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3. United Nations Day and United Nations Flag It was resolved that 24 October, the anniversary of the signing of the Charter, should be officially observed as " United Nations Day," and that the United Nations should adopt a distinctive flag consisting of the official United Nations Emblem on a light-blue ground. 4. Surrender of War Criminals, Traitors, and Quislings The representative of Yugoslavia asserted that the resolution passed at the previous session on this subject had been wilfully disregarded by the control authorities of the United States, the United Kingdom, and France in occupied territories; very few war criminals had been handed over for trial in Yugoslavia, and many of them were holding official positions under the Allied military authorities. Both the United States and the United Kingdom denied any reluctance to extradite war criminals, but declared that a prima facie case must be established before any person was handed over to another nation for trial. A Yugoslav resolution which, by implication, censured certain Governments for failing to extradite war criminals was defeated by a large majority, and in its place a United Kingdom resolution laying emphasis on the need for prima facie evidence of guilt was adopted. 5. Need for Greater Use of International Court of Justice The Assembly adopted: (a) an Australian resolution recommending that organs of the United Nations and specialized agencies should refer to the International Court of Justice for an advisory opinion any difficult and important points of law arising from their activities which involved questions of principle, including questions relating to the interpretation of the Charter or the Constitutions of the specialized agencies; and (b) a joint Franco-Iranian proposal recommending States to accept the compulsory jurisdiction of the Court in legal disputes and to insert in treaties arbitration clauses providing for the submission to the Court of disputes arising from the interpretation or application of such treaties. 6. Agreement concerning the Headquarters of United Nations This Agreement, which had been executed by the Secretary of State of the United States and the Secretary-General of the United Nations in June, 1947, and approved shortly afterwards by the United States Congress, was ratified by the General Assembly.