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A/2709 13 Decerober 1952
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Seventh se sslon Agenda i-iieln 30 ELS{A$ RIGETS BECO]VII'&NDATTONS CONCERNING ]}IIERNAT]ONA], XESITCT
3'OR TEE
SI,tr'-TEMRIIINATION OF PEOPIES
Report Rapporte
of the Thlrd Comlttee
ur:
Mrs
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EARIITIAN
(Israet)
TAFTIT OF CoIIE]{TS Pa l.a r'r"F
Introduction GeneraL
Draft
1 - IT
dlscuggion
re soLutj-on A proposed
Euraan BiGhts
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8-l7 by the Comiseion
on
18-30
Dzaft resolutlon propoeed by the Unlted Klngdou of
Great lrl-i;aln and Northern Ire land
Draft
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reso]-u'blon proposed by Iebanon
Draft resolutton Hunan Rights
B proposed by the CoEmlsgl64 sn
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Dtaft reBol-ution
proposed. by Afghantetan, Aygen,cina, Chl1e, Gua'i:eroale, freq, Iebarion, l4exico and iaklstan.
Draft resol-utlons recoEnende d to the GeneruI Assembly
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INTB,ODUCTIO}I
L. At lts elxth sesoXon, the General AesetnblXr 1n resoLutlon 545 (VI) of ! February 1p!2, declded to inclutu ln the covenant of, covenants on hunan rlghts an artlcl"e on tbe rlght of aLL pe opl-e e and alL natlon6 to selfdete"Illnatlon, to be d"afte d along speci.fled l1nes' In the sane resolutlon' tt aeked the CornmlBBLou on Huuan Righte to p"eI)are recormendatlons concerning lnternational vespect for the eelf-determlnatlon of peoples and to subr0lt ttren to the GeBeral ABselnbly at 1ts seventh sesslon' 2. The Colmlssion orr Eunan Rlghte couoidered both tbese questlons at its to adopting the terb of e Lghth eesglon during ApriS- - Jw:e ]rpJz. In addltion anartlclefo!both.bhedxaf'tcovenantoneconoxdc,socla].andcu].turalTlghts adopted and the draft covenant on clvll- and po]-itlcaL rlghte r tbe Comllsglon tvo draft re eolutlons contalnlng leco@endatlonE to l{eBber States coocernlng the seLf-deternLnatlon of, peoples and natlous 'r for 3. Draft re solutlon A, vhl-ch vas ln the form of a draft re eoLutlon adoltlon by the Geueral [sseBblf,, 39 s6nnen'le d that l4erober states shou]'d: (f) upfrofd the pr:lnciple of self -deterxnlnatlon of peoples and natlons and of r€sIect the 1r lndependence I and (2) recogutze and psomote the r"ealization and Trust the right of ee If- de te fl0lnatiou of the pe opJ'e of Non-self-Governlng e Terrliories vho are under the 1! adnlnlBtratlon and grant thls right on people, the popu].ar wl-sb belng demand fo" gelf-govesrruent on the I)aft of the se the ausplces of the ascer-i:ahed ln particu].ar through a pleblscljie netd rmder Unlted Natlons. 4. Dreft re sol-utio! B, whLch wes Ln 'che forilJ of a draft resoLutlon fo" Agsembfy adoBtlon by the Econorarc and Soclal Council-, requested the Ceneral to re comend to l'brater State I re sponslble for the adninlstratlon of l'nfornation Non-Sel-f-Governlng ferrltorles vol"untarll"y to lnclude in the the transt0itted by theE under Artlcle ?3e of t11e Charter detaile regarding blextent to whlcb the x1ght of people to self-deternlnatl-on ls etierclsed po}itlcal the leop]es of these Tervl,tdrle 3, and ln paxtLcule" r€gardlng thelr (chapter III), 1/ t/zz>6 Fourteenth Sesslon,
Engl-ish
progresB and the oeasures taken
to
develop a€piratlons and
thelr cepaclty for self- edrlini6tration, to pronote the progTessive develop@nt
to Batlsfy theLr polltlcal of thelr free political lnBtltut1ons. 5. The Econonl-c and, Soclel Councll transnltted both draft re solutione to the General- 4ssqrnblf without cor0ltent (Councll re solutlon 4Lo (xff) ) . 6. The General AseenbJ-y, at its 3B2nd Eeeting heLd on l-7 October l-952, refer:=d the iten ItEuoan Rlghts. Becormgndalions concerning international reBpect for the self -detefl01nat1on of peoplee" tcj the fhird Co@Lttee. 7. flhe Thlrd co?l,rhlttee dlgcussed the iten at lts 4\3rd to 464th meetingB held on 12 Novenber to 3 lle ceab er LJJZ. ft had before lt the re levant eection of the report of the Econonlc and Soclal Corsnc1:l4 and a EelnorEmdun by the Secretary-ceneral outllnlng the prevlous actlon taken on thls question (A/2L65).
7/ a/zqz (chapter V, sectlon I), Officlal fuven'uh Sesa1on, Supplenent No. 3.
Records of-t!C- Genera1 Assenbly,
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GEI'EBAL DfSCIJSSION
oplnlons were sha4fy dlvlrled 1n regard to the two ttraft lesolutlons reasons' befove the Coumlttee. Sone delega,tlons Ite1€ urE'ble fo" va'r1ous to supporb elther resolutlonj sone wexe of tbe vlere that the reccEotrend'atlons gfactovTr as fa? contalned. tbereLn vere not far-reachln€ enough, altbough Eatl nrmber of ao they went; and sone tre6 rsgsrYatlons on pelrtlcul-a'r polnte ' A representatlves exp:ressed- thelr sattEfactlon vlth the work of the Cctrolselon the viev on Eum,n 3trghts 1n ad.optln8 the two drafb xesolutlons, but held tlrat the Beasur€E contebplated ln them fo" prolrotlng "espect f,Or the right of Eelf-dete?rnlnatlon should- be coneltlel€d only ae p"eLtnlnary sbe?B lrhlch the General Assenbly should. take. the recoou.endatlons "'i'ere not 1n accordance wtth the g,
8.
It
wd,s Eald.
that
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parblcular Charter, but atte@pteat to anend and erbend lts scope ' In whlch tias was avgueA that they dlscalnlnated agalnsb certaln Statee ' 2 of ttre contra?y to the pr1nclp1e of equallty c ontalned ln A?tlcfes l- and charteri that they Equ€ht to lnpode cn certaln Statee obl"lSatlons vblch . , thQ transnlg si on rdere not lald- d-own ln Chapters XI and XfI of the G1grteri tb'at of polttlce,l lniozmat lon by Sbates responsible for the adriJ nlsbf,€'tL cn of fvon Artlcle 73e Non-Sel-f-governtng Te?rlt crles Is.d. been d'elftevately excLuiled' sted und-e? d."afb resolutlon Bi that the Charte" and was ncnr belng "eque Non-Selfimpose a "sacr€d true-t[ on States rneoponslble for ednlnslte"lng govern therselve s but Governlng Teviltovles to asslst the lnhabltante to for full recogntzed. the need. to take lnto account a people's capactty A; that no ettention se1-f -govenrment vhlcb lras lgnored urder dsafb resofutlon rrpartlcular clrcunstance e of eaoh TerrltorXrt' as Eentloned' had been patd to tbe 1on bf a Terrlt orT 1n ArttcleE 73 8nd 76 of the cha:.ter; that the addnlstrat Untted' Natlons fel-l tithtn the oompetence of the State "esponelbLe and tbat the lnterference .was conrrary to 41Ytlcle 2, parag::a1rh 7, of the charher ' 10. It was argued, that no deflnltlon of terroe sucb ss "peopleet" 'rnatlons"' and tYre cond'ltions "the "tght of seLf - d.ete!.lnat iorft had been estabtished1a1d' of the exercise of the rlght c'f self-detelAlrutlon bad not been clearly npeoples" Idas open to dlfferent d-ovn. It was emphaolzed. that the wotd'
and,
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lnterp"etations, eech 8lvlng nise to eEt"eBely complex problel0s whlch had not been sufficlentl-y stu0led. Among tbose ment loned- vas the questl on of mlncodtles clalmlng the rlght of ee lf-det ermlnatl on, the dutles of, the various $bates concerned ln such cases, and. the c"lterla to be regarded- ae t'peoples" applylng ln eny partlcul-ar lnterpretatl on of ' It vas sald that the exe?clse of the rlght of sel-f -Aetenrdnatl on wlthout any lloLtatlons or safeguards nlgbt be a cause of frlction and dl sbu?b the frlendly relatlons between natlons and. nlght lead- to ana?chr ' 11. It was alBo Bald that the re comendratl one should be stud.ted. tn tbelr relatlon to the artlcle on the rl6ht of 8elf,-dete11ulnatlon lnclud.ett 1n the d.raft coeenants on Euuan Rlghts. It vas al€ued. that the purpose of the two draft resolutlons was to lnpleuent that artlc].e and, sinoe the Covenant s themselves were not yet in f1ne1 fol$, the Genbral A.esenbly couLd. not effectlvely consld.er the appllcatlon c,f any slngle a"tlcle. 12. I[[ong the a?gument s advanceA 1n zupporrt of the reccmnendatlons emphasls It nae arguedwas glven to the uf,genoy of takln€ soIle actlon lmed-lately ' nere ln keeplng lrlth the prtnclples of the charte"i ths.t the "econmendatlons thet the fl?st palagraph of d-raft regolutlon A net the "equlreBedts of Art.lc1e J., paragraph 2, antl Srbtale ,r, t:rtst the second. peragraBb of trraft reeoluttron A v.as 1n acc orilanoe wlth Artlcles fJ andf6' and that draft resof,utlon B I,aE ln confortlty wlth the spi.rlt of Ar*lcle JJ; that slnce the t1€nsnlsslon of pol1t1cal- lnformtlon wae not lncllded. tll 3rllcJ-e fJe the statee concerned" had been asked to supply suoh lnformatlon voluntarllyi that CheBter JCI provlded. that Non-SoLf-Governlng Territclee vould' be held' Itln gacred. trusttt by the statee reoponstble fcrr thelr admlnlstratlon unttlthey were able to govern tbeuselves, but not that they would be olrneil by such to Non-Selfl-Governlng an'l Erusb Sbatesj that the provl sions "eLattng Terrltorles must be lnterp eted. lR tbe ll8ht of Arblcle 1, para€faph 2, and' Ar.t lcIe )5 of the charber. I'be v1elr,wes ertrre ssed. that 3rt1c1e 2, pa,tagtap10 | t of the Charte" rel€,tlng to ilomestic Julsdlctlon cou]-d- not be a3pl-leil 1n respect of telsltorles geog:ralhlcaLly ?eDoved f"om the soverelgn Sbates re sponslhl,e
for thelr
admlnl strat 1on.
d.elegatlqao polnted- out that lireclse d-eflnl'tlons of legal' concelts were not an . sgentill- prer€qutslte fo" the lncluslon of those ccncepts
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lnstzument. Exaraplee from the Charter and' f"om the Covenants on Eu&an Rlglrt s vere glven to ll-lusblete that fundamental concept s lthlch had not yet been u]"tloateJ-y deflned and appeared lnc€,pable of deffnttlon, had neverbhel_e s s been lncluded 1n these lnstltulnents, It wao ergued. fir1|ther that to atteupt to tb:ary up p]'eclse Iega.] deflnlttons would nean umtafantetl delay ln lmplementlng the rLght of lFoples to self-detetallnatlon, and that prolJ-ens whlch becaBe tbe ooncern of the lnternatl onal- co@unlty cou1d. not be solved 1n a l-egal
])urely technlcal Jurldtcal- al)Irroach Flnce they T{e}e not excluslvely Iegal ln chasactey but .w€re 1-nd.tvtelbly l-lnked wlth the eoononlc, .soclaI and. pplltlcal elenente, rt lres also argued. that soloe latltude of lntei?retatlon to flt parbl cuLa? clrcuD-stanoes and sltuatlons mrst be alloreal in the case otr all- the vlEht s lncluded tn the Covenant e on Euo8,n Rtghte. j-l{. Wltb regarA to.d.x"aft lon B, 1t vas sald that thlg recomenAat l on "esolut vol .d. nake lt pooslble for the Unltedl- Natlons to hare beftre 1t authent lc fuf o]lllatlon f"on ctrfl clal- sousce[r on wblch to base lts tleclelons. Thls lras prefe:ab1e, and. lrouId. aTo1d. reLlance on lnfof,Eati on recelved. ffcln unrellable or by
a.
d.tscontented e1ements of the populatton. ilr. Several- d-elegatlons .o6gnte(l on p&rtlcular polnts ralsed by the d?afb resolutlons. I'b,ny c"ltlclzeal the Teference to slavery contalned ln the preanbJrb to d?afb ?esoluti on A and sa1d. that the use of thle roftL r:ee unJug'blflett and- i provocatlT€. rt wae algued that the se paragze.phs sLould- be consliley€d f?on
the polntlof v1€w of the prlnclple they p?ocla1ned., which ltas respect fcr huoon dlgnlty antl that to tbe dependent peoples a state of subjugatl on to anothe? p('tea was ltrtt1e better tban sl-avery. It was €enelally a8?eed, hoveverr that elavery 1n tbls conterb vas not useii. ln the B€nse of tbe deflnltlon c ontatned 1n artlcl-e r of the Internattonel slavery conventl on of !826, vLz.
