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63 STAT.] AULTTII.ATEIRAI-TELECOMAIUNICATIONS-OCT. 2 , 1947 2147 hand, may accede to the International Telecommunication Conven- tion of Atlantic City, in the capacity of Members having the right to vote, by complying with the provisions of Article 17 when the Resolu- Ante, p. 14 35 . tion of the General Assembly of the United Nations dated December 12. 1!94i., shall be abrogated or cease to be applicable.['] The formalities provided in Article 1 of the Convention shall not A "leP 1409. apply to Spain, on the one hand, and to the Spanish Zone of Morocco and to the totality of Spanish Possessions on the other hand. IV PROTOCOL Concerning the Telegraph and Telephone Regulations For those Members who have not yet approved the Telegraph and/or the Telephone Regulations, the provisions of Paragraph 3 of Article 13 of the Convention shall become binding only on the date Ante, p. 1431. of the signature of the Telegraph and Telephone Regulations as re- vised by the next telegraph and telephone administrative conference. V PROTOCOL Concerning the Ordinary Expenditures of the Union in 1948 In accordance with the Resolution of the International Telecom- munication Conference of Atlantic City, the Government of the Swiss Confederation is invited to advance to the Union, as and when re- quested by the Administrative Council or by the Secretary General of the Union with the approval of the Administrative Council, a sum not exceeding 1,500,000 Swiss francs for the ordinary expenses of the Union for the fiscal year 1948. The Secretary General of the Union is authorized, with the ap- proval of the Administrative Council, to incur ordinary annual ex- penditures during the fiscal year 1948 not exceeding 1,000,000 Swiss francs for the radio division and 500,000 Swiss francs for the tele- phone and telegraph division. VI PROTOCOL Concerning Ordinary Expenditures of the Union for 1949 - 1952 The International Telecommunication Conference of Atlantic City, in accordance with its resolution, hereby authorizes the Administra- tive Council to incur, after approval by a majority of the Members and Associate Members of the Union prior to the fiscal year in which ' United Nations Resolutions Adopted by the General Assembly During the Seecond Part of It. First Session From 23 October to 15 December 1946, p. 63 . Lake Success, 1947. (U. N. doc. A/241.)