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63 STAT.] MULTILATERA-INT . RICE COMMISSION--MAR. 13 , 1948 (d) undertaking, where necessary and appropriate, co-operative projects directed to the solution of the above-mentioned problems; (e) assembling, collating, and disseminating, through the publica- tions of the Food and Agriculture Organization and otherwise, information relating to the production, conservation, distribu- tion, and consumption of rice; (f) establishing such committees and calling such meetings of ex- perts as the Commission may consider desirable for the per- formance of the foregoing functions; (g) recommending to member governments, through the Food and Agriculture Organization, such national and international action as may appear to the Commission to be necessary or de- sirable for the solution of the above-mentioned problems; (h) recommending to the Food and Agriculture Organization the provision of technical assistance to member governments in measures directed to that end; (i) extending its good offices in assisting member governments to secure materials and equipment necessary for improvement of the production, conservation, distribution, or consumption of rice; (j) reporting annually on its activities to the Council of the Food and Agriculture Organization, and making such other reports to the Food and Agriculture Organization on matters relating to the production, conservation, distribution, and consumption of rice as the Commission itself may consider expedient or the Council of the Food and Agriculture Organization may require. ARTcLuL V CO-OPERATION WITH INTERNATIONAL ORGANIZATIONS The Commission shall maintain, through the Food and Agriculture Organization, close liaison with the United Nations and its specialized agencies in matters of mutual interest. ARTICLE VI EXPENSES 1. Expenses incurred by delegates and their alternates, experts, and advisers in attending meetings of the Commission and expenses in- curred by experts under paragraph (f) of Article IV hereof shall be determined and paid by their respective governments. 2. The expenses of the secretariat of the Commission and any expenses incurred by the chairman of the Commission in performing duties con- nected with its work in intervals between meetings of the Commission shall be determined and paid by the Food and Agriculture Organiza- tion within the limits of an annual budget prepared and approved in 81939-B2-PT . n- 16 2535