(d) Assistance from State Revenues. Two assumptions may perhans be made first, that in the   
general reconstruction after the war, of which the solution of the problem of displaced   
populations is only a part, the policy will be to give international financial assistance to   
various Governments according to their needs; and second, that the aim will be to get State   
Governments to undertake, as they are able, a fair share of the exnenditure incurred within   
their territories, and for their benefit. This, however, is a policy of perfection which will   
present many difficulties in its execution. In some countries considerable time may elapse before   
stable governments are established; the adverse effects of the war and financial and economic   
resources will vary greatly from country to country; and as a further complication, the   
expenditure both on the short-term and the long-term refugee problems will vary with the number   
of refugees involved, which in turn will depend to some extent on the liberality or otherwise of   
the policy pursued in the east in giving asylum to the victims of persecution. It is therefore   
impossible at present to forecast the extent to which contributions from State revenues will be   
available. But it is reasonable to assume that in many countries, and for some years, they will   
be inadeouate for the puroose. It is possible at this stage only to suggest certain principles   
                 which merit consideration.                 
 
                                                            
 
    (1) Where there is a stable Government, the active co-ooeration of that Government should   
be sought and given in the operations financed or carried out by international bodies, and in   
particular by the Relief Organisation and the Refugee Authority.   
                                                            
 
    (2) As early as possible, agreement should be obtained between the State concerned and the   
international financing body regarding the financial contribution of the former. Relief measures   
should not, however, await such agreement.  
                                                            
 
     (3) Where an international body gives financial assistance, it should exercise adequate   
control to ensure the due fulfilment of the objects for which assistance is given.                    .  
                                                            
 
    (4) While at the outset it will be necessary in some countries, and for some objects, for   
an International Relief Organisation to carry out relief measures through its own agencies, the   
aim should be to use the normal machinery of the State, subject to the  necessary safeguards.   
This general principle, however, might well be subject to exceptions, for instance, a scheme of   
settlement financed entirely or mainly from international funds.  
                                                            
 
     (5) With regard to actual relief, the Government should apply to a displaced person the   
same standards as are applicable to its own nationals, or at any rate give the most favorable   
treatment to them accorded to nationals or a foreign country. In this connection, chapters VIII   
and IX of the International Convention of February 1938 concerning the status of refugees coming   
from Germany states the humanitarian objects at which to aim: