Considering that, according to Article 85, paragraph 1, of the Charter, the functions of the United Nations with regard to Trusteeship Agreements for all areas n()t designated as strategic shall be exercised by the General :\:-;sembly,
Considering that. according to Article 87 b of the Charter. the Ceneral Assembly and, under its authority, the Trnsteeship Council, in carrying out their functions, may accept petitions and examine them in consultation with the ,\dministering Authority,
Considcri11(J that the right of petition, which is one of the fundamental human rights, is one of the most important factors in the operation of the International Trusteeship System, and that the careful study of petitions is one of the fundamental responsibilities of the Trusteeship Council,
Considering that it is essential, in the interest of the inhabitants uf Trust Territories, to continue to improve in every possible way the procedure for the examination of petitions,
Rrconmzcnds that the Trusteeship Council accordingly consider the possibility of:
(a) Constituting the Ad H oc Committee on Petitions as a standing committee to meet, if necessary, between sessions of the Council ;
( b) Requesting the Administering Authorities to submit such observations as they may wish to make on petitions which concern them, within two months of their receiving such petitions;
( c) Studying all other measures which may serve to improve the present procedure for the examination of petitions ;
( d) Requesting the Administering Authorities to submit each year special information concerning action taken on the recommendations of the Council in respect of petitions examined, except in those cases where the Council does not deem it necessary.
