Voting procedure on questions relating to reports and petitions concerning the Territory of South West Africa: advisory opinion of' the International Court of Justice

UN General Assembly, Voting procedure on questions relating to reports and petitions concerning the Territory of South West Africa: advisory opinion of' the International Court of Justice, A/RES/934, UN General Assembly, 3 December 1955, https://www.refworld.org/legal/resolution/unga/1955/en/7543 [accessed 13 May 2025]
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X. RESOLUTIONS ADOPTED ON THE REPORTS OF THE FOURTH COMMITTEE
934. Voting procedure on questions relating to reports and petitions concerning the Territory of South West Africa: advisory opinion of' the International Court of Justice

The General Assembly, Having requested, in its resolution 904 (IX) of 23 November 1954, an advisory opinion from the International Court of justice regarding the voting procedure to be followed by the General Assembly on questions relating to reports and petitions concerning the Territory of South West Africa, Having noted that, in its advisory opinion[1] of 7 June 1955, the Court was unanimously of the opinion that the rule[2]2that decisions of the General Assembly on questions relating to reports and petitions concerning the Territory of South West Africa should be regarded as important questions within the meaning of Article 18, paragraph 2, of the Charter was a correct interpretation of the advisory opinion [3] of the Court of 11 July 1950, Accepts and endorses the advisory opinion of 7 June 1955 of the International Court of justice on voting procedure on questions relating to reports and petitions concerning the Territory of South West Africa. 550th plenary meeting,
3 December 1955.
[1] South-West Africa-Voting Procedure, Advisory Opinion of June 7th, 1955: I.C.J. Reports 1955, p. 67. [2] Special rule F adopted under General Assembly resolution 844 (IX) of 11 October 1954. [3] International status of South-West Africa, Advisory Opinion: I.C.J. Reports 1950, p. 128.
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