The seventh session of the Economic and Social Council convened at the Palais des Nations, Geneva, on July 19, 1948. Included on its provisional agenda of 50 items were reports on the activities of ECOSOC's functional and regional economic commissions and of the specialized agencies as well as reports on special matters of particular importance. Among the latter group were those dealing with the conferences on freedom of information and on trade and employment, the progress made in repatriation and resettlement of refugees and displaced persons, the achievements of the International Children's Emergency Fund and the United Nations Appeal for Children, and the problems of relations with and coordination of programs of the specialized agencies. The Council received further reports from its ad hoc committees on the proposed Economic Commission for the Middle East and on the draft pact on genocide. Procedural matters on ECOSOC's agenda included the election of one-third of the members of the functional commissions and confirmation of their membership, revision of the Council's rules of procedure, and the preparation of its report for submission to the third regular session of the General Assembly.