A/RES/844(IX) GA

RESOLUTIONS ADOPTED ON THE REPORTS OF THE FOURTH COMMITTEE CONTENTS Page 844 (IX). Procedure for the examination of reports and petitions relating to the Territory of South West Africa (11 October 1954) (item 34) . . . . . . . . . . 25 845 (IX). Educational advancement in Non-Self-Governing Territories (22 No- vember 1954) (item 31) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 26 846 (IX). Work of the Committee on Information from Non-Self-Governing Territories (22 November 1954) (item 31) . . . . . . . . . .. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 26 847 (IX). Information on problems common to regional groups of Non-Self- Governing Territories (22 November 1954) (item 31) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 27 848 (IX). Voluntary transmission of information on political development in Non- Self-Governing Territories (22 November 1954) (item 31) . . . . . . . . . . . . 27 849 (IX). Cessation of the transmission of information under Article 73 e of the Charter in respect of Greenland (22 November 1954) (item 32) . . . . . . 27 850 (IX). Consideration of communications relating to the cessation of the trans- mission of information under Article 73 e of the Charter (22 November 1954) (item 32) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 28 851 (IX)". Report of the Committee on South West Africa (23 November 1954) (item 34) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 28 852 (IX). Status of the Territory of South West Africa (23 November 1954) (item 34) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 29 853 (IX}. Participation of the indigenous inhabitants of the Trust Territories in the work of the Trusteeship Council (14 December 1954) (item 13) . . 29 854 (IX). Question of the frontier between the Trust Territory of Somaliland under Italian administration and Ethiopia (14 December 1954) (item 13) . . 30 855 (IX). Financine- of the economic development plans of the Trust Territory of Somaliland under Italian administration (14 December 1954) (item 13) 30 856 (IX). Form of the annual report of the Trusteeship Council to the General Assembly (14 December 1954) (item 13) . . . . . . . . . . .. . . . . . .. . . . . . . . . . . 31 857 (IX). Report of the Trusteeship Council covering the period from 22 July 1953 to 16 July 1954 (14 December 1954) (item 13) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 31 858 (IX). Attainment by the Trust Territories of the objective of self-govern- ment or independence (14 December 1954) (item 13) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 31 859 (IX). Hearings of petitioners from the Trust Territory of the Cameroons under French administration (14 December 1954) (item 13) . . . . . . . . . . . . 32 860 (IX). The Togoland unification problem 11.nd the future of the Trust Terri- tory of Togoland under British administration (14 December 1954) (items 35 and 52) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 32 844 (IX). Procedure for the examination of re- ports and petitions relating to the Territory of South West Africa The General Assembly, Having received a report1 of the Committee on South West Africa concerning the procedure for the examina- tion by the Assembly of reports and petitions relating to the Territory of South West Africa, 1 See Official Records of the General Assembly, Ninth Session, Supplement No. 14 and documents A/2666/Corr.J and A/2666/ Add.l. 25 Ji aving in mind the advisory opinion2 of the Inter- national Court of Justice on South West Africa, Desiring to apply, as far as possible, and pending the conclusion of an agreement between the United Nations and the Union of South Africa, the procedure followed in that respect by the Council of the League of Nations, Adopts the following special rules: PROCEDURE WITH REGARD TO REPORTS Special rule A : The General Assembly shall receive annually from the Committee on South West Africa 2 See International Status of South West Africa, Advisory Opinion: I.C.J. Reports 1950. 26 General Auembly - Ninth Sellsion the report on South West Africa submitted to the Com- mittee by the Union of South Africa ( or a report on conditions in the Territory of South West Africa prepared by the Committee in accordance with para- graph 12 (c) of General Assembly resolution 749 A (VII1)) together with the observations of the Com- mittee on the report as well as the comments of the duly authorized representative of the Union of South Africa, should that Government decide to follow the General Assembly's recommendation and appoint such a representative. Special rule B: The General Assembly shall, as a rule, be guided by the observations· of the Committee on South West Africa and shall base its conclusions, as far as possible, on the Committee's observations. PROCEDURE WITH REGARD TO PETITIONS Special rule C: The General Assembly shall receive