Security Council Resolution 21 (1947) [on the Trusteeship Agreement for the Trust Territory of the Pacific Islands]

S/RES/21(1947)View PDF

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A Resolution of the Security Council, published in 1964.

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2 subjects

Pacific Islands (Trust Territory) Question Trusteeship Agreements

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24 operative paragraphs

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Transmet a la Commission le proces-verbal de son examen du premier rapport de la Commission de l'energie atomique ;

Invite instamment la Commission de l'energie atomique a continuer, conformement aux resolutions

de l'energie atomique, a elabrn-er aussi rapidement que tion 5 de la resolution 1 (I) de I'Assemblee generale

de securite un ou p:usieurs projets de traites ou un ou plusieurs projets de conventions comportant ses propositions definitives ;

Invite la Commission de l'energie atomique a soumettre un second rapport au Conseil de securite Adoptee a l'unanimite a la 117• seance.

TUTELLE DES ZONES STRATtGIQUES Decision

representant des Etats-Unis d'Amerique et un projet mandat japonais23, a decide que les Gonvernements de l'lnde et de la Nouvelle-Zelande devaient etre invites

pour l'Extreme-Orient (Canada, Pays-Bas, Philippines) devaient etre invites s'ils demandaient a etre entendus.

21 (1947). Resolution du 2 avril 1947 [S/318)

Nations Unies prevoit l'etablissement d'un Regime 2s Proces-verbaux officiels du Conseil de securite, deuxieme annee, Supplement n• 8, annexe 17.

tional Trusteeship System for the administration and supervision of such territories as may be placed thereunder by subsequent agreements ; and Whereas under Article 77 of the said Charter the Trusteeship System may be applied to territories now held under mandate ; and Whereas on 17 December 1920 24 the Council of the League of Nations confirmed a mandate for the former German islands north of the Equator to Japan, to be administered in accordance with Article 22 of the Covenant of the League of Nations; and Whereas Japan, as a result of the Second World War, has ceased to exercise any authority in these islands;

Now, therefore, the Security Council of the United Nations, having satisfied itself that the relevant Articles of the Charter have been complied with, hereby resolves to approve the following terms of trusteeship for the Pacific Islands formerly under mandate to Japan :

Article 1 The Territory of the Pacific Islands, consisting of the islands formerly held by Japan under mandate in accordance with Article 22 of the Covenant of the League of Nations, is hereby designated as a strategic area and placed under the Trusteeship System established in the Charter of the United Nations. The Territory of the Pacific Islands is hereinafter referred to as the Trust Territory.

Article 2 The United States of America is designated as the Administering Authority of the Trust Territory.

Article 3 The Administering Authority shall have full powers of administration, legislation, and jurisdiction over the Territory subject to the provisions of this Agreement, and may apply to the Trust Territory, subject to any modifications which the Administering Authority may consider desirable, such of the laws of the United States as it may deem appropriate to local conditions and requirements.

Article 4 The Administering Authority, in discharging the obligations of trusteeship in the Trust Territory, shall act in accordance with the Charter of the United Nations, and the provisions of this Agreement, and shall, as specified in Article 83, paragraph 2, of the Charter, apply the objectives of the International Trusteeship System, as set forth in Article 7 6 of the Charter, to the people of the Trust Territory.

24 League of Nations, Official Journal, 2nd Year, No. (1921), pp. 87-88. ce regime en vertu d'accords ulterieurs ;

Considerant qu'en vertu de !'Article 77 de Jadite Charte, le Regime de tutelle peut s'applique1 aux territoires actuellement sous mandat ;

Considerant qu'a Ja date du 17 decembre 192024, au Japon d'un mandat sur Jes iles autrefois allemandes situees au nord de l'equateur, qui serait exerce confor- Nations; guerre mondiale, a cesse d'exercer une autorite quelconque sur ces iles ; Unies, s'etant assure que Jes dispositions des articles pertinents de la Charte ont ete observees, decide par Jes presentes d'approuver Jes termes suivants du Regime de tutelle pour Jes iles du Pacifique anterieurement placees sous mandat japonais :

Article premier

placees anterieurement sous mandat japonais confor- Nations, est designe par Jes presentes comme zone

ties du Pacifique est denomme ci-apres : Territoire sous tutelle.

