2. As stated in Mr. Pate's letter, 32 governments contributed to UNICEF in 1951. You will recall that the Canadian Government contributed $500,000 of which $290,000 was in cash and $210,000 in dried salt codfish. Attached is a copy of a statement we have obtained from the Fund, showing the total contributions received from January 1, 1951 to December 28, 1951.^? This statement shows that the major contributors (other than Canada) were as follows:

Also attached is a statement showing the total contributions received by UNICEF from its inception to December 28, 1951 by country and a table giving a breakdown of this statement by year through December, 1950.^?

3. The target budget for 1952 is the equivalent of US $30 million. The Australian and New Zealand Governments have already announced contributions equivalent to $560,000 and $280,000 respectively. The French Government has pledged $500,00[0] and the United Kingdom will probably make a contribution of at least $140,000. Insofar as the United States is concerned we have been informed that the Administration will seek an early appropriation of $12 million. Our Embassy in Washington, however, has reported that it is not likely that more than half of this amount will actually be appropriated by Congress. Pledges for 1952, other than those mentioned above, are listed in the table showing contributions received during 1951.

4. This Department has been considering a possible Canadian contribution for 1952 and in doing so has taken the following factors into account:

5. On November 28 last, the Third Committee of the General Assembly passed a resolution making a "most earnest appeal" to Governments and private persons to "contribute within the limits of their possibilities to the Fund during 1952." The Canadian Delegation voted in favour of this resolution but in doing so made it clear that such support in no way implied a commitment to contribute.

6. For some months now, there has been a shift in emphasis in UNICEF's activities from what might be called emergency relief to long-range projects. The Fund is continuing to meet emergencies as in Korea and Palestine and more recently in Italy, but for the most part assistance is now being given for two purposes, (a) building up of a country's own maternal and child health and welfare services, including the conduct of large-scale campaigns against communicable disease, and (b) child-feeding and related undertakings. At the present moment the Fund is conducting operations in the under-developed countries, particularly of Asia and the Middle East, which areas, from the political point of view, are of considerable importance at the present time.

7. The Fund's activities are predominantly concentrated on projects which cannot be financed from other sources (technical assistance programmes, fellowship programmes and so forth. Moreover, UNICEF has been able over a period of years, to build up a solid reputation for responsible relief work and by various means has been able to set up machinery to ensure not only that its funds are spent to the best advantage, but that its supplies of milk, drugs, clothing and so forth are actually received by the persons for whom they are intended. Canada has actively participated in the work of the Executive Committee and, as you know, a Canadian, Mrs. D.B. Sinclair,¹²⁷is now Chairman of that Committee.

8. As you are aware, the Fund also receives private contributions as a result of appeals made by various welfare and charity organisations, individuals and groups. Insofar as Canada is concerned, it has been evident that a Government contribution provides a stimulus to those endeavours which give individual Canadians an opportunity to play a tangible part in the work of one of the United Nations' more important agencies.

9. In the light of the above consideration my Minister is prepared to recommend to the Cabinet that the Canadian Government make a contribution for 1952 in the amount of $500,000, it being understood that such a contribution will be made up of $300,000 in cash, earmarked for UNICEF purchases in Canada, and $200,000 earmarked for the purchase of some Canadian product in surplus supply during the coming year which UNICEF can make use of in connection with its programme. If no such surplus product should become available then that portion of our contribution would be paid to UNICEF on the same condition as the $300,000 in cash.

10. Before drafting a submission to Cabinet along these lines, however, I should be grateful to have your views.

A.D.P. HEENEY