Establishment of a Good Offices Committee on South West Africa

XII. RESOLUTIONS ADOPTED ON THE REPORTS OF THE FOURTH COMMITTEE
1143. Establishment of a Good Offices Committee on South West Africa

The General Assembly, Recalling its previous endeavors to find a settlement with the Union of South Africa regarding the status of South West Africa, particularly under the provisions of resolution 449 A (V) of 13 December 1950 establishing an ad hoc committee for the purpose, resolution 570 A (VI) of 19 January 1952 re-establishing the ad hoc committee, resolution 749 A (VIII) of 28 November 1953 establishing the Committee on South West Africa, and resolution 1059 (XI) of 26 February 1957 requesting the intervention of the Secretary-General to secure, through negotiation with the Union of South Africa, an agreement concerning the Territory of South West Africa based on the international status accorded to it by Mandate of the League of Nations dated 17 December 1920, Considering that the Charter of the United Nations makes it incumbent on each Member State to pursue every available means of negotiation and conciliation for the settlement of international problems on the basis of respect for the purposes and principles of the Charter, Being confident that the Union of South Africa will wish, in the light of its obligations under the Charter, to co-operate in a further endeavour to arrive at a settlement of the question of South West Africa,

1. Decides to establish a Good Offices Committee on South West Africa, consisting of the United States of America, the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, and a third member to be nominated by the President of the twelfth session of the General Assembly, to discuss with the Government of the Union of South Africa a basis for an agreement which would continue to accord to the Territory of South West Africa an international status;

2. Requests the Committee to submit to the General Assembly, at its thirteenth session, a report on its activities for examination and decision by the Assembly in accordance with the Charter of the United Nations;

3. Requests the Secretary-General to provide the Committee with all necessary staff and facilities,

709th plenary meeting,
25 October 1957. At the 714th plenary meeting on 1 November 1957, the President of the General Assembly appointed Brazil as the third member of the Good Offices Committee on South West Africa. The Committee is therefore composed as follows: BRAZIL, UNITED KINGDOM OF GREAT BRITAIN AND NORTHERN IRELAND and UNITED STATES OF AMERICA.