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Volume #12 - 641. | |
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CHAPTER VIII UNITED NATIONS | |
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PART
7 SPECIALIZED AGENCIES | |
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SECTION
E UNITED NATIONS RELIEF AND REHABILITATION ADMINISTRATION | |
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DEA/2295-R-40 |
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Ambassador in United States Secretary of State for External Affairs | |
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TELEGRAM WA-1145 |
Washington,
March 12th, 1946 |
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My WA-979 of March 1st concerning second half of Canada's second contribution to UNRRA. At a meeting of the Committee on Supplies yesterday, a lengthy report on the operations of the Bureau of Supply was submitted, of which I am quoting the two most important paragraphs concerning the ability of the Administration to carry out its 1946 program, Begins: The Administration believes that two immediate steps are essential to enable the Administration to carry out its 1946 program: The supplying Governments must take most urgent steps toward making their appropriations on their second 1 percent as quickly as possible. The longer these appropriations are delayed, the greater is the danger of failure in carrying out the program of operations. The contributing Governments should immediately review their prescribed procedures under which procurement for UNRRA is undertaken by them. This review should be made with a view to achieving a condition where UNRRA will not be required to tie up its funds far in advance of contracts and where the national agencies would undertake to carry on their own books the amounts required for advance procurement of bulk commodities and scarce supplies such as wheat, meat, fats, coal and POL (petroleum, oil, lubricants). Ends. The Committee urgently requested the members of all supplying Governments to bring these paragraphs to the attention of their Governments with the minimum possible delay. The second paragraph, dealing with the procurement difficulties created for UNRRA by the necessity of tying up funds far in advance of contracts, refers primarily to purchases in the United States. The Department of Agriculture in particular requires an extremely long advance commitment of UNRRA funds. The member for the United States and the Deputy Director General concerned with supplies both indicated that they expected this situation would be greatly improved in the near future. | |
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