W O R L D H E A L T H O R G A N I Z A T I O N EXECUTIVE BOARD

ORGANISATION MONDIALE

Г2 LA SANTÉ EB5/27 \ / 25 November 1949

Fifth session ORIGINAL: ENGLISH

REVISION OF THE TRUSTEESHIP COUNCIL QUESTIONNAIRE AND THE STANDARD FORM FOR NON-SELF-GOVERNING

TERRITORIES

The WHO Panel of Experts on the revision of the Trusteeship

Council Questionnaire and the Standard Form for Non-Self-Governing

Territories met in Geneva from the 19 - 22 September 1949.

The Director-General now has the honour to transmit the

recommendations of this Panel to the members of the Executive Board

for their information. (Documents WHO/PHA/l and WHO/PHA/2)

W O R L D H E A L T H O R G A N I Z A T I O N

ORGANISATION MONDIALE DE LA SANTÉ

EXECUTIVE BOARD EB5/27. Add. 1 16 January 1950

Fifth Session

ORIGINAL: ENGLISH

INFORMATION FROM NON-SELF GOVERNING TERRITORIES TRANSMITTED UNDER ARTICLE 73e OF ÏHE CHARTER

The Director-General has the honour to bring to the attention of the

Executive Board the text of a note froa the. Secretary-General of the

United Nations transmitting the resolutions regarding the information from

non-self-governing territories transmitted under article 73e of the

Charter, which were adopted by the General Assembly on 2 December 1949

(see Appendix).

The World Health Organization has been represented at each session of

•the General Assembly's Special Committee on Information transmitted under

Article 73e of the Charter. Since the last meeting of the Executive

Board, the World Health Organization has convened a group of experts to

examine and make recommendations for the revision of the Standard Form in

so far as health problems are concerned; the Standard Form being the

basis on #iich Governments responsible for the non-self-governing terri-

tories report thereon. The views of the experts have been communicated

to the Secretary-General. The Director-General will continue to help

the Special Committee in its work and is prepared to give such direct

assistance as may prove possible upon the request of the responsible

governments.

In view of the importance of the health problems of the non-self-

governing territories the Executive Board may wish to adopt the following

resolution:

The Executive Board

NOTES the resolutions on information from the non-self-governing territories adopted by the United Nations General Assembly o.n 2 December 1949;

REQUESTS the Director-General to continue to assist the United Nations in its work regarding the non-self-governing territories.

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APPENDIX

20 December 1949

lt The Secretary-General of the United Nations presents his compliments to

the Director-General of the World Health Organization and has the honour to

draw attention to the resolutions concerning information from Non-Self-

Governing .Territories transmitted under Article 73e of the Charter which

were adopted by the General Assembly on 2 December 1949. In particular,

consideration is invited of the resolution concerning international

collaboration in regard to economic, social and educational conditions in

Non-Self-Governing Territories•

2. The resolution in its operative part?

"1, EMPHASIZES the importance of promoting the technical training of the inhabitants of the Non-Self-Governing

.Territories, and requests the Administering Members to co-pperate vrtien and where appropriate with specialized international bodies with a view to examining the possibility of providing adequate training facilities for these inhabitants in the fields of economic development, agriculture^ education, labour, public health and social welfare;

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2. REQUESTS the appropriate international bodits to take full account of conditions in the Non-Self-Governing Territories in work undertaken by them in connexion with economic development, the world census of agriculture, the study of soil erosian, the training of public health personnel，the study of problems o f ~ nutrition, the application of International Labour Conventions, the problem of migrant labour in Africa, the development of social welfare services, the prevention and treatment of juvenile

� delinquency, the study of the most appropriate means of improving housing in tropical regions, and the problems of higher education;‘

"3. INVITES the specialised agencies concerned to conmiunicat© annually to the United Nations information on the progress of the work indicated in the previous paragraph which would be of service in Non-Self-Governing Territories, including information on the extent to which their services have been provided for any of the Non-Self-Governing Territories；