Article 2 Les Etats-Unis d' Amerique soot designes comme Autorite chargee de !'administration du Territoire sous tutelle.

Article 3 L'Autorite chargee de l'administration aura pleins pouvoirs d'administration, de legislation et de juridic . present Accord, et pourra, sous reserve de toutes modifications qu'elle estimera desirables, appliquer Unis qu'elle jugera appropriees a la situation du Territoire et a ses besoins.

Article 4

qui decoulent de la tutelle, l'Autorite chargee de !'administration agira conformement a la Charte des appliquera la stipulation de !'Article 83, paragraphe 2, de la Charte en vertu de laquelle Jes fins du Regime international de tutelle enoncees a !'Article 76 vakrv

24 Societe des Nations, (1921), p. 87 et 88.

In discharging its obligations under Article 7 6 a and Article 84 of the Charter, the Administering Authority shall ensure that the Trust Territory shall play its part, in accordance with the Charter of the United Nations, in the maintenance of international peace and security. To this end the Administering Authority shall be entitled :

To establish naval, military and air bases and to erect fortifications in the Trust Territory ;

To station and employ armed forces in the Territory ; and

To make use of volunteer forces, facilities and assistance from the Trust Territory in carrying out the ob:igations towards the Security Council undertaken in this regard by the Administering Authority, as well as for the local defence and the maintenance of law and order within the Trust Territory.

Article 6 In discharging its obligations under Article 76 b of the Charter, the Administering Authority shall :

Foster the development of such· political institutions as are suited to the Trust Territory and shall promote the development of the inhabitants of the Trust Territory toward self-government or independence as may be appropiate to the particular circumstances of the Trust Territory and its peoples and the freely expressed wishes of the peoples concerned ; and to this end shall give to the inhabitants of the Trust Territory a progressively increasing share in the administrative services in the Territory ; shall develop their participation in government ; shall give due recognition to the customs of the inhabitants in providing a system of law for the Territory ; and shall take other appropriate measures toward these ends ;

Promote the economic advancement and selfsufficiency of the inhabitants, and to this end shall regulate the use of natural resources ; encourage the development of fisheries, agriculture, and industries ; protect the inhabitants against the loss of their lands and resources ; and improve the means of transportation and communication ;

Promote the social advancement of the inhabitants and to this end shall protect the rights and fundamental freedoms of all elements of the population without discrimination ; protect the health of the inhabitants ; control the traffic in arms and ammunition, opium and other dangerous drugs, and alcohol and other spirituous beverages ; and institute such other regulations as may be necessary to protect the inhabitants against social abuses ; and

Promote the educational advancement of the inhabitants, and to this end shall take steps toward the ellc de !'Article 76, alinea a, et de !'Article 84 de la Charte, l'Autorite chargee de !'administration veillcra bution, conformcment a la Charte des Nations Unies, A cette fin, I' Autorite char gee de !'administration sera autorisee:

I. A etablir des bases navales, militaires et aerienncs tutelle ; le Territoire ;

3. A utiliser des contingents de volontaires, les faciles obligations qu'elle a contractees a cet egard envers defense locale et le maintien de l'ordre a l'interieur du Territoire sous tutelle.

Article 6

elle de !'Article 76, alinea b, de la Charte, l'Autorite chargee de l'administration devra :

Aider au developpement d'institutions politiques convenant au Territoire sous tutelle et favoriser !'evos'administrer eux-memes ou l'independance, compte tenu des conditions particulieres au Territoire sous

assurer a ces habitants une part progressivement croisdevelopper leur participation au gouvernement, tenir dument compte des coutumes des habitants en creant mesures appropriees a ces fins ;

a cette fin, regler l'emploi des ressources naturelles, encourager le developpement des pecheries, de !'agriculture, et des industries, proteger Jes habitants contre ameliorer les moyens de transport et de communications ;

drogues nuisibles, des boissons alcooliques et autres ront etre necessaires pour proteger les habitants contre les ahus sociaux ;

4.. Favoriser le developpement de l'instruction des

establishment of a general system of elementary education ; facilitate the vocational and cultural advancement of the population ; and shall encourage qualified students to pursue higher education, including training on the professional level.

Article 7 In discharging its ob!igations under Article 76 c of the Charter, the Administering Authority shall guarantee to the inhabitants of the Trust Territory freedom of conscience, and, subject only to the requirements of public order and security, freedom of speech, of the Press, and of assembly ; freedom of worship, and of religious teaching ; and freedom of migration and movement.

