A/RES/1467(XIV) GA

36 General AHembly-Fourteenth Seseion Noting with satisfaction that some Non-~elf-Governing Territories are already participating fruitfully in the work of certain specialized agencies and certain regional economic commissions, 1. Invites the Administering Members to submit to the specialized agencies the candidature of the Terri- tories referred to in Article 73 of the Charter of the United Nations with a view to their admission as mem- bers, associate members or observers, according to the constitution of the agency concerned ; 2. Specially requests all Member States administer- ing Non-Self-Governing Territories in Africa to pro- pose the participation of these Territories in the work of the Economic Commission for Africa ; 3. Re-emphasizes the great advantage of the Admin- istering Members including in their delegations repre- sentatives of the Non-Self-Governing Territories to participate in the work of the Committee on Information from Non-Self-Governing Territories and in the dis- cussion of such matters in the Fourth Committee; 4. Invites the Administering Members to furnish the Secretary-General with a report on the practical meas- ures taken to implement the present resolution ; 5. Requests the Secretary-General to report to the General Assembly at its fifteenth session on the progress made. 855th plenary meeting, 12 December 1959. 1467 (XIV). General questions relating to the transmission and examination of informa- tion The General, Assembly, Having regard to the provisions of Chapter XI of the Charter of the United Nations, and in particular to tl:e obligation to transmit information under Article 73 e accepted by Members which have or assume respon- sibilities for Territories whose peoples have not yet attained a full measure of self-govern-nent, Recalling that, hy its resolution 334 (TV) of 2 De- cember 1949, the General Assembly considered that it is within its responsibility to express its opinion on the principles which have guided, or may in future guide, the Administering Members in enumerating the Territories for which the obligation exists to transmit information under Article 73 e of the Charter, Recalling also that, by its resolution 742 (VIII) of 27 November 1953, the General Assembly approved a list of factors to be taken into account in deciding whether a Territory is or is not a Territory whose people have not yet attained a full measme of self- government, Noting that Member States have expressed differing opinions as to the application of the provisions of Chapter XI to Territories whose peoples have not yet attained a full measure of self-government, including the obligation to transmit the information called for in Article 73 e of the Charter, 1. Considers that it would be desirahle for the General Assembly to enumerate the principles which should guide Members in determining whether or not an obligation exists to transmit the information called for in Article 73 e of the Charter of the United Nations: 2. Decides to establish a special committre consisting of six members, to be elected hv the Fourth Committee on behalf of the General Assrmhlv----three of whom shall be l\lembers who transmit information under Article 73 e oi the Charter and three non-administering Members- tu study these principles and to report on the results of its study to the Assembly at its fifteenth session ; 3. Requests the Secretary-General to prepare for the use of this committee an account of the history of this matter. including a summary of the opinions on the subject which have been expressed by Member States in the past and of the relevant legal treaties on the interpretation of the Charter; 4. Invites Member States to submit in writing to the Secretary-General, before I May 1960, their views on these principles, in order that the committee may take them into account. • 855th plenary meeting, 12 December 1959. • • At ,ts 994th meeting, the Fourth Committee, acting in the name of the General Assembly, elected the members of the sf,ecial committee established under the terms of the above resolutiott. At its 857th plenary meeting on 12 December 1959, the General Assembly confirmed the election. The Committee is composed as follows: INDIA, MEXICO, MOROCCO, NETHERLANDS, UNITED KINGDOM OF GREAT BRITAIN A ND \'oRTHERN IRELAND and UNITED STATES m· AMERICA. 1468 (XIV). Voluntary transmission of informa- tion on political developments in Non-Seli- Governing Territories The General Assembly, Recalling its resolutions 144 (II) of 3 November 1947, 327 (IV) of 2 December 1949, 551 (Vl) of 7 December 19 51 and 848 (IX) of 22 November 1954 regarding the voluntary transmission of information on political developments in the Non-Self-Governing Territories, Noting that only some Members resp0nsible for the administration of the Non-Self-Governing Territories voluntarily transmit information on the c1evelopment of political institutions in those Territories, Rccogni::ing that the principles and objectives set forth in Article 73 of the Charter of the United Nations relate as much to the political advancement of the inhabitants of the Non-Self-Governing Territories as to their advancement in economic, social and t'duca- tional fields, Recalling further that under Article 73 b of the Charter the Administering Members have assumed the obligation to develop self-government in the Non-Self- (;overning Territories, with due regard to the political aspirations of the peoples, and to assist them in tht' progressive development of their free political insti- tuti(ln, .. Conscious of the inextricable relationship lwtween developments in the political and functional fields, 1. Endorses the observations of the Committee on Information from Non-Self-Governing Territories, based on its examination of the information transmitted by the Administering Members, that speedy advancement in the functional fields is usually obtained where there i, tht' broadest participation of the inhabitants in political hodit's empowere(I to establish policies and to vote I ,udgets ;32 3:: /hi .. Suf'l'lnncnt \",, 15 IA/41111, part two, para. 27,

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