This year. the exemption has been broadened to include the Caribbean Commission. where the membership is even more limited. and the ICAO joint support program. where costs are shared on the basis of each countrys use of the North Atlantic air route and. therefore. there is a good and equitable reason for the United States paying a share proportionate to its extensive use of this air route. even though this involves a contribution in excess of onethird. I fully support the reasonability of these exceptions. and I simply seek assurance that their justifiability is recognized by the committee. I would also like to be assured that the committee recognizes that an exception should be made in the case of the United States contribution to the Palestine Refugee Agency and to the United Nations Korean Reconstruction Agency. contributions which are provided in the bill now before the Senate. In each case. the relief and reconstruction program relates to an area of the world. and to a political situation. where the United States has felt a very direct and special responsibility which would compel our support even in the absence of there being a like concern on the part of other friendly governments. I am informed that the United States contribution to these programs is now in the neighborhood of 65 percent of total pledges and contributions.