Article 8

In discharging its obligations under Article 76 d of the Charter, as defined by Article 83, paragraph 2, of the Charter, the Administering Authority, subject to the requirements of security, and the obligation to promote the advancement of the inhabitants, shall accord to nationals of each Member of the United Nations and to companies and associations organized in conformity with the laws of such Member, treatment in the Trust Territory no less favourable than that accorded therein to nationals, companies and associations of any other Member of the United Nations except the Administering Authority.

The Administering Authority shall ensure equal treatment to the Members of the United Nations and their nationals in the administration of justice.

Nothing in this article shall be so construed as to accord traffic rights to aircraft flying into and out of the Trust Territory. Such rights shall be subject to agreement between the Administering Authority and the State whose nationality such aircraft possesses.

The Administering Authority may negotiate and conclude commercial and other treaties and agreements with Members of the United Nations and other States, designed to attain for the inhabitants of the Trust Territory treatment by the Members of the United Nations and other States no less favourable than that granted by them to the nationals of other States. The Security Council may recommend, or invite other organs of the United Nations to consider and recommend, what rights the inhabitants of the Trust Territory should acquire in consideration of the rights obtained by Members of the United Nations in the Trust Territory.

Article 9 The Administering Authority shall be entitled to constitute the Trust Territory into a customs, fiscal, or administrative union or federation with other terria instituer un systeme general d'enseignement primaire, faciliter le progres professionnel et culture! de la population, encourager Jes sujets qualifies .'1 faire des etudes superieurcs en y comprenant la formation profcs,,ionncllc.

Article 7 En s'acquittant des obligations que lui impose !'Article 76, alinea c. de la Charte, l'Autorite chargee de !'administration garantira aux habitants du Territoire

Ja liberte de parole, de presse et de reunion, la liberte de migration et de mouvement.

Article 8 I. En s'acquittant des obligations que Jui impose !'Article 76, alinea d, de la Charte, telles qu'elles sont prccisees a !'Article 83, paragraphe 2, de la Charte, I'Autorite chargee de l'administration, sous reserve des exigences de la securite et de I'obligation de favoriser sous tutelle, aux ressortissants de chaque Etat Membre nisees conformcment a la legislation de cet Etat Mcmbre, un traitement qui ne devra pas etre moins

tout Membre des Nations Unies autre que l'Autorite chargee de !'administration.

2. L'Autorite chargee de !'administration assurera, en matiere judiciaire, l'egalite de traitement aux Membres 3.

Aucune disposition du present article nc sera intcrpretee comme accordant des droits de navigation aerienne a destination et en provenance du Territoire sous tutelle. L'octroi de ces droits devra faire l'objet d'un accord cntre l'Autorite chargee de ]'administration

4. L'Autorite chargee de !'administration pourra

Etats, d'un traitement qui ne devra pas etre moins favorable que celui qu'ils accordent aux ressortissants d'autres Etats. Le Conseil de securite pourra proposer, ou inviter d'autres organes des Nations Unies a examiner et a proposer, Jes droits qui devraient etre

Nations Unies dans !edit Territoire.

Artide 9 L'Autorite chargee de !'administration sera autorisee OU federation douaniere, fiscalc OU administrative cons-

tories under United States jurisdiction and to establish common services between such territories and the Trust Territory where such measures are not inconsistent with the basic objectives of the International Trusteeship System and with the terms of this Agreement.

Article JO The Administering Authority, acting under the provisions of article 3 of this Agreement, may accept membership in any regional advisory commission, regional authority, or technical organization, or other voluntary association of States, may co-operate with specialized international bodies, public or private, and may engage in other forms of international co-operation.

Article 11

The Administering Authority shall take the necessary steps to provide the status of citizenship of the Trust Territory for the inhabitants of the Trust Territory.

The Administering Authority shall afford diplomatic and consular protection to inhabitants of the Trust Territory when outside the territorial limits of the Trust Territory or of the territory of the Administering Authority.

Article 12 The Administering Authority shall enact such legislation as may be necessary to place the provisions of this Agreement in effect in the Trust Territory.

Article 13 The provisions of Articles 87 and 88 of the Charter shall be applicable to the Trust Territory, provided that the Administering Authority may determine the extent of their applicability to any areas which may from time to time be specified by it as closed for security reasons.

