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Trust Territories and Customs and Administrative Unions*

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The General Assembly, at its 160th Plenary Meeting on November 18, 1948, adopted resolution 224 (III) on the effects of Administrative Unions on Trust Territories which, inter alia, called upon the Trusteeship Council to investigate this question in all its aspects and to report to the next (fourth) session of the General Assembly on the results of its investigations and actions taken, and also, whenever appropriate, to request an advisory opinion of the International Court of Justice as to whether such Unions were within the scope of, and compatible with, the provisions of the Charter and the Trusteeship Agreements. Pursuant to this resolution, the Trusteeship Council created a Committee on Administrative Unions to undertake preparatory work to facilitate the investigations. This Committee, in addition to preparing documents, made an interim report and a final report.

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American Journal of International Law , Volume 43 , Issue 4 , October 1949 , pp. 716 - 731
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Copyright © American Society of International Law 1949

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Prepared by Mr. Thomas T. F. Huang, Harvard Law School, at the editor’s request.

References

1 U. N. Docs. T/226, T/236, T/263, T/338, T/338/Add.1.

2 Article 5b, Trusteeship Agreements for Tanganyika, Togoland and the Cameroons under British Administration, U. N. Treaty Series, Vol. 8, pp. 94, 154, 122; Article 4 A(2), Trusteeship Agreements for Togoland and the Cameroons under French Administration, ibid., pp. 170, 140; Article 5(2), Trusteeship Agreement for Buanda-Urundi, ibid., p. 108; Article 5, Trusteeship Agreement for New Guinea, ibid., p. 184; Article 5, Trusteeship Agreement for the Former Japanese Mandated Islands, ibid., p. 192.

3 Article 76 of the Charter.

4 Article 5 a, Trusteeship Agreements for Togoland and the Cameroons under British Administration, U. N. Treaty Series, Vol. 8, pp. 154, 122; Article 4 A(1), Trusteeship Agreements for Togoland and the Cameroons under French Administration, ibid., pp. 170, 140; Article 5(1), Trusteeship Agreement for Buanda-Urundi, ibid., p. 108; Article 4, Trusteeship Agreement for New Guinea, ibid., p. 184.

5 U. N. Doc. T/279.

6 U. N. Docs. T/AC.14/20; T/AC.14/17.

7 See Article 76 of the Charter.

8 See United Nations Conference on International Organization, Does. 2/G/26(c), May 5, 1945; see also the Informal Minutes of the Preliminary Consultations on Trusteeship by the representatives of the Five Powers, second meeting, TI. N. Doc. A/C.4/38.

9 See U. N. Conference in International Organization, Doc. 2/G/26(c), May 5, 1945.

10 See Verbatim Minutes, Committee II/4, Third Meeting, May 11, 1945; Official Records, Fourth Committee, 1947, p. 268.

11 U. N. General Assembly, 1st Sess., Pt. II, Official Records, Plenary Meetings, p. 1541.

12 For texts of Soviet amendments, see U. N. General Assembly, 1st Sess., Pt. II, Official Records, Fourth Committee, Pt. II, pp. 236, 243, 252, 258, 259, 269, 272.

13 U. N. General Assembly, 1st Sess., Pt. II, Official Records, Fourth Committee, Pt. I, p. 299.

14 Ibid.

15 Ibid., pp. 141, 161, 169.

16 Ibid., p. 300.

17 U. N. Doc. A/C.4/81, p. 16.

18 U. N. General Assembly, 1st Sess., Pt. II, Official Records, Fourth Committee, Pt. I, p. 142.

19 U. N. General Assembly, 1st Sess., Pt. II, Official Records, Plenary Meetings, pp. 1544-1545.

20 U. N. General Assembly, 1st Sess., Pt. II, Official Records, Fourth Committee, Pt. I, p. 142.

21 U. N. General Assembly, 1st Sess., Pt. II, Official Records, Plenary Meetings, pp. 1280 ff., 1550 ff.

22 U. N. Docs. A/C.4/SR.61: p. 5, statement of China; pp. 9-10, statement of India.

23 U. N. Docs. A/C.4/SR.62, p. 5, statement of United Kingdom; A/C.4/SR.64: p. 5, statement of Australia; p. 10, statement of India.

24 U. N. Docs. A/C.4/SR.64: p. 2, statement of Mexico; pp. 3-4, statement of Brazil; A/C.4/SR.69, p. 12, statement of India; A/C.4/SR.67, p. 12, statement of U.S.S.E.; A/C.4/SR.66, p. 3, statement of Costa Bica.

