Establishment of a Special Committee on Information Transmitted Under Article 73e of the Charter

A/RES/332(IV)View PDF

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A Resolution of the General Assembly, published in 1949.

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Establishment Information Dissemination Members Non-Self-Governing Territories Terms of Reference

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Taking into a,count the possibilities of further r1,11structive \1·urk I,\' such a Committee,

I Jee id ,·s to rrn1st.it1ttc a Special Committee tor a thret·-year pvriud;

c·uns,'d,rs tlut tltl' ~Jl<'Cial Co111111ittee should i1e l'(Hl!JH>S<'(] ,1f tl1<1.<c .\lt"nti>crs of the United :\'.;1ti,,i1, tr:u1.,;11i1ti11:· iniurrnation in accordance ' \, itlt ,\rti,·k 13 ,. ,>l'tlll' c·11arler arnl of an equal munlJer of rn111-,1drni11istering l\kmliers elected by the l•ollrth Co1111,1iltl'e \Jll lithalf of the General :\,sunl , u11 ;:, wi,le ,t geographical Lasis as ] <Oscii ,le-. Th,· 11, ,11:•dlllinistning l\lcrnbers of the .C:peci;d l '01 lllllit ll'l' .,kill lie elected for a term of three 1·c:1r:; .. \t the first elrction however two '.\h-ndi;-rs shall lw ekctcd for a ter;11 of two ;cars, and two ior a ,n111 .,f one vcar only. A separate vote shall he taken tor each election;

Invites the Special Committee to examine, in the spirit of paragraphs 3 and 4 of Article 1 and of Article 55 of the Charter, the summaries and analyses of information transmitted under Article 73 e of the Charter on the economic, social and educational conditions in the Non-Self-Governing Territories, irtcluding any papers prepared by the speciali1t!d agencies and any reports or information o~-fneasures taken in pursuance of the resolutions adopted. by the General Assembly concerning economic, social and educational conditions in the Non-Self-Governing Territories;

Considers that the Special Committee should meet in 1950, 1951 and 1952 before the opening of the regular sessions of the General Assembly, at places and dates to be determined by the Secretary-General, in order that it should conclude its work not later than one week before the opening of each session ;

Invites the Special Committee to submit to the regular sessions of the General Assembly in 1950, 1951 and 1952 reports containing such procedural recommendations as it may deem fit and such substantive recommendations as it may deem desirable relating to functional fields generally but not with respect to individual Territories;

Decides that at its regular sessions in 1950 and 1951 the General Assembly will proceed to any new elections for the Special Committee that may be necessary, and examine in 1952 the question whether the Special Committee should be renewed for a further period, together with the questions of the composition and terms of reference of any such future Special Committee.

2 December 1949.

* * In accordance with the terms of the abo,•e resolution, the Fourth Committee, at its 142nd meeting on 5 December 1949, elected eight members to the Special Committee. Thr f olloiving M embrrs of the United Nations were elected:

For a term of two y,·ars: MExtco, the PHILIP-

For a term of one year: VENEZUELA, SWEDEN.

The General Assembly, informed of these elections through document A/1214, took note of them at its 274th plenary meeting on 9 December 1949.

The Special Committee is therefore composed of the above-mc11tioncd ciglit Members. and of the follm»ing l\Icmbcrs transmilting information under Article 73 c of the Chartrr ·

333 nv). Work of the Sprria! Committee on Information transmiUetl under Artide ·,;i c of 1)u'. Clrnrh'r The c;cneral ,·lssnnl,/y,

N otinr; that resoiut ion 3J2 ( IV ) ado1,tccl hv the General Assembly on 2 I kccml )('f l CJ.+') provided for the estalili.,lm1enc of a Special Committee on Information transmitted undn Article 73 e of the ,Charter for a three-year periorl without pn·judice as to the future,

Considering that the value of the work of the Committee would be enhanced if, without prejudice to the annual consideration of all the functional fields enumerated in Article 73 e of the Charter, special attention were given to one field each year,

Noting that the Special Committee will have before it at its 1950 session a considerable volume of documentation on the subject of education including various reports from the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization,

Considering that information on the development of facilities for the training of the peoples of the Non-Self-Governing Territories deserves particular attention at a time when programmes of economic and social development are being extended or initiated,

Invites the Special Committee at its 1950 session, without prejudice to the consideration of the other two functional fields, to give special attention to the problems of education in the Non-Self-Governing Territories, with particular attention to development of training in the economic and social fields;

Invites members of the Special Committee to make special preparations in this field for the 1950 session, with a view to facilitating the constructive interchange of ideas and experience on such educational problems;

Invites the Secretary-General to consult with the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization and other specialized agencies in order to secure their collaboration in the study of these problems.

2 December 1949.

011 \ 11 ~:,"' ( I i7irinl I<c,,,,·d, of tl,c third session of t/ie Gentrlrl .·I 1·,-., u1l1/_1', J),1rt l, l<1..·St)lutions, page 82.

For a term of three ymrs: BRAZIL, EGYPT, INDIA, the UNION OF Sov1ET SocIALIST REPUBLICS; PINES;

FRANCE, the AUSTRALIA,

BEI.GllJM,

DF.:-!MARK, NETHERLANDS, Nnv ZEALAND, the U:-irTED KING- DOM OF GREAT BRITAIN A"!D NoRTIIERN ]REI.AND, the UNITED STATES OF AMERICA.

dnring tlw second part of its first session, page 124.

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