that the , at its Fifty-First Session, had authorized the withdrawal from the Working Capital Fund of up to $150 000 to finance a study to improve FAO's methods, systems, procedures and practices, and that an amount of $127 656 had actually been withdrawn to meet part of these costs,

that the at its Fifty-Fifth Session had authorized the withdrawal from the Working Capital Fund of up to $1 650 000 to finance additional expenditure resulting from increases in staff remuneration,

that the under the provisions of Conference Resolution 17/69, acting on the recommendation of the Advisory Panel of Experts set up to advise him on initial control activities against the Desert Locust in emergencies and after consultation with the , had withdrawn $8 650 from the Working Capital Fund for the purpose of an emergency survey in the Spanish Sahara,

that in accordance with Financial Regulation 6.5(b) advances made from the Working Capital Fund to finance emergency expenditures shall be reimbursed by such method as the determines,

Further that the expected that, provided Member Nations duly paid their contributions in good time, a substantial cash surplus would arise in the 1970-71 biennium,