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The Chairman of the Supervisory Commission added that, after deduction of the sums alreadv
spent, the fund amounted to-day to <,972,135.51 francs, which were placed in fixed-term accounts
in various banks at o per cent, interest. 1 accounts
The Secretary-General promised that the amount due from States should be included in the
schedule ot allocation for 1927 after deduction of the sums payable to them as annuiUes durhi*
19 <. 1 his is the basis on which they will be requested to pay their contributions towards ti e
expenses of the new hnancial year. 1,1 e
The Committee was informed by the Rapporteur to the Special Session of the Assembly on the
question ot the new buildings that, instead of erecting temporary huts, for whict aiUhority had
pre\H)usly been given, the Secietary-General had been able to purchase a building situated behind
the Secretariat, which it will be possible to sell at a remunerative price as soon as the Secretariat
is established in the new building. The Committee ratified this decision of the Secretary-Gener d
which will result m a considerable saving. e d ^ ueneiai,
The Secretary-General, in reply to a question put by the same delegate, explained that as it
-VL Pp 1 ? n f P °f i, C Tk t0 an / micf ; b1 ^ arrangement with the owner of the property called
La Perle du Lac, he had be^n informed that the Genevese authorities were taking the necessary
measures for expropriation, although, as regards the League of Nations, all negotiations would be
carried on with the Federal Government. lu
(«) The Fourth Committee was informed that the Supervisory Commission was considering a
suggestion to set up an Administrative Tribunal to deal with all cases of dispute .ega d to fhe
carrying out of staff contracts which might arise between the heads of the League's Organisations
and their subordinates. When the scheme has been definitely drawn up by the Super ' re
Commission, a proposal will be laid before the Assembly. ' peivisoij
(c) 'The Committee approved the Supervisory Commission’s recommendations in regard to the
?" In “ t0 be . allo , at f d t ° th * Deputy Auditor, and the printing of a bibliographical bulletin, giving a
list of works relating to the League ot Nations. It decided that it would be impossible without
increasing expenditure on staff and material, to publish an annual list of articles on the Wne of
Nations appearing in the periodical publications of the various countries. It also concurred ?n the
opinion of the Supervisory Commission that there was no justification either in equity or law for
restoring, in favour of the Heads of Sections of the International Labour Office, Article (it) of the
Statute, which provided for a payment on the expiration of contracts, it noted, however that t e
Supervisory Commission would have no objection to these officials bringing the question before
the Administrative Inbunal when it bad been set up. ^ n let01e
I^ r -—M iscellaneous Questions.
t K f,) nt e Commiltee t0, ? k note , of the report of the Council and of the Director of the International
Labour Office on new works involving additional expenditure on the part of the League
(b) The Committee approved a proposal of the Council to grant an allowance of 2,000'Swiss francs
to members of the Mandates Commission who have sat more than 30 days during any one given
year. It noted that this proposal had been approved by the Supervisory Commission "which had
particularly emphasised that this case must not in any way constitute a precedent, in view of the
special situation of the members of Hie Mandates Commission, who, according to the Commission's
Rules of Procedure may not fill any office which makes them directly dependent upon hei?
Governments The Supervisory Commission also noted that the sessions of the Mandates Commission
were longer than those of other League Committees (44 meetings in 1925), and that the study of
the many and vo ummous reports transmitted by the mandatory Powers imposed heavy work uoon
the members of the Commission. ^ U r uu
(c) The Committee noted with satisfaction the agreement between the Allocation of Expenses
Committee and the German Delegation concerning the Reich’s contribution to the expenses of the
League 1 he Committee theretore recommends the Assembly to fix Germany's number of units at
79 in the scale of the allocation of League expenses.
(d) At the request of a member of the Committee, the Secretary-General undertook, if and when
a suitable occasion occurred to draw the attention of the Council to the desirability of securing a
Committees “ ° £ na “° nalS 0t SUte8 ' vhich are not Members Council on the various League
c, (*) Tb e Co^mUtee proposed that the Assembly should ratify the amendment to Article G of the
Stafi Provident Fund Regulations, approved by the Council on 15th March. The first paragraph of
the amended article will be as follows :— paia 0 iapn ot
“ On the termination of a member’s services or at his death, the balance standing to the
creiht ot his account including interest up to the date of termination of service or death
caiculated at the rate of the last annual distribution of interest, and interest thereafter down ta
the date of tender of payment, at the rate of 3 per cent, or such other rate as the Board nf
Management may fix, shall be paid to him, or, if the member is dead, to the person or persons
entitled under the annex to this article. F poisons
(/) The Supervisory Commission having noted that certain difficulties have been experienced in
connection with the payment of expenses to members of League Commissions, the Fourth Committee
considers it desirable to propose that the Assembly should adopt the following resolution with a v Iw
to strengthening the authority of the competent officials of the Secretariat " VIew
The Assembly :
Notes that the Internal Control Service of the League of Nations experiences difficulty and
is caused considerable trouble by the fact that members of Committees and other persons who
have to submit requests for repayment do not always take into consideration the exact telms
therefore ^ 3 8 0verl ‘ in * t' 16 administration of the funds ; a™!
Requests members of Committees and all other persons performing work of anv L-;„,i
whatever at the request and at the expense of the League of Nations to comply strictly with
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