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14. Agreement on interim measures to be taken in respect of refugees and displaced persons. * Opened for signature at Flushing Meadow, New York, 15 December 1946 ; effective 31 December 1946. Signed by New Zealand 17 March 1947. E.A. Pub. No. 34; App. H.R. 1947 A2d. 15. Constitution of the international refugee organisation* Opened for signature at Flushing Meadow, New York, 15 December 1946 ; effective when at least fifteen states, whose contributions to Part I of the operational budget as set forth in Annex II of the Constitution amount to not less than seventy-five per cent, of the total thereof, have become parties to it. Signed by New Zealand 17 March 1947. E.A. Pub. No. 34; App. H.R. 1947 A2d. 1947 1. Agreement establishing the South Pacific Commission* Signed at Canberra 6 February 1947 ; effective when accepted by all parties. After the expiration of 5 years from coming into force parties may withdraw after one year's notice or upon ceasing to administer non-self-governing territories. Signed by New Zealand 6 February 1947 and accepted 26 February 1947. U.K. Misc. No. 9 (1947) (Cmd. 7104); E.A. Pub. No. 26. 2. Agreement for the preservation or restoration of industrial property affected by the Second World War (with final protocol and additional final protocol) . * Signed at Neuchatel 8 February 1947 ; effective on ratification. Signed by New Zealand 8 February 1947 and ratified 22 September 1947. N.Z.T.S. No. 1 (1948); U.K. Misc. No. 10 (1947) (Cmd. 7111). 3. Treaty of peace between allied and associated powers and Italy* Signed at Paris 10 February 1947 ; effective 15 September 1947. Signed by New Zealand 10 February 1947 and ratified 24 December 1947. App. H.R. 1947 A 9; U.K. Misc. No. 1 (1947) (Cmd. 7022).