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This passage could really oily be needed, question of the Charte-of-ligations is raved PRIVATE MEMBERS MOTION: DEPENDENT TERRITORIES:
15 APRIL
DRAFT PASSAGE FOR INCLUSION IN MINISTER'S SPEECH.
3.
The British Government bases the administration of
its dependent territories on the provisions of the UN
Charter. Our obligations in respect of our dependent
territories are laid down in Articles 73 and 74. I
should like to read to the House the key passages from
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;
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b. to develop self-government, to take due account
of the political aspirations of the peoples,
and to assist them in the progressive develop-
ment of their free political institutions
!according
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