Petitions and communications in regard to the Territory of South West Africa

UN General Assembly, Petitions and communications in regard to the Territory of South West Africa, A/RES/1244, UN General Assembly, 30 October 1958, https://www.refworld.org/legal/resolution/unga/1958/en/7411 [accessed 16 September 2024]
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XIII. RESOLUTION ADOPTED ON THE REPORT OF THE THIRD COMMITTEE
1244. Petitions and communications in regard to 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 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 dealing with petitions dated 24 July and 10 August 1957, as well as an undated petition from Mr. Jacobus Beukes of the Rehoboth Community, a petition dated 12 October 1957 and related communications from Mr. Johannes Dausab and others in the Hoachanas Native Reserve, a petition dated 27 November 1957 from Chief Hosea Kutako, a petition dated 22 July 1958 from the Reverend Michael Scott and a related communication dated 29 July 1958 from Chief Hosea Kutako and other Hereros, a petition dated 13 June 1957 from Mr. Nghuwo, Jepongo of the Ukuanyama Tribal Congress, a petition dated 3 August 1957 from Mr. Toivo Herman Ja Toivo and eighty other Ovambo, a petition dated 22 November 1957 from Mr. S. Shoombe and one hundred other Ovambo, and petitions dated 14 May and 1 and 4 July 1958 from Mr. Mburumba Kerina (Getzen),[2] Noting that these petitions and communications raise questions relating to various aspects of the administration of the Territory of South West Africa and of conditions in the Territory upon which the Committee has presented a report, Decides to draw the attention of the petitioners to the report and observations of the Committee on South West Africa regarding conditions in the Territory submitted to the General Assembly at its thirteenth session, and to the action taken by the General Assembly on this report. 778th plenary meeting,
30 October 1958.
[1] International status of South West Africa, Advisory Opinion: I.C.J. Reports 1950, p. 128. [2] Official Records of the General Assembly, Thirteenth Session Supplement No. 12 (A/3906 and Add.1), part I, chap. V; see also annexes II to VII and IX to XIII.
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