Petitions from the Ngoa-Ekélé Community, Cameroons under French administration, concerning adjustment of their land complaint

VIII. RESOLUTIONS ADOPTED ON THE REPORTS OF THE FOURTH COMMITTEE
757. Petitions from the Ngoa-Ekélé Community, Cameroons under French administration, concerning adjustment of their land complaint

The General Assembly, Having heard the declaration [1] and answers [2] of the representative of the Ngoa-Ekélé Community, Cameroons under French administration, Bearing in mind the observations and explanations [3] given by the Administering Authority,

1. Notes the steps already taken by the Administering Authority to assist the Ngoa-Ekélé Community to settle on other lands;

2. Suggests to the Administering Authority to take all necessary steps which can in a satisfactory manner alleviate the difficulties experienced by the Ngoa-Ekélé Community in the process of their re-establishment;

3. Recommends that assistance be also given by the Administering Authority to the Ngoa-Ekélé Community for it to avail itself of whatever legal recourse remains open in connexion with the lands on which they were originally settled and whatever further compensation might be possible;

4. Recommends to the Administering Authority to further its purpose of allotting to the Ngoa-Ekélé Community an adequate area of lands by delimiting these lands in accordance with the legal procedures obtaining in the Trust Territory;

5. Invites the Trusteeship Council to examine this question in the light of the present resolution and to include in its next report to the General Assembly the results of its examination.

471st plenary meeting,
9 December 1953.

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[1] See document A/C.4/255. [2] See Official Records of the General Assembly, Eighth Session, Fourth Committee, 382nd and 387th meetings. [3] Ibid.