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Rural Economic Development of the Trust Territories

A/RES/1208(XII)View PDF

Who adopted this document and its mandates?

A Resolution of the General Assembly, published in 1958.

What other versions does this mandate have?

3 versions · 1951–1958
YearSymbolTitleWord lengthText similarity
1958
A/RES/1208(XII)

Rural economic development of the Trust Territories

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1952
A/RES/561(VI)

Rural economic development of the Trust Territories

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1951
A/RES/438(V)

Rural economic development of the Trust Territories

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What subjects does this mandate have?

5 subjects
Economic DevelopmentLand TenureLand UseRural DevelopmentTrust Territories

What’s in this document?

3 operative paragraphs

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1
Decides, in order to facilitate the eventual study by the General Assembly of problems of land tenure, land utilization and land alienation in the Trust Territories, to invite the appropriate specialized agencies, particularly the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations and the International Labour Organisation to submit to the Trusteeship Council their observations and suggestions concerning these problems;
2
Recommends to the Trusteeship Council that it ensure, through the Committee on Rural Economic Development of the Trust Territories or by such other means as it deems appropriate, the early submission of its study of the prevailing policies, laws and practices relating to land tenure, land utilization and land alienation in Trust Territories, taking into account the present and future needs of the indigenous inhabitants from the standpoint of the basic objectives of the International Trusteeship System and the future economic requirements of the Territories, as well as the social and economic consequences of the transfer of land to non-indigenous inhabitants ;
3
Requests the Trusteeship Council to include the results of this study in its next report to the General Assembly.
729th plenary meetino,
13 December 1957.

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