§ Mr. Manderasked the Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs the present position with regard to the functioning of the League of Nations and the International Labour Organisation; and to what extent work with regard to post-war reconstruction is being carried out at the request of the British and other Governments?
§ Mr. LawAs regards the first part of the Question, the institutions of the League of Nations are being maintained in existence and are carrying on all those activities which the circumstances of the war and the financial situation of the League permit. The Acting Secretary-General, with a reduced staff is at Geneva, where a number of services are functioning, and he continues to control the activities of the services which are working outside Switzerland. A strong delegation from the Economic and Financial Section is at Princeton in the United States of America. 507W Offices of the Permanent Central Opium Board and the Supervisory Body have been opened at Washington. The health activities are being carried on from Geneva and Singapore. The Treasury of the League has its office in London. The International Labour Office is established at Montreal, though a small staff remains at Geneva. A conference of the International Labour Organisation will be held at New York in October of this year. The Permanent Court of International Justice remains in being. A meeting of the Supervisory Commission of the League was held in July last and in virtue of the emergency powers conferred on it by resolution of the Assembly, approved the budget for 1942. As regards the second part of the Question, the delegation of 508W the Economic and Financial Section at Princeton is, I understand, concerning itself with post-war, as well as current economic and financial problems. It works, of course, under the authority of the Acting Secretary-General.