Status of the Territory of South West Africa

A/RES/1246(XIII)View PDF

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A Resolution of the General Assembly, published in 1959.

What other versions does this mandate have?

6 versions · 1955–1960

This is an older version — the most recent is A/RES/1359(XIV)

Year	Symbol	Title	Word length	Text similarity
1960	A/RES/1359(XIV)	Status of the Territory of South West Africa	363	91%Compare
1959	A/RES/1246(XIII)	Status of the Territory of South West Africa	341	17%Compare
1958	A/RES/1141(XII)	Status of the Territory of South West Africa	1,811	15%Compare
1957	A/RES/1055(XI)	Status of the Territory of South West Africa	323	49%Compare
1956	A/RES/940(X)	Status of the Territory of South West Africa	255	40%Compare

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5 subjects

Namibia Namibia Question Political Status South Africa Trusteeship Agreements

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2 operative paragraphs

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Having recommended, by its resolutions 65 (I) of 14 December 1946, 141 (II) of 1 November 1947, 227

(III) of 26 November 1948, 337 (IV) of 6 Oecember 1949, 449 B (V) of 13 December 1950, 570 B (VI) of 19 January 1952, 749 B (VIII) of 28 November 1953, 852 (IX) of 23 November 1954, 940 (X) of 3 December 1955, 1055 (XI) of 26 February 1957 and 1141

(XII) of 25 October 1957, that the Mandated Territory of South West Africa be placed under the International Trusteeship System, and having repeatedly invited the Government of the Union of South Africa to propose, for the consideration of the General Assembly, a trusteeship agreement for South West Africa,

Having accepted, by its resolution 449 A (V) of 13 December 1950, the advisory opinion of 11 July 1950 of the International Court of Justice on the question of South West Africa, 3

Considering that, in accordance with Chapter XII of the Charter of the United Nations, all Mandated Territories which have not achieved independence have been brought under the International Trusteeship System, with the sole exception of the Territory of South West Africa,

Reiterates its resolutions 65 (I) of 14 December 1946, 141 (II) of 1 November 1947, 227 (III) of 26 November 1948, 337 (IV) of 6 December 1949, 449 B

(V) of 13 December 1950, 570 B (VI) of 19 January 1952, 749 B (VIII) of 28 November 1953, 852 (IX) of 23 November 1954, 940 (X) of 3 December 1955, 1055 (XI) of 26 February 1957 and 1141 (XII) of 25 October 1957, to the effect that the Territory of South West Africa be placed under the International Trusteeship System;

Asserts that, in the present conditions of political and economic development of South West Africa, the normal way of modifying the international status of the Territory is to place it under the International Trusteeship System by means of a trusteeship agreement in accordance with the provisions of Chapter XII of the Charter of the United Nations.

30 October 1958.

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