of
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another, 16. Several- delegatl ons comented aleo on ttre faot that a pleblscite nl8ht not be the onl-y aethod nor necesoarlly the beet. llethoA of ascerbalnlng the ]til-1" of the peo!l-e. The quesbL on eas also d.lscussed 1n sone d.etall whether pleblscites or obher lFthod-s should ln alL caees be undes unlted. Natl oris augplces. As an l llustrat I on of nethods othey tlan pteblscttee refe?ence waE @,d.e to the fa ct that the vlLL of the. peopl-e wa6 tn nElny countrles erpre osed }y neane of generalelectlonEr. ft lras emplaslzed, hoFever, that Eqoh ottrer uethods nlsb be ieoognized. d.eraocrratlc method.e and therefor€ have 6! electcrai cha?acter and o\,r'nershlp
one huran bei.ng
Engli sh Pa€e 7
have general-ly demonsbrated. thetr valldity. L7. l{irny deJ.egatlone erpre esed. thelr vlews also on the questlon $hether the reconDoendatlons Bhould be d:afbed" to apply to all- states cr restrLcted, as ln the tert proposed. by the Corm-loslon on Euran Rights, to Non-Sel"f-GovernLng and Trust Terrltorles. Sone sald that the prlnclple of 3'el-f -'leterEl'nat lon applled to all peopl-es ana not only to cei'taln categorles and that a te131t ory whl ch had l-osb
1ts
independence shoufd. be glven ao u]ch ccnsldeIatlcn as a
teffltory \fhlch had never enJcfed lndependence. Others, vhl1e acoeptlng the tmpcrtance of the u]llverBaL appl-l catlon of tbe prJnclple cft self-aleterToinatlon, ghas'ie" arguea that the Unltett lvatlons had a s'peolat responslbLllty unAer tbe to the Beoples of Non-Sel-f-Gove"nlng anal [rust Tendtorles '
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A }ROPOSM BY TEE CO}4MFS ION ON M]I4AN BIGroS AND TRAISMIITM 3Y IEE ECONOIiUC AND SOCIAL COI]NC]3
DBAET HESOTIJTIOII
18,
Ao€ndrents to Ai€f,t rosoLutlon A ne?e subElttod by the Unttod Statoe of Amerlca (1"/C.Zh.ZgV and Rev.1), by Costa B1oa, Guatornal.a, Ea1t1, Eonduras and Nicaragua (t/c.S/r..zn), by saudl arabra (4./c.3/t.2fi) a.!d by gyrla (a/c.S/t.zg\/ ReY.l) . Stlb -anerr,lmasts to the Unlted Stat€s s!ne?'lI''ant were sub@ltted- by Ttdla
(t/c.=/t".zW
Rer.l), by Ethlolra (t/c.Z/t.Sot), by crooce (t/c.S/r,.:of ) and. by Afshanrstaa (e/c.f/r.SoZ). Sub -eraend:lerltg to the s,mendmont of Ind la vere e,"'d
subnltted. by Greeco (a/C.Zh,lC2) , by f lfteen latLa,Anerica.n cou.atrles (Brazl1, Chl}e,.Colorobla, Coeta 31ca, DonL:oican Repubt-lc, 3cua.dof, St SAIvad or, Guateanala, gattl, Eolduras, Merlco, Nlcaragua, ?anern, Urugu€,y a.nd. yeoezuel-a (a/C,3,/f,.gO4)t, by Arsentino (tlc.l/t .1c6), by Afghanlsts,n (s/C.S/t .Z@), and by Ixaq s.!d P8.lcistan (a/C.Z/1,.3O9/nat ,t) , Alterraatlve d saft resoLutlons .sore subBlttod by the Urilted Klnsd,on (A,/q.Sh,.zgg) and by Lebaaol (A/c.3/L.3or), Amandrnentl
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to tbo preanble
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Arabla Broposed the edd-ltlon of a new first, para8ralh st€,tlng that the rlght o{ pooples pnd. natlons to soLf -detomlnatloD ls "a pderaqulslte to the fu1I eaJoynent of aLl fiurd-arnentat hwiaa rlghts " (}.lC.l/t .Z%.). 20. Tvo a$endments to the proorftfe vere submltt€d. by the Unlted S tates of ATlerlca (A/C.3/L.294/R€v.1, Inra€raphs I ard, 2) . Tho first of, tlleso tr)roposed the doletlon. of the flrst trro Sar€,81€,Bhs whlch oontalnod. referoncoe to sLayely. The second aitrendm€nt p"olosea the adAlttorl of the follov lng tr{o lam€raphe to follow the thLxd_ psra€rapb of the orlg1:raI text: 'tlhereae the Chartor of the Unltod- Natlons recom.lzog that certaln Meolore of tho United Natlons aro reoponslble for tlre admlolstratlon of Saud
terrltorles
not y6t attalned_ a fulL moas.ure of eelfgoveyrrmont and affllus tho prJ-rrclp3.es rhloh should Bulae tben, '@gg every Menber of the Unlted. $atlons, 1n coDforldty vlth the CbsELor, should rospect the nalntonance of the rtebt of Eelf -dotel"tD.l-oatlon ln othor States, " whoso poopJ-es havo
2L. Ethloplg
-B&enlrE6nt (A/c.3/L.301, para6rapb 1) swgestil}e err aLtematlyo text for tho flrst a.Adltlonal paragr"aph proposed 1n tho Unlted States arrcndment. Thls vas subsequentJ-y v lthd ravn at the l+6oth meeting. Auend3€nts
presentod
a
eub
to the oleratlve
paragraph L
22.
A Unltod States anendment to tJxls para€r€.ph vh1ch, as revlsed ,(p'/C.Sh.zg+/ Rov.t, lara€raph 3)y ilcorporatod. a sub -amend.nent by the xepresentatlve of tradla (A/C.S/I.Z%, IEr4s€r"aph 1) trEnlosed that tho para€raph shorild read:i 'The Statae M€Blers of tbo Unitod Natlons aha]-l uphoLd. the princlple of solf-dot€r:lalnatlon of aIL pooples and, .natlot1e, ".
23. A sub -a&end-nent b;i the flfteon l,atln
(l/C.l/t'.5o4, pa,ragr€,ph 1) propose& tlle Jn€ortlon of the words3 "the equallty of, rl8bts and tho" befivoen tho vords I'tho SrhclpLe of" aoa "seIf -d.et€mdllatlon of a3-L SeopJ-esr " but nas w Lthd.raw:r at tho !.60th meotlng. Amendaents
24.
to the
Amerlcap rl olegatlons
opes€,tlve pBJ|agrapb 2
An anoni4rent subnltted by the UnLtod Stateg of Amerlca (a/c.3/t'.29\/aav.tt para€raph )+) proposed fu lts revl6ed- fona that tlre vhol-o paragraph bo replaced by the foLlo'/q lng: 'The Statee Monbers of the Unltod NatloDs shall recognlze B.nc promote the voallzatlon of tho rleht of self -dete]101]3atlon of tbe poollos of aLl terrltorles, fucLud lrrg tboso of Norl-S elf -Goveralng a.dd Truet Toyfltorlos, under tholr Bdnhistratlon a]]d shaal grEDt thls 31gbt to the peoples of euoh terrltorles accordlng to the partloular clrcuoEtsllces of each terrltory and the freel-y oEtr)ressod wlshes of the peoples iconcetned, ths wlshee of the peopJ-e belng ascertalned through a pLobisclte uld.er the ausplc€s of th€ Unltod Natlons or otber recognized- donocY€.tlc noans". Indla submlttetl a-D. Eu€nd!4e nt (g/c.3h,.29? ) to the orlglnal uoitod Statos axaendment. The representatlvo of Irdla orally rovlsod- 'bhls, at the 455th noetlng, to read- "... the rlgbt of se].f -detenrxlne,tloo of the peoplee of aJ-JteryltorieE, lncludbg thoee of Non.S el.f -GovevBlng ard Trust Toysltorles. " At- the 4t5tb lxoetlflg, be eubBltted a, revlsed text of his a]tronduent .1e/C.3/t'.zn / Rov.l) uhich chenged- thls pbJrase to road "... the r1€bt of self -deterr3lnatlon
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of alL tho p€oples, XncluiLlng 1hoso of Noa.SoLf 4ol'exnlng eind. Eru't Te,*ltorlee". At the )+6otb .u€otlng, hovevor, lre n ltbdrell tbls rovlsloo 1n favou? of hlg nry\ -.r^.r-r. -^'e^.*^n onJy vhl:c:n refelrod ^nI' to "tJre peoploo of Non€ e1forlslrtral te*t (e/c.E/f..2)l) Gov€yolng and Trust Toryltorles't. The iEpreEont€'tlve of fod 1a accept€d a sub(b)) aroendo€nt by fifteen la.tln Atnerlca.n d elegatlons (A/C.l/l'.ZO\, paraeraph 2 to change the wor-ds:. ,ira pJ-ebleclto und br tho aulllces of tho Unltod l{atlons or otb€r recognlzed de&ocr€,tlc E€€lns I' to reed: "pleblscltos or ot&er recogDlzotJ democratlc rn€o:rs, lreferrebly ulder the aueploee of the Un-ited. Natlons". The tont proposed by the ropreBentatl]re of flad la thus arnond ed road as follo$s: ''ThestateeMellborsoftheUoltodNatlonsBha]-l"epo€nlzeand.promo.he the reaLlzation of the rlght of so]-f -d-oter:dl3atlon of the peoploo of NonSelf.Gove:mlngar!d.TrnstTerrttorlos.wboareund-erthelradnlnlstfatlona.Id shaLl grant tJxls r18bt to tbe pooples of suoh terrltorleB acoordtuS to t'he trE,rt1au].aro1rcuEsts,Jacesofoac}rtorr1toryeJ]d-thefreo1yexproe6ed1'1shes
oftJrepeople€,concerneArtholtlsheEofthepeoplebelnga'scertaIlxed'thTough Bleblscltes or other rocognlzed d-emocre,tlo mee'rs, Bref,orably und er tJre auepl.ces
of the United }Iat,lons. "
suboLtt€d by tfte flfteen I.atln America,E d.elogatlons I 2 (a)) toul-d. replaoe - the nordB: "shall grant tJxls rlebt J to the. peopJ.es of such ts:3,lto1.lost' by: '5he,l-L fac ltEt6' the exer.clso of thLs / r1g[t by tho peopios of such torrltorlee". A sub -a:mondlaoEt subultted. by Groocei (g/C.l/t.Zaz) and orralJry aruend o.d, at tb€ 459th raeeting proposed the ad-d ltion of
26. A sub -a&€!d!ent (n/c.3/r,.Sot+,
"conslstent \,t 1th tbe pr1::clples coatalircd 1n tlilB resoLutloo" after "deraocratlc rlro€lDst', Thls was wtthd.r:'altn at the 460th ne€tlng. A sub -amendBent subsLtted by Arg€atlre, (g/C.S/f..SO6) prolosed a total substltutlon for the text su€gested by Tndla, but was wLthd.rawn at t&e 46oth meottnS. A Bub -a'mondmellt subrolttod- ty $!g@!gEg (g/C.SA,.:CE) worlJ.d replaco tho wordg "prtlcuLar circlfostances of" by the words: I'prlnciplos B,nd splrlt of the Unlted N€'!lo!€ Charter Ln rogard to". A Eub -alleldlaerlt subnltted' by Iraq tixd 33E!g@
the
vords:
(a/c.:/f .:09/fev.f ) rouLd- repLace the flnal- vording iJI the text by the fol-l-ov 1r€: 'bhe r,rlshee of the peoples conc€rned shall bo ascertalnod tbrou@ a pl-abiscite or otJrer rocognlzed democratlc Eeans vhen Decessarlr undor the augltices of the Unlted Nat1one ". 27. othor sub -anendnents to the Unlted Stat€s Bnendneot ver6 eubuitted by Ethlopla (A/c . 3/t. 3ot), Greece (4,/C. l/r..:o: ) al:d Afsbanlsta.n (t /c.Z /t,.Sctt ) . Tho sub -enenduent submltted.. by Ethlopia vaB to rop].aco tho whole patiagraph by a nolt text ltbictr lr.trod,uced., 1]r pa,rtlcu.lar, th6 ldea of the wlshes of the p€opl-e "and- tholr abllity to exerclse sald rlgbt f.e. tho rlght of self-detorulnatlonT by the Unlted- Natlons through racognlzod and ostab]lshed procedr8es". Thls a.mondoent vas v lthdravn at the lt60th loeetl'lg. Tbe aaenimontg proposed by Greece (t/C.l/l,.ZO:J a,Dil Afgbanlstab (l/C.S/l,.lOt) vere the sarno aft thoso uoved. Iy theee d.elegatlons to the sub -Beondtoent of TnA1a. 28. An anendment btr Costa Rlca, @@B, E3LEL, Eonduras and I[lcare€ua (t/C.S/t .295 ) vas subELttod to tho seco]1d trEragraph of dra.ft resolutlon A. ft conceirrod the wo d. "graEt' and tho last phrase regaJldtng pl-oblscltes urder the auspfcos of the UnltoA NatlonB, but was 'w lthdravn ln favour of the sub -ax4€ndments to tho Indlan anotrdmont Eoved by the flfteen latl.r] Anorlc8,n d.eLegatione.
b61ng Lscortalned.
