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This is my first opportunity for a general report to the Economic and Social Council of the United Nations, and it is highly welcome.Throughout its existence, the Council has presided over, and itself often has been the source of, the change and growth that have been an outstanding feature of our international system since World War II.In that time, there has been a steady broadening of the responsibilities entrusted to the United Nations organization and the specialized agencies associated with it.We perhaps are now entering a new phase in the life of international organizations.The United Nations system has become more operational-minded, more practical in approaching the tasks assigned to it.The agencies have more and more, come to realize that, despite their different specialties, they are attacking related aspects of common problems.They have been growing closer and closer together, through consultative and cooperative arrangements intended to avoid duplication and to bring about an effective focus of their skills.No less than other elements in the United Nations family, the Bank has shared in this evolution.We have always been a practical organization, I trust, but now our efforts are more closely linked with those of sister agencies.I expect this bent to continue, and I expect the Bank's connection with the UN .systemwill go on becoming more important.