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express their resolve to use their good offices to secure the cooperation of the other parties to the instruments so far as this may be necessary : 3. The General Assembly declares that the United Nations is willing, in principle and subject to the provisions of this resolution and of the Charter of the United Nations, to assume the exercise of certain functions and powers previously entrusted to the League of Nations, and adopts the following decisions, set forth in A, 8,. and C below. A. Functions pertaining to a Secretariat Under certain of the instruments referred to at the beginning of this resolution, the League of Nations has, for the general convenience of the parties, undertaken to act as custodian of the original signed texts of the instruments, and to perform certain functions, pertaining to a secretariat, which do not affect the operation of the instruments and do not relate to the substantive rights and obligations of the parties. These functions include : the receipt of additional signatures and of instruments of ratification, accession, and denunciation ; receipt of notice of extension of the instruments to colonies or possessions of a party or to protectorates or territories for which it holds a mandate notification of such acts to other parties and other interested states ; the issue of certified copies ; and the circulation of information or documents which the parties have undertaken to communicate to each other. Any interruption in the performance of these functions would be contrary to the interests of all the parties. It would be convenient for the United Nations to have the custody of those instruments which are connected with activities of the League of Nations and which the United Nations is likely to continue. Therefore The General Assembly declares that the United Nations is willing to accept the custody of the instruments and to charge the Secretariat of the United Nations with the task of performing for the parties the functions, pertaining to a secretariat, formerly entrusted tothe League of Nations. B. Functions and Powers of a Technical and Non-political Character Among the instruments referred to at the beginning of this resolution are some of a technical and non-political character which contain provisions, relating to the substance of the instruments, whose dueexecution is dependent on the exercise, by the League of Nations or particular organs of the League, of functions or powers conferred by the instruments. Certain of these instruments are intimately connected with activities which the United Nations will or may continue. It is necessary, however, to examine carefully which of the organs of the United Nations or which of the specialized agencies brought into relationship with the United Nations should, in the future, exercise the functions and powers in question, in so far as they are maintained.. Therefore The General Assembly is willing, subject to these reservations,, to take the necessary measures to ensure the continued exercise of these functions and powers, and refers the matter to the Economic and Social Council.