Pf'otosed
I
BdC
ltionaL oteratlva
Dara"qranh
29. fl} 4.J0. arderdment sublxltted to draft resoLutlon A, },hlch was revlsed (L/C.S/t.Z*/Sev.l), and Later oreLly em€n6ed by tho sponeor at the k6Qth ueettng, the representa,tlvo of Syrla proloEod- tfte addltlon of a new operatlve pstragrapb. Thls voul-d- prorld o th.at Member States reslonElbte fo" the admlnlstyEtlon of NonSelf-GorotrJng aud Tnrst Territorles Bhou1d tako stops, pend bg the reallzatlon of the rlght of self -determinatlon ar$ 1n preparatlon thereof, to ensure tho d lrect partlclpatlon of the Jhd l8enouB populatlons ln tho leglslatlyo and oxecutlve organB of govetrm.ent of those teffltorloB, a.tod- to prepare them for completo solf -Boverdaont or l-ndopend€nce.
XnBlish ?age 12
Yoting on d-raft resolutlon A
a4d- amendmente
thereto
The Comittee yotod aN the 46oth uoetlqg on 1 Decouber 1952 on draft resol-utlon A and the vsl.loust eeond.ueots submltted as follovs: (f) It adopted by a 3oL1-caJ-1 vote of JL votoe to L2, ulth 6 abstentlons, the aBeDdBoot of Saudl A1,abla (A/C.3 /t .Z#) to Bid a ne,!t flrst. paragraph to the preaeble; (2) ft adoptod., by 3l- vote6 to 11, nith E abgtentlone, the Unltod States
30,
(a/c.Z/l'.zg\/Rev.1) to delete the flret t\'ro lapgr?.pbs of the prosmbl-e; (i) It voted by d 1vlsloa on the-unlted. s t€.teg onondme r* (alc.Sh..z/+/Rov.l) to add. tiqo a.dri.itlone,L paragraphs to the proaoblo as follovs: (u) The eo"ds: "ard afffuue the prlnclples nhich ehould giuld e thero" in tJre flrst-latagraph propooed lt€re adopted by 1l+ votes to 6, vlth
a,mendnent
30 abstontlons; (l) Tho two ed-dltlonal laragraphs as a vhoLe verb €i.opteA by 25 votes to none, wlth 24 abstentlons.
([) It a.d.opt€d-, by 33 votes to 6, vlth lL absteotlons, tlro Uolted state6 alaerdxdent (l/c.S/t .zgl+/zev;1), !:corporatJng the sub -anendneot of I3d.1a (a/c.l/t .z% ) to oper€.tlve paragraph L;
3/
A:ne
votlng
na,s
as follows
3
In favour:
Af€barilsta-]l, Argentlna, 3o11vls,, Bra.zll t BurBa, Syrlorusslan Sov16t soclallst Ropubl1c, ChlI6, colcmbla, Costa Rlca, Czechoslovokla, Douirxloa,n Repub J.lc, Ecuad.or, I$rlpt, Itblopla, Groece, GuateEala, Ea1t1, Indoaesla, Ir8,E, T-!aq, Mexlcot Nlcaragua, Paklsta, !em, Phll-lpp1nes, ?oLa.lrd r Saudl Arabla, SJrrla, Ukralrllarl Sovlet Socla,flst Republ1o, Unlon of Sorlet Soclallst Bepubllcs, Uruguay, Yerrezuela, Yeuen, Yugosl-avla. A8alnst: Australla, Bel-gfum., Canada,, D6!@B,rk, Fze:rce, Luxenbourg, Neth6rla.nd.s, Nev ZeaLend, Noway, Unlon of S outh Afrlca, Uoitod Klngdcm of Great 3r1ta1n and Northorn Irelaod r Unlted StatoB of Aeerlca. AbBtAIDJ,lg: Chlna, IDdla, Isra€l-, S'wed6!', Thalla,nd-, Tuf,key. .
?aee 13
(5) It
by 33 votes to 5, uLth 16 abstentlons tb.o sub -alIelduent of the flftoeo l,at1n Amertcea doleeatione (l/C.Z/t .lOl+, pa:ra€raph a (a)) t'o tne sub -qnondment of Ind-1a to roplace 3 "sha1l gre,nt thls rl8tit of the peoploo of duch torritorles" by the vords: "shs,ll" fac ll-1tE te th€ oxerclse of thls r18ht by the p€oples of such terrltorles. " (6) ft ad.opted, by a roJ-l-call- vot€ of 2I to 9' vlth 23 abstentionsr!/ the sub -s&endment of Afgbanlst€n (A/C.3/f.308) to the sub -seondmont of Ild-la to repl-aoo "partlcular c lrcumstarrces of" by the vords: "prlaciplos and- slIrlt of the unlted- Nai:lons charter 1o regard to". (f) It roJect€d, by a ro11-c8;Ll vote of 24 to tI' wltb IB absteatioagt the sub -anendoent of Jraq ard Paklst€3 (t+/c.Z/l'.Sog/sev.1) to the sub -aa.enimenj: of fnd,la, vhlch I'IouLd roplaco "proforably under tho ausplc€s of tbo Unlted. Natlors " by: 'hhen necessa;rTr u::dor tbe ausplcos of the Unlted Natlons. " s.d,opted,
--V fne votln€ ?as as follovs: gg g*o.rr: Afgha:nist€.8, Bolivla,
Burrna, Byoloruselan Soviet soclallst Ropublic, Czechosi-ovakla, Egrpt, Ithlopla, Grooce, Guatemala, Indon€sla, IreJr, fraq, Israel, Po].a,r]d, Saud l Arabla, SJrrla,
,/
glvsirrJan Sovlot Soclatlst Bopubllc, Ualoo of Sovlot Sociallst Republlos, Uruguay, Yenon, Yugoslavla. Agalnet: AuEtr.al-la, 36]-glum, DeDma"k, Ftanco, India, Nox'Ir8,y, Thlil8rld, Unlted. Kl-ngd,olx of Gr€at Brlt€,in and Northel:n lrolaild , Unltod S tates of Anerlca. Ab6tahlng: Argontina, Braz11, Canad-a, Chlle, Chtaa, colombla, Costa B1ca, Cuba, Donlnlcain Ropub11c, Icuador, Eaitir T,uxoEboutrg, Mexlco, N€therl-eJrd-s, lVew zeala,:nd., Nloaragua, Palrlstan, ?eru, Hxlllpplnes t Sueden, Turkey, Unlon of goutb. Afrlca, Yene zuela. T}:o votin€ vas as follotts: }I1 lavolll: Afghanlsten, Burlra, Egypt, I-rd-oneg ia, TrB4, ?aklsta.n, Phillpplnes, Saud.1 Arab 14, Syria, Yonen, Yugoslavia. Argentina, Aust'raL1a, BeLglum, Bvazl:-, Carl.ad,a, CIlIe, Colcnbia, gq s!: costa B1ca, Derlrerk, tr'rence, Guatelxafar' Ealtl, lux€abourg, Mexlco, Netherlarrde, Nlcaraguri, Norway, Sveden, Thall-aJod r Unlorr of S outh Afrlca, United Khgdom of Great Brltah and Northern Irelalld, Unlted, Statos of Aesvlca, Urr:8uay, Yenezuefa. Abstalnl-ng: Bollvla, 3yeloruss1an Sovlot Soclalist RepubLlc, Cbina, Cuba, Czechoslovekla, Domlltlce.n Republlc, Ecuador, EthloBla, Greece, fndla, Iran, fsraol, Nev Zealand r ?oru, Poland, Turkoy, UlralnisJx Sovlet Soclal-lst 3epub11c, Unlort of Sovlet Sooiallst Republ-1cs .
rhgllsh
qotef, by d lvislon on the sub -aeen&rcnt of r:l:dxa (L/c '3/L'2Vt) as 8.B€nd-ed. to tho Unlted gtat€s anendlent tlth tbe fo1lon tng result: ' (a) Tho \iord- "prefere.bly" vas adopted- by 18 votos to 11' w ltJr 2Q g,bstentlonFi (l) Tbo sircndment as a nbolo, as anend'ed', vas Ed-optsd bY a rollcaLl vote of 31 to It, flIth 7 abstentions.9i (S) It ad-optod-, by a roll-ca]j- voto of 2i to )t nlth 15 abstentlooe rl/ the aloendnent of Syrta (a/C.3/l',2*/nev.1), oral'Iy amendedt to add an add ltlonal
(S) rt
oporatlvo
6/
Barags€,ph.
nn" votlng ltas as folLo$s: Tn fayour: Afgbanlststtr. Argontlna, Bollv1a, 3r€'811, 3urpa, .SyelorrFslao :=:--'-"-soitet sootattsi 3epubilc, ch116, cororabla, coota Rloa'
Czecbostovakla, Donitnloao-ne1nrblitc, Erypt, Ethlopla' GuatenaLa' Ealtl, Ind 14,' lnd.onos la, Iraq, Mexloo, ?81+jta1, .P""y, . Sblu]tIlj.nes, ?ol8ld, S aud 1 Ax'abla, Syr1a, : qry'ahla,tl-Sovlet
Soclallst 3epubllcr-Unlon of Sovlot Soclal-lst Bopubllos'
Agal-ost: ---Ab
7/
sts,inlng:
Yoting In favour:
ryIrc
uruguay, lfenezueJ-a, YonFD, YugosLavla' Aust&allar Be1glum, canada, chha, Demark, Ffance, furenlo;r o NetJrerl-ar:d o, lfiv Zee,1ana, Nortra'y, Sr'rod en, Tballandr Unl-on Fnd Nort'holE Great Brltatn South Afrlca, United Klngd on of Irelard, Uolted S ta,tes of Auerica' cuba, EcuFdor? Greooe, Im.o, fsfael, Nloa::agua, Surkey '
as fol-loIrs: AfghoniBt€o, Argontlna, Sollvla, 3raz11, Bulrlla, Syeloruss laJl soilet soolitlst Republlc, Chlle, CzecboslovBkla, DoBinlca-n BeprbJ-ic, E&ru)t, X'bblopla, Guateuela, Ealtl, f-ndonesla, f!a'n', fr"q, lf.if"", Nlcara€ua, Paklsten, ?hlLlpplreB, -Poland, Saudl Araiia, Syrii, Uhalnlan Sovlot soclatlot RopubLlc, Unlon of S ovlet- Soclalist Republlcs 1 Uruguay, Yenezuela, Yema'n,
1.las
YugoslaYla.
Auetralla, Bolgil@, Cuba, Iuxeiobourg, NeJborla'Dd.s r Ne-w ZeE]and, Unlon of S outh Afrloa, Unlt€d. Klngd-ctd of Great Brlte,ln a.nd Norbhenx lieJ-anrt, Unlted States of A.nerlca' Demark, Ecuador, Ffance, $bsta+nine: Canade, Chlla, Colonbla, Cost€, Blca, La, fsr€,eL, Nottray, 3eru, Sved-oo, Thalland, Turkey.
ABaJnst:
Greeco, Ind
Engllsh Page
(10) The d-raft resolutlon as a vhole, ae AI cal-l Yoto of 3h to 13, 'ir ltb 5 abstentlons.
8/ fhe votlne
a,mond,ed,,
$as
a.dotr)ted
Il
by a rol-I-
$as as foLlovE: Afgbanlstalx, Argentha, 3o11vla, Br4LII, BurBa, Srelorusslaxr tr3' favour: Sovlet Soclallst Bopubllc, Ch1Le, Chlna, Cololfrlai Costa 31cat qroece, C zechoBlovakta, Domllxica,l1 Bopubllo, X$rpt, EthlopF.ar Gup.t€eala, Ealtl, Ird-14, Jnd onesla, Tra{, Mexlco, Nlcaragua, Paklsta.n, Peru., ?h11L!pin6F, Poland-, Saud l Arablaf sJrfla, Uhal-nlan SovLot Socl€,LlBt Republlo, Unlon of Sov[ot soolallst Rol}lrbllos, Uruguay, VbnozuoJ-a, Yenen, Yugoslav1a., Australla, BeLglm, Cana.da, Der::lark, Fr€JIce, Lu.xeubollrg, @t: Nethorlarrds, Ne$ Zeal-and., Norvay, S$ed.en, Unlon of, South Afrlca, Unltod Klngd-om of Great 331tain aJ](l Northem Troland-, Unlted. States of Amerlca. Abstainlng: Cuba, Xcuad-or, Irar:,, Israel, Thailand, Turkoy,
Englt eh -Yege l.o
DRAFT ffiSOIUNON ?RO?OSD
3Y TEE UNITED
](INGDOM
alternatl ve toct to draft redolutlon A (A/C.3/L.299). Saudl Arabla mo ved., as an anenilmont to thls dnaf't resolutlon, the a:nendment sutnlttod- to tho preamble of dlaft resolutlon A (Alc 3h.296). Afghanlsta,n Eoved-, aE en€ndroonts to thls text, the a,nendments sutmlttoal aE sub-a:nend@ontg to the Unlted. States "meadnent and. tJ:e fndlan sub-e&endment thereto (s/c .S/t,.lol ana 308). Tho roprosontatj.ve 9f the Unltod. Kl ng&om wt thdrew the d:aft rosolutloa aft6r the votlng on draft resolutlpn A aod the auondnents thereto uae crmploted-.
