Communication from the Government of the Netherlands concerning the Netherlands Antilles and Surinam

X. RESOLUTIONS ADOPTED ON THE REPORTS OF THE FOURTH COMMITTEE
945. Communication from the Government of the Netherlands concerning the Netherlands Antilles and Surinam

The General Assembly, Recalling that, by resolution 222 (III) of 3 November 1948, the General Assembly, while welcoming any development of self-government in Non-Self-Governing Territories, considers it essential that the United Nations be informed of any change in the constitutional status of any such 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 of the United Nations, Recalling that, by resolution 747 (VIII) of 27 November 1953, the General Assembly invited the Government of the Netherlands to communicate to the Secretary-General the result of the negotiations between the representatives of the Netherlands, the Netherlands Antilles and Surinam, and invited the Committee on Information from Non-Self-Governing Territories to report to the General Assembly on the information received, Having received the communication[1] dated 30 March 1955Y by which the Government of the Netherlands transmitted to the Secretary-General the constitutional provisions embodied in the Charter for the Kingdom of the Netherlands promulgated on 29 December 1954, together with an explanatory memorandum thereon, Having studied the report[2] prepared by the Committee on Information from Non-Self -Governing Territories, during its session of 1955, on the question of the cessation of the transmission of information with respect to the Netherlands Antilles and Surinam, Bearing in mind the competence of the General Assembly to decide whether or not a Non-Self-Governing Territory has attained the full measure of self-government referred to in Chapter X1 of the Charter of the United Nations,

1. Takes note of the documentation submitted, and of the explanations provided, to the effect that the peoples of the Netherlands Antilles and Surinam have expressed, through their freely elected representative bodies, their approval of the new constitutional order, and takes note also of the opinion of the Government of the Netherlands;

2. Expresses the opinion that, without prejudice to the position of the United Nations as affirmed in General Assembly resolution 742 (VIII) of 27 November 1953, and to such provisions of the Charter of the United Nations as may be relevant, on the basis of the information before it as presented by the Government of the Netherlands, and as desired by the Government of the Netherlands, cessation of the transmission of information under Article 73 e of the Charter in respect of the Netherlands Antilles and Surinam is appropriate,

557th plenary meeting,
15 December 1955.

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[1] Official Records of the General Assembly, Tenth Session, Annexes, agenda item 32, document A/AC.35/L.206. [2] Ibid., Tenth Session, Supplement No. 16 (A/2908) and Supplement No. 16A(A/2908/Add.1).