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For more information about Aluka, please see http://www.aluka.org Report of the Special Committee on Territories under Portuguese Administration Alternative title A/5160 and Add. 1 and 2 Author/Creator United Nations General Assembly; Special Committee on Territories under Portuguese Administration Publisher United Nations Date 1962-00-00 Resource type Reports Language English Subject Coverage (spatial) Portugal, Lusophone Africa (region), Angola, Mozambique, Guinea-Bissau, Sao Tome and Principe, Cape Verde Coverage (temporal) 1962 Description By resolution 1699 (XVI) of 19 December 1961, the General Assembly decided to establish a Special Committee of seven members to examine, as a matter of urgency, within the context of Chapter XI of the Charter of the United Nations and relevant resolutions of the Assembly, such information as is available concerning Territories under Portuguese administration, and to formulate its observations, conclusions and recommendations for the consideration of the Assembly and any other body which the Assembly might appoint to assist it in the implementation of General Assembly resolution 1514 (XV) of 14 December 1960. Format extent 57 page(s) (length/size) http://www.aluka.org/action/showMetadata?doi=10.5555/AL.SFF.DOCUMENT.bmun001 http://www.aluka.org Addendum to agenda item 54 Addendum to agenda item 54 ANNEXES SEVENTEENTH SESSION NEW YORK, 1962 Agenda item 54: Non-compliance of the Government of Portugal with Chapter XI of the Charter of the United Nations and with General Assembly resolution 1542 (XV): report of the Special Committee on Territories under Portuguese Administration DOCUMENTS A/5160 AND ADD.1 AND 2* Report of the Special Committee on Territories under Portuguese Administration [Original text: English] [25 August 1962] CONTENTS Par aphs Page ABBREVIATIONS .......................... 2 LETTER OF TRANSMITTAL DATED 24 AUGUST 1962 FROM THE CHAIRMAN OF THE SPECIAL COMMITTEE ON TERRITORIES UNDER PORTUGUESE ADMINISTRATION TO THE ACTING SECREARY- GENERAL ...................2 PART ONE: ESTABLISHMENT OF THE COMMITTEE AND ORGANIZATION OF ITS WORK Seeimoo I. The work of the Committee ........ II. Communications with the Government of Portugal ........................ III. Hearing of petitioners .............. IV. Visit to Africa .................... V. Examination of information ......... PART TWO: THE SITUATION PREVAILING IN TERTORIES UNDER PORTUGUESE ADMINISTRATION UNTIL 31 DECEMBER 1960 INTRODUCTW ..................... I. Government ........................ A. Central government ........... B. Territorial government ......... II. Administrative organization and judiciary........................... A. Administrative organization ..... B. Judiciary ....................... III. Civil and political rights and the status of the inhabitants ............ A. Civil rights and the status of the inhabitants ..................... B. Political rights ................. IV. Education ................... ...... A. Aims and objectives of education B. School system .................. C. Review of educational conditions *Incorporating document A/5160/Corr.l. 1-9 2 10-16 17-29 30-37 38-43 44-47 48-63 48-51 52-63 64-88 64-80 81-88 89-119 89-108 109-119 120-178 120-127 128-133 134-178 Sect, i, V. Public health ....................... A. African Territories ............. B. Other Territories ............... V I. Labour ............................. VII. Economic conditions ................ Par-agraphs Page 179-197 20 179-188 20 189-197 21 192-222 22 223-249 25 PART THREE: THE SITUATION PREVAILING IN TERRITORIES UNDER PORTUGUESE ADMINISTRATION SINCE JANUARY 1961 INTRODUCTION ............................ 250-253 I. Political conditions: aspirations of the peoples and Portugal's reaction and, measures of repression .............. 254-314 II. Administrative and judicial organization ............................... III. Economic, social and educational conditions .......................... A. Economic policy and development B. Settlement and land concessions C. Labour ......................... D. Health, welfare and education .. 315-323 324-401 324-329 330-344 345-370 371-386 IV. The effects of the reforms .......... 387-401 PART FOUR OBSERVATIONS, CONCLUSIONS AND RECOMMENDATIONS ........................... 402-449 ANNEXES I. Members of the Committee ........ II. Resolution unanimously adopted by the Special Committee at its 13th meeting on 16 April 1962 .................. III. Itinerary and work in Africa ...... IV. M aps** ............................. ** Originally issued as documents A/5160/Add.1 and Z United Nations GENERAL ASSEMBLY Offlci Records tL Annexes (XVII) 54/Add.1 2 Geneal Aanmly-Seventeenth Seaion-Annexes ECA ILO NATO UNESCO WHO Abbreviations Economic Commission for Africa International Labour Organisation North Atlantic Treaty Organization United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization World Health Organization Letter of transmittal dated 24 August 1962 from the Chairman of the Special Committee on Territories under Portuguese Adminitration