A/RES/1044(XI) GA

General AHembly-Eleventh Seaion Page 1067 (XI). Hearings of petitioners from the Trust Territory of the Cameroons under French administration (26 February 1957) (item 13) . . . . . . . . . . . 32 1068 (XI). Question of the frontier between the Trust Territory of Somaliland under Italian administration and Ethiopia (26 February 1957) (item 40).. 32 1044 (XI). The future of Togoland under Brit- ish administration The General Assembly, Recalling that, by resolution 944 (X) of 15 Decem- ber 1955, it recommended, in pursuance of Article 76 b of the Charter of the United Nations, that a plebiscite be organized and conducted in the Trust Territory of Togoland under British administration by the Ad- ministering Authority in consultation with and under the supervision of a United Nations Plebiscite Com- missioner, in order to ascertain the wishes of its in- habitants in regard to the union of their Territory with an independent Gold Coast or otherwise, Having received the report of the United Nations Plebiscite Commissioner1 on the organization, conduct and results of the plebiscite, and having noted in par- ticular the conclusion contained in the report that the plebiscite was held in an atmosphere of freedom, im- partiality and fairness, Having also received the report of the United King- dom Plebiscite Administrator,2 N oting that the majority of the inhabitants of the Trust Territory participating in the plebiscite have expressed themselves in favour of the union of the Territory with an independent Gold Coast, N oting also the recommendation of the Trusteeship Council in its resolution 14% (XVIII) of 31 July 1956 that appropriate steps be taken, in consultation with the Administering Authority, for the termination of the Trusteeship Agreement for the Territory to become effective upon the attainment of independence by the Gold Coast, Having been informed by the Administering Author- ity that it is the intention of the Government of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ire- land that the Gold Coast shall become independent on 6 March 1957, l. Expresses its approval of the union of the Terri- tory of Togoland under British administration with an independent Gold Coast and accordingly invites the Administering Authority to take such steps as are necessary to this end ; 2. Resolves, with the agreement of the Administer- ing Authority, that, on the date on which the Gold Coast becomes independent and the union with it of the Territory of Togoland under British administra- tion takes place, the Trusteeship Agreement approved by the General Assembly in resolution 63 (I) of 13 December 1946 shall cease to be in force, the objectives of trusteeship having been attained ; 3. Reqiiests th_e ~overnment of the United King- dom of Great Bntam and Northern Ireland to notify the Secretary-General as soon as the union of the 1 Official Records of the General Assembly, Eleventh Session, Annexes, agenda item 39, documents A/3173 and Add.1. • Official Records of the Trusteeship Council Eighteenth Session, Annexes, agenda item 12, documents 'T /1269 and Add.1. Territory of Togoland under British administration with an independent Gold Coast bas been effected; 4. Requests the Secretary-General to communicate to ail Member States and to the Trusteeship Council at its nineteenth session the notification by the Govem- ment of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, referred to in paragraph 3 above. 619th plenary ffl8eting, 13 December 1956. 1045 (XI). Report of the United Nation• Plebi- scite Commiuioner for the Trust Territory of Togoland under British adminhtration The General Assembly, Having received the report of the United Nations Plebiscite Commissioner1 on the organization, conduct and results of the plebiscite in the Trust Territory of Togoland under British administration, l. Takes note of the report of the United Nations Plebiscite Commissioner; 2. Expresses its high appreciation of the work car- ried out by the United Nations Plebiscite Commissioner and by the United Nations staff under bis direction. 619th plenary meeting, 13 December 1956. 1046 (XI). The future of Togoland under French administration The General Assembly, Recalling section II of its resolution 944 (X) of 15 December 1955, Having received the special report of the Trusteeship Council,8 N oting that the Trusteeship Council bas forwarded the memorandum by the Administering Authority,' with Decree No. 56-847 of 24 August 1956, requesting termination of the Trusteeship Agreement, H aving received the document entitled "Memoran- dum by the Government of the Autonomous Republic of Togoland",5 which memorandum was transmitted by the Administering Authority to the United Nations, Hamng taken note that the report of the Referendum Administrator in Togoland6 sets forth as a fact that the population of Togoland under French administration, consulted by referendum on 28 October 1956, ex- pressed itself, by a substantial majority, in favour of the reforms introduced by Decree No. 56-847 setting forth the Statute of Togoland, N oting further the statements made in the Fourth Committee by the delegation of France, which included representatives of the Government of Togoland, • Official Records of the General Assembly, Eleventh Session, Annexes, agenda item 39, documents A/3169 and Add.l. 'Ibid., document A/3169/Add.l, anncx 1. • Ibid., document A/C.4/341. 0 Ibid., document A/3169/Add.1, annex II.

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