Petitions and communications from Mr. Jacobus Beukes of the Rehoboth Community concerning the Territory of South West Africa

UN General Assembly, Petitions and communications from Mr. Jacobus Beukes of the Rehoboth Community concerning the Territory of South West Africa, A/RES/1138, UN General Assembly, 25 October 1957, https://www.refworld.org/legal/resolution/unga/1957/en/10203 [accessed 17 March 2025]
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XII. RESOLUTIONS ADOPTED ON THE REPORTS OF THE FOURTH COMMITTEE
1138. Petitions and communications from Mr. Jacobus Beukes of the Rehoboth Community concerning the Territory of South West Africa

The General Assembly, Having accepted the advisory opinion of 11 July 1950 of the International Court of Justice on the question of South West Africa,[1] Having authorized the Committee on South West Africa by its resolution 749 A (VIII) of 28 November 1953, to examine petitions in accordance with the Mandates procedure of the League of Nations, Having received a report from the Committee on South West Africa[2] dealing with a petition dated 16 July 1956 and a petition dated 23 January 1957, together with related communications, from Mr. Jacobus Beukes of the Rehoboth Community of South West Africa, Noting that the petitioner, in his petition dated 16 July 1956,[3] alleges that the 1956 elections to the Advisory Board of the Rehoboth Community were surrounded by confusion and were not conducted in accordance with the patriarchal law of the Community, Noting that the petitioner, in his petition dated 23 January 1957,[4] raises questions concerning the disposal of Community property and makes allegations concerning the exercise of the functions of the Magistrate of the Rehoboth District and the Advisory Board of the Community,

1. Draws the attention of the Union of South Africa, as the Mandatory Power, to the observations and allegations made by the petitioner and requests it to investigate the matters raised by him;

2. Further draws the attention of the Mandatory Power to General Assembly resolution 935 (X) of 3 December 1955 concerning the rights granted to the Rehoboth Community by the Agreement of 17 August 1923 between the Government of the Union of South Africa and the Rehoboth Community, ratified and confirmed by Proclamation No. 28 of 1923.

709th plenary meeting,
25 October 1957.
[1] International status of South-West Africa, Advisory Opinion: I.C.J. Reports 1950, p. 128. [2] Official Records of the General Assembly, Twelfth Session, Supplement No. 12 (A/3626), chapter VI, section A. [3] Ibid., Supplement No. 12 (A/3626), annex VI. [4] Ibid., annex VII
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