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Article VI Administrative 1 Expense s The Director-General shall submit to the Council an annual budget, and from time to time such supplementary budgets as may be required, covering the necessary administrative expenses of the Administration. Upon approval of a budget by the Council the total amount approved shall be allocated to the member Governments in proportions to be determined by the Council. Each member Government undertakes, subject to the requirements of its constitutional procedure, to contribute to the Administration promptly its share of the administrative expenses so determined. Article VII Notwithstanding any other provision herein contained, while hostilities or other military necessities exist in any area, the Administration and its Director-General shall not undertake activities therein without the consent of the military command of that, area, and unless subject to such control as the command may find necessary. The determination that such hostilities or military necessities exist in any area shall be made by its military commander. Article VIII Amendment The provisions of this agreement may be amended as follows:— (а) Amendments involving new obligations for member Governments shall require the approval of the Council by a two-thirds vote and shall take effect for each member Government on acceptance by it: (б) Amendments involving modification of article 111 or article IV shall take effect on adoption by the Council by a two-thirds vote, including the votes of all the members of the Central Committee: (c) Other amendments shall take effect on adoption by the Council by a two-thirds vote. Article IX Entry Mo force f This agreement shall enter into force with respect to each signatory on the date when the agreement is signed by that signatory, unless otherwise specified by such signatory. Article X Withdrawal Any member Government may give notice of withdrawal from the Administration at any time after the expiration of six months from the entry into force of the agreement for that Government. Such notice shall take effect twelve months after the date of its communication to the Director-General subject to the member Government having met by that time all financial, supply or other material obligations accepted or undertaken by it. In witness whereof, this agreement is signed by the following representatives, duly authorized for that purpose by their respective Governments or Authorities. Done in Washington this ninth day of November, one thousand nine hundred and forty-three, in the English language, the original to be deposited in the archives of the Department of State of the United States of America, and certified copies thereof to be furnished by the Government of the United States of America to each of the Governments and Authorities on whose behalf this agreement is signed. [Here follow the signatures of the representatives of: Australia, Belgium, Bolivia, Brazil, Canada, Chile,? 1 ) China Colombia,? 1 ) Costa Rica, Cuba,? 1 ) Czechoslovakia, Dominican Republic, Ecuador,? 1 ) Egypt, El Salvador, Ethiopia,? 1 ) French Committee of National Liberation, Greece, Guatemala,? 1 ) Haytl, Honduras, Iceland, India,? 1 ) Iran,( 1 ) Iraq,? 1 ) Liberia, Luxemburg, Mexico,? 1 ) Netherlands, New Zealand, Nicaragua,? 1 ) Norway,. Panama, Paraguay, Peru,? 1 ) Philippine Commonwealth, Poland, Union of South Africa, Union of Soviet Socialist Republics, United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland,. United States of America, Uruguay,? 1 ) Venezuela,? 1 ) and Yugoslavia.] (') Signed subject to ratification or legislative approval.

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