Imperial Valley press., 1945-07-02
CHAPTER XII
International TrustecShip
System
Article IS

The United Nations shall estab-
liSh under its authority an inter
national trustecShip system for the
administration ano supervision of
such territories - -~2y be placed
hereunder by subsequent individ
ual agreements. These territories
arc hereinafter referred to as trust
territories.
ArtiIe 76
The basic detectives Of the trrc-
teeship system. i'll accordance with
the Purpc ses of the United Nations
laid down in Article l Of the present
Charter. shall be:
a. To further international peace
and security;
b. To promote the political. eco
ncmic, social. and educational adj
vancement of the inhabitants of
the trust territories. ard their pro-
cressiye development towards self
government or independence as
may be appropriate to the partic-
ular circumstances of each territory
and its peoples and the freely ex-
pressed wishes of the peoples con-
cerned, and as may be provided by
the terms of each truSteeShIp
agreement;
c. To encourage respect for hu-
man rights and for fundamental
freedoms for all without distinc-
ton as to race, sex, language, or
religion. and to encourage recog-
milton of the interdependence of
the peoples of the world: and
d. To ensure equal treatment in
social, economic. and commercial
matters for all members of the
United Nations and their nationals,
and also equal treatment for the
latter i'm the administration of jus
tice. without prejudice to the at
tainment of the foregoing object
ives and subject to the provisions
of Article 80.
Article IL
l. The truSteeship syctem shall
apply to such territories in the fol-
lowing categOrieS a may be placed
Hereunder by means of tructeeship
agreements:
A. Territories now held under
mandate;
b. Territories which may be de-
tachct: from enemy states as re-
suit of the Second World War; and
c. Territories voluntarily placed
under the system by states respon-
sible for their administration.
2. 1t will be a matter for subse-.
quent agreement as to which ter
ritoriea in the foregoing categories
will be brought under the trustee
ship system and upon what terms.
Article 78
The truSteeShip system shall not
apply to territories which have
become Members of the United
Nations. relationship among which
shall be based on respect for the
principle of sovereign equality.
Article 70
The terms of truSteeShip for each
territory tc be placed under the
trusteeship system. including any
alteration Or amendment, shall be
agreed upon by the states directly
concerned. including the mandatory
power in the case of territories held
under mandate by member OF the
United Nations. and shall be ap-
proved as provided fer in Articles
83 and IS.
Article 80
/. Except as may be agreed upon
in individual trusteeship agree
mentS. made under Articles II, 70
and 81. placing each territory un-
der the trusteeship system. and un-
til such agreements have been con-
cluded, nothing in this Chapter
shall be construed in or Of itself to
alter in any manner the rights
whatsoever Cf any states or any
peoples or the terms OF existing
interna tional instruments to which
Members of the United Nations
may respectively be parties.
2 Paragraph l of this Article
shall not be interpreted as giving
grounds for delay or pc1tponement
of the negotiation and conclusion
of agreements for placing man
dated and other territories under
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