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Recalls that under Financial Regulation VIII, paragraph 2, contributions shall be payable in full within 30 days of the receipt of the communication of the Director-General or of the first day of the financial year, whichever is the later ; and Draws the attention of member nations who are in default in respect of the first financial year, to Article 111, paragraph 4, of the Constitution whereby a member nation in arrears in the payment of its financial contribution to the Organization shall have no vote in the Conference if the amount of its arrears equals or exceeds the amount of the contribution due from it for the preceding two full years. (i) Scale of Contributions The Conference—(l) Requests the Council to undertake a further study of the scale of contributions in the light of the scales at present in force in the United Nations and in the other specialized agencies, and of other relevant factors; furthermore, to include in its report a comparative statement of the contributions in all other United Nations organizations, with a recommendation upon a possible readjustment of the scale of contributions, taking into full account the observations made during the present Session. (2) Approves the recommendation of the Committee on Financial Control that the allocation of contributions for the following member nations be temporarily fixed as follows: Austria .. .. .. .. 0• 05 percent. Finland .. .. .. .. 0-10 percent. Siam .. .. .. .. 0-30 percent. and Resolves that such percentages shall apply only to the second and third financial years and shall be subject to revision when consideration is being given to the allocation of contributions for the fourth financial year; Approves the recommendation of the Committee on Financial Control that the liability of these three countries for the second financial year be limited to the amounts which would have been due for the normal calendar year of twelve months ending 31 December, 1947. (3) Approves the recommendation of the Committee on Financial Control that the allocation of contribution for Hungary be temporarily fixed at 0-15 per cent., that such allocation shall apply only to the third financial year, and that it be subject to revision when consideration is being given to the allocation of contributions for the fourth financial year. (4) Agrees that the contribution of Pakistan for the second and third financial years be determined by negotiations between India and Pakistan on the understanding that the aggregate amount of the two contributions will not be less than the present assessment of India, and that the arrangement made between the two governments will be reported promptly to the Director-General. (5) Agrees that the contribution of Burma for the second and third financial years be determined by negotiations between the United Kingdom and Burma on the understanding that the aggregate amount of the two contributions will not be less than the present assessment of the United Kingdom, and that the arrangement made between the two governments will be reported to the Director-General.