31,
The IinJ ted- Klngdon preoonted- an
DRAIT RE"5Oil]TION PROPOiS@ BT
I.;ENANON
32. k@ also sulndtted an alternatl e€ toxt for draft l€€olutlon A (A/c]lL.3br), to whiah the sano anondrento nere moved- by gaudl +Iab.le and Afghanlgtan. At the )+61-st nootlng, the C.Jlntnl ttoo by 21 votes to none, with 26 alstentlonc
adopted the fp3-lorrj ng notlon
3
"!!LjI@ "tfn"** tho rosol-utlon
atlopted- on
I
Dooonber 1952 covers the amend€d
d-oclslon ae adopbod- by tbe Connlesl o!. oD Euran Rlghts ln draft reeolutlon Ar' .r'Docld,es not to vote oD the dsaft rosolutlon oulnJtted- by tJre ssntatl ce of f,ebanon (a/c.3/L4ofl".
nl cJr)
EngLish Page I'f
DIAFT RESOLUIION B PROPOSM 3Y TEE COM}{ISSION OIf HUI4AN BIGMS AND IHANSMITTID BY TEE ECONOMIC Ai{D SOCIAL COUNCTI,
a text (l/C,l /t .Z%/nev.t) vhi-ch presented alraft reeol-utlon B as adoptetl by the Colnnission on Eunan Rtghts in the forn of a draft resolution of the ceneral Assepbly. At the l+61+th meetlng, the repreBentative of Lebs,non accepted a.nend.uent8 subnitted by gaiti (AlC.1/L.3fL) to add the nord.s trand. nationsrr after rpeoplestt 1n tbe preamble and in the olerative paragraph. Ee also Eccepted, after it had been revlsed End orally a.lendeil, an anendment subnttted by Tndia (l/C J/f .1v/nev.t): fhls proposed the addttlon of a Becond otr€ratlve paragraph under vblch the Generbl Aseenbly would declde to place the reBolution on the agenda of the Connitteb on fuforuation from Non-Self-Governlng Terrltorles at ite ne*b seseion In ].951. An oJlendment by Saudi Arabla (A/C.l/L,lt6) to tne orlglnal text proposed by Ind[a wao vlthtlrawn at tne 451+tn neettng in the l-1ght of the revlgion of the fndian Lebanon subnltted
3t,
Fmendloent .
,+.
The Comrlttee voted. as fol'lows on
the draft resolutlon submltted by the
representative of Lebanon, as amended: (f) It adopted, by ,O vote6 to B, vith 12 abstentlonB, the laet IE raglatr)h whlch had been the anendment of Indie and vhich reatl: rDecides toi place thls resolutlon ba the agentta of the Comxittee on Infornation fion lfon-Self -Governing Terrltorles at its nelrt sesslon in I951'l ol (2) It adopted, by a ro]]-*call vote of-r8 to 10, lrlth l+ abstenti.ons,! L]nu d?aft resolution as a whole.
2/
fh.e votlng was aa foILoeB:
.
In favour: Afghanistan, Argentlna, 3raz11, Buflra, Byelorusslan Soviet
Soclal-i6t.Repub11c, Chi1e, Chha, Co].ombia, Costa Rlca, Cuba, Czechoglovakia, Donlnlcan Repub11c, Ecuador, Egypt, EI Salvador, Ethlopia, Greece; GuEtenela Fa1tl, Indlia, Indonesle, Iran, Iraq, Tsrael, Lebanon, Liberla, Mexlco, Pgkistan, Peru, Phi1ippine s, Poland, Saudi Arabia, Syrla, Ubai.nlan Sovlet Socialist Repub11c, Union of Sovlet Soclaliet Bepubllcs, Venezuela; Yemen, YugosJ_a,rr-ia. Agalnst: Canada, Fbance, Netherlands, Nev Zealanal, Norway, Unlon of South Afrlca, Unlted Klngdon of Great Britain and Northern Irel-and, United States of Amerlca. Abetalning: Dermark, Sfieden, Thailand, Turkey.
Al12u>
English rage Io
DRAFT RESOLUTfON PROPOSD BY AFGEANISTAN, ARGENTTI{4,
CEILE, qIATFI,{AIA, IFAQ, !EtsANON, MUICO AND PA]ilgIIAN
,r.
Afgbanietan, @$Eg, Chlle, Guetgn€.].a, .[gg, Lebanon, Mexico e.ntl eubrdtted a thlrd draft resolut Lor. (A/C.t/L.tf?) vhlch lnetructed the Connlseldn on Hunan Rlglrt s to coatlnue p"epe,rlng reconmendatlons concernlng lnternatlonal respect fox the rj ght of BelJ-detemlDatlon of peoples and partlcularl-y steps vhlch night be taken by ttre various brgans of the Unlted NatlonB and tbe speclallzed ageacles, and to Bubmlt ltg reccmendatlone to the GeneraL Assembl-y. Oral amendments propoged by the representatlve of the Unlted State s of Amerlca at the l+51+th meetlng, uffler ehich the ceneral Aseenblyt s requeot a,nd the Co@1B61oDr s vould be transnltted thsougb the Economlc anal "eccmendatlons Social Councll, vere acceBted. by the sponeors of the draft resol-ution ' t6. The Ulcrainlan Sovlet socla]-lst Repirbfic guboitted aI] a!0endaent (A/c -1/L.r$) whlch nou]-al add, at the end of operative par€,graph 1, the $o"at6: nlncludlng tbe peoplee of Non-Self-Governlng entl fbuBt TerrltorleBu. ,7. $re Comittee voted. as fo]-lons oa tbe dra,ft resoLutlon and the a.mend:nent tb.ereto: (f) It reJectetl, by 22 votes to 16, wltb L4 abstentloue, the adclltlon p"oposed,by the lr}"alnla! Sovlet Soclallet RepubJ.lc (A/C.l/t".ltl) ; (2) It adopted, by a rorl-caLL vote of tB to 7' rrith B abetenttonsrl9/ the df,aft reeolutlon ae a athole. as a,nended.
ro/ llhe votlng lras a6 fol-Lows
Ip favouf,:
Agalnet: Abstalning:
:
Afgha,nlsta,n, ATgentlna, BraziL, Buma, Chlle, Ch1ne, Colornblao Coeta B1ca, firba, Derinark, Domlnlcalc Republic, Ecus'dor, E$rpt, EI Salvaclor, Rbhlopla, Greece, Glratenala, Ealtl, Ind1a, Ind.oaesla, Iran, Iraq, :fsraeJ-, J,ebanon, t1!erla, Mexleo, Not'eE.y, Paktstan, Fana,na, Pblllppine s, Saudl Arabla, Sweden, SJl-rla, Thall.a.nd, Unltedl Statee of Amellca, Venezuela, Yenen, Yugosl-avia. Australla, Belgiua, France, Netheslands, Nev Zeal-and,, Unlon of gouth Afrlca, Unlteal Klnedc@ of Great Brltein and Northetn Ireland . Canada, Cze chosl-ovakia, Peru, Poland, llurkey, IJkrainlan soviet Soclalist RepubJ-ic, Unlon of sovl-et sociallot Republlcs, Bye].orusslan Sovlet Soclal-ist Republlc.
Page 19
DRAFT RESOLUTTONS RECOMMSNDM TO ItrE GM{MAI ASSEItsLY
Third Comnittee the"efore reconnnends to the General d.doptlon of the followlng tbree draft resolutlons:
fB. ,.
Tlre
ME NIGET
AseenbJ-y the
OF PEOPTES. AND IVAITONS TO SETJ'.DEIBMIIVATION
Draft
re
eolutlon
A
the r18bt otr peoples and. natloDB to seLf -aletel]Ilnatlon ls a prerequlBlte to the full- enJ oynent of a]-l fundanental- buea,a rlgbts, Whereas tbe Chalter of the United Natlons, under Arblc]-es 1 anu !1, alms to devel-op frlentlly relattonB among natione based on reepect for the equal- rlgbts aJld self -deterninatlou of peoples in order to etrengthe! universal peace, Whereas the Cha.r"ber of the Udted NationB recognizes tbE't certaln Members of the Unlted Natlons at€ xesponslble for the adhnlnlstratlon of terrltories lrhoge lEopl-es have not yet attalned a full- neasure of sel-fgoverruEnt, and afflrns the principLeB whlch should guitle tbeE, llhereas every lt4ember of the Unlted NatloD6, 1n conforolty with tbe ct@rler, shouJ_d reepect the nslntenaace of the rlght of self-deternlnatlon 1n otber States, fhe Gene"al ABselxbly recc@endE that: l-. The State B Merrbers of the United Natlons sha]-l u$hoLd tbe prlncipJ-e of Belf -detetdnatioD of a]-]- pe oples and natloDs l 2. flxe States lvle!fterts of tbe UDlted Natlons shal1 "ecognlze aJr'l promote the reatlzation of the rlg[t of Belf-detel:nlnatlon of tbe peoptee of Non-Self-Governlng and Trust Tertltorles rtho are ulder thelr admlnlstr€tlon and ghalL facllttate the exerclee of this ttgbt by tbe peoples of such Texxltories sccoldhg to the pTtnclBles 6nd eBlrtt of the Cha.rter of the Uniteal Natlone le f,egard to each. lerrl-tor]r and to the freely expressed g1ehee of the peopl-es cobcerned, the nlshee of tbe peopLe belDg aEcertalned tbrough pl-eblscltes or other reccgalzedl deBocratlc me6trs, preferably under the au6plces of the Unlted Natlons; t. the State8 Members of the Unlted Natlons reBpo[slb]e fo! tbe ad&In1str8,tlon of Non-Sel-f -Governlng and flust Territories shal-]- take Wheveas
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practical steps, trFnding the reafization of the rlght of self-determination and in preparatl-on tliereofr to ensure the dlrect particlpation of the indlgenous popu-lations in the l-egislatlve and executi-ve orgens of government of thoge Territories, a,nd to prepare them fo" complete selfgovernment or indeSendence '
Draft
re
solutlon
B-
The General AEsenbly , Con6iderlng thet one of
the conditloixs necessary to facllitate Unlted Natlons action to lronote reepect for the rlebt of sel-f-oeterrdnation of peoples and natlons, ln partlcu]ar rith regp,rd to the peopl-es of Non-SeLfGovernlng TerrltorieB, i6 that the conpetent olgelxs of the Unlted Netlons sbould be in posseBslon of offlclal ibforaatLon on the governnent of tbese ma"i
+^?J ac
, Novenbe" 1947 ln vbich lt of sucb ilfortratlon ltae entlrely ,in cotfornlty wttb the sp1]|it of Artlcl-e ?Je of the Char"ter, and Bhoul-d Reca]-ling its ?esolrtlon il+lr(ff) of declared that t\e voLunt€^rlr tfansmlesion
tberefore be encou?aged, Reca].llog lte }esolution ,2?(W) of 2 Decerrber 1949 in \thtch it expreosed the hope that 8uc! of the.Members of the Ualted Natlons as had nit done €o nigbt vo]-rrntari.ly includ.e detalls on the govarnroent of NoDSeff-Governlng terrltolies 1n the inforrnatioa transoltte'l by then uJrder Arblcl-e Tre of the, ChErter, Considering that at.tbe present time 6ueh lnforre'tlon h€'s not yet been furnished 1n respect of a large nunber of Non-SeLf-Governlng Terrlto"ie '1. Reconeendg Sbateg Menbere..gf the United Natlons responsibl-e for tbe adninlgtratlon of ntron -SeLf -Gorerning Tertitorles voluntarlly to include in the lnfornatlon transnitted by tbeur lmder Article 7le of the charter detalls re gg,rat't ng the erbent to rthlch the riglt of trPoptres e'ntl natloas to and seLf -deternlnatloa 19 exercleeal by the lEoples of those TerrltorieB' thelr po].itlcal progresB anA the Eeasures taken to in parbicular "ega"tll4g devel"op thelr calac1ty for self-adminiotratlor, to Eatlefy thel'r po11tical asp5-ratlono a.nd to proncte the progressive d.eve].olment of their free Dol-itlcs,1 iDBtltutlons
:
EI6!fD!
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to place thlB resol-utlon on the agenda of the Comlttee on fnfor:matlon fron Non-se1f-Gove"nlng Tervitorles for 1ts nexl sesslon in Decicles
r95r.
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re
solutlou
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General_ AesenbLy,
Coneiileriog that lt 16 neceBsary to contiDue the study of nayB end means of ensurlng ll3ternatlona]. for the rigtrt of peobfes to self"eslEct detennlne,tion, ConBitlering that the reconmendatlons 1t has adopted. at ilts Beventh sesslon do not represent the only 6teps that can be taken to promote re epect for such rlght, I. Requests the Economlc a^ndl Soclal_ CormcLL to aek the Cornlesion on Human Rigbts to continue pr€partng reccmmend€,t1ong col]cerblng
for the rlght of peopl-es to sel-:f -deterrlnatLon, and parblcul-arl-y rel€,tlbg to the stels rrhlch nlgtLt be taken, "eco@endatlons .ll-lthln the llynltE of thelr reBources and ccmpetence, by the varlous orga.ne of the Unlted Natlons and the speclal.ized agencies to devel-op interr:et1onal respect for the rt@t of trEop]-eg to self-d.eternlaatlon; 2. Requests. ttre Comission oE Huran Rigbts to subnlt Fhrougb the Econcmlc and Social- Council lts recomentlatlona to the General AsBer0bl-y. interD€,t1onal-. respect
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NA'IONS Distr.
