Status of the Territory of South West Africa

UN General Assembly, Status of the Territory of South West Africa, A/RES/1055, UN General Assembly, 26 February 1957, https://www.refworld.org/legal/resolution/unga/1957/en/7383 [accessed 25 June 2025]
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XI. RESOLUTIONS ADOPTED ON THE REPORTS OF THE FOURTH COMMITTEE
1055. Status of the Territory of South West Africa

The General Assembly, Having recommended, by its resolution 65 (I) of 14 December 1946, 141 (II) of 1 November 1947, 227 (III) of 26 November 1948, 337 (IV) of 6 December 1949, 449 B (V) of 13 December 1950, 570 B (VI) of 19 January 1952, 749 B (VIII) of 28 November 1953, 852 (IX) of 23 November 1954 and 940 (X) of 3 December 1955, that the Mandated Territory of South West Africa be placed under the International Trusteeship System, and having repeatedly invited the Government of the Union of South Africa to propose, for the consideration of the General Assembly, a trusteeship agreement for South West Africa, Having accepted, by its resolution 449 A (V) of 13 December 1950, the advisory opinion[1] of 11 July 1950 of the International Court of Justice on the question of South West Africa, Considering that, in accordance with Chapter XII of the Charter of the United Nations, all Mandated Territories which have not achieved independence have been brought under the International Trusteeship System with the sole exception of the Territory of South West Africa,

1. Reiterates its resolutions 65 (I) of 14 December 1946, 141 (II) of 1 November 1947, 227 (III) of 26 November 1948, 337 (IV) of 6 December 1949, 449 B (V) of 13 December 1950, 570 B (VI) of 19 January 1952, 749 B (VIII) of 28 November 1953, 852 (IX) of 23 November 1954 and 940 (X) of 3 December 1955, to the effect that the Territory of South West Africa be placed under the International Trusteeship System;

2. Reasserts that the normal way of modifying the international status of the Territory would be to place it under the International Trusteeship System by means of a trusteeship agreement in accordance with the provisions of Chapter XII of the Charter of the United Nations.

661st plenary meeting,
26 February 1957.
[1]1 International status of South-West Africa, Advisory Opinion: I.C.J. Reports 1950, p. 128.
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