Social advancement in the Non-Self-Governing Territories

UN General Assembly, Social advancement in the Non-Self-Governing Territories, A/RES/1694, UN General Assembly, 19 December 1961, https://www.refworld.org/legal/resolution/unga/1961/en/70743 [accessed 23 April 2025]
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XVI. RESOLUTION ADOPTED ON THE REPORT OF THE FOURTH COMMITTEE
1694. Social advancement in the Non-Self-Governing Territories

The General Assembly, Recalling that by resolutions 643 (VII) of 10 December 1952, 929 (X) of 8 November 1955 and 1326 (XIII) of 12 December 1958 it approved the reports on social conditions prepared by the Committee on Information from Non-Self-Governing Territories in 1952,[1] 1955[2] and 1958,[3] Recalling that in 1960 the Committee included a survey of social conditions in its observations and conclusions on the report on progress in the Non-Self-Governing Territories since the beginning of the United Nations,[4] Having received a report on social advancement prepared by the Committee in 1961,[5]

1. Approves the report on social advancement prepared in 1961 by the Committee on Information from Non-Self-Governing Territories, and considers that it should be read with the earlier reports approved in 1952, 1955 and 1958 and with the survey included in the report on progress achieved in the Non-Self-Governing Territories;

2. Invites the Secretary-General to transmit the 1961 report to the Members responsible for the administration of Non-Self-Governing Territories, to the Economic and Social Council, to the regional economic commissions, to the Trusteeship Council and to the specialized agencies concerned, for their consideration;

3. Expresses its confidence that the Members responsible for the administration of Non-Self-Governing Territories will bring the report to the attention of the appropriate authorities.

1083rd plenary meeting,
19 December 1961.
[1] Ibid., Seventh Session, Supplement No. 18 (A/2219), part two. [2] Ibid., Tenth Session, Supplement No. 16 (A/2908), part two. [3] Ibid., Thirteenth Session, Supplement No. 15 (A/3837), part two. [4] Ibid., Fifteenth Session, Supplement No. 15 (A/4371), part two, section C. [5] Ibid., Sixteenth Session, Supplement No. 15 (A/4785), part two.
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