A/RES/1064(XI) GA

Reeolution.s adopted on the niports of Ille Foarth Commiltee 31 N oting that the petitioners are finding it difficult to obtain travel documents, Considering that the exercise of the right of oral petition to the United Nations by the inhabitants of Territories under the International Trusteeship System should be facilitated, Invites the Administering Members concerned to grant the petitioners referred to in the present resolu- tion travel documents to enable them to appear before the proper organs of the United Nations for hearings, when granted by such organs, and to return thereafter to their places of residence. 661st plenary meeting, 26 February 1957. 1063 (XI). Offere by States Mem.bere of the United Nations of etudy and training facili- tiee for inhabitante of Truel Territoriee The General Assembly, Noting from the report of the Trusteeship Council the results of the programme of scholarships and train- ing facilities offered by Member States to inhabitants of Trust Territories pursuant to General Assembly resolution 557 (VI) of 18 January 1952,21 N oting that the major part of the scholarships of- fered by Member States remains unutilize<l, Recalling that, in its resolution 753 (VIII) of 9 December 1953, the General Assembly recommended that the Administering Authorities of the Trust Terri- tories take all such measures as would ensure the great- est possible use by inhabitants of the Trust Territories of the scholarships and training facilities offered by Member States, l. Requests the Member States administering Trust Territories to take all the necessary measures to ensure that scholarships and training facilities offered by Member States be utilized by inhabitants of the Trust Territories, and to render every assistance to those persons who have been granted scholarships or fellow- ships; 2. Requests the Trusteeship Council to consider, at its sessions in 1957, the question of the way in which the scholarships and training facilities offered by Mem- ber States are being utilized by inhabitants of Trust Territories and to report thereon to the General As- sembly at its twelfth session; 3. Invites the Secretary-General to submit to the General Assembly at its twelfth session a detailed report on the actual use of scholarships and training facilities offered by Member States for the education of the inhabitants of Trust Territories. 661 st plenary meeting, 26 February 1957. 1064 (XI). Attainment of self-government or independence by Trust Territoriee The General Assembly, Taking into account that, in accordance with the principles of the Charter of the United Nations, one of the basic objectives of the International Trusteeship System is the progressive developm~nt ot the popula- 11 /bid., Eleventh Session, Supplement No. 4 (A/3170), part I, chapter V, section 5. tions of Trust Territories towards self-government or independence, Taking into account that, under General Assembly resolution 289 A (IV) of 21 November 1949, the Trust Territory of Somaliland under Italian administration is to attain complete independence by 1960, and that, in accordance with General Assembly resolution 1044 (XI) of 13 December 1956, the Trust Territory of Togoland under British administration is to attain independence in 1957 through union with an independ- ent Gold Coast, Recalling that the General Assembly, in its resolu- tion 558 (VI) of 18 January 1952, invited the Ad- ministering Authority of each Trust Territory to deter- mine the period of time in which it was expected that the Trust Territory concerned should attain self-gov- ernment or independence, and also taking into account that this question has been repeatedly discussed at subsequent sessions of the General Assembly, N oting that the Trusteeship Council, in its report to the eleventh session of the General Assembly,22 drew the attention of the Assembly to the fact that up to now the Administering Authorities have not fixed such time-limits, Attaching great importance to the fixing of definite time-limits for the termination of trusteeship in Trust Territories and for the granting of self-government or independence to the peoples of these Territories, 1. Recommends that the Administering Authorities take the necessary measures to ensure that the Trust Territories of Tanganyika, the Cameroons under Brit- ish administration, the Cameroons under French ad- ministration, Togoland under French administration and Ruanda-Urundi achieve self-government or in- dependence at an early date; 2. Invites the Administering Authorities to estimate the period of time required for the attainment of self- government or independence by ail Trust Territories, in conformity with General Assembly resolution 558 (VI) of 18 J anuary 1952 and the present resolution; 3. Invites the Administering Authorities to submit appropriate information to the Trusteeship Council at its .nineteenth and twentieth sessions on the imple- mentation of paragraphs 1 and 2 above; 4. Requests the Trusteeship Council to report to the General Assembly at !ts twelfth session on the progress made in implementing the present resolution. 661 st plenary meeting, 26 February 1957. 1065 (XI). The future of the Trust Territory of Tanganyika The General Assembly, Having noted, during a hearing granted by theFourth Com~ittee, the statements of Mr. Julius Nyerere, President of the Tanganyika African National Union, on the situation and the future of the Trust Territory of Tanganyika, 23 H aving noted in particular the views expressed by the petitioner to the effect that : • Ibid., Supplement No. 4 (A/3170). • Ibid., Eleventh Session, Fourth Committee, 579th and 582nd meetings.

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