The Executive and Liaison Committee of the Universal Postal Union met at Berne, Switzerland on October 11, 1948, with representatives of seventeen countries taking part in the work of the meeting. The Secretary General (Muri) reported on measures taken concerning the following questions: 1) representation of member countries at the sessions of the Committee, 2) extension of the franking privilege to the United Nations and the Specialized Agencies, 3) communication of the decisions of the Committee to the Administrations of the Union which had submitted proposals for the session of April 1948, 4) communication to the Administrations of the Union of the work done by the Committee, 5) formulation of a juridical statute for the Union in Switzerland, and 6) regulations concerning the organization, the work and the supervision of the International Bureau of the Union.