25 U. N. Docs. A/C.4/SR.67, pp. 13-14, statement of U.S.S.R.; A/C.4/SR.65, p. 5, statement of Ukrainian S.S.R.

26 U. N. Docs. A/C.4/SR.64, p. 5, statement of Australia; A/C.4/SR.73, p. 3, statement of France.

27 U. N. Doc. A/C.4/SR.67, p. 8.

28 U. N. Docs. A/C.4/SR.65, pp. 14-15, statement of Philippines; A/C.4/SR.63, p. 10, statement of Poland ; A/C.4/SR.68, p. 8, statement of United Kingdom.

29 U. N. Docs. A/C.4/SR.67, pp. 11-12, statement of U.S.8.E.; A/C.4/SR.72, p. 13, statement of Poland.

30 U. N. General Assembly, 1st Sess., Pt. II, Official Records, Fourth Committee, Pt. I, pp. 81 ff., 93-95, 138.

31 U. N. Docs. A/C.4/SR.63, pp. 6-7, statement of Pakistan; A/C.4/SR.61, p. 10, statement of India.

32 U. N. Doc. A/C.4/SR.61, p. 10, statement of India.

33 U. N. Docs. A/C.4/SR.63, p. 9, statement of Poland; A/C.4/SR.65, p. 13, A/C.4/SR. 72, p. 15, statement of Philippines; ibid., p. 16, statement of India.

34 U. N. Docs. A/C.4/SR.65, p. 11, statement of Cuba; A/C.4/SR.69, p. 11, statement of Mexico; A/C.4/SR.62, p. 15, statement of China.

35 U. N. Doc. T/231.

36 U. N. Docs. T/P.V.84, p. 13; T/P.V.93, p. 73; T/P.V.95, p. 96; A/603, p. 27.

37 U. N. Docs. T/P.V.95, pp. 71 ff.; A/603, p. 27.

38 U. N. Docs. A/C.4/BB.69: p. 5, statement of United Kingdom; p. 9, statement of France; A/C.4/8B.64, p. 5, statement of Australia.

39 U. N. Doc. A/C.4/SR.69: p. 5, statement of United Kingdom; p. 9, statement of Australia; p. 17, statement of France.

40 Ibid., p. 4, statement of United Kingdom.

41 U. N. Docs. A/C.4/SR.65, pp. 8-9, A/C.4/SR.69, p. 9, statement of Belgium.

42 U. N. Docs. A/C.4/SK.69: p. 13, statement of India; p. 15, statement of Iraq; A/C.4/SR.62, p. 13, statement of Norway; A/C.4/SR.73, p. 8, statement of U.S.A.

43 U. N. Docs. A/C.4/SR.72 : p. 8, statement of Pakistan ; p. 13, statement of China ; A/C.4/SR.62, p. 6, statement of United Kingdom; A/C.4/SR.69: p. 5, statement of United Kingdom ; pp. 8-9, statement of Belgium ; p. 10, statement of Australia.

44 U. N. Doc. A/C.4/Sub.1/82.

45 U. N. Docs. A/C.4/SR.61, p. 10, A/C.4/SR.64, statement of India; A/C.4/SR.65, p. 8, statement of Ukrainian S.S.R.; A/C.4/SR.66, p. 5, statement of Costa Rica.

46 U. N. Docs. A/C.4/SR.61, p. 10, statement of India; A/C.4/SR.64, p. 10, statement of Czechoslovakia; A/C.4/SR.65, p. 8, statement of Ukrainian S.S.E.; A/C.4/SR.67, p. 12, statement of U.S.S.R.

47 U. N. Doc. A/C.4/SR.62, pp. 5-6, statement of United Kingdom.

48 U. N. Doc. A/603, pp. 11 ff.

49 Ibid., p. 14.

50 Ibid., pp. 46 ff.

51 U. N. Docs. T/AC.14/2, p. 2; T/AC.14/28, p. 2.

52 Ibid., pp. 9-13.

53 U. N. Doc. A/603, pp. 6-7.

54 With regard to the Cameroons and Togoland under British Administration, see Trusteeship Council, Official Records, 4th Sess., pp. 372-378, 387-400; Interim Report of the Committee on Administrative Unions, U. N. Docs. T/263, pp. 14-19; T/AC.14/17, 20, 23, 24, 24/Add.1, 30; Report of the Committee on Administrative Unions, U. N. Docs. T/338, pp. 2-3, 37-39; T/338/Add.1, par. 2.

55 U. N. Doc. T/AC.14/6, pp. 11-16.

56 Ibid.

57 U. N. Docs. T/AC.14/3; T/AC.14/7.

58 U. N. Doc. T/255; see Annual Report for Togoland under British Administration, 1947, pp. 71 ff.

59 U. N. Doc. T/AC.14/22.

60 U. N. Doc. T/AC.14/25.

61 U. N. Doc. T/SR.169.

62 U. N. Docs. T/373; T/SR.170; T/SR.186; T/374; and T/375.