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Nominations Committee (Chairman: Sir Sarvepalli Radhakrishnan, India) The leaders of all delegations were members of this Committee. Its task was to submit nominations for the Conference Commissions and Sub-Commissions and seven seats on the Executive Board. Six nominees were put forward to fill the places made vacant by retirements on the latter in accordance with the Constitution and two nominations for extraordinary vacancies caused by the resignation of members. Five of the retiring members were re-elected. The -principal nominations were as follows : President: M. Hamid Bey Frangie (Lebanon). Vice-Presidents : Mr. Diego Luis Molinari (Argentine). Mr. Victor Dore .(Canada). Mr. King Chu (China). Mr. Georges Bidault (France). Count Stefano Jacini (Italy). Mr. Huseyin Cahit Yalcin (Turkey). Mr. George V. Allen (United States of America). 'Executive Board (eight seats out of a total of eighteen) : *H. E. Shafik Ghorbal Bey (Egypt) * Professor Louis Verniers (Belgium) Count Stefano Jacini (Italy) , JTo replace six re- * Sir Sarvepalli Radhakrishnan (India) \ tiring members. *Mr. Victor Dore (Canada) • j Alexandre; Photiades (Greece) J M. Roger Seydoux (France) \ Extraordinary Dr. Guillermo Nannetti (Colombia) J vacancies. All these nominees were elected by the Conference. M. Seydoux replaced Professor Auger (France), who resigned on his appointment as Head of the Natural Sciences Division of UNESCO. Dr. Nannetti replaced the member for Ecuador, who resigned during the Conference. Sir Sarvepalli Radhakrishnan was elected Chairman of the Executive Board for 1949. He succeeded Dr. E. Ronald Walker, of Australia. Nominations submitted by the Executive Board for the post of Director-General were considered at private sessions. Plenary Sessions : The final resolutions of all Commissions and Committees and a considerable number of special items were discussed in the plenary sessions. New Zealand was represented by Mr. R. G. Ridling.

* Sitting members re-elected.