UN General Assembly
1946

This indeed is incumbent upon us by virtue of Chapter XI of the Charter, in which Members of the United Nations administering dependent territories have taken upon themselves the solemn pledge to accept as a sacred trust the obligation to promote to the utmost, within the system of international peace and security, the well-being of the inhabitants of the territories under their administration. We attach great importance to this Chapter of the Charter. In our view, it represents one of the most significant advances of the Charter over all previous instruments or international conventions. For this is the first time in history that such a pledge has been taken by the responsible nations of the world, and that a universal and official concern has been expressed for the fate of dependent peoples.