A/RES/434(V) GA

Resolutions adopted on reports of the Fourth Committee 51 ------------- ·-·-------~ ----------------- 434 (V). Organization and methods of func- tioning of visiting missions The General Assembly, Considering that, under Article 85, paragraph 1. of the Charter, the functions of the United '.'J ations with regard to Trusteeship Agreements for all areas not designated as strategic shall be exercised by the General Assembly, Considering that, under Article 87 c of the Charter, the General Assembly and, under its authority, the Trusteeship Council, may provide for periodic visits to the respective Trust Territories at times agreed upon with the Administering Authority, Noting that visiting missions of the Trusteeship Council have now visited each of the Trust Territories for the first time and have submitted valuable reports to the Council, Noting that these missions were the first of their kind and that the time during which they remained in each of the Trust Territories did not permit them to make a thorough study of some of the problems existing in the Trust Territories, Considering that, since it has been customary for the Trusteeship Council to study the possibility of improving the organization and membership as well as the methods and functioning of visiting missions, the commencement in 1951 of a second series of visits to the Trust Territories presents an opportunity to review these matters again, 1. Recommends accordingly that the Trusteeship Council should undertake another such review in order to ensure that the most effective use will be made in future of this important function of the Gen- eral Assembly and of the Council, taking into con- sideration for that purpose the observations and sug- gestions made during the discussion of this matter at the fifth session of the General Assembly and taking into account the advisability of: (a) Arranging for visiting missions to remain long enough in each Trust Territory to be able adequately to fulfil their task ; ( b) Reducing the number of Trust Territories to be visited by a single visiting mission ; ( c) Ensuring the greatest possible flexibility in the itinerary of each visiting mission ; ( d) Extending the duration of visits without dimin- ishing their frequency ; ( e) Continuing to include in the terms of reference of each visiting mission the examination of specific problems; (f) Continuing to include in the terms of reference of each visiting mission the preliminary examination on the spot, when called for, of the petitions submitted to it, and of such other petitions as the Trusteeship Council may deem appropriate; (g) Selecting members of each visiting mission as much as possible from among representatives who sit on the Trusteeship Council ; I h) Directing visiting missions to take advantage oi every opportunity to inform the indigenous inh.abit- anh nf the workings and operations of the Internat10nal Trusteeship System; .2. Rcq11csts the Trusteeship Council to include the results of the review in its next report to the General Assembly. 316th plenary meeting, 2 December 1950. 435 (V). Examination of petition8 /'he General Assembly. Considering that, according to Article 85, paragraph 1, of the Charter, the functions of the United Nations with regard to Trusteeship Agreements for all areas n()t designated as strategic shall be exercised by the General :\:-;sembly, Considering that. according to Article 87 b of the Charter. the Ceneral Assembly and, under its authority, the Trnsteeship Council, in carrying out their functions, may accept petitions and examine them in consulta- tion with the ,\dministering Authority, Considcri11(J that the right of petition, which is one of the fundamental human rights, is one of the most important factors in the operation of the International Trusteeship System, and that the careful study of peti- tions is one of the fundamental responsibilities of the Trusteeship Council, Considering that it is essential, in the interest of the inhabitants uf Trust Territories, to continue to im- prove in every possible way the procedure for the examination of petitions, Rrconmzcnds that the Trusteeship Council accord- ingly consider the possibility of: (a) Constituting the Ad H oc Committee on Petitions as a standing committee to meet, if necessary, between sessions of the Council ; ( b) Requesting the Administering Authorities to submit such observations as they may wish to make on petitions which concern them, within two months of their receiving such petitions; ( c) Studying all other measures which may serve to improve the present procedure for the examination of petitions ; ( d) Requesting the Administering Authorities to submit each year special information concerning action taken on the recommendations of the Council in respect of petitions examined, except in those cases where the Council does not deem it necessary. 316th plenary meeting, 2 December 1950. 436 (V). Information on the implementation of Trusteeship Council and General Assembly resolutions relating to Trust Territories The General Assembly, Considering that it is necessary that both the Gen- eral Assembly and the Trusteeship Council should have

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