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the second by the Secretary-General of the United Nations, and a presiding arbitrator by the President of the International Court of Justice, unless in any specific case the parties agree to resort to a different mode of settlement.
Final Article
Section 28. This Interim Arrangement shall enter into force immediately upon its signature on behalf of the Swiss Federal Council and by the Secre- tary-General of the United Nations or on his behalf.
Section 29. The provisions of this Interim Arrangement can be modified only by agreement between the Secretary-General and the Swiss Federal Council. If agreement cannot be reached, the Secretary General or the Swiss Federal Council may denounce the whole, or any section. of this Arrangement. In this case, unless the Secretary General and the Swiss Federal Council otherwise agree, the Arrangement or the sections in question shall remain in force for three months from the date of such denunciation.
Done and signed at Berne, on 11 June 1946, and at New York, on 1 July 1946. in four copies, two in French and two in English, the texts in both languages being equally authentic.
For the United Nations:
Trygve LIE
For the Swiss Confederation: The Head of the Federal Political Department:
Max PETITPIERRE
ANNEX TO THE ARRANGEMENT
1. The Secretary General of the United Nations will communicate to the Swiss Federal Council a list of officials of Swiss nationality liable for service of a military nature.
2. The Secretary General of the United Nations and the Swiss Federal Council will draw up by agreement a limited list of officials of Swiss nation- ality who will be granted dispensation in view of the office which they hold. 3. If other officials of Swiss nationality are called up, the Secretariat of the United Nations, through the Federal Political Department, may ask for postponement or some other appropriate measure.
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Monsieur le Secrétaire général,
Berne, le 22 octobre 1946.
1. Selon l'entente intervenue entre nous lors de votre visite à Berne, j'ai l'honneur de vous faire connaître les vues du Conseil fédéral suisse, pour autant que cela puisse le concerner, sur l'affectation par les Nations Unies de leurs propriétés à Genève.
2. Ainsi que vous avez pu vous en persuader, le gouvernement et le peuple suisses. fidèles à leurs anciennes traditions de paix par le droit, sont