¹ For summary of the work of the Mexico City Conference of UNESCO see International Organization, II, p. 136Google Scholar.

² See National Commission News, vol. 1, no. 8, p. 2Google Scholar and UNESCO Courier, 02, 1948Google Scholar. These are more accurate figures than those reported in the February 1948 issue of International Organization, which were based upon the United Nations Bulletin.

³ The approval of specific budgets for each proposed program was a major innovation and improvement in UNESCO administrative procedure decided upon at Mexico City. A special committee of the Administrative and External Relations Commission of the General Conference had, after consultation with the auditor, reported that it was “clear beyond doubt that, at least until the beginning of this year [1947], the accounts of the Orzation, ganization were kept in a most haphazard manner, not to put it stronger than that and that there was hardly any control over accounts and expenditure”. Irregularities had resulted in unrecoverable defalcations by a cashier and questionable accounting procedures in UNESCO's earlier period. The result was a series of resolutions by the General Conference designed to tighten up budgetary and administrative matters. Document 2C/130.

⁴ United Nations Bulletin, IV, p. 318Google Scholar.

⁵ New York Times, February 24, 1948.

⁶ UNESCO Courier, 02, 1948Google Scholar.

⁷ UNESCO Courier, 02 1948Google Scholar.

⁸ Ibid.

⁹ Ibid.