Article 14 The Administering Authority undertakes to apply in the Trust Territory the provisions of any international conventions and recommendations which may be appropriate to the particular circumstances of the Trust Territory and which would be conducive to the achievement of the basic objectives of article 6 of this Agreement.

Article 15 The terms of the present Agreement shall not be altered, amended or terminated without the consent of the Administering Authority. mesures ne seront pas incompatibles avec les fins Jes tcrmes du present Accord.

Article 10 L'Autorite chargee de !'administration, agissant en vertu des dispositions de !'article 3 du present Accord, pourra accepter de faire partie de toute commission consultative regionale, autorite regionale ou organisation technique ou de toute association volontaire specialisees, publiques OU privees, et se livrer a toute autre fonne de collaboration internationale.

Article 11

L'Autorite chargee de !'administration prendra

tutelle.

L'Autorite chargee de !'administration accordera

territoire de l'Autorite chargee de !'administration.

Article 12 L'Autorite chargee de !'administration promulguera les mesures legislatives necessaires pour mettre en Territoire sous tutelle.

Article 13

seront appiicables au Territoire sous tutelle, etant entendu que I' Autorite chargee de !'administration pourra determiner dans quelle mesure elles soot appliautre, interdire l'acces pour des raisons de securite.

Article 14 L'Autorite chargee de !'administration s'engage a des conventions et recommandations intemationales

realisation des fins essentielles de !'article 6 du present Accord.

Article 15 Les termes du present Accord ne pourront etre modifies, amendes ou abroges sans le consentement de I' Autorite chargee de !'administration.

The present Agreement shall come into force when approved by the Security Council of the United Nations and by the Government of the United States after due constitutional process.

Adopted unanimously at the

Decisions At its 220th meeting, on 15 November 1947, the Council decided to refer to the Committee of Experts, for report within four weeks, the whole question presented in the letter dated 7 November 1947 from the Secretary-General to the President of the Security Council concerning the Trusteeship Agreement for the Pacific Islands (S/599).211

Adopted unanimously.

At its 222nd meeting, on 9 December 194 7, the Council took note of the letter dated 2 December 1947 from the representative of the United States of America addressed to the President of the Security Council concerning the conducting of experiments relating to nuclear fission on Eniwetok Atoll in the Trust Territory of the Pacific Islands 26 and decided to defer consideration of the matter until it received from the Committee of Experts the report that it had requested at its 220th meeting (see above).

ADMISSION OF NEW MEMBERS TO THE UNITED NATIONS 27 24 (194.7). Resolution of 30 April 194,7

The Security Council Resolves that the application of Hungary for admission to membership in the United Nations dated 22 April 194 7 should be referred to the Committee on 211 Sec Official Records of the Security Council, Second Year, No. 104, 220th meeting, p. 2753, footnote 1.

28 Ibid., Second Year, Supplement No. 20, annex 46.

11 Resolutions or decisions on this question were also adopted by the Council in 1946.

Le present Accord entrera en vigueur quand ii aura

les formes constitutionnelles.

Adoptee a /'unanimiie d la 124• seance.

Decisions

a decide de renvoyer au Comite d'experts, afin qu'il presente un rapport dans un delai de quatre semaines, date du 7 novembre 1947, concemant l'Accord de

(S/599)211• Adoptee a l'unanimite.

representant des Etats-Unis d'Amerique, concemant

Iles du Pacifique26 et a decide d'ajourner l'examen de la question jusqu'au moment ou ii aurait rec;u du Comite d'experts le rapport qu'il lui avait demande a sa 220- seance (voir ci-dessus).

ADMISSION DE NOUVEAUX MEMBRES A L'ORGANISATION DES NATIONS UNIES 27 24, (194,7). Resolution du 30 avril 194,7 Le Conseil de securite Decide que la demande d'admission a l'Organisation 1947 doit etre renvoyee au Comite d'admission de 211 Voir Proces-verbaux officiels du Conseil de slcuritl, deuxieme annle, n• 104, 220- seance, p. 2753, note 1 en 28 Ibid., d'-uxieme annle, Suppllment n• 20, annexe 46.

21 Question ayant fait l'objct de resolutions ou d6cisions de la part du Conscil en 1946.

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