§ 6. Mr. Hector Hughesasked the Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs how the International Children's Emergency Fund will be administered; in what way will the beneficiaries be selected; who will hear and determine questions which may arise; and will he state the details of the scheme for these purposes.
§ The Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs (Mr. Ernest Bevin)As the answer is rather long, I will, with permission, circulate it in the OFFICIAL REPORT.
§ Following is the answer:
§ This fund is administered by an Executive Director appointed by the Secretary General of the United Nations and by an Executive Board composed of representatives of the following Governments:
§ Argentina, Australia, Brazil, ByeloRussia, Canada, China, Colombia, Czechoslovakia, Denmark, Ecuador, France, Greece, Iraq, Netherlands, New Zealand, Norway, Peru, Poland, Sweden, Ukraine, South Africa, U.S.S.R., United Kingdom, U.S.A., Yugoslavia.
§ The Executive Board meets whenever convened by its Chairman or upon the request of any three of its members. Any country which wishes to benefit from the Fund sends in its application to a Programme Committee of ten members of which the United Kingdom is one. The Programme Committee examines the 1206 application, and in the light of relative needs and of the resources of the Fund, makes recommendations to the Executive Board.