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Requests the Director-General to submit the draft of any such supplementary agreement to a subsequent session of the Conference for consideration prior to ratification. (d) Relations with Specialized Agencies The Conference — Approves the Agreement between the International Labour Organization and the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations relating to co-operation between the two agencies ; Requests the Director-General to notify the International Labour Organization of such approval and to file the Agreement with the United Nations as provided by Article 10, paragraph 2, of the Agreement. (e) Relations with International Nongovernmental Organizations The Conference — Having taken note of the application of the International Chamber of Commerce to be brought into consultative relationship with FAO, Decides that the privileges to be granted to that Organization shall be those of Category I, as defined in the resolution adopted on the matter by the Second Session of the Conference. (/) Regional Offices The Conference — Authorizes the Director-General to proceed with the work of establishing regional offices; Instructs him to prepare forthwith, in consultation with member countries and other international bodies, plans for the approval of the council whereby offices may be established in each principal region, and more especially in Latin America, Europe, the Middle East (Near East), and Asia; and in doing so, to take advantage of any regional machinery when planning and carrying out technical missions with a view to attaining the highest possible efficiency at a minimum cost. (g) Accounts of the Organization The Conference — Approves, in conformity with Financial Regulation XX, paragraph 4, the audited accounts of the first financial year ending 30 June, 1946, and the audited accounts for the period 1 July to 31 December, 1946. (h) Payment of Contributions The Conference — Notes with concern (1) that nine member nations have not yet paid, either in whole or in part, their contributions for the first financial year and (2) that at the end of July, 1947, a substantial part of the contributions for the second financial year still remain to be collected; Urges member nations that have not yet done so to take immediate steps to have their contributions paid at the earliest possible moment, and in any case not later than 31 December, 1947 ;