Transfer of the Assets of the League of Nations

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A Resolution of the General Assembly, published in 1947.

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2 versions · 1947–1948

This is an older version — the most recent is A/RES/250(III)

Year	Symbol	Title	Word length	Text similarity
1948	A/RES/250(III)	Transfer of the assets of the League of Nations	231	4%Compare
1947	A/RES/79(I)	Transfer of the Assets of the League of Nations	2,673	–

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1 report · 1948

Year	Symbol	Title		Mandate resolution
1948	A/604	Transfer of the assets of the League of Nations report of the Secretary-General		A/RES/79(I)

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4 subjects

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32 operative paragraphs

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L'Accord concernant J'e>.écution du transfert aux Nations Unies de certains avoirs de la nocumcnts A/116 et A/116/Add. 1.

asscts of the League ot Nauo,:•, alilt thc Protoco! concerning the execution ot various opn ah<ln; in the transfer to the Unitcd Natiom ol nTlaÍ'I assets of the Lcaguc o( Nations, arri\nl a, in a1 cordance with thc provisions of the Common Plan with respcct to the transfcr of certain assets of the League o[ Nations, are approvcd as they appear in Annexes I and 11 to this resolution.

The Secretary-General is authorized to prepare a definite schedule for establishing a final valuation of these assets, in accordance with the terms of the Common Plan, in consultation with the Advisory Committee on Administrative aml Budgetary Questiom and the Lcaguc authorities; and therefore that su<..11 a ,c.hcdulc agrcc,l upon by the Advisory Committcc, thc Lcague authorities and the Scn-etary-Cencral shall be considered as final.

Fif tieth plenm-y meeting,

7 December Jg46.

Annex Agreement concerning the execution of the transfer to the United Nations of certain Assets of the League of Nations, signed on

19 July 1946 Whereas the General Assembly of the United Nations, by a rcsolution adopted on 12 February 1946, and the Assembly of ,he Lcague of Nations, by a resolution adoptcd on 18 April 1946, respectively approved the Common Plan1 for the transfer to the United Nations of certain assets of the League of Nations, on the financia! conditions mcntioned in tite aforesaid Plan.

The League of Nations, represented by Mr. Sean Lester, Secretary-Gcneral, and the United Nations represrnted by M. Wlodzimierz Modcrow, Director, representative of the Secretary- General of the United Nations at Grneva, have concluded the prcsent Agreement for the purpose of determining the details of the transfcr of the ownership of tite asscts in question, apart from the financia!

conditions mentio11ccl rn thc Common Plan.

Article I The transfer of rights in respect of immovable property shall relate to the following items:

Ali transferahle rights which, in virtue of the Agreement concluded on 26 March 1929 between the Swiss Confederation and the League of Nations, the lattcr possesses over the Ariana site ami the buildings erccted by it on that sitc;

The rights possessed by the League o[ Nations in respcct of the Sécheron property, as defined in the Agreement of 26 March 1929,

refcrred to in paragraph I above;

The full owncrship enjoyed by the League of Nations in properties situated in l'exé.:ution de diverses opérations de transfert :--.íati,111s l !nics, qui ont été conclus coníormC:·- rncnt aux dispositiuns du Plan commun relatil au nansfcrt de certains avoirs de la Société des Nations, sont approuvés tels qu'ils figurent aux annexes I et II de la présente résolution.

2. Le Secrétaire général est autorisé a dresser un inventaire précis en vue d'établir une évaluation définitive de ces avoirs, conformément aux dispositions du Plan commun, en se concertant

la Société des Nations. En conséquence, l'inven-

général sera consídéré comme définitif.

