Procedures for the consideration of communications relating to the cessation of the transmission of information under Article 73 e of the Charter

XI. RESOLUTIONS ADOPTED ON THE REPORTS OF THE FOURTH COMMITTEE
1051. Procedures for the consideration of communications relating to the cessation of the transmission of information under Article 73 e of the Charter

The General Assembly, Considering that, by resolution 222 (III) of 3 November 1948, it considered it essential that the United Nations be informed of any change in the constitutional position and status of any Non-Self-Governing Territory as a result of which the responsible Government concerned thinks it unnecessary to transmit information under Article 73 e of the Charter of the United Nations, and requested any Member concerned to communicate to the Secretary-General appropriate information on such a change, Noting that resolution 448 (V) of 12 December 1950 requested the Committee on Information from Non-Self-Governing Territories to examine information transmitted in pursuance of resolution 222 (III), Noting that the Committee on Information from Non-Self-Governing Territories has examined communications from the Members concerned relating to the cessation of the transmission of information in respect of Puerto Rico, Greenland, the Netherlands Antilles and Surinam, Considering that, in accordance with resolution 850 (IX) of 22 November 1954, the methods and procedures to be followed in the consideration of such communications were to be studied further, Considering that, in the examination of communications relating to the cessation of the transmission of information, questions may arise requiring primary consideration by the General Assembly at its regular sessions,

1. Decides that, notwithstanding the provisions of resolution 448 (V) of 12 December 1950, communications relating to the cessation of the transmission of information in respect of a Non-Self-Governing Territory, transmitted to the Secretary-General by the Members concerned, should be referred directly to the General Assembly;

2. Considers that the General Assembly should, as indicated in resolutions 742 (VIII) of 27 November 1953 and 850 (IX) of 22 November 1954, examine cases of the cessation of the transmission of information, with particular emphasis on the manner in which the right of self-determination has been attained and freely exercised;

3. Considers that the General Assembly, as circumstances may make appropriate, should adopt such conclusions as it deems fit, or should refer points for study to the Committee on Information from Non-Self-Governing Territories or any such future committee which may be established, or should take other measures to reach conclusions in the interests of the inhabitants of the Territory concerned.

657th plenary meeting,
20 February 1957.