Petition From Miss Margery F. Perham Concerning South West Africa

A/RES/938(X)View PDF

Who adopted this document and its mandates?

A Resolution of the General Assembly, published in 1956.

What subjects does this mandate have?

7 subjects

Higher Education Namibians Passports Petitions Scholarships South Africa Students

What’s in this document?

3 operative paragraphs

/ s of the opjnion that the withholding of a passport from a quahfied student for the purpose of atudying abroad is not only a direct interference in the educational and general advancement of an individual but a hindrance to the educational development of the Territory of South West Africa which was entrusted under the Covenant of the League of Nations to the administration of the Union of South Africa;

Regrets that the Government of the Union of South Africa did not respond to the appeal addressed to it b:y the representatives of such an eminent educational institution as Oxford University;

Invites the Secretary-General to use bis good offices with the Govemment of the Union of South Africa in order to assist Mr. Himumuine to obtain a passport and all other administrative facilities so that he may avail himself of the scholarship granted to him by Oxford University.

550th plenary meelin~,

3 December 1955.

12 Jbid., annex II.

VI.

. Suf'Plement No. 12 (A/29! 1 ), i:!Jap. VIII and annex VIII.

Who adopted this document and its mandates?

What subjects does this mandate have?

What’s in this document?

Table of contents