Cinquantieme séance pléniere,

le 7 décembre 1946 Annexe 1 Accord concernant l'exécution du transfert de certains avoirs de la Société des Nations ci l'Organlsation des Nations Unies, signé le

19 juillet 1946 Considérant que l'Assemblée générale de l'Oren date <lu 12 février 1946, et que l'Assemblée date du 18 avril 1946, ont respectivement donné lcur approbation au Plan commun 1 pour le transfert de certains avoirs de la Société des Nations a l'Organisation des Nations Unies, daos les conditions financieres prévues par ledit plan,

La Société des Nations,

rcprésentée par M. Sean Lester, Secrétaire général, et l'Orga• nisation des Nations Unies, réprésentée par M. Wlodzimierz Moderow, Dircctcur, représentant du Secrétaire général des Nations Unies fl Geneve, ont conclu le préscnt accord afin de régler les modalités du transfcrt de propriété des avoirs en question, mises a part les conditions financieres mentionnées dans le Plan commun.

Article 1 Le transfert de droits relatifs a des immeubles portera sur les élémcnts suivants:

Tous les droits cessibles qu'en vcrtu de

n tcrrain;

tions dans la propriété de Sécheron, tels qu'ils 1929 visée au paragraphe I précédent;

Geneva and at Pregny, with an area of 103,446 square metres, consisting of various plots of land with four villas and their outbuildings;

The following rights:

The servitudes constituted in favour of the League o( Nations in the Bill of Sale dated 14 June 1938, by which the Latvian Govcmment acquired a property situated in the Commune of Geneva (Petit-Saconnex district) , and the right of pre-emption reserved to the League of Nations;

The servitudes constituted in favour o( the League o( Nations in the Bill o( Sale dated 7 March 1940, concluded between the Société immobiliere de la Place des Nations and the League of Nations, and the right of purchase reserved to the League of Nations.

Article 2 The transfer of rights in respect of movable property shall relate to the following iteras:

The fittings, fumiture, office equipment and books and the stock of supplies which are in the aforementioned premises and which are the property of the League of Nations;

The books and collenions of the Library;

The fittings, fumiture, office equipment and books and the stock of supplies for the use o( the Permanent Court of International Justice which are the property af the League of Nations;

The fittings, furniture, office equipment and books and the stock of supplies which are or were in the branch offices of the League of Nations and which have remained the property of the League of Nations;

Any fittings, furniture, office equipment,

books and stock of supplies which would become the property of the League of Nations in consequence of the dissolution of organizations or institutes subsidiary thereto;

The stocks of supplies held by suppliers, which are the property of the League of Nations;

The archives of the League of Nations and of the Permanent Court of International Justice;

Ali other corporeal property belonging to the League of N ations.

Article J It is understood that gi(ts ·.presented to the League of Nations by Governments, public bodies or private individuals, whether they have become part of -the buildings or whether they have retained the character of movable property, shall be transferred to the United Nations on the same terms as those on which the said gifts were presented.

Article 4 It is recalled that, in accordance with the terms of the Common Plan:

The International Labour Organization may use the Assembly Hall together with the Geneve et a Pregny, d'une s11pcrfic.ic de 203.441;

metres carrés et consistant en divers terrains

Les droits suivams:

a) Les servitudes constituées au profit de du 14 juin 1938 au Gouvernemcnt leuon d'une propriété s~é dans la commune de droit de préempti,>11 réscrvé a la Société des Nations;

/J) Les serviwdes constituécs au profit de

des Nations, et Je droit d'emption réservé a la Société des Nations.

Article 2

biliers portera sur les éléments suivants:

a) Les installations, mobilier, matéricl de bureau, livres et le stock de fournitures se propriété de la Société des N ations;

b) l.es livres et rnllections de la bibliotheque,

e) Les installations, mobilier, matériel de burcau, livres et le stock de fournitures a J'usage de la Cour permanente de Justice interdes Nations;

d) Les installations, mobilier, matériel de trouvent ou se trouvaient dans les bureaux

t') Les installations, mobilier, matériel de

de la dissolution d'organisations ou d'instituts dépendant d'elle;

/) Les stocks de fourniwres en dépót chez Société des Natious;

de la Cour permanente de Justice intemationale;

h) Et toute autre propriété corporelle appa1 tena111 a la Société des Nations.

