UNITED STATES GOVERNMENT PRINTING OFFICE, WASHINGTON 25. D. C.

Puerto Rico and the Virgin Islands

Significance of Dependent Areas in World War II

Western Hemisphere Areas

Pacific Areas .

Caribbean and African Areas.

THE DEVELOPMENT OF UNITED NATIONS MACHINERY FOR

NON-SELF-GOVERNING TERRITORIES.

Secretary Hull's Proposal, March 1943

Dumbarton Oaks

Yalta .

San Francisco

Major Trusteeship Issues Debated

Independence

Equal Treatment

Security Considerations

Interim Period.

Composition and Status of Trusteeship Council

Petitions and Visits

Role of the United States

Provisions Adopted in Charter of the United Nations

Chapter XI: Non-Self-Governing Territories.

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Chapters XII and XIII: The Trusteeship System and Trusteeship

Non-Self-Governing Territories

Information Transmitted by the United States

Information Transmitted by Other Members of United Nations

General Assembly Resolution on the Transmission of Information

Conferences of Non-Self-Governing Peoples

Trusteeship Recommended for South-West Africa .

Trusteeship System.

Trusteeship Agreements Approved by General Assembly.

Trusteeship Council Organized

Functions of the Trusteeship Council

Annual Reports

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DEPARTMENT OF TRUSTEESHIP AND INFORMATION FROM

NON-SELF-GOVERNING TERRITORIES OF THE UNITED NA-

TIONS SECRETARIAT

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OTHER INTERNATIONAL AGENCIES CONCERNED WITH NON-

SELF-GOVERNING TERRITORIES.

Regional Advisory Commissions

The Caribbean Commission

South Pacific Commission

The United Nations and Specialized Agencies

International Labor Organization and Non-Self-Governing Ter-

ritories

Other Specialized Agencies

AMERICAN RESPONSIBILITIES IN THE FUTURE

SELECTED REferences

APPENDIXES: SELECTED DOCUMENTS

1. Article 22 of the Covenant of the League of Nations

2. Convention of Saint-Germain-en-Laye, 1919 (commercial-

3. The Atlantic Charter, August 14, 1941

4. The Cairo Declaration, December 1, 1943

5. Yalta Agreement Concerning Trusteeship

6. Trusteeship Chapters of the Charter of the United Nations

7. Article 43 of the Charter of the United Nations.

8. The Potsdam Declaration, July 26, 1945

9. Resolution on Non-Self-Governing Peoples Adopted by

the General Assembly February 9, 1946.

10. Resolution on Mandates Adopted by the Final Session of

the League of Nations Assembly on April 18, 1946

11. Joint Communiqué Establishing the Anglo-American

Caribbean Commission, March 9, 1942

12. An Agreement for the Establishment of the Caribbean

Commission, October 30, 1946 .

13. President Truman's Message to Second Session of West

Indian Conference, St. Thomas, Virgin Islands of the

United States, February 21, 1946

14. President Truman's Statement on Trusteeship, November

6, 1946

15. Draft Trusteeship Agreement for the Japanese Mandated

Islands under the Administration of the United States

16. Submission to the Security Council of United States Draft

Trusteeship Agreement for Japanese Mandated Islands:

Statement by Warren R. Austin, February 26, 1947

17. Trusteeship Agreement for the Territory of Tanganyika

18. Trusteeship Agreement for the Territory of the Cameroons

under French Administration

19. Trusteeship Agreement for the Territory of New Guinea.

20. Trusteeship Agreement for the Territory of Western Samoa

21. General Assembly Resolutions of December 14, 1946

A. South-West Africa

B. Transmission of Information Concerning Non-Self-

Governing Territories under Article 73 (e) of the

Charter of the United Nations

C. Regional Conferences of Representatives of Non-Self-

Governing Territories

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