Economic Advancement in Trust Territories

A/RES/322(IV)View PDF

Who adopted this document and its mandates?

A Resolution of the General Assembly, published in 1949.

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3 subjects

Economic Development Permanent Sovereignty Trust Territories

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To express full support of the recommendations of the Trusteeship Council and of all steps leading to a greater participation of indigenous inhabitants in the profits and management o{ entities, public or private, engaged in the exploitation of mineral and other natural resources or in the production of, or trade in, raw materials and commodities basic to the economy of Trust Territories;

To reaffirm the principle that the interests of the indigenous inhabitants must be paramount in all economic plans or policies in Trust Territories, particularly in raising the standards of living and the level of wages, and in improving housing, nutrition and health conditions;

To express its concern that the lack of hudgetary autonomy in some cases and the scarcity oi data in others did not allow the Trusteeship l ·()uncil to make a thorough examination of the f,,1a11cial situation of certain Territories;

-t To note with satisfaction the excellent financial situation in the Trust Territories of Western Samoa and Nauru and to endorse the recom- 111endations of the Council regarding the need for the formulation of plans laying down a sound economic foundation for these two Territories;

To recommend to the Trusteeship Council the inclusion in its annual reports to the General Assembly of a special section on the implementation by the Administering Authorities of its recommendations on the economic advancement of the Trust Territories.

15 November 1949.

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