ENERALSS
EM
GENENAL
A/2709 13 Decerober 1952
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ORIGIltAt:
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Seventh se sslon Agenda i-iieln 30 ELS{A$ RIGETS BECO]VII'&NDATTONS CONCERNING ]}IIERNAT]ONA], XESITCT
3'OR TEE
SI,tr'-TEMRIIINATION OF PEOPIES
Report Rapporte
of the Thlrd Comlttee
ur:
Mrs
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EARIITIAN
(Israet)
TAFTIT OF CoIIE]{TS Pa l.a r'r"F
Introduction GeneraL
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dlscuggion
re soLutj-on A proposed
Euraan BiGhts
nh q
8-l7 by the Comiseion
on
18-30
Dzaft resolutlon propoeed by the Unlted Klngdou of
Great lrl-i;aln and Northern Ire land
Draft
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reso]-u'blon proposed by Iebanon
Draft resolutton Hunan Rights
B proposed by the CoEmlsgl64 sn
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Dtaft reBol-ution
proposed. by Afghantetan, Aygen,cina, Chl1e, Gua'i:eroale, freq, Iebarion, l4exico and iaklstan.
Draft resol-utlons recoEnende d to the GeneruI Assembly
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INTB,ODUCTIO}I
L. At lts elxth sesoXon, the General AesetnblXr 1n resoLutlon 545 (VI) of ! February 1p!2, declded to inclutu ln the covenant of, covenants on hunan rlghts an artlcl"e on tbe rlght of aLL pe opl-e e and alL natlon6 to selfdete"Illnatlon, to be d"afte d along speci.fled l1nes' In the sane resolutlon' tt aeked the CornmlBBLou on Huuan Righte to p"eI)are recormendatlons concerning lnternational vespect for the eelf-determlnatlon of peoples and to subr0lt ttren to the GeBeral ABselnbly at 1ts seventh sesslon' 2. The Colmlssion orr Eunan Rlghte couoidered both tbese questlons at its to adopting the terb of e Lghth eesglon during ApriS- - Jw:e ]rpJz. In addltion anartlclefo!both.bhedxaf'tcovenantoneconoxdc,socla].andcu].turalTlghts adopted and the draft covenant on clvll- and po]-itlcaL rlghte r tbe Comllsglon tvo draft re eolutlons contalnlng leco@endatlonE to l{eBber States coocernlng the seLf-deternLnatlon of, peoples and natlous 'r for 3. Draft re solutlon A, vhl-ch vas ln the form of a draft re eoLutlon adoltlon by the Geueral [sseBblf,, 39 s6nnen'le d that l4erober states shou]'d: (f) upfrofd the pr:lnciple of self -deterxnlnatlon of peoples and natlons and of r€sIect the 1r lndependence I and (2) recogutze and psomote the r"ealization and Trust the right of ee If- de te fl0lnatiou of the pe opJ'e of Non-self-Governlng e Terrliories vho are under the 1! adnlnlBtratlon and grant thls right on people, the popu].ar wl-sb belng demand fo" gelf-govesrruent on the I)aft of the se the ausplces of the ascer-i:ahed ln particu].ar through a pleblscljie netd rmder Unlted Natlons. 4. Dreft re sol-utio! B, whLch wes Ln 'che forilJ of a draft resoLutlon fo" Agsembfy adoBtlon by the Econorarc and Soclal Council-, requested the Ceneral to re comend to l'brater State I re sponslble for the adninlstratlon of l'nfornation Non-Sel-f-Governlng ferrltorles vol"untarll"y to lnclude in the the transt0itted by theE under Artlcle ?3e of t11e Charter detaile regarding blextent to whlcb the x1ght of people to self-deternlnatl-on ls etierclsed po}itlcal the leop]es of these Tervl,tdrle 3, and ln paxtLcule" r€gardlng thelr (chapter III), 1/ t/zz>6 Fourteenth Sesslon,
Engl-ish
progresB and the oeasures taken
to
develop a€piratlons and
thelr cepaclty for self- edrlini6tration, to pronote the progTessive develop@nt
to Batlsfy theLr polltlcal of thelr free political lnBtltut1ons. 5. The Econonl-c and, Soclel Councll transnltted both draft re solutione to the General- 4ssqrnblf without cor0ltent (Councll re solutlon 4Lo (xff) ) . 6. The General AseenbJ-y, at its 3B2nd Eeeting heLd on l-7 October l-952, refer:=d the iten ItEuoan Rlghts. Becormgndalions concerning international reBpect for the self -detefl01nat1on of peoplee" tcj the fhird Co@Lttee. 7. flhe Thlrd co?l,rhlttee dlgcussed the iten at lts 4\3rd to 464th meetingB held on 12 Novenber to 3 lle ceab er LJJZ. ft had before lt the re levant eection of the report of the Econonlc and Soclal Corsnc1:l4 and a EelnorEmdun by the Secretary-ceneral outllnlng the prevlous actlon taken on thls question (A/2L65).
7/ a/zqz (chapter V, sectlon I), Officlal fuven'uh Sesa1on, Supplenent No. 3.
Records of-t!C- Genera1 Assenbly,
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GEI'EBAL DfSCIJSSION
oplnlons were sha4fy dlvlrled 1n regard to the two ttraft lesolutlons reasons' befove the Coumlttee. Sone delega,tlons Ite1€ urE'ble fo" va'r1ous to supporb elther resolutlonj sone wexe of tbe vlere that the reccEotrend'atlons gfactovTr as fa? contalned. tbereLn vere not far-reachln€ enough, altbough Eatl nrmber of ao they went; and sone tre6 rsgsrYatlons on pelrtlcul-a'r polnte ' A representatlves exp:ressed- thelr sattEfactlon vlth the work of the Cctrolselon the viev on Eum,n 3trghts 1n ad.optln8 the two drafb xesolutlons, but held tlrat the Beasur€E contebplated ln them fo" prolrotlng "espect f,Or the right of Eelf-dete?rnlnatlon should- be coneltlel€d only ae p"eLtnlnary sbe?B lrhlch the General Assenbly should. take. the recoou.endatlons "'i'ere not 1n accordance wtth the g,
8.
It
wd,s Eald.
that
it
parblcular Charter, but atte@pteat to anend and erbend lts scope ' In whlch tias was avgueA that they dlscalnlnated agalnsb certaln Statee ' 2 of ttre contra?y to the pr1nclp1e of equallty c ontalned ln A?tlcfes l- and charteri that they Equ€ht to lnpode cn certaln Statee obl"lSatlons vblch . , thQ transnlg si on rdere not lald- d-own ln Chapters XI and XfI of the G1grteri tb'at of polttlce,l lniozmat lon by Sbates responsible for the adriJ nlsbf,€'tL cn of fvon Artlcle 73e Non-Sel-f-governtng Te?rlt crles Is.d. been d'elftevately excLuiled' sted und-e? d."afb resolutlon Bi that the Charte" and was ncnr belng "eque Non-Selfimpose a "sacr€d true-t[ on States rneoponslble for ednlnslte"lng govern therselve s but Governlng Teviltovles to asslst the lnhabltante to for full recogntzed. the need. to take lnto account a people's capactty A; that no ettention se1-f -govenrment vhlcb lras lgnored urder dsafb resofutlon rrpartlcular clrcunstance e of eaoh TerrltorXrt' as Eentloned' had been patd to tbe 1on bf a Terrlt orT 1n ArttcleE 73 8nd 76 of the cha:.ter; that the addnlstrat Untted' Natlons fel-l tithtn the oompetence of the State "esponelbLe and tbat the lnterference .was conrrary to 41Ytlcle 2, parag::a1rh 7, of the charher ' 10. It was argued, that no deflnltlon of terroe sucb ss "peopleet" 'rnatlons"' and tYre cond'ltions "the "tght of seLf - d.ete!.lnat iorft had been estabtished1a1d' of the exercise of the rlght c'f self-detelAlrutlon bad not been clearly npeoples" Idas open to dlfferent d-ovn. It was emphaolzed. that the wotd'
and,
Tae" 5
lnterp"etations, eech 8lvlng nise to eEt"eBely complex problel0s whlch had not been sufficlentl-y stu0led. Among tbose ment loned- vas the questl on of mlncodtles clalmlng the rlght of ee lf-det ermlnatl on, the dutles of, the various $bates concerned ln such cases, and. the c"lterla to be regarded- ae t'peoples" applylng ln eny partlcul-ar lnterpretatl on of ' It vas sald that the exe?clse of the rlght of sel-f -Aetenrdnatl on wlthout any lloLtatlons or safeguards nlgbt be a cause of frlction and dl sbu?b the frlendly relatlons between natlons and. nlght lead- to ana?chr ' 11. It was alBo Bald that the re comendratl one should be stud.ted. tn tbelr relatlon to the artlcle on the rl6ht of 8elf,-dete11ulnatlon lnclud.ett 1n the d.raft coeenants on Euuan Rlghts. It vas al€ued. that the purpose of the two draft resolutlons was to lnpleuent that artlc].e and, sinoe the Covenant s themselves were not yet in f1ne1 fol$, the Genbral A.esenbly couLd. not effectlvely consld.er the appllcatlon c,f any slngle a"tlcle. 12. I[[ong the a?gument s advanceA 1n zupporrt of the reccmnendatlons emphasls It nae arguedwas glven to the uf,genoy of takln€ soIle actlon lmed-lately ' nere ln keeplng lrlth the prtnclples of the charte"i ths.t the "econmendatlons thet the fl?st palagraph of d-raft regolutlon A net the "equlreBedts of Art.lc1e J., paragraph 2, antl Srbtale ,r, t:rtst the second. peragraBb of trraft reeoluttron A v.as 1n acc orilanoe wlth Artlcles fJ andf6' and that draft resof,utlon B I,aE ln confortlty wlth the spi.rlt of Ar*lcle JJ; that slnce the t1€nsnlsslon of pol1t1cal- lnformtlon wae not lncllded. tll 3rllcJ-e fJe the statee concerned" had been asked to supply suoh lnformatlon voluntarllyi that CheBter JCI provlded. that Non-SoLf-Governlng Territclee vould' be held' Itln gacred. trusttt by the statee reoponstble fcrr thelr admlnlstratlon unttlthey were able to govern tbeuselves, but not that they would be olrneil by such to Non-Selfl-Governlng an'l Erusb Sbatesj that the provl sions "eLattng Terrltorles must be lnterp eted. lR tbe ll8ht of Arblcle 1, para€faph 2, and' Ar.t lcIe )5 of the charber. I'be v1elr,wes ertrre ssed. that 3rt1c1e 2, pa,tagtap10 | t of the Charte" rel€,tlng to ilomestic Julsdlctlon cou]-d- not be a3pl-leil 1n respect of telsltorles geog:ralhlcaLly ?eDoved f"om the soverelgn Sbates re sponslhl,e
for thelr
admlnl strat 1on.
d.elegatlqao polnted- out that lireclse d-eflnl'tlons of legal' concelts were not an . sgentill- prer€qutslte fo" the lncluslon of those ccncepts
l-3.
Some
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lnstzument. Exaraplee from the Charter and' f"om the Covenants on Eu&an Rlglrt s vere glven to ll-lusblete that fundamental concept s lthlch had not yet been u]"tloateJ-y deflned and appeared lnc€,pable of deffnttlon, had neverbhel_e s s been lncluded 1n these lnstltulnents, It wao ergued. fir1|ther that to atteupt to tb:ary up p]'eclse Iega.] deflnlttons would nean umtafantetl delay ln lmplementlng the rLght of lFoples to self-detetallnatlon, and that prolJ-ens whlch becaBe tbe ooncern of the lnternatl onal- co@unlty cou1d. not be solved 1n a l-egal
])urely technlcal Jurldtcal- al)Irroach Flnce they T{e}e not excluslvely Iegal ln chasactey but .w€re 1-nd.tvtelbly l-lnked wlth the eoononlc, .soclaI and. pplltlcal elenente, rt lres also argued. that soloe latltude of lntei?retatlon to flt parbl cuLa? clrcuD-stanoes and sltuatlons mrst be alloreal in the case otr all- the vlEht s lncluded tn the Covenant e on Euo8,n Rtghte. j-l{. Wltb regarA to.d.x"aft lon B, 1t vas sald that thlg recomenAat l on "esolut vol .d. nake lt pooslble for the Unltedl- Natlons to hare beftre 1t authent lc fuf o]lllatlon f"on ctrfl clal- sousce[r on wblch to base lts tleclelons. Thls lras prefe:ab1e, and. lrouId. aTo1d. reLlance on lnfof,Eati on recelved. ffcln unrellable or by
a.
d.tscontented e1ements of the populatton. ilr. Several- d-elegatlons .o6gnte(l on p&rtlcular polnts ralsed by the d?afb resolutlons. I'b,ny c"ltlclzeal the Teference to slavery contalned ln the preanbJrb to d?afb ?esoluti on A and sa1d. that the use of thle roftL r:ee unJug'blflett and- i provocatlT€. rt wae algued that the se paragze.phs sLould- be consliley€d f?on
the polntlof v1€w of the prlnclple they p?ocla1ned., which ltas respect fcr huoon dlgnlty antl that to tbe dependent peoples a state of subjugatl on to anothe? p('tea was ltrtt1e better tban sl-avery. It was €enelally a8?eed, hoveverr that elavery 1n tbls conterb vas not useii. ln the B€nse of tbe deflnltlon c ontatned 1n artlcl-e r of the Internattonel slavery conventl on of !826, vLz.
