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international organizations and, where appropriate, with

national

organizations

after

consultation

with

the

Member of the United Nations concerned.

Article 72

1.

The Economic and Social Council shall adopt its

own rules of procedure, including the method of

selecting its President.

2.

The Economic and Social Council shall meet as

required in accordance with its rules, which shall

include provision for the convening of meetings

on the request of a majority of its members.

CHAPTER XI: DECLARATION REGARDING

NON-SELF-GOVERNING TERRITORIES

Article 73

Members of the United Nations which have or assume

responsibilities for the administration of territories whose

peoples

have

not

yet

attained

a

full

measure

of

self-government recognize the principle that the interests

of the inhabitants of these territories are paramount, and

accept as a sacred trust the obligation to promote to the

utmost, within the system of international peace and

security

established

by

the

present

Charter,

the

well-being of the inhabitants of these territories, and, to

this end:

a. to ensure, with due respect for the culture of the

peoples concerned, their political, economic, social, and

educational advancement, their just treatment, and their

protection against abuses;

b. to develop self-government, to take due account of the

political aspirations of the peoples, and to assist them in

the

progressive

development

of

their

free

political

institutions, according to the particular circumstances of

each territory and its peoples and their varying stages of

advancement;

c. to further international peace and security;

d. to promote constructive measures of development, to

encourage research, and to co-operate with one another

and,

when

and

where

appropriate,

with specialized

international

bodies

with

a

view

to

the

practical

achievement

of

the

social,

economic,

and

scientific

purposes set forth in this Article; and

e. to transmit regularly to the Secretary-General for

information

purposes,

subject

to

such

limitation

as

security and constitutional considerations may require,

statistical and other information of a technical nature

relating to economic, social, and educational conditions

in

the

territories

for

which

they

are

respectively

responsible other than those territories to which Chapters

XII and XIII apply.

Article 74

Members of the United Nations also agree that their

policy in respect of the territories to which this Chapter

applies, no less than in respect of their metropolitan

areas,

must

be

based

on

the

general

principle

of

good-neighbourliness, due account being taken of the

interests and well-being of the rest of the world, in social,

economic, and commercial matters.

CHAPTER XII: INTERNATIONAL TRUSTEESHIP

SYSTEM

Article 75

The United Nations shall establish under its authority an

international trusteeship system for the administration

and supervision of such territories as may be placed

thereunder by subsequent individual agreements. These

territories are hereinafter referred to as trust territories.

Article 76

The

basic

objectives

of

the

trusteeship

system,

in

accordance with the Purposes of the United Nations laid

down in Article 1 of the present Charter, shall be:

a. to further international peace and security;

b.

to

promote

the

political,

economic,

social,

and

educational advancement of the inhabitants of the trust

territories, and their progressive development towards

self-government or independence as may be appropriate

to the particular circumstances of each territory and its

peoples and the freely expressed wishes of the peoples

concerned, and as may be provided by the terms of each

trusteeship agreement;

c.

to

encourage

respect

for

human

rights

and for

fundamental freedoms for all without distinction as to

race,

sex,

language,

or

religion,

and

to

encourage

recognition 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

in

the

administration

of

justice,

without

prejudice to the attainment of the foregoing objectives

and subject to the provisions of Article 80.

Article 77

1 The trusteeship system shall apply to such territories in

the following categories as may be placed thereunder by

means of trusteeship agreements:

a. territories now held under mandate;

b. territories which may be detached from enemy states

as a result of the Second World War; and

c. territories voluntarily placed under the system by states

responsible for their administration.

2 It will be a matter for subsequent agreement as to

which

territories in the foregoing categories will be

brought under the trusteeship 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 79

The terms of trusteeship for each territory to 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 a Member of the

United Nations, and shall be approved as provided for in

Articles 83 and 85.

Article 80

1.

Except as may be agreed upon in individual

trusteeship agreements, made under Articles 77,

79,

and

81, placing each territory under the

trusteeship system, and until such agreements

have been concluded, nothing in this Chapter

shall be construed in or of itself to alter in any

manner the rights whatsoever of any states or

any peoples or the terms of existing international

instruments to which Members of the United

Nations may respectively be parties.

2.

Paragraph 1 of this Article shall not be interpreted

as giving grounds for delay or postponement of

the negotiation and conclusion of agreements for

placing mandated and other territories under the

trusteeship system as provided for in Article 77.

Article 81

The trusteeship agreement shall in each case include the

terms under which the trust territory will be administered

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