Page:United States Statutes at Large Volume 62 Part 3.djvu/436

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62 STAT.] MULTILATERAL-INT . REFUGEE ORGANIZATION-DEC. 16 , 1946 cil, having regard to currencies in which the anticipated expendi- ture of the Organization will be effected from time to time, regard- less of the currency in which the budget is expressed. 3. Each member undertakes to contribute to the Organization its share of the administrative ex- penses as determined and allo- cated under paragraphs 1 and 2 of this article. 4. Each member shall con- tribute to the operational expenditures-except for large- scale re-settlement expenditures- as determined and allocated under paragraphs 1 and 2 of this article, subject to the requirements of the constitutional procedure of such members. The members under- take to contribute to the large- scale re-settlement expenditures on a voluntary basis and subject to the requirements of their con- stitutional procedure. 5. A member of the Organiza- tion, which, after the expiration of a period of three months following the date of the coming into force of this Constitution, has not paid its financial contribution to the Organization for the first financial year, shall have no vote in the General Council or the Executive Committee until such contribu- tion has been paid. 6. Subject to the provisions of paragraph 5 of this article, a member of the Organization which is in arrears in the payment of its financial contributions to the Or- ganization shall have no vote in the General Council or the Execu- tive Committee if the amount of its arrears equals or exceeds the amount of the contributions due from it for the preceding one full year. 7. The General Council may, nevertheless, permit such mem- bers to vote if it is satisfied that the failure to pay is due to condi- tions beyond the control of such members. 8. The administrative budget of the Organization shall be sub- mitted annually to the General Assembly of the United Nations for such review and recommenda- tion as the General Assembly may deem appropriate. Theagreement under which the Organization shall be brought into relationship with the United Nations under article 3 of this Constitution may provide, inter alia, for the approval of the administrative budget of the Organization by the General Assembly of the United Nations. 9. Without prejudice to the provisions concerning supplemen- tary budgets in paragraph 1 of this article, the following excep- tional arrangements shall apply in respect of the financial year in which this Constitution comes in- to force: (a) the budget shall be the provisional budget set forth in Annex II to this Constitution; and (b) the amounts to be contrib- uted by the members shall be in the proportions set forth in Annex II to this Constitution. ARTICLE 11 HEADQUARTERS AND OTHER OFFICES 1. The Organization shall estab- lish its headquarters at Paris or at Geneva, as the General Council shall decide, and all meetings of the General Council and the Ex- ecutive Committee shall be held Ante, p. 3040. Post, p. 3052 . 3045