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with the exception of the Conventions of the International Labour Organization which are to be placed at the disposal of that Organization. The resolution further recommends the Governments of the Members of the League to facilitate in every way the assumption by the United Nations of the functions and powers entrusted to the League under any of these instruments and which the United Nations is willing to maintain. 18. The second resolution similarly directs the SecretaryGeneral to facilitate the transfer to the United Nations of such of the other non-political activities of the League as the former organization may decide to assume. s Mandates 19. Reference has been made earlier in the report to the statements of the various Mandatory Powers regarding their intention to continue to administer the mandated territories in accordance with the principles of the Mandates until such time as other arrangements have been made in agreement with the United Nations. 20. In consequence, there was but little discussion of the matter either in Committee or in the Assembly. The delegate of China, however, felt it desirable that the Assembly should formally take note of these declarations and accordingly proposed a resolution (a) expressing the satisfaction of the Assembly with the manner in which the organs of the League, and particularly the Mandates Commission, had performed the functions entrusted to them; (b) recognizing that while on the dissolution of the League its functions with respect to the mandated territories would come to an end, principles corresponding to those in Article 22 of the Covenant were contained in the provisions of the United Nations Charter relating to the Trusteeship system ; and finally (/) taking note of the expressed intentions of the Mandatory Powers to continue to administer the mandated territories for the welfare and development of the peoples concerned until the other arrangements had been agreed with the United Nations. This, with some minor modifications, was adopted. International Bureaux and other Organisations brought into delation with the League 21. In addition to the Permanent Court of International Justice and the International Labour Organization, which are considered of sufficient importance to warrant separate mention, there was a number of International Bureaux and other