Creation of a special committee on information transmitted under Article 73 e of the Charter

II. RESOLUTIONS ADOPTED ON THE REPORTS OF THE FOURTH COMMITTEE
146. Creation of a special committee on information transmitted under Article 73 e of the Charter

The General Assembly

1. Invites the Fourth Committee to constitute a special committee to examine the information transmitted under Article 73 e of the Charter on the economic, social and educational conditions in the Non-Self-Governing Territories, and to submit reports thereon for the consideration of the General Assembly with such procedural recommendations as it may deem fit, and with such substantive recommendations as it may deem desirable relating to functional fields generally but not with respect to individual territories;

2. Authorizes this special committee for this purpose

(a) To avail itself of the counsel and assistance of the specialized agencies in such manner as it may consider necessary or expedient;

(b) To establish liaison with the Economic and Social Council;

(c) To invite the Members to provide such supplemental information as may be desired within the terms of Article 73 e, and

3. Considers that the special committee should be composed of the Members of the United Nations transmitting information and an equal number of Members elected by the Fourth Committee on behalf of the General Assembly on as wide a geographical basis as possible, the Committee to meet as the General Assembly may decide.

Hundred and eighth plenary meeting,
3 November 1947. At its forty-eighth meeting on 6, November 1947 the Fourth Committee, in accordance with the terms of the above resolution, elected eight members of the Special Committee. The composition of the Committee therefore is as follows: Members transmitting information under Article 73 e of the Charter: AUSTRALIA. BELGIUM, DENMARK, FRANCE, NETHERLANDS, NEW ZEALAND, UNITED KINGDOM and UNITED STATES OF AMERICA; Members elected by the Fourth Committee on behalf of the General Assembly: CHINA, COLOMBIA, CUBA, EGYPT, INDIA, NICARAGUA, SWEDEN, and UNION OF SOVIET SOCIALIST REPUBLICS. As regards the provision that the Special Committee would meet as the General Assembly might decide, the Fourth Committee recommended that the Special Committee should be convened at a date, to be fixed by the Secretary-General, not less than two weeks before the opening of the next regular session of the General Assembly.