A/RES/440(V) GA

Resolutions adupted on reports of the Fourth Committee 53 4. Recommends that the Administering Authorities submit to the Trusteeship Council information on all applications made in implementation of the present resolution, ancl on the manner in which technical assis- tance received from the United Nations or the special- ized agencies has been integrated into the long-range programmes for the development of the Trust Terri- tories. 316th plenary meeting, 2 December 1950. 440 (V). Abolition of corporal punishment in Trust Territoriei. The General Assembly, Recalling its resolution 323 (IV) endorsing the recommendation of the Trusteeship Council for the immediate abolition of corporal punishment in the Trust Territories, Noting the several statements contained in the re- port2 of the Trusteeship Council to the present session of the General Assembly to the effect that such punish- ment is still being applied, Recommends that measures be taken immediately to bring about the complete abolition of corporal punish- ment in all Trust Territories where it still exists, and requests the Administering Authorities of those Terri- tories to report on this matter to the General Assembly at its next regular session. 316th plenary meeting, 2 December 1950. 441 (V). The Ewe problem The General Assembly, . Noting the action 3 taken by the Trusteeship Council m respect of the Ewe unification movement and related questions in the Trust Territories of Togoland under French administration and Togoland under British administration, Noting, in particular, the endorsement4 by the Trus- teeship Council of the decision of the Administering Authorities concerned to establish an expanded Stand- in!; _Consultative C~mmission for the purpose of ascer- tammg the real wishes and interests of the peoples concerned, and the expression" by the Council of the hope that the Administering Authorities would take all appropriate steps to ensure that the Commission would equitably represent the different sections and groups, Noting the complaints made by the President of the C omitc de l' Unit/: togolaise in a petition to the Secre- tary-General (T/Pet.7/160-T/Pet.6/194; T/Pet.7/ 160-T /Pet.6/194/ Add.I; T /Pet.7 /160-T /Pet.6/194/ Add.2; T/Pet.7 /160-T/Pet.6/194/Add.3; T /Pet.7 / 160-T/Pet.6/194/ Add.4; T /Pet.7 /160-T/Pet.6/194/ 2 See Official Records of the Ceaeral Assembly, Fifth Session, Supplement No. 4. 8 See Trusteeship Council resolutions 14 (II) 108 (V) and 250 (VII). ' 'See Trusteeship Council resolution 250 (VII). Aclcl.5) against the methods of election prescribed by the :\d111ini~tni11g .\uthority of Tognla11d under French aclmini~tration and the allegation that persons have ])('en arrested and imprisoned because they wished to have indigenous customs observed in the elections, Notinu the comments to the contrary contained in othf'r related petitions (T /Pet.7 /163-T /Pct.6/197; T / I'ct.7 /165--T/l-'et.C>/lCJ(): T/l'ct.7 /165-T /Pet.6/lC)() / Add.I), X otin_q the declarations" rnac!e on these matters by the representative of France in the Fourth Committee on 18 and 31 October 1950, l. Rcco1;11i::cs the great importance of the Ewe prob- lem, am! impresses upon the Trusteeship Council and the Administering Authorities concerned the impor- tance oi finding an adequate solution as soon as possible and in foll accordance with the real wishes and interests of the people concerned; 2. lmpressrs, in particular, upon the Administering Authorities the necessity of conducting elections to the Standing Consultative Commission in a democratic manner that will ensure a true representation of the people; 3. Rerommcnds that the Administering Authority of Togoland under French administration investigate promptly the practices complained of in the petition of the President of the C'omitc de l'Unitc togolaise and in other petitions on the subject with a view to ascertain- ing whether the methods of election which have been applied ensure that the views of all sections of the popu- lation are faithfully reflected, and report thereon to the next session of the Trusteeship Council for such action as the Council may consider appropriate in the light of the relevant discussions in the Fourth Committee and of the results of the investigations of the Administering Authority of Togoland under French administration; 4. Requests that the Trusteeship Council devote a special chapter or sub-chapter of its annual report to the next session of the General Assembly to setting forth all the steps undertaken in connexion with the Ewe question. 316th plenary meetinq, 2 December 1950. 442 (V). Trusteeship Agreement for the Ter- ritory of Somaliland under Italian adminis- tration Fhr G rneral Assembly Approves the draft Trusteeship Agreement for the Territory of Somalilancl under Italian administration, as contained in document A/1294.7 5 Ibid. 316th plenary meeting, 2 n{'cembcr 1950. 6 See Official Records of the General Assembly, Fifth Ses- sion. Fourth Committee, 153rd and 162nd meetings. 7 See Official Records of the General Assembly, Fifth Session, Supplement No. 10.

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