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sonncs publiques ou privées, qu'ils aient üé incorporés aux batiments ou qu'ils aient conservé le caractcre de meubles, sont transférés a J'Orga-

Article 4 11 ,·st rappelé qu'aux termes du Plan commun:

a) L'Organisation internationale du Tra-

141. necessary committee rooms, offi.ce accommodation and other facilities connected therewith at times and on financia} terms to be agreed &om time to time between the United Nations and the lnternational Labour Organization;

and

The International Labour Organization may use the Library under the same conditions as other offi.cial users thereof.

Article 5 The United Nations shall assume the following obligations which the League of Nations has undertaken to transfer to the acquirers of certain of its immovable property, namely:

As provided in the Act of 2 July 1940,

by which the Republic and Cantan of Geneva sold to the League of Nations the landed property situated in the Commune of Geneva,

Petit-Saconóex district (plot 7033, sheet 4, with an area of 19 ares and 91 metres), the buyer,

in the event of re-sale, shall undertake not to exercise his right to build on the said plot otherwise than in conformtiy with the legal provisions relevant in the matter;

As provided in Article 3 of the Agreement of 20 February 1941,-between the Services industriels de Geneve and the League of Nations, obligations in respect of underground mains shall be transferred to the acquirer of the land;

As provided in Article 6 of the Arrangement of 18 July 1942, between the Swiss Postal and Telegraph Services and the League of Nations, obligations in respect of underground mains shall be transferred to the acquirer of the land.

Article 6 The movable objects transferred shall be listed in an inventory drawn up by the League of Nations and verified jointly by the United Nations at the time of the transfer. • Article 7 The transfers provided for in the present Agreement shall take place on 1 August 1946.

Article 8

In conformity with item 8 of the report by the Committee of the United Nations accompanying the Common Plan (United Nations document A/18, 28 January .1946), the United Nations shall, during the liquidation of the League of Nations, allow the latter to use without any charge the premises and the furniture and equipment with which they are provided, together with the supplies necessary for the continuation of its activities until the date of the transfer of the said activities to the United Nations or of their termination.

Subsequently, for the work of liquidation of the League of Nations until the completion of autres installations nécessaires, aux dates et conditions financieres convenues, de temps a autre, eñtre les Nations Unies et l'Organisation internationale du Travail;

b) L'Organisatioo intei:nationale du Tram-émes conditions que les autres usagers offi.

ciels de cette Bibliotheque.

Article 5 Les Nations Unies souscrivent les obligations a transmettre aux acquéreurs de certains de ses immeubles, savoir:

ton de Geneve a vendu a la Société des Nations l'in,meuble sis en la commune de Geneve,

section Petit-Saconnex (parcelle 7033, feuille 4,

de 19 ares 91 metres) en cas de revente,

l'acheteur s'obligera a n'exercer son droit de construire sur ladite parcelle qu'en confor-

tions, les obligations concernant les canalisations souterraines seront transmises a I'acquéreur du terrain;

e) Ainsi qu'il est prévu dans I'arrangemem

Société des Nations, les obligations concernant les canalisations souterraines seront transmises 'a l'acquéreur du terrain.

Article 6 Les objets mobiliers transférés feront l' objet

Unies lors du transfert.

Article 7

s'effectueront a la date du 1" aout 1946.

Article 8

Comité des Nations Unies accompagnant le Plan commun (document des Nations Unies A/18, 28 janvier 1946), l'Organisation des Nations Unies accordera gratuitement a la Société des Nations en liquidation l'usage des locaux, du fournitures néccssaires pour la continuation de activités a l'Organisation des Nations Unics ou de leur terminaison.

tion de la Société des Nations jusqu'a I'acheve-

142. that liquidation, the United Nations shall grant, free of charge, the use of the premises and the furniture and cquipment with which they are provided and available supplies in reasonable quantities.

Article 9 A protocol shall be drawn up between the League of Nations and the United Nations in order, if need be, to supplement the present Agreement and to setde any practicaLquestions arising out of the transfer.

Article 10 The present Agreement shall enter into force on the date on which it shall have been signed by the Secretary-General of the League o[ Nations and the Secretary-General of the Unitcd Nations, o;:- by their representatives.