of
ty
another, 16. Several- delegatl ons comented aleo on ttre faot that a pleblscite nl8ht not be the onl-y aethod nor necesoarlly the beet. llethoA of ascerbalnlng the ]til-1" of the peo!l-e. The quesbL on eas also d.lscussed 1n sone d.etall whether pleblscites or obher lFthod-s should ln alL caees be undes unlted. Natl oris augplces. As an l llustrat I on of nethods othey tlan pteblscttee refe?ence waE @,d.e to the fa ct that the vlLL of the. peopl-e wa6 tn nElny countrles erpre osed }y neane of generalelectlonEr. ft lras emplaslzed, hoFever, that Eqoh ottrer uethods nlsb be ieoognized. d.eraocrratlc method.e and therefor€ have 6! electcrai cha?acter and o\,r'nershlp
one huran bei.ng
Engli sh Pa€e 7
have general-ly demonsbrated. thetr valldity. L7. l{irny deJ.egatlone erpre esed. thelr vlews also on the questlon $hether the reconDoendatlons Bhould be d:afbed" to apply to all- states cr restrLcted, as ln the tert proposed. by the Corm-loslon on Euran Rights, to Non-Sel"f-GovernLng and Trust Terrltorles. Sone sald that the prlnclple of 3'el-f -'leterEl'nat lon applled to all peopl-es ana not only to cei'taln categorles and that a te131t ory whl ch had l-osb
1ts
independence shoufd. be glven ao u]ch ccnsldeIatlcn as a
teffltory \fhlch had never enJcfed lndependence. Others, vhl1e acoeptlng the tmpcrtance of the u]llverBaL appl-l catlon of tbe prJnclple cft self-aleterToinatlon, ghas'ie" arguea that the Unltett lvatlons had a s'peolat responslbLllty unAer tbe to the Beoples of Non-Sel-f-Gove"nlng anal [rust Tendtorles '
nnglish
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A }ROPOSM BY TEE CO}4MFS ION ON M]I4AN BIGroS AND TRAISMIITM 3Y IEE ECONOIiUC AND SOCIAL COI]NC]3
DBAET HESOTIJTIOII
18,
Ao€ndrents to Ai€f,t rosoLutlon A ne?e subElttod by the Unttod Statoe of Amerlca (1"/C.Zh.ZgV and Rev.1), by Costa B1oa, Guatornal.a, Ea1t1, Eonduras and Nicaragua (t/c.S/r..zn), by saudl arabra (4./c.3/t.2fi) a.!d by gyrla (a/c.S/t.zg\/ ReY.l) . Stlb -anerr,lmasts to the Unlted Stat€s s!ne?'lI''ant were sub@ltted- by Ttdla
(t/c.=/t".zW
Rer.l), by Ethlolra (t/c.Z/t.Sot), by crooce (t/c.S/r,.:of ) and. by Afshanrstaa (e/c.f/r.SoZ). Sub -eraend:lerltg to the s,mendmont of Ind la vere e,"'d
subnltted. by Greeco (a/C.Zh,lC2) , by f lfteen latLa,Anerica.n cou.atrles (Brazl1, Chl}e,.Colorobla, Coeta 31ca, DonL:oican Repubt-lc, 3cua.dof, St SAIvad or, Guateanala, gattl, Eolduras, Merlco, Nlcaragua, ?anern, Urugu€,y a.nd. yeoezuel-a (a/C,3,/f,.gO4)t, by Arsentino (tlc.l/t .1c6), by Afghanlsts,n (s/C.S/t .Z@), and by Ixaq s.!d P8.lcistan (a/C.Z/1,.3O9/nat ,t) , Alterraatlve d saft resoLutlons .sore subBlttod by the Urilted Klnsd,on (A,/q.Sh,.zgg) and by Lebaaol (A/c.3/L.3or), Amandrnentl
l-9.
to tbo preanble
l
Arabla Broposed the edd-ltlon of a new first, para8ralh st€,tlng that the rlght o{ pooples pnd. natlons to soLf -detomlnatloD ls "a pderaqulslte to the fu1I eaJoynent of aLl fiurd-arnentat hwiaa rlghts " (}.lC.l/t .Z%.). 20. Tvo a$endments to the proorftfe vere submltt€d. by the Unlted S tates of ATlerlca (A/C.3/L.294/R€v.1, Inra€raphs I ard, 2) . Tho first of, tlleso tr)roposed the doletlon. of the flrst trro Sar€,81€,Bhs whlch oontalnod. referoncoe to sLayely. The second aitrendm€nt p"olosea the adAlttorl of the follov lng tr{o lam€raphe to follow the thLxd_ psra€rapb of the orlg1:raI text: 'tlhereae the Chartor of the Unltod- Natlons recom.lzog that certaln Meolore of tho United Natlons aro reoponslble for tlre admlolstratlon of Saud
terrltorles
not y6t attalned_ a fulL moas.ure of eelfgoveyrrmont and affllus tho prJ-rrclp3.es rhloh should Bulae tben, '@gg every Menber of the Unlted. $atlons, 1n coDforldty vlth the CbsELor, should rospect the nalntonance of the rtebt of Eelf -dotel"tD.l-oatlon ln othor States, " whoso poopJ-es havo
2L. Ethloplg
-B&enlrE6nt (A/c.3/L.301, para6rapb 1) swgestil}e err aLtematlyo text for tho flrst a.Adltlonal paragr"aph proposed 1n tho Unlted States arrcndment. Thls vas subsequentJ-y v lthd ravn at the l+6oth meeting. Auend3€nts
presentod
a
eub
to the oleratlve
paragraph L
22.
A Unltod States anendment to tJxls para€r€.ph vh1ch, as revlsed ,(p'/C.Sh.zg+/ Rov.t, lara€raph 3)y ilcorporatod. a sub -amend.nent by the xepresentatlve of tradla (A/C.S/I.Z%, IEr4s€r"aph 1) trEnlosed that tho para€raph shorild read:i 'The Statae M€Blers of tbo Unitod Natlons aha]-l uphoLd. the princlple of solf-dot€r:lalnatlon of aIL pooples and, .natlot1e, ".
23. A sub -a&end-nent b;i the flfteon l,atln
(l/C.l/t'.5o4, pa,ragr€,ph 1) propose& tlle Jn€ortlon of the words3 "the equallty of, rl8bts and tho" befivoen tho vords I'tho SrhclpLe of" aoa "seIf -d.et€mdllatlon of a3-L SeopJ-esr " but nas w Lthd.raw:r at tho !.60th meotlng. Amendaents
24.
to the
Amerlcap rl olegatlons
opes€,tlve pBJ|agrapb 2
An anoni4rent subnltted by the UnLtod Stateg of Amerlca (a/c.3/t'.29\/aav.tt para€raph )+) proposed fu lts revl6ed- fona that tlre vhol-o paragraph bo replaced by the foLlo'/q lng: 'The Statee Monbers of the Unltod NatloDs shall recognlze B.nc promote the voallzatlon of tho rleht of self -dete]101]3atlon of tbe poollos of aLl terrltorles, fucLud lrrg tboso of Norl-S elf -Goveralng a.dd Truet Toyfltorlos, under tholr Bdnhistratlon a]]d shaal grEDt thls 31gbt to the peoples of euoh terrltorles accordlng to the partloular clrcuoEtsllces of each terrltory and the freel-y oEtr)ressod wlshes of the peoples iconcetned, ths wlshee of the peopJ-e belng ascertalned through a pLobisclte uld.er the ausplc€s of th€ Unltod Natlons or otber recognized- donocY€.tlc noans". Indla submlttetl a-D. Eu€nd!4e nt (g/c.3h,.29? ) to the orlglnal uoitod Statos axaendment. The representatlvo of Irdla orally rovlsod- 'bhls, at the 455th noetlng, to read- "... the rlgbt of se].f -detenrxlne,tloo of the peoplee of aJ-JteryltorieE, lncludbg thoee of Non.S el.f -GovevBlng ard Trust Toysltorles. " At- the 4t5tb lxoetlflg, be eubBltted a, revlsed text of his a]tronduent .1e/C.3/t'.zn / Rov.l) uhich chenged- thls pbJrase to road "... the r1€bt of self -deterr3lnatlon
English YAAC IU
of alL tho p€oples, XncluiLlng 1hoso of Noa.SoLf 4ol'exnlng eind. Eru't Te,*ltorlee". At the )+6otb .u€otlng, hovevor, lre n ltbdrell tbls rovlsloo 1n favou? of hlg nry\ -.r^.r-r. -^'e^.*^n onJy vhl:c:n refelrod ^nI' to "tJre peoploo of Non€ e1forlslrtral te*t (e/c.E/f..2)l) Gov€yolng and Trust Toryltorles't. The iEpreEont€'tlve of fod 1a accept€d a sub(b)) aroendo€nt by fifteen la.tln Atnerlca.n d elegatlons (A/C.l/l'.ZO\, paraeraph 2 to change the wor-ds:. ,ira pJ-ebleclto und br tho aulllces of tho Unltod l{atlons or otb€r recognlzed de&ocr€,tlc E€€lns I' to reed: "pleblscltos or ot&er recogDlzotJ democratlc rn€o:rs, lreferrebly ulder the aueploee of the Un-ited. Natlons". The tont proposed by the ropreBentatl]re of flad la thus arnond ed road as follo$s: ''ThestateeMellborsoftheUoltodNatlonsBha]-l"epo€nlzeand.promo.he the reaLlzation of the rlght of so]-f -d-oter:dl3atlon of the peoploo of NonSelf.Gove:mlngar!d.TrnstTerrttorlos.wboareund-erthelradnlnlstfatlona.Id shaLl grant tJxls r18bt to tbe pooples of suoh terrltorleB acoordtuS to t'he trE,rt1au].aro1rcuEsts,Jacesofoac}rtorr1toryeJ]d-thefreo1yexproe6ed1'1shes
oftJrepeople€,concerneArtholtlsheEofthepeoplebelnga'scertaIlxed'thTough Bleblscltes or other rocognlzed d-emocre,tlo mee'rs, Bref,orably und er tJre auepl.ces
of the United }Iat,lons. "
suboLtt€d by tfte flfteen I.atln America,E d.elogatlons I 2 (a)) toul-d. replaoe - the nordB: "shall grant tJxls rlebt J to the. peopJ.es of such ts:3,lto1.lost' by: '5he,l-L fac ltEt6' the exer.clso of thLs / r1g[t by tho peopios of such torrltorlee". A sub -a:mondlaoEt subultted. by Groocei (g/C.l/t.Zaz) and orralJry aruend o.d, at tb€ 459th raeeting proposed the ad-d ltion of
26. A sub -a&€!d!ent (n/c.3/r,.Sot+,
"conslstent \,t 1th tbe pr1::clples coatalircd 1n tlilB resoLutloo" after "deraocratlc rlro€lDst', Thls was wtthd.r:'altn at the 460th ne€tlng. A sub -amendBent subsLtted by Arg€atlre, (g/C.S/f..SO6) prolosed a total substltutlon for the text su€gested by Tndla, but was wLthd.rawn at t&e 46oth meottnS. A Bub -a'mondmellt subrolttod- ty $!g@!gEg (g/C.SA,.:CE) worlJ.d replaco tho wordg "prtlcuLar circlfostances of" by the words: I'prlnciplos B,nd splrlt of the Unlted N€'!lo!€ Charter Ln rogard to". A Eub -alleldlaerlt subnltted' by Iraq tixd 33E!g@
the
vords:
(a/c.:/f .:09/fev.f ) rouLd- repLace the flnal- vording iJI the text by the fol-l-ov 1r€: 'bhe r,rlshee of the peoples conc€rned shall bo ascertalnod tbrou@ a pl-abiscite or otJrer rocognlzed democratlc Eeans vhen Decessarlr undor the augltices of the Unlted Nat1one ". 27. othor sub -anendnents to the Unlted Stat€s Bnendneot ver6 eubuitted by Ethlopla (A/c . 3/t. 3ot), Greece (4,/C. l/r..:o: ) al:d Afsbanlsta.n (t /c.Z /t,.Sctt ) . Tho sub -enenduent submltted.. by Ethlopia vaB to rop].aco tho whole patiagraph by a nolt text ltbictr lr.trod,uced., 1]r pa,rtlcu.lar, th6 ldea of the wlshes of the p€opl-e "and- tholr abllity to exerclse sald rlgbt f.e. tho rlght of self-detorulnatlonT by the Unlted- Natlons through racognlzod and ostab]lshed procedr8es". Thls a.mondoent vas v lthdravn at the lt60th loeetl'lg. Tbe aaenimontg proposed by Greece (t/C.l/l,.ZO:J a,Dil Afgbanlstab (l/C.S/l,.lOt) vere the sarno aft thoso uoved. Iy theee d.elegatlons to the sub -Beondtoent of TnA1a. 28. An anendment btr Costa Rlca, @@B, E3LEL, Eonduras and I[lcare€ua (t/C.S/t .295 ) vas subELttod to tho seco]1d trEragraph of dra.ft resolutlon A. ft conceirrod the wo d. "graEt' and tho last phrase regaJldtng pl-oblscltes urder the auspfcos of the UnltoA NatlonB, but was 'w lthdravn ln favour of the sub -ax4€ndments to tho Indlan anotrdmont Eoved by the flfteen latl.r] Anorlc8,n d.eLegatione.
b61ng Lscortalned.
