Cessation of the transmission of information under Article 73 e of the Charter in respect of the Netherlands Antilles and Surinam

VI. RESOLUTIONS ADOPTED ON THE REPORTS OF THE FOURTH COMMITTEE
568. Cessation of the transmission of information under Article 73 e of the Charter in respect of the Netherlands Antilles and Surinam

The General Assembly, Having regard to its resolution 222 (III) of 3 November 1948 requesting the Members concerned to communicate information regarding any change in the constitutional position and status of a Non-Self-Governing Territory, as a result of which the responsible government concerned thinks it unnecessary to transmit information in respect of that Territory under Article 73 e of the Charter, Considering that it has received from the Secretary-General[1]1a copy of the communication dated 31 August 1951 from the Netherlands Government, which states that, in the opinion of that Government, the Netherlands Antilles and Surinam have now ceased to be Non-Self-Governing Territories within the meaning of Article 73 e of the Charter of the United Nations, and that consequently the Netherlands Government has decided to terminate the transmission to the Secretary-General of information under Article 73 e concerning these Territories, Having regard to resolution 448 (V) of 12 December 1950, by which the General Assembly requested the Special Committee on Information transmitted under Article 73 e of the Charter to examine such information as may be transmitted and to report thereon to the General Assembly, Having regard to the information made available by the Government of the Netherlands relating to the Netherlands Antilles and Surinam and to the report of the Special Committee, Having decided[2]2to appoint an Ad Hoc Committee to carry out a further study of the factors which should be taken into account in deciding whether a territory is or is not a territory whose people have not yet attained a full measure of self-government, Having been informed that a conference among representatives of the Netherlands, the Netherlands Antilles and Surinam on an equal footing is to be held in March 1952 to decide upon a system of co-operation for the common affairs of the three countries and the establishment of a new constitutional order to replace the present interim arrangement,[3]

1. Reaffirms the statement contained in paragraph I of General Assembly resolution 222 (III) welcoming any development of self-government that may have taken place in Territories previously enumerated as Non-Self-Governing;

2. Expresses its appreciation to the Government of the Netherlands for communicating full information in compliance with paragraph 3 of General Assembly resolution 222 (III), and decides to transmit this information to the Ad Hoc Committee created by resolution 567 (VI) of the General Assembly;

3. Considers that in 1952 the General Assembly should examine the communication of the Netherlands Government in the light of any report prepared by the Ad Hoc Committee, and taking into account whatever new arrangements as to common affairs may be developed by the 1952 conference of representatives of the Netherlands and of the Netherlands Antilles and Surinam;

4. Decides to include in the agenda of the next regular session of the General Assembly the question of the cessation of the transmission of information under Article 73 e of the Charter as regards the Netherlands Antilles and Surinam,

361st plenary meeting,
18 January 1952.


[1] See document A/C.4/200. [2] See resolution 567 (V), p. 60. [3] See Official Records of the General Assembly, Sixth Session, Supplement No. 14, p. 7.
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