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UNITED NATIONS CHARTER ON DEPENDENT TERRITORIES
1.
The administration of the Dependent Territories is guided
by our obligations under the UN Charter. Our obligations in
respect of our Dependent Territories are laid down in Articles
73 and 74.
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 recognise 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)
(b)
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;
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."
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