Pf'otosed
I
BdC
ltionaL oteratlva
Dara"qranh
29. fl} 4.J0. arderdment sublxltted to draft resoLutlon A, },hlch was revlsed (L/C.S/t.Z*/Sev.l), and Later oreLly em€n6ed by tho sponeor at the k6Qth ueettng, the representa,tlvo of Syrla proloEod- tfte addltlon of a new operatlve pstragrapb. Thls voul-d- prorld o th.at Member States reslonElbte fo" the admlnlstyEtlon of NonSelf-GorotrJng aud Tnrst Territorles Bhou1d tako stops, pend bg the reallzatlon of the rlght of self -determinatlon ar$ 1n preparatlon thereof, to ensure tho d lrect partlclpatlon of the Jhd l8enouB populatlons ln tho leglslatlyo and oxecutlve organB of govetrm.ent of those teffltorloB, a.tod- to prepare them for completo solf -Boverdaont or l-ndopend€nce.
XnBlish ?age 12
Yoting on d-raft resolutlon A
a4d- amendmente
thereto
The Comittee yotod aN the 46oth uoetlqg on 1 Decouber 1952 on draft resol-utlon A and the vsl.loust eeond.ueots submltted as follovs: (f) It adopted by a 3oL1-caJ-1 vote of JL votoe to L2, ulth 6 abstentlons, the aBeDdBoot of Saudl A1,abla (A/C.3 /t .Z#) to Bid a ne,!t flrst. paragraph to the preaeble; (2) ft adoptod., by 3l- vote6 to 11, nith E abgtentlone, the Unltod States
30,
(a/c.Z/l'.zg\/Rev.1) to delete the flret t\'ro lapgr?.pbs of the prosmbl-e; (i) It voted by d 1vlsloa on the-unlted. s t€.teg onondme r* (alc.Sh..z/+/Rov.l) to add. tiqo a.dri.itlone,L paragraphs to the proaoblo as follovs: (u) The eo"ds: "ard afffuue the prlnclples nhich ehould giuld e thero" in tJre flrst-latagraph propooed lt€re adopted by 1l+ votes to 6, vlth
a,mendnent
30 abstontlons; (l) Tho two ed-dltlonal laragraphs as a vhoLe verb €i.opteA by 25 votes to none, wlth 24 abstentlons.
([) It a.d.opt€d-, by 33 votes to 6, vlth lL absteotlons, tlro Uolted state6 alaerdxdent (l/c.S/t .zgl+/zev;1), !:corporatJng the sub -anendneot of I3d.1a (a/c.l/t .z% ) to oper€.tlve paragraph L;
3/
A:ne
votlng
na,s
as follows
3
In favour:
Af€barilsta-]l, Argentlna, 3o11vls,, Bra.zll t BurBa, Syrlorusslan Sov16t soclallst Ropubl1c, ChlI6, colcmbla, Costa Rlca, Czechoslovokla, Douirxloa,n Repub J.lc, Ecuad.or, I$rlpt, Itblopla, Groece, GuateEala, Ea1t1, Indoaesla, Ir8,E, T-!aq, Mexlcot Nlcaragua, Paklsta, !em, Phll-lpp1nes, ?oLa.lrd r Saudl Arabla, SJrrla, Ukralrllarl Sovlet Socla,flst Republ1o, Unlon of Sorlet Soclallst Bepubllcs, Uruguay, Yerrezuela, Yeuen, Yugosl-avla. A8alnst: Australla, Bel-gfum., Canada,, D6!@B,rk, Fze:rce, Luxenbourg, Neth6rla.nd.s, Nev ZeaLend, Noway, Unlon of S outh Afrlca, Uoitod Klngdcm of Great 3r1ta1n and Northorn Irelaod r Unlted StatoB of Aeerlca. AbBtAIDJ,lg: Chlna, IDdla, Isra€l-, S'wed6!', Thalla,nd-, Tuf,key. .
?aee 13
(5) It
by 33 votes to 5, uLth 16 abstentlons tb.o sub -alIelduent of the flftoeo l,at1n Amertcea doleeatione (l/C.Z/t .lOl+, pa:ra€raph a (a)) t'o tne sub -qnondment of Ind-1a to roplace 3 "sha1l gre,nt thls rl8tit of the peoploo of duch torritorles" by the vords: "shs,ll" fac ll-1tE te th€ oxerclse of thls r18ht by the p€oples of such terrltorles. " (6) ft ad.opted, by a roJ-l-call- vot€ of 2I to 9' vlth 23 abstentionsr!/ the sub -s&endment of Afgbanlst€n (A/C.3/f.308) to the sub -seondmont of Ild-la to repl-aoo "partlcular c lrcumstarrces of" by the vords: "prlaciplos and- slIrlt of the unlted- Nai:lons charter 1o regard to". (f) It roJect€d, by a ro11-c8;Ll vote of 24 to tI' wltb IB absteatioagt the sub -anendoent of Jraq ard Paklst€3 (t+/c.Z/l'.Sog/sev.1) to the sub -aa.enimenj: of fnd,la, vhlch I'IouLd roplaco "proforably under tho ausplc€s of tbo Unlted. Natlors " by: 'hhen necessa;rTr u::dor tbe ausplcos of the Unlted Natlons. " s.d,opted,
--V fne votln€ ?as as follovs: gg g*o.rr: Afgha:nist€.8, Bolivla,
Burrna, Byoloruselan Soviet soclallst Ropublic, Czechosi-ovakla, Egrpt, Ithlopla, Grooce, Guatemala, Indon€sla, IreJr, fraq, Israel, Po].a,r]d, Saud l Arabla, SJrrla,
,/
glvsirrJan Sovlot Soclatlst Bopubllc, Ualoo of Sovlot Sociallst Republlos, Uruguay, Yenon, Yugoslavla. Agalnet: AuEtr.al-la, 36]-glum, DeDma"k, Ftanco, India, Nox'Ir8,y, Thlil8rld, Unlted. Kl-ngd,olx of Gr€at Brlt€,in and Northel:n lrolaild , Unltod S tates of Anerlca. Ab6tahlng: Argontina, Braz11, Canad-a, Chlle, Chtaa, colombla, Costa B1ca, Cuba, Donlnlcain Ropub11c, Icuador, Eaitir T,uxoEboutrg, Mexlco, N€therl-eJrd-s, lVew zeala,:nd., Nloaragua, Palrlstan, ?eru, Hxlllpplnes t Sueden, Turkey, Unlon of goutb. Afrlca, Yene zuela. T}:o votin€ vas as follotts: }I1 lavolll: Afghanlsten, Burlra, Egypt, I-rd-oneg ia, TrB4, ?aklsta.n, Phillpplnes, Saud.1 Arab 14, Syria, Yonen, Yugoslavia. Argentina, Aust'raL1a, BeLglum, Bvazl:-, Carl.ad,a, CIlIe, Colcnbia, gq s!: costa B1ca, Derlrerk, tr'rence, Guatelxafar' Ealtl, lux€abourg, Mexlco, Netherlarrde, Nlcaraguri, Norway, Sveden, Thall-aJod r Unlorr of S outh Afrlca, United Khgdom of Great Brltah and Northern Irelalld, Unlted, Statos of Aesvlca, Urr:8uay, Yenezuefa. Abstalnl-ng: Bollvla, 3yeloruss1an Sovlot Soclalist RepubLlc, Cbina, Cuba, Czechoslovekla, Domlltlce.n Republlc, Ecuador, EthloBla, Greece, fndla, Iran, fsraol, Nev Zealand r ?oru, Poland, Turkoy, UlralnisJx Sovlet Soclal-lst 3epub11c, Unlort of Sovlet Sooiallst Republ-1cs .
rhgllsh
qotef, by d lvislon on the sub -aeen&rcnt of r:l:dxa (L/c '3/L'2Vt) as 8.B€nd-ed. to tho Unlted gtat€s anendlent tlth tbe fo1lon tng result: ' (a) Tho \iord- "prefere.bly" vas adopted- by 18 votos to 11' w ltJr 2Q g,bstentlonFi (l) Tbo sircndment as a nbolo, as anend'ed', vas Ed-optsd bY a rollcaLl vote of 31 to It, flIth 7 abstentions.9i (S) It ad-optod-, by a roll-ca]j- voto of 2i to )t nlth 15 abstentlooe rl/ the aloendnent of Syrta (a/C.3/l',2*/nev.1), oral'Iy amendedt to add an add ltlonal
(S) rt
oporatlvo
6/
Barags€,ph.
nn" votlng ltas as folLo$s: Tn fayour: Afgbanlststtr. Argontlna, Bollv1a, 3r€'811, 3urpa, .SyelorrFslao :=:--'-"-soitet sootattsi 3epubilc, ch116, cororabla, coota Rloa'
Czecbostovakla, Donitnloao-ne1nrblitc, Erypt, Ethlopla' GuatenaLa' Ealtl, Ind 14,' lnd.onos la, Iraq, Mexloo, ?81+jta1, .P""y, . Sblu]tIlj.nes, ?ol8ld, S aud 1 Ax'abla, Syr1a, : qry'ahla,tl-Sovlet
Soclallst 3epubllcr-Unlon of Sovlot Soclal-lst Bopubllos'
Agal-ost: ---Ab
7/
sts,inlng:
Yoting In favour:
ryIrc
uruguay, lfenezueJ-a, YonFD, YugosLavla' Aust&allar Be1glum, canada, chha, Demark, Ffance, furenlo;r o NetJrerl-ar:d o, lfiv Zee,1ana, Nortra'y, Sr'rod en, Tballandr Unl-on Fnd Nort'holE Great Brltatn South Afrlca, United Klngd on of Irelard, Uolted S ta,tes of Auerica' cuba, EcuFdor? Greooe, Im.o, fsfael, Nloa::agua, Surkey '
as fol-loIrs: AfghoniBt€o, Argontlna, Sollvla, 3raz11, Bulrlla, Syeloruss laJl soilet soolitlst Republlc, Chlle, CzecboslovBkla, DoBinlca-n BeprbJ-ic, E&ru)t, X'bblopla, Guateuela, Ealtl, f-ndonesla, f!a'n', fr"q, lf.if"", Nlcara€ua, Paklsten, ?hlLlpplreB, -Poland, Saudl Araiia, Syrii, Uhalnlan Sovlot soclatlot RopubLlc, Unlon of S ovlet- Soclalist Republlcs 1 Uruguay, Yenezuela, Yema'n,
1.las
YugoslaYla.
Auetralla, Bolgil@, Cuba, Iuxeiobourg, NeJborla'Dd.s r Ne-w ZeE]and, Unlon of S outh Afrloa, Unlt€d. Klngd-ctd of Great Brlte,ln a.nd Norbhenx lieJ-anrt, Unlted States of A.nerlca' Demark, Ecuador, Ffance, $bsta+nine: Canade, Chlla, Colonbla, Cost€, Blca, La, fsr€,eL, Nottray, 3eru, Sved-oo, Thalland, Turkey.
ABaJnst:
Greeco, Ind
Engllsh Page
(10) The d-raft resolutlon as a vhole, ae AI cal-l Yoto of 3h to 13, 'ir ltb 5 abstentlons.
8/ fhe votlne
a,mond,ed,,
$as
a.dotr)ted
Il
by a rol-I-
$as as foLlovE: Afgbanlstalx, Argentha, 3o11vla, Br4LII, BurBa, Srelorusslaxr tr3' favour: Sovlet Soclallst Bopubllc, Ch1Le, Chlna, Cololfrlai Costa 31cat qroece, C zechoBlovakta, Domllxica,l1 Bopubllo, X$rpt, EthlopF.ar Gup.t€eala, Ealtl, Ird-14, Jnd onesla, Tra{, Mexlco, Nlcaragua, Paklsta.n, Peru., ?h11L!pin6F, Poland-, Saud l Arablaf sJrfla, Uhal-nlan SovLot Socl€,LlBt Republlo, Unlon of Sov[ot soolallst Rol}lrbllos, Uruguay, VbnozuoJ-a, Yenen, Yugoslav1a., Australla, BeLglm, Cana.da, Der::lark, Fr€JIce, Lu.xeubollrg, @t: Nethorlarrds, Ne$ Zeal-and., Norvay, S$ed.en, Unlon of, South Afrlca, Unltod Klngd-om of Great 331tain aJ](l Northem Troland-, Unlted. States of Amerlca. Abstainlng: Cuba, Xcuad-or, Irar:,, Israel, Thailand, Turkoy,
Englt eh -Yege l.o
DRAFT ffiSOIUNON ?RO?OSD
3Y TEE UNITED
](INGDOM
alternatl ve toct to draft redolutlon A (A/C.3/L.299). Saudl Arabla mo ved., as an anenilmont to thls dnaf't resolutlon, the a:nendment sutnlttod- to tho preamble of dlaft resolutlon A (Alc 3h.296). Afghanlsta,n Eoved-, aE en€ndroonts to thls text, the a,nendments sutmlttoal aE sub-a:nend@ontg to the Unlted. States "meadnent and. tJ:e fndlan sub-e&endment thereto (s/c .S/t,.lol ana 308). Tho roprosontatj.ve 9f the Unltod. Kl ng&om wt thdrew the d:aft rosolutloa aft6r the votlng on draft resolutlpn A aod the auondnents thereto uae crmploted-.
