Petition and communications from Mr. Jacobus Beukes concerning the Territory of South West Africa

UN General Assembly, Petition and communications from Mr. Jacobus Beukes concerning the Territory of South West Africa, A/RES/1057, UN General Assembly, 26 February 1957, https://www.refworld.org/legal/resolution/unga/1957/en/7497 [accessed 15 June 2025]
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XI. RESOLUTIONS ADOPTED ON THE REPORTS OF THE FOURTH COMMITTEE
1057. Petition and communications from Mr. Jacobus Beukes concerning the Territory of South West Africa

The General Assembly, Having accepted the advisory opinion[1] of 11 July 1950 of the International Court of justice on the question of South West Africa, Having authorized the Committee on South West Africa, by resolution 749 A (VIII) of 28 November 1953, to examine petitioners in accordance with the Mandates procedure of the League of Nations, Having received a report from the Committee on South West Africa dealing with a petition and related communications dated 4 July, 1 August and 5 November 1955 from Mr. Jacobus Beukes, Burger Secretary of the Rehoboth Community of South West Africa,[2] Noting that the petitioner raises questions on which the General Assembly has already taken action in resolution 935 (X) of 3 December 1955, Noting that the petitioner raises a further question concerning the right of petition to the United Nations by the original citizens of the Rehoboth Community and by the "immigrant citizens" of that Community, and demands that the "citizenship" rights granted by the Rehoboth Community to certain immigrant inhabitants be cancelled on the ground that they had improperly submitted to the United Nations a petition expressing views contrary to those held by the original inhabitants of the Rehoboth Community,

1. Decides to call the attention of the petition to its resolution 935 (X) of 3 December 1955;

2. Further decides to inform the petitioner that all inhabitants of the Mandated Territory, including the so-called immigrant members of the Rehoboth Community, have the right to submit petitions to 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. [2]2 Official Records of the General Assembly, Eleventh Session, Supplement No. 12 (A/3151 and Corr.1), chapter V, section B, and annex VI.
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