A/RES/946(X) GA

26 General Assembly - Tenth Session -----------------------'----------------------- ment referred to in Chapter XI of the Charter of the United Nations, 1. Takes note of the documentation submitted, and of the explanations provided, to the effect that the peo- ples of the Netherlands Antilles and Surinam have expressed, through their freely elected representative bodies, their approval of the new constitutional order, and takes note also of the opinion of the Government of the Netherlands; 2. Expresses the opinion that, without prejudice to the position of the United Nations as affirmed in General Assembly resolution 742 (VIII) of 27 November 1953, and to such provisions of the Charter of the United Nations as may be relevant, on the basis of the infor- mation before it as presented by the Government of the Netherlands, and as desired by the Government of the Netherlands, cessation of the transmission of informa- tion under Article 73 e of the Charter in respect of the Netherlands Antilles and Surinam is appropriate. 557th plenary meeting, 15 December 1955. 946 (X). Attainment by the Trust Territories of the objective of self-government or independ- ence The Genera! Assembly, Recalling that, by its resolutions 558 (VI) of 18 Jan- uary 1952, 752 (VIII) of 9 December 1953 and 858 (IX) of 14 December 1954, it invited the Administering Authority of each Trust Territory, other than Somali- land under Italian administration, to include in each annual report information concerning measures taken or contemplated towards self-government or independence, and estimates of the periods of time required for such measures, and requested the Trusteeship Council to in- clude in each of its reports to the General Assembly a separate section dealing with the subject and stating in each case its conclusions and recommendations, Noting with regret the omission from the report30 of the Council covering the period from 17 July 1954 to 22 July 1955 of the separate section envisaged by the above-mentioned resolutions, Noting further that the Council, by its resolution 1254 (XVI) of 19 July 1955, decided to instruct each of its drafting committees on the annual reports concerned, be- ginning from its seventeenth session, to prepare, in the course of its regular functions and in the light of General Assembly resolutions 752 (VIII) and 858 (IX), appro- priate draft conclusions and recommendations concern- ing the question of the attainment by the Territory of self-government or independence, 1. Draws the attention of the Trusteeship Council to the importance which the General Assembly continues to attach to the question of the attainment by the Trust Territories of the objective of self-government or inde- pendence; 2. Requests the Council to ensure that the procedure devised by it for dealing in future with this question will enable it to comply fully with the terms of the relevant General Assembly resolutions and, accordingly, to in- clude in its next and succeeding reports to .the Assembly a separate section containing the information indicated so Ibid., Supplement No. 4 (A/2933). in those resolutions and the conclusions and recommen- dations of the Council thereon. 557th plenary meeting, 15 December 1955. 947 (X). Question of the frontier between the Trust Territory of Somaliland under Italian administration and Ethiopia The General Assembly, Recalling its resolution 392 (V) of 15 December 1950, recommending that the portion of the boundary between the Trust Territory of Somaliland under Italian adminis- tration and Ethiopia not already delimited by interna- tional agreement be delimited by bilateral negotiations between the Government of Ethiopia and the Administer· ing Authority, - Recalling further its resolution 854 (IX) of 14 De- cember 1954 in which the Governments of Ethiopia and Italy were urged to exert their utmost efforts to achieve a final settlement of the frontier question by direct negotiations, Having noted the encouraging views expressed durin~ its tenth session by the representatives of the Govern- ments of Ethiopia and Italy, Having heard the statements of the representative of the Somali Youth J ,~ague before the Fourth Committee, Considering the progress made in the discussions be- tween the Governments of the two countries since July 1955, Confident in the good faith and willingness of the two Governments to pursue vigorously direct negotiations for an early delimitation of the frontier, Mindful of the patent urgency of establishing a de- limitation of the frontier between Ethiopia and the Trust Territory as soon as possible, 1. Recommends that the Governments of Ethiopia and Italy expedite their current direct negotiations so that the question of the frontier between the Trust Ter- ritory of Somaliland under Italian administration and Ethiopia may be settled as soon as possible; 2. Requests the Governments of Ethiopia ancf Italy to report on the progress of these direct negotiations to the General Assembly at its eleventh session. 557th plenary meeting, 15 December 1955. 948 (X). Report of the Trusteeship Council cov- ering the period from 17 July 1954 to 22 July 1955 The General Assembly 1. Takes note ·of the report80 of the Trusteeship Council covering the period from 17 July 1954 to 22 July 1955; 2. Recommends that the Trusteeship Council, in its future deliberations, take into account the comments and suggestions made in the course of the discussion of its report at the tenth session of the General Assembly. 557th plenary meeting, 15 December 1955.

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