ESC.60.

Your UNY.237. [1] Australia was to-day elected to the Economic and
Employment, Human Rights, Status of Women and Population
Commission[s] with 15, 17, 17 and 15 votes respectively. Other
commissions elected were transport, social, statistical and
fiscal.

(2) Other members of the Economic and Employment Commission are
Belgium, Byelorussia, Brazil, Canada, China, Cuba, Czechoslovakia,
France, India, Norway, Poland, United Kingdom, United States and
U.S.S.R.

(3) Canada also secured a place on four commissions, New Zealand
was elected to the Fiscal and Social. Belgium secured three,
Netherlands four, India six, the Big Five eight.

(4) Attempt to limit nominations to an agreed list equal to the
number of positions on each commission failed and balloting was
necessary.

(5) To-morrow the terms of office are to be decided by lot. [2]
The procedure provides that with view to securing balanced
representation in the various fields covered by the commissions,
the Secretary General shall consult the governments selected
before the representatives from members are finally nominated by
governments and confirmed by the Council. We shall advise later
details of steps proposed and also endeavour to answer your 252.

[3] In the meantime no one can say how often the commissions will
meet. Secretariat opinion is twice yearly for a fortnight each
occasion. We should think that the Economic Commission might need
three meetings and the Population possibly one.

(6) We mention for your guidance that as stated in our previous
reports emphasis in Council discussions has been on the
appointment of experts and avoidance of the use of substitutes for
nominated representative except where unavoidable (see our report
on second session of Council). [4]

(7) Tange will inform Coombs concerning the Economic and
Employment.