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VOLUME 8

STANDARD FORM

(ANNEX 22)

for the guidance of Members in the preparation of information to be transmitted under Article 73 e of the Charter

EXPLANATORY PREFACE

Section A

1. Chapter XI of the Charter of the United Nations is a Declaration regarding Non-Self-Governing Territories. Under Article 73 e, which forms part of the Chapter, Members of the United Nations which have or assume responsibilities for the administration of Territories whose peoples have not yet attained full

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measure of self-government accept the obligation:

"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."

2. The General Assembly of the United Nations, by resolution 142(11) adopted on 3 November 1947, approved a "Standard Form" for the guidance of Members in the preparation of information to be transmitted under Article 73 e. In 1948, by resolution 218 (III) adopted on 3 November, it amplified its previous resolution and in particular, while asking for the transmission of the most recent information available, recommended that Members should notify such changes in statistics and such other appreciable changes, including the progress of development programmes, as have occurred in the previous year and as affect the matters covered by Article 73 e of the Charter, bearing in mind that information already furnished need not be repeated if reference is made to the appropriate sources. By the same resolution, the Secretary- General was invited to prepare full summaries and analyses of the information transmitted during 1949 and thereafter at three-year intervals and, in the intervening years, annual supplements showing such changes in statistics and such other appreciable changes as have occurred in the previous year.

3. In 1951, the General Assembly approved a revision of the Standard Form on the recommendation of the Special Committee on Information transmitted under Article 73 e of the Charter.

4. The present edition is the Standard Form so revised.

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Section B

1. The points covered by the Standard Form in some cases relate to invariable conditions in the Territory, such as its arca and geography. In these cases, there would be no purpose in repeating information already provided. The same comment is applicable to such features as the natural resources and principal features of the economy of a territory, although here it would be of value if changes ascertained through, for example, geological surveys or the introduction of new crops were specifically mentioned.

2. A second type of information which is requested relates to long-term government policies and administrative organisation. It is suggested that, in these cases, the information need normally be provided once every three years (eg, in respect of the information transmitted in 1952 on conditions during the

previous calendar administrative year). On the other hand, it is desirable that, when information has been given on basic government policies, reference to such information should be specific each year, even if no change has occurred.

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3. A third type of information will be found for the most part to consist of the supply of relevant statistics for the year under consideration, and should be supplied in all detail each year.

4. In respect of the statistics requested on some of the subjects, recommended patterns are given in the Appendices. This presentation is followed in order that those Territories which deem it practicable may follow the patterns suggested, while other Territories may consider themselves free to provide the information as dictated by their existing resources or practices.

5. Wherever relevant to the conditions in the Territories, statistics should be classified so as to show the conditions and participation of the indigenous and non-indigenous populations (eg, staff, land distribution, school facilities). Information in particular is requested where, by law or administrative practice, there are any distinctions resulting from race or religion.

6. In cases where, under the provisions of any general convention on any economic, social or educational subject, information is transmitted to a central international

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