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(j) Currency of Contributions The Conference— Requests the Council to undertake a comprehensive study of the possibility of developing a general scheme which might enable those member nations which find difficulty in paying their contributions in the currency of the country in which the headquarters of the Organization is situated, in accordance with Financial Regulation VIII, paragraph 3, to pay a proportion of their contribution in some other currency or currencies to be determined, Requests the Director-General to institute enquiries forthwith whether a similar study is being undertaken by the United Nations, and if it is being undertaken urges that close co-operation should be secured with a view to co-ordinating such investigation and the solutions that might emerge therefrom, Reaffirms that if no general scheme can be proposed by the beginning of the third financial year, Regulation VIII, paragraph 3, shall continue to apply for the whole of that period : in any case no contributions already payable, including arrears, shall be affected by the subsequent introduction of any new general scheme. (k) Supplementary Budget Estimates The Conference — (1) Approves an increase of $25,000 in Budget Chapter I " Sessions of the Conference, Meetings of Committees, and Technical Conferences " in order that the Director-General may be in a position to make provision, within the aggregate sum thus provided, for conferences required during 1948, on the basis of such priorities as may be appropriate ; this increase in Chapter I to be offset by a corresponding reduction in the appropriation to be provided under Budget Chapter VIII, " Contingencies." (2) Authorizes that other proposals under this heading be met to the extent possible within the limits of the aggregate budget for 1948, taking into account the general financial situation of the Organization, priorities, and other needs to be met. (I) Staff Salaries The Conference— Requests the Council after further consideration of the revised scales of the Organization to submit a detailed report to the Conference at its Fourth Session. (m) Contingencies The Conference — Requests the Council to undertake a study of the regulations covering contingencies, examining inter alia the desirability of (1) Inscribing an item for unforeseen expenses in individual chapters, in addition to the chapter covering expenses of this nature, (2) Setting up financial regulations governing the operation of the contingencies chapter, (3) Authorizing the Director-General under certain conditions to increase during the course of a financial year the amount of the allocation provided for contingencies from the Working Capital Fund.