the United Nations and the Union. 2. Without prejudice to the generality of the provisions of the pre- ceding 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 furnish- ing of special reports, studies or information, subject to the conditions set forth in article XI; Po, p.3345. (c) The Union shall furnish written advice on questions within its competence as may be requested by the Trusteeship Council; (d) The Secretary-General of the United Nations shall, upon request, consult with the Director of the International Bureau of the Union regarding the provision to the Union of such information as may be of special interest to it. 3343
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