"4t INVITES the specialized agencies to take account in their studies of the experience of various States in respect of the problems enumerated above；

"5. INVITES the Secretary-General to bring to the attention of the Administering Members and the specialized agencies concerned the comments made during the discussions in the Special Committee on Information transmitted under Article 73e of the Charter in relation to agriculture, education, labour, public health and

,social welfare;

1 二6. INVITES the Secretary-General to collaborate -with the specialized agencies in any necessary studies

5 taking as a basis

the information transmitted under Article 73e, together with any-relevant supplemental information and any relevant studies

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undertaken by the Economic and Social Council and by the Trusteeship Council with regard to Trust Territories�,

"7. FURTHER INVITES the Secretary-Gener.il, in his analyses of inrormation on Non-Self-Governing Territories to bo submitted to the General Assembly, to select such aspects of economic, social and educational problems as appropriately provide opportunities for possible co-operation -with the specialized international bodies, as provided in Article 73d of the Charter, with a view to the improvement of economic, social and educational conditions in the Non-Self-Governing Territories."

3» The following other resolutions also refer to the work of the

specialized agencies,

4. The resolution concerning the establishment of a Special Committee on

Information transmitted under Article 73e of the Charter, in paragraph 3s

"INVITES the Special Committee to examine^ in the spirit of paragraphs 3 and 4 of Article 1 and of Article 55 of the Charter, the summaries and analyses of information transmitted under ‘ Article 73e of the Charter on the economic, social and educational conditions in the Non-Self-Governing Territories, including any papers prepared by the specialized agencies and any reports or information on measures taken in pursuance of the resolutions adopted by the General Assembly concerning economic, social and educational conditions in the Non-Self-Governing Territories,"

5. The resolution concerning the work of the Special Committee on

Information transmitted under article 73e of the Charter, in its operativa

partí

"1. INVITES the Special Committee at its 1950 session, without prejudice to the consideration of the other two functional fields, to give special attention to the problems of education in the Non-Self-Governing Territories, with particular attention to development of training in- the economic and social fields3

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« INVITES members of the Special Committee to make special preparations in this field for the 1950 session, with a view to facilitating the constructive interchange of ideas and experience on such educational problems3

"3. INVITES the Secretary—Gensral to consult with the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization and other specialized agencies in order to secure their collaboration in the study of these problems."

6* The resolution concerning information on technical assistance accorded

to Non-Self-Governing Territories»

"REQUESTS the Secretary-General tc keep the Special Committee informed of the nature of the technical assistance which is accorded from time to time to Non-Self-Governing Territories by specialized international bodies."

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7» With regard to the resolutions and the discussions of information from

Ncn-SeIf-Governing Territories in the Special Committee and in the Fourth

Committee, the Secretary-General draws attention tc the reports of the

two committees and to various numbers of the summary records as indicated 、

in the attached annex,

8* Finally, the Director-General is informed that in respect of the

revision of the Standard Form for the guidance of Members in the preparatim

of information to be transmitted under article 73e cf the Charter^ the

I949 Special Committee took note of the assistance rendered by the

specialized agencies but agreed not to take any action leaving the question

open for consideration next year. The Secretary-General will accordingly

at a later date communicate tc the specialized agencies concerned a proposed

revision of the Standard Form which m 11 include the suggestions so far

received.

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ANNEX

Document Title

Report of the Special Committee

Report of the Fourth Committee

Texts of the resolutions as adopted by the General Assembly

Document Number

A/923

A/1159

A/1181 to A/1190

Summary Records

Resolution concerning international collaboration in regard to economic, social and educational conditions in Non-Self-Governing Territories

Resolution concerning the establishment of a Special Committee on Information transmitted under article 73e of the Charter

Resolution concerning the work of the Special Committee on Information, transmitted under article 73e of the Charter

Resolution concerning information on technical assistance accorded to Non-Self-Governing Territories

A/AC.28/SR.15

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A/C.4/SR.118 127

A/C.4/SR.114 120 121 122

A/C.4/SR.123

A/AC.28/SR.18 A/C.4/SR.127