31,
The IinJ ted- Klngdon preoonted- an
DRAIT RE"5Oil]TION PROPOiS@ BT
I.;ENANON
32. k@ also sulndtted an alternatl e€ toxt for draft l€€olutlon A (A/c]lL.3br), to whiah the sano anondrento nere moved- by gaudl +Iab.le and Afghanlgtan. At the )+61-st nootlng, the C.Jlntnl ttoo by 21 votes to none, with 26 alstentlonc
adopted the fp3-lorrj ng notlon
3
"!!LjI@ "tfn"** tho rosol-utlon
atlopted- on
I
Dooonber 1952 covers the amend€d
d-oclslon ae adopbod- by tbe Connlesl o!. oD Euran Rlghts ln draft reeolutlon Ar' .r'Docld,es not to vote oD the dsaft rosolutlon oulnJtted- by tJre ssntatl ce of f,ebanon (a/c.3/L4ofl".
nl cJr)
EngLish Page I'f
DIAFT RESOLUIION B PROPOSM 3Y TEE COM}{ISSION OIf HUI4AN BIGMS AND IHANSMITTID BY TEE ECONOMIC Ai{D SOCIAL COUNCTI,
a text (l/C,l /t .Z%/nev.t) vhi-ch presented alraft reeol-utlon B as adoptetl by the Colnnission on Eunan Rtghts in the forn of a draft resolution of the ceneral Assepbly. At the l+61+th meetlng, the repreBentative of Lebs,non accepted a.nend.uent8 subnitted by gaiti (AlC.1/L.3fL) to add the nord.s trand. nationsrr after rpeoplestt 1n tbe preamble and in the olerative paragraph. Ee also Eccepted, after it had been revlsed End orally a.lendeil, an anendment subnttted by Tndia (l/C J/f .1v/nev.t): fhls proposed the addttlon of a Becond otr€ratlve paragraph under vblch the Generbl Aseenbly would declde to place the reBolution on the agenda of the Connitteb on fuforuation from Non-Self-Governlng Terrltorles at ite ne*b seseion In ].951. An oJlendment by Saudi Arabla (A/C.l/L,lt6) to tne orlglnal text proposed by Ind[a wao vlthtlrawn at tne 451+tn neettng in the l-1ght of the revlgion of the fndian Lebanon subnltted
3t,
Fmendloent .
,+.
The Comrlttee voted. as fol'lows on
the draft resolutlon submltted by the
representative of Lebanon, as amended: (f) It adopted, by ,O vote6 to B, vith 12 abstentlonB, the laet IE raglatr)h whlch had been the anendment of Indie and vhich reatl: rDecides toi place thls resolutlon ba the agentta of the Comxittee on Infornation fion lfon-Self -Governing Terrltorles at its nelrt sesslon in I951'l ol (2) It adopted, by a ro]]-*call vote of-r8 to 10, lrlth l+ abstenti.ons,! L]nu d?aft resolution as a whole.
2/
fh.e votlng was aa foILoeB:
.
In favour: Afghanistan, Argentlna, 3raz11, Buflra, Byelorusslan Soviet
Soclal-i6t.Repub11c, Chi1e, Chha, Co].ombia, Costa Rlca, Cuba, Czechoglovakia, Donlnlcan Repub11c, Ecuador, Egypt, EI Salvador, Ethlopia, Greece; GuEtenela Fa1tl, Indlia, Indonesle, Iran, Iraq, Tsrael, Lebanon, Liberla, Mexlco, Pgkistan, Peru, Phi1ippine s, Poland, Saudi Arabia, Syrla, Ubai.nlan Sovlet Socialist Repub11c, Union of Sovlet Soclaliet Bepubllcs, Venezuela; Yemen, YugosJ_a,rr-ia. Agalnst: Canada, Fbance, Netherlands, Nev Zealanal, Norway, Unlon of South Afrlca, Unlted Klngdon of Great Britain and Northern Irel-and, United States of Amerlca. Abetalning: Dermark, Sfieden, Thailand, Turkey.
Al12u>
English rage Io
DRAFT RESOLUTfON PROPOSD BY AFGEANISTAN, ARGENTTI{4,
CEILE, qIATFI,{AIA, IFAQ, !EtsANON, MUICO AND PA]ilgIIAN
,r.
Afgbanietan, @$Eg, Chlle, Guetgn€.].a, .[gg, Lebanon, Mexico e.ntl eubrdtted a thlrd draft resolut Lor. (A/C.t/L.tf?) vhlch lnetructed the Connlseldn on Hunan Rlglrt s to coatlnue p"epe,rlng reconmendatlons concernlng lnternatlonal respect fox the rj ght of BelJ-detemlDatlon of peoples and partlcularl-y steps vhlch night be taken by ttre various brgans of the Unlted NatlonB and tbe speclallzed ageacles, and to Bubmlt ltg reccmendatlone to the GeneraL Assembl-y. Oral amendments propoged by the representatlve of the Unlted State s of Amerlca at the l+51+th meetlng, uffler ehich the ceneral Aseenblyt s requeot a,nd the Co@1B61oDr s vould be transnltted thsougb the Economlc anal "eccmendatlons Social Councll, vere acceBted. by the sponeors of the draft resol-ution ' t6. The Ulcrainlan Sovlet socla]-lst Repirbfic guboitted aI] a!0endaent (A/c -1/L.r$) whlch nou]-al add, at the end of operative par€,graph 1, the $o"at6: nlncludlng tbe peoplee of Non-Self-Governlng entl fbuBt TerrltorleBu. ,7. $re Comittee voted. as fo]-lons oa tbe dra,ft resoLutlon and the a.mend:nent tb.ereto: (f) It reJectetl, by 22 votes to 16, wltb L4 abstentloue, the adclltlon p"oposed,by the lr}"alnla! Sovlet Soclallet RepubJ.lc (A/C.l/t".ltl) ; (2) It adopted, by a rorl-caLL vote of tB to 7' rrith B abetenttonsrl9/ the df,aft reeolutlon ae a athole. as a,nended.
ro/ llhe votlng lras a6 fol-Lows
Ip favouf,:
Agalnet: Abstalning:
:
Afgha,nlsta,n, ATgentlna, BraziL, Buma, Chlle, Ch1ne, Colornblao Coeta B1ca, firba, Derinark, Domlnlcalc Republic, Ecus'dor, E$rpt, EI Salvaclor, Rbhlopla, Greece, Glratenala, Ealtl, Ind1a, Ind.oaesla, Iran, Iraq, :fsraeJ-, J,ebanon, t1!erla, Mexleo, Not'eE.y, Paktstan, Fana,na, Pblllppine s, Saudl Arabla, Sweden, SJl-rla, Thall.a.nd, Unltedl Statee of Amellca, Venezuela, Yenen, Yugosl-avia. Australla, Belgiua, France, Netheslands, Nev Zeal-and,, Unlon of gouth Afrlca, Unlteal Klnedc@ of Great Brltein and Northetn Ireland . Canada, Cze chosl-ovakia, Peru, Poland, llurkey, IJkrainlan soviet Soclalist RepubJ-ic, Unlon of sovl-et sociallot Republlcs, Bye].orusslan Sovlet Soclal-ist Republlc.
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DRAFT RESOLUTTONS RECOMMSNDM TO ItrE GM{MAI ASSEItsLY
Third Comnittee the"efore reconnnends to the General d.doptlon of the followlng tbree draft resolutlons:
fB. ,.
Tlre
ME NIGET
AseenbJ-y the
OF PEOPTES. AND IVAITONS TO SETJ'.DEIBMIIVATION
Draft
re
eolutlon
A
the r18bt otr peoples and. natloDB to seLf -aletel]Ilnatlon ls a prerequlBlte to the full- enJ oynent of a]-l fundanental- buea,a rlgbts, Whereas tbe Chalter of the United Natlons, under Arblc]-es 1 anu !1, alms to devel-op frlentlly relattonB among natione based on reepect for the equal- rlgbts aJld self -deterninatlou of peoples in order to etrengthe! universal peace, Whereas the Cha.r"ber of the Udted NationB recognizes tbE't certaln Members of the Unlted Natlons at€ xesponslble for the adhnlnlstratlon of terrltories lrhoge lEopl-es have not yet attalned a full- neasure of sel-fgoverruEnt, and afflrns the principLeB whlch should guitle tbeE, llhereas every lt4ember of the Unlted NatloD6, 1n conforolty with tbe ct@rler, shouJ_d reepect the nslntenaace of the rlght of self-deternlnatlon 1n otber States, fhe Gene"al ABselxbly recc@endE that: l-. The State B Merrbers of the United Natlons sha]-l u$hoLd tbe prlncipJ-e of Belf -detetdnatioD of a]-]- pe oples and natloDs l 2. flxe States lvle!fterts of tbe UDlted Natlons shal1 "ecognlze aJr'l promote the reatlzation of the rlg[t of Belf-detel:nlnatlon of tbe peoptee of Non-Self-Governlng and Trust Tertltorles rtho are ulder thelr admlnlstr€tlon and ghalL facllttate the exerclee of this ttgbt by tbe peoples of such Texxltories sccoldhg to the pTtnclBles 6nd eBlrtt of the Cha.rter of the Uniteal Natlone le f,egard to each. lerrl-tor]r and to the freely expressed g1ehee of the peopl-es cobcerned, the nlshee of tbe peopLe belDg aEcertalned tbrough pl-eblscltes or other reccgalzedl deBocratlc me6trs, preferably under the au6plces of the Unlted Natlons; t. the State8 Members of the Unlted Natlons reBpo[slb]e fo! tbe ad&In1str8,tlon of Non-Sel-f -Governlng and flust Territories shal-]- take Wheveas
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practical steps, trFnding the reafization of the rlght of self-determination and in preparatl-on tliereofr to ensure the dlrect particlpation of the indlgenous popu-lations in the l-egislatlve and executi-ve orgens of government of thoge Territories, a,nd to prepare them fo" complete selfgovernment or indeSendence '
Draft
re
solutlon
B-
The General AEsenbly , Con6iderlng thet one of
the conditloixs necessary to facllitate Unlted Natlons action to lronote reepect for the rlebt of sel-f-oeterrdnation of peoples and natlons, ln partlcu]ar rith regp,rd to the peopl-es of Non-SeLfGovernlng TerrltorieB, i6 that the conpetent olgelxs of the Unlted Netlons sbould be in posseBslon of offlclal ibforaatLon on the governnent of tbese ma"i
+^?J ac
, Novenbe" 1947 ln vbich lt of sucb ilfortratlon ltae entlrely ,in cotfornlty wttb the sp1]|it of Artlcl-e ?Je of the Char"ter, and Bhoul-d Reca]-ling its ?esolrtlon il+lr(ff) of declared that t\e voLunt€^rlr tfansmlesion
tberefore be encou?aged, Reca].llog lte }esolution ,2?(W) of 2 Decerrber 1949 in \thtch it expreosed the hope that 8uc! of the.Members of the Ualted Natlons as had nit done €o nigbt vo]-rrntari.ly includ.e detalls on the govarnroent of NoDSeff-Governlng terrltolies 1n the inforrnatioa transoltte'l by then uJrder Arblcl-e Tre of the, ChErter, Considering that at.tbe present time 6ueh lnforre'tlon h€'s not yet been furnished 1n respect of a large nunber of Non-SeLf-Governlng Terrlto"ie '1. Reconeendg Sbateg Menbere..gf the United Natlons responsibl-e for tbe adninlgtratlon of ntron -SeLf -Gorerning Tertitorles voluntarlly to include in the lnfornatlon transnitted by tbeur lmder Article 7le of the charter detalls re gg,rat't ng the erbent to rthlch the riglt of trPoptres e'ntl natloas to and seLf -deternlnatloa 19 exercleeal by the lEoples of those TerrltorieB' thelr po].itlcal progresB anA the Eeasures taken to in parbicular "ega"tll4g devel"op thelr calac1ty for self-adminiotratlor, to Eatlefy thel'r po11tical asp5-ratlono a.nd to proncte the progressive d.eve].olment of their free Dol-itlcs,1 iDBtltutlons
:
EI6!fD!
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to place thlB resol-utlon on the agenda of the Comlttee on fnfor:matlon fron Non-se1f-Gove"nlng Tervitorles for 1ts nexl sesslon in Decicles
r95r.
Draft IIre
re
solutlou
C
General_ AesenbLy,
Coneiileriog that lt 16 neceBsary to contiDue the study of nayB end means of ensurlng ll3ternatlona]. for the rigtrt of peobfes to self"eslEct detennlne,tion, ConBitlering that the reconmendatlons 1t has adopted. at ilts Beventh sesslon do not represent the only 6teps that can be taken to promote re epect for such rlght, I. Requests the Economlc a^ndl Soclal_ CormcLL to aek the Cornlesion on Human Rigbts to continue pr€partng reccmmend€,t1ong col]cerblng
for the rlght of peopl-es to sel-:f -deterrlnatLon, and parblcul-arl-y rel€,tlbg to the stels rrhlch nlgtLt be taken, "eco@endatlons .ll-lthln the llynltE of thelr reBources and ccmpetence, by the varlous orga.ne of the Unlted Natlons and the speclal.ized agencies to devel-op interr:et1onal respect for the rt@t of trEop]-eg to self-d.eternlaatlon; 2. Requests. ttre Comission oE Huran Rigbts to subnlt Fhrougb the Econcmlc and Social- Council lts recomentlatlona to the General AsBer0bl-y. interD€,t1onal-. respect