DONE AND SIGNED AT GENEVA 0N 19 jULY 1946, in four copies, two in French and two in English, the texts in both languages being equally authentic, of which two texts, one French and one English, were handed to the representatives of the League of Nations and the two remaining texts to the representatives of the United Nations.

For the League of Nations:

Signed

Sean LESTER For the United Nations:

Signed

W. MoDEROW Annex 11 Protoc:ol c:onc:erning the exec:ution of various operations in the transfer to the United Nations of c:ertain Assets of the League of Nations, signed 1 August 1946 Mr. Sean LESTER, Secretary-General of the Lcague of Nations, and Mr. Wlodzimierz Moo- ER0W, Director, Representative of the Secretary- General of the United Nations in Geneva:

Note that, in application of the Common Plan, approved by a resolution of the General Assembly of the United Nations, dated 12 February 1946, and by a resolution of the Assembly of the League of Nations, dated 18 April 1946, and of a subsequent Agreement <lated 19 July 1946, concerning the execution of the transfer to the United Nations of certain assets of the League of Nations, the following operations were effected on 1 August 1946:

The transfer of rights in respect of the Lcaguc o[ Nations buildings and other immovabk propcrty was effectcd on I August 1946, ami the necessary entries having beco made this day in the Land Register of thc Republic and Canton of Geneva.

The transfer of the owncrship and possession of the movable property was also effected on

1 August 1946.

In accordance with Article 6 of the Agreement of 19 July 1946, the movable objects transferred have been listed in an inventory drawn up by the League of Nations which is in course of being verified by the United ment de celle-ci, l'Organisation <les N atio1b Unics accordera gratuitement l'usage de~ lut·aui-. fournitures existantes daos une mesure raison nable.

Article 9

:\'ations et les Nations Unies, si besoin en est, questions pratiques soulevées par le transfert.

Article 10 Le présent accord entrera en vigueur le jour oü il aura re~u les signatures du Secrétaire génégénéral de l'Organisation des Nations Unies ou de leurs mandataires.

en quatre exemplaires, deux en fran~ais et dcux en anglais - les textes franc;ais et anglais faisant égalcment foi - anglais, ont été remis aux représentants de la des Nations Unies.

(Sign¿) Sean LESTER Pour les Nations Unies:

(Sigr,¿) W. MoDEROW Annexe 11 Protocole c:oncernant l'exéc:ution de diverses opérations de transfert de c:ertains avoirs de signé le 1 er aoút 1946 M. Sean Lt.STER, Secrétaire général de Lt Société des Nations et M. Wlodzimicn MoDER0W, Dirccteur, représentant du Secrétaire général des Nations Unies a Geneve:

Corulalent qu'en application du Plan com- 12 février 1946 de l'Asscmbke générale des Na-

faisant suite concernant l'exécution du transfert N ations U nies, les opérations suivantes avaicnt été dfectuées a la date du 1"' aout 1916:

Le tra~sfert de droits relatifs au Palais mcubles s'est effectué le 1"' aout 1946, les inscriptions requises ayant été portées ce jour au registre foncier de la République et canton de Geneve.

session des biens mobiliers s'est également efícctué le 1°' aout 1946.

Conformément a l'article 6 de l'Accord du 19 juillct 1946, les objets mobiliers transférés ont fait l'objet d'un inventaire établi par la Société des Nations qui est en cours de vérification contradictoire par les Nations Unies_ 148

Nations. A protocol will l'le drawn up placing on record the completion of this operation.

A final valuation of the assets will be madc in accordance with thc terms of the Common Plan. It will be thc subject of a spccial protocol.

Signed

Sean LESTER,

W. MODEROW Geneva, 1 August 1946.

1 Cf.: For 1he Unilcd Nalions, document A/ 18 of 28 Jan- 1 Voir: pour l'Organisation des Nations Unies, tlocu, uary 1946. Fur lhe Leag-ur of Nalions, document A/32 ment A/18 du 28 j,111,in l<)IG; po11r la So,i.-'1<' eles Nations, (1). 1916. X. Apprnd1x don11nent A/32/19.16. X. Appendire.

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