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Rural Economic Development of the Trust Territories

A/RES/1208(XII)No PDF available

Who created this mandate?

A Resolution of the General Assembly, published in 1958.

What other versions does this mandate have?

3 versions · 1951–1958
  • 1958A/RES/1208(XII)Rural economic development of the Trust TerritoriesLatestCompare with previous version
  • 1952A/RES/561(VI)Rural economic development of the Trust TerritoriesCompare with previous version
  • 1951A/RES/438(V)Rural economic development of the Trust Territories

iVersions are identified automatically by matching titles within the same organ (~97% accuracy on a manual audit).

What subjects does this mandate have?

5 topics
Economic DevelopmentLand TenureLand UseRural DevelopmentTrust Territories

What does this mandate say?

3 operative paragraphs
1
Decides, in order to facilitate the eventual study by the General Assembly of problems of land tenure, land utilization and land alienation in the Trust Territories, to invite the appropriate specialized agencies, particularly the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations and the International Labour Organisation to submit to the Trusteeship Council their observations and suggestions concerning these problems;
2
Recommends to the Trusteeship Council that it ensure, through the Committee on Rural Economic Development of the Trust Territories or by such other means as it deems appropriate, the early submission of its study of the prevailing policies, laws and practices relating to land tenure, land utilization and land alienation in Trust Territories, taking into account the present and future needs of the indigenous inhabitants from the standpoint of the basic objectives of the International Trusteeship System and the future economic requirements of the Territories, as well as the social and economic consequences of the transfer of land to non-indigenous inhabitants ;
3
Requests the Trusteeship Council to include the results of this study in its next report to the General Assembly.
729th plenary meetino,
13 December 1957.

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