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2. Invites any special committee which the General Assembly may appoint on information transmitted under Article 73 e of the Charter to examine the factors which should be taken into account in deciding whether any territory is or is not a territory whose people have not yet attained a full measure of self-government. 263rd plenary meeting, 2 December 1949. 335 (IV). Publication of information relating to Non-Self-Governing Ter- ritories The General Assembly, Having noted the summaries and analyses pre- pared by the Secretary-General e,f the information transmitted under Article 73 e of the Charter, Considering that the information contained therein on conditions existing in Non-Self-Gov- erning Territories has considerable value and that very abundant supplemental information has been placed at the disposal of the Secretary-General by the Members concerned, Considering that resolution 218 (III), rn adopted by the General Assembly on 3 November 1948, invites the Secretary-General to prepare full summaries and analyses at three-year inter- vals and annual supplements in the intervening years, 1. Notes that, in future, the complete sum- maries and analyses, as well as the annual supple- ments, are required to be published in the three working languages ; 2. Invites the Secretary-General to complement the summaries and analyses, as well as the annual supplements, by the periodical publication of data on special aspects of the progress achieved in Non-Self-Governing Territories as contained in the information transmitted under Article 73 e of the Charter and in the supplemental information. 263rd plenary meeting, 2 December 1949. 336 (IV). Information on assistance accorded to Governing Territories The General Assembly, technical Non-Self- Noting the special interest which the members of the Special Committee on Information trans- mitted under Article 73 e of the Charter have in measures adopted by the Governments responsible for Non-Self-Governing Territories concerning the economic and social welfare of the inhabitants of such Territories, Noting the decision of the General Assembly to establish an expanded programme of technical assistance for economic development through the United Nations and certain specialized agencies, and Noting the decision of the Economic and Social Council to authorize the Secretary-General, in consultation with the specialized agencies con- 16 See Official Raords of the third session of the Gen- eral Assembly, Part l, Resolutions, page 80. 17 See Official Recurds of the .scrnnd session of the General Assembly, Resolutions, page 47. 18 See Official Records of the third session of the Gen era! Assembly, Part I, Resolutions. page 89. cerned, to enter into negotiations with appropriate officers of inter-governmental regional organiza- tions engaged in the development of technical assistance programmes, with a view to ensuring the desirable co-ordination for the carrying out of technical assistance activities, l? equests the Secretary-General to keep the Special Committee informed of the nature of the technical assistance which is accorded from time to time to N on-Self-(;oyerning Territories by spe- cialized international bodies. 263rd plenary meeting, 2 Decemblr 1949. 33 7 (IV). Question of South West Africa: reiteration of prel--ious resolutions and submission of re- ports Whereas the General Assembly noted, in reso- lution 141 (II) 17 of 1 November 1947, that the Covernment of the Union of South Africa had undertaken to submit reports on its administra- tion of the Territory of South West Africa for the information of the United Nations, Whereas, in resolution 227 (III) 18 of 26 No- vember 1948, the l;eneral Assembly recommended that the Government of the Union of South Africa continue to supply annually information on the administration of the Territory of South West Africa, W'hereas the Government of the Union of South Africa in a letter19 to the Secretary-Gen- eral of 11 July 1949, which was transmitted to the :Viember States, stated that no further reports would be forwarded, ~Vhereas the Trusteeship Council, in resolu- tion 111 ( V) 20 of 21 July 1949, has called to the attention of the Ceneral Assembly the decision of the Government 0f the Union of South Africa not to transmit further reports and has informed 1he General Assembly that this decision pre- cludes the Trusteeship Council from exercising further the functions envisaged for it in resolu- tion 227 (III) of 26 November 1948, The General Assembly L Expresses regret that the Government of the Union of South Africa has withdrawn its pre- vious undertaking, referred to in resolution 141 (ll) of 1 November 1947, to submit reports on its administration of the Territory of South West Africa for the iniormation of the United Nations; 2. Reiterates in their entirety General Assembly resolutions 65 ( I )~ 1 of 14 December 1946, 141 (l[) of 1 November 1947 and 227 (III) of 26 November 1948; 3. Invites the Government of the Union of ~outh Africa to resume the submission of such reports to the (;eneral Assembly and to comply with the decisions of the General Assembly con- tained in the resolutions enumerated in the pre- ceding paragraph. 269th plenary meeting, 6 Decenr/Jer 1949. 44 rn See Official Rcrords of the fourth session of the General Asscm/>ly, Annex to the Fourth Committee, document A/929. "" See Official Rcrords of the fifth session of the Trus- t,·eship Council, Rrsc1i•:lio11s. page 19. 21 See ResolHlions adopted /,y the General Assembly during the secm1<1 part of its first session, page 123.

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