annually from the Committee on South West Africa a report with regard to petitions submitted to it. The summary records of the meetings at which the petitions were discussed shall be attached. Special rule D : The General Assembly shall, as a rule, be guided by the conclusions of the Committee on South West Africa and shall base its own con- clusions, as far as possible, on the conclusions of the Committee. PRIVATE MEETINGS Special rule E: Having regard to rule 62 of the rules of procedure of the General Assembly, meetings at which decisions concerning persons are considered shall be held in private. VOTING PROCEDURE Special rule F: Decisions of the General Assembly on questions relating to reports and petitions concern- ing the Territory of South West Africa shall be re- garded as important questions within the meaning of Article 18, paragraph 2, of the Charter of the United Nations. 494th plenary meeting, 11 October 1954. 845 (IX). Educational advancement in Non-Self. Governing Territories The General Assembly, Noting resolution 743 (VIII) of 27 November 1953, by which the Administering Members were recom- mended to make the greatest possible use of offers that might be made to them by other Member States through the Secretary-General or through the spe- cialized agencies concerned or in other appropriate ways, for the purpose of facilitating the educational advancement of the inhabitants of Non-Self-Governing Territories by s:tch means as making available fellow- ships, scholarship!> and internships to qualified students from these Territori~s, Noting the view3 exprt:<;ed by the Committee on In- formation from N on-Self-G,werning Territories in 1953 that the attainment of seli-government by Non- 8 Sec Official Records of the General Assemb.!y, Eighth Ses- sion, Supplement No. 15, part two, para. 10. Self-Governing Territories is, inter alia, hindered by inadequacies in the education of their peoples, Considering that facilities for study and training at all levels of education, despite all the efforts made by the Administering Members in the direction of their improvement, are not yet adequate in most of the Non-Self-Governing Territories, 1. Invites Member States to extend generously their offers of facilities not only for study and training of university standard but, in the first place, for study at the post-primary level as well as technical and voca- tional training of immediate practical value; 2. Invites Member States offering facilities, in cases where the languages of instruction differ from the languages of the Non-Self-Governing Territories, to consider the possibility of extending the duration of the facilities offered by a preliminary period of lan- guage training and other adjustment to the country of study ot training ; 3. Invites Member States to transmit the details of such offers to the Administering Members, to the Secretary-General and to the appropriate specialized agencies; 4. Recommends that the Administering Members make the greatest possible use of facilities at all levels of education and training, including the field of funda- mental education, that may be offered by States Mem- bers of the United Nations; 5. Requests the Secretary-General, in consultation with the Administering Members and the specialized agencies concerned, to establish a simple procedure which would enable offers and applications made through the United Nations or the specialized agencies to be brought to the attention of the Administering Members, and thereafter, in the case of applications, to the attention of the offering States concerned together with any observations the Administering Members may have submitted; 6. Invites the Administering Members to give appro- priate publicity in Territories under their administra- tion to offers of study and training facilities and to take such other measures as will ensure that the greatest possible advantage is taken of the offers ; 7. Requests the Secretary-General to include in the United Nations information material details of all such offers and of the procedures to be followed in sub- mitting applications, and further requests him to trans- mit such details to the specialized agencies with a view to securing similar publicity in their appropriate publications; 8. Requests the Secretary-General, after consultation with the Administering Members, to prepare a report for the information of the General Assembly giving details of the offers made and the extent to which they have been taken up. 498th plenary meeting, 22 November 1954. 846 (IX). Work of the Committee on Information from Non-Self-Governing Territories The General Assembly 1. Takes note of the report' of the Committee on Information from Non-Self-Governing Territories on the work of its 1954 session; ' Ibid., Ninth Session, Supplement No. 18.

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