Question of the Future of Ruanda-Urundi

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A Resolution of the General Assembly, published in 1962.

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Burundi Civil and Political Rights Conferences Development Assistance Establishment Experts Human Rights Law Enforcement Members Military Personnel Repatriation Ruanda-Urundi Rwanda Terms of Reference Training Programmes Troop Withdrawal

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Endorses the recommendations of the Committee on South West Africa that:

A special intensive type of fellowship programme should immediately be organized to train the largest possible number of indigenous inhabitants of the Territory of South West Africa in the functions and techniques of administration and in the fields of economics, law, health and sanitation, and in such other fields as may be necessary;

( b) In addition, Member States should be invited to make available scholarships for study abroad by South West African students;

Decides to establish such a special training programme for South West Africans, including technical education, education for leadership and teacher training;

Requests the Secretary-General, in establishing such a special training programme for the indigenous people of the Territory, to make use as fully as possible of the existing United Nations programmes of technical co-operation, and particularly to make available to those indigenous inhabitants of the Territory who are and who may be temporarily residing in various countries and territories outside South West Africa the benefits of such programmes, with the consent and the co-operation of the host Governments;

lnv.O'?s the specialized agencies to co-operate in the establishment and implementation of the special training programme mentioned above, by offering every possible assistance and such facilities and resources as they may be able to provide;

Invites Member States to make available, directly or through voluntary agencies, for the use of South West Africans all-expense scholarships both for the completion of secondary education and for various forms of higher education;

Requests Member States to inform the Secretary- General of any scholarships offered and of awards made and utilized ;

Requests the Secretary-General to establish ap- 7. propriate machinery for dealing with applications from South West Africans for education and training outside the Territory;

Requests Member States to facilitate the travel of South West Africans seeking to avail themselves of such educational opportunities;

Requests the Secretary-General to consult with the United Nations Special Committee for South West Africa22 concerning the implementation of the present resolution, and to report thereon to the General Assembly at its regular session.

19 December 1961. • See resolution 1702 (XVI) of 19 December 1961, para. 2.

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17 43 (XVI). Question of the future of Ruanda-Urundi

Expresses its appreciation to the United Nations Commission for Ruanda-Urundi and to the Special Commission for the Amnesty established under General Assembly resolution 1605 (XV) and their staffs for the performance of the tasks entrusted to them, and c_o~gratulates the peoples of Ruanda-Urundi, the political l:aders, the representatives of the Administering Authority, all those who co-operated effectively with the Commissions ;

Decides to establish a Commission for Ruanda- Urundi-composed of five Commissioners representing five Member States to be elected by the General Assembly-which may, whenever it deems it advisable invite the representatives of the Administering Au~ thority and of the Governments of Rwanda and Burundi to attend its meetings;

Requests the Commission to proceed immediately to the Territory with a view to ensurino- the achievement, -yith the full co-operation of the bAdministering A~tho_nty and national authorities, of the following ob1ect1ves:

The reconciliation of the various political factions in the Territory;

( b) The return and resettlement of all refugees ;

• Official Records of the General Assembly, Sixteenth Session, Annexes, addendum to agenda item 49 (A/4994 and Add.1 and Corr.1). "'Ibid., agenda item 49, document A/C.4/532.

The guaranteeing of human rights and fundamental freedoms, including freedom of expression and association and political activity in peaceful conditions;

( d) The maintenance of law and order;

( e) Arrangements for the training of indigenous forces with the help of experts or a training mission provided by the United Nations, and the rapid withdrawal of Belgian military and paramilitary forces, to be completed before independence, with the exception of such personnel wh9se retention, in the view of the Commission in consultation with the authorities of Ruanda-U rundi and the Administering Authority and without prejudice to the sovereign rights of the future independent Ruanda-Urundi and subject to the latter's subsequent ratification, may be considered necessary as an interim measure;

Requests the Commission to convene as soon as possible, at Addis Ababa, a high-level conference presided over by the Chairman of the Commission and composed of five representatives each of the Government of Rwanda and Burundi headed by their respective Chiefs of Government, with a view to finding a mutually acceptable formula for the creation of the closest possible form of political, economic and administrative union, the role of the Commission being to endeavour to reconcile the points of view of the two Governments and to put forward such concrete proposals as would lead to the achievement of the aforementioned objective; in this task the Commission will, at its request, be provided by the Secretary-General with the assistance of judicial, financial and economic, military and police, and technical assistance advisers ;

Requests the Commission to see that all powers of internal autonomy are transferred to the Governments of Rwanda and Burundi at a date not later than 30 April 1962;

Further requests the Commission to submit a report, before 1 June 1962, to the General Assembly at its resumed sixteenth session in respect of the progress made towards the achievement of the objectives stated in paragraphs 3, 4 and 5 above, such report to include recommendations as to :

The necessary arrangements and modalities for the final transfer of power;

( b) The assistance that the United Nations can provide to deal with the social and economic problems of the Territory;

The time-table for the withdrawal of the personnel, if any, retained as an interim measure under paragraph 3 (e) above;

Envisages setting 1 July 1962 as the date for the termination of the Trusteeship Agreement, subject to General Assembly approval upon examination of the report of the Commission at the resumed sixteenth session, which the Assembly decides to call in the first week of June 1962 to consider exclusively the question of Ruanda-U rundi ;

Considers that the implementation of the provisions of the present resolution will ensure the emergence of Ruanda-Urundi to independence in an atmosphere of peace and tranquillity and the termination of the Trusteeship Agreement at the resumed session envisaged in paragraph 7 above ;

Requests the Administering Authority and appeals to the Governments and people of Ruanda-Urundi to co-operate fully with the Commission in the performance of its tasks;

Decides to maintain this item on the agenda of the present session without closing the debate thereon and authorizes the Commission, should circumstances so require, to return to United Nations Headquarters and request the President of the General Assembly immediately to reconvene the Assembly to consider exclusively the question of Ruanda-Urundi;

Requests the Secretary-General to provide the Commission with the necessary facilities and assistance in the performance of its tasks, and, in particular, to provide experts and military observers for the purposes envisaged in paragraphs 3 ( d) and ( e) and 4 of the present resolution.

23 February 1962.

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At its 1106th plenary meeting, on 23 February 1962, the General Assembly elected, by secret ballot, the members of the Commission for Ruanda-Urundi established under paragraph 2 of the above resolution.

The Commission is composed of five Commissioners representing the following Member States: HAITI, !RAN, LIBERIA, MoRocco and Toco.

1744 (XVI). Question of the Mwam~ of Rwanda

Requests the Commission for Ruanda-Urundi 1. established under General Assembly resolution 1743

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of 23 February 1962, as a matter of urgency, to engage in talks with the Administering Authority, the Government of Rwanda, and the Mwami and his representatives with a view to reaching agreement, on a mutually acceptable basis, for the peaceful settlement of the question of the future of the M wami ;

Requests the Commission to include, as part of its report to the General Assembly at its resumed sixteenth session, the results of the talks envisaged in

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