Association of representatives from Non-Self-Governing Territories in the work of the Committee on Information from Non-Self-Governing Territories

UN General Assembly, Association of representatives from Non-Self-Governing Territories in the work of the Committee on Information from Non-Self-Governing Territories, A/RES/744, UN General Assembly, 27 November 1953, https://www.refworld.org/legal/resolution/unga/1953/en/6923 [accessed 19 June 2025]
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VIII. RESOLUTIONS ADOPTED ON THE REPORTS OF THE FOURTH COMMITTEE
744. Association of representatives from Non-Self-Governing Territories in the work of the Committee on Information from Non-Self-Governing Territories

The General Assembly, Whereas the direct association of the Non-Self-Governing Territories in the work of the United Nations and of the specialized agencies has been considered as an effective means of promoting the progress of the populations of these Territories towards a status of equality with the States Members of the United Nations, Whereas it has been recognized that the direct association of the Non-Self-Governing Territories in the work of the Committee on Information from Non-Self-Governing Territories can be of further assistance in promoting the progress of these Territories and their peoples towards the goals set forth in Chapter XI of the Charter of the United Nations, Whereas the Administering Members have been invited to make possible the association of qualified representative inhabitants of the Territories in the work of the Committee, Considering the technical difficulties advanced by the Administering Members on the question of accepting the collaboration in the work of the Committee of Non-Self Governing Territories as "associate members", Considering that the principle of unity of representation must be maintained, Noting that the Member States administering Non-Self-Governing Territories have from time to time attached representative inhabitants of the Territories to their delegations, Considering that this practice should be stimulated and developed,

1. Invites the Member States administering Non-Self-Governing Territories, the inhabitants of which have attained a large measure of responsibility for economic, social and educational policies, to attach to their delegations, without prejudice to the principle stated in the fifth paragraph of the preamble, indigenous representatives specially qualified to speak on these matters as they relate to these Territories;

2. Requests the Committee on Information from Non-Self-Governing Territories to continue, in accordance with General Assembly resolution 647 (VII) of 10 December 1952, the study of means of securing a progressive increase in the participation of duly qualified representatives of the peoples of the Non-Self-Governing Territories in its work.

459th plenary meeting,
27 November 1953.
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