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Provided that each Member nation may deduct therefrom the amount already contributed by it toward the expenses of the Interim Commission.

Article XXVI (Dissolution of the Interim Commission)

On the opening of the first session of the Conference, the United Nations Interim Commission on Food and Agriculture shall be deemed to be dissolved and its records and other property shall become the property of the Organization.

ANNEX I—NATIONS ELIGIBLE FOR ORIGINAL MEMBERSHIP

Australia.           India.
Belgium.             Iran.
Bolivia. .           Iraq
Brazil.              Liberia.
Canada.              Luxembourg.
Chile.               Mexico.
China.               Netherlands.
Colombia.            New Zealand.
Costa Rica.          Nicaragua.
Cuba.                Norway.
Czechoslovakia.      Panama.
Denmark.             Paraguay.
Dominican Republic.  Peru.
Ecuador.             Philippine Commonwealth.
Egypt.               Poland.
El Salvador.         Union of South Africa.
Ethiopia.            Union of Soviet Socialist Republics.
France.              United Kingdom.
Greece.              United States of America.
Guatemala.           Uruguay.
Haiti.               Venezuela.
Honduras.            Yugoslavia.
Iceland.

ANNEX II—BUDGET FOR THE FIRST FINANCIAL YEAR

The provisional budget for the first financial year shall be a sum of 2,500,000 United States dollars, the unspent balance of which shall constitute the nucleus of a capital fund.

This sum shall be contributed by the Member nations in the following proportions.
                        Per cent                                                    Per cent
Australia............   3.33      Iran...............                               .71
Belgium............     1.28      Iraq...............                               .44
Bolivia.............    .29       Liberia.............                              .05
Brazil..............    3.46      Luxembourg.........                               .05
Canada.............     5.06      Mexico.............                               1.87
Chile..............     1.15      Netherlands..........                             1.38
China..............     6.50      New Zealand.........                              1.15
Colombia...........     .71       Nicaragua...........                              .05
Costa Rica..........    .05       Norway............                                .62
Cuba..............      .71       Panama............                                .05
Czechoslovakia.......   1.40      Paraguay............                              .05
Denmark............     .62       Peru...............                               .71
Dominican Republic....  .05       Philippines..........                             .25
Ecuador............     .05       Poland.............                               1.19
Egypt..............     1.73      Union of South Africa...                          2.31
El Salvador..........   .05       Union of Soviet.......                            8.00
Ethiopia............    .29       Socialist Republics.....                          8.00
France.............     5.69      United Kingdom......                              15.00
Greece.............     .38       United States of America.                         25.00
Guatemala..........     .05       Uruguay............                               .58
Haiti..............     .05       Venezuela...........                              .58
Honduras...........     .05       Yugoslavia..........                              .71
Iceland.............    .05       Provision for new Members                         2.00
India..............     4.25                                                        ___
                                    Total........................................   100.00

Done at Washington this    day of    , One thousand nine hundred and forty               , in the English language, in a single copy which will be deposited in the archives of the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations and of which authenticated copies will be transmitted by the Director-General to the governments of the nations enumerated in Annex I to this Constitution and of Members admitted to the Organization by the Conference in accordance with the provisions of Article II.

IN WITNESS WHEREOF we have appended our signatures:
Notes to the United Nations Food and Agriculture Organization Act 1944

Note 1

The United Nations Food and Agriculture Organization Act 1944 as shown in this compilation comprises Act No. 42, 1944 as amended by the other Act specified in the following table:

Table of Acts
Act                                                        Number     Date         Date of commencement  Application, saving or transitional provisions
                                                           and Year