Attainment of Independence by the Trust Territory of Somaliland Under Italian Administration by 1960

A/RES/755(VIII)View PDF

Who adopted this document and its mandates?

A Resolution of the General Assembly, published in 1954.

What subjects does this mandate have?

18 subjects

Agricultural Development Boundaries Economic Development Educational Programmes Elections Ethiopia Independence Indigenous Peoples Industrial Development Military Expenditures Public Administration Schools Social Development Somaliland Under Italian Administration Teacher Training Technical Cooperation Visiting Missions Vocational Training

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6 operative paragraphs

N ates 'With appreciation the efforts made by the Administering Authority in Somaliland to fulfil the obligations laid down in the Charter and in the Trusteeship Agreement;

Recommends that the Administering Authority, in consultation with the Advisory Council, should continue to take the necessary steps to prepare the Somali people progressively for the attainment of complete independence, and to that end:

The Territorial Council should be granted the powers of a legislative organ and its members should be elected by the people on the basis of universal adult suffrage;

( b) The administration of Somaliland should be progressively_ transferred to the indigenous inhabitants as a necessary preliminary to its assumption of independence;

( c) A general economic plan for the Territory should be completed without delay, taking into account the recommendations 22 of the United Nations Technical Assistance Mission to the Trust Territory of Somaliland under Italian administration, particular attention being paid to methods for developing basic economic resources such as agriculture and stock-breeding, and to possibilities for improving and expanding existing industries;

Efforts should be made to increase the revenue in order to balance the budget as soon as possible, and to that effect expenditures for military and police forces should be reduced to the indispensable minimum;

( e) Use of technical assistance facilities provided by the United Nations and the specialized agencies to assist in economic development and the improvement of social and educational conditions in the Territory should be encouraged ;

22 See United Nations Publication, Sales Number: 1953.II. H.2.

_ {f) Efforts sl--ould be intensified to . increase the number and improve the quality of public elementary and secondary schools; training for indigenous teachers should be expedited; a mass education programme should be instituted; attention should be devoted to vocational trahing, particularly in agricultural and veterinary science; and facilities for further studies should be expanded by granting ~n adequate number of s~~olarships to enable Somalis to take advanced trammg courses abroad ;

( g) Review should be continued of all special leg:islation relating to Somaliland which was enacted pnor to the trusteeship administration and which is still in effect, with a view to revising legislation found to be inconsistent with the letter or the spirit of the Trusteeship Agreement ;

Recommends also to the Governments of Jtaly and Ethiopia that they should intensify their efforts to achieve a final, just, equitable and friendly settlement of the question of the frontier between the State of Ethiopia and the Trust Territory of Somaliland in order that this problem may be finally settled before the date appointed for the attainment of independence by Somaliland ;

Requests the Advisory Council, in its annual report, to give precise information on the implementation of the present resolution, together with its observations, comments or suggestions as to the means of carrying out the recommendations contained in the resolution.

9 December 1953.

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