The second session of the International Wheat Council, which met in London, was held in two parts; the first part from November 1 to 4, 1949 and the second part convened in January 1950 and held meetings until March 15, 1950. It was announced that Brazil, Cuba, Nicaragua, Panama and Guatemala had ratified the International Wheat Agreement and that China, Colombia, Liberia, Uruguay and the Philippine Republic had signed the agreement. The application of Haiti, the West German Federal Republic and Costa Rica for membership together with their respective requests of 28,000, 1,800,000 and 30,000 tons of wheat for importation were received and the council approved the requests of Ceylon, Israel and Egypt for increased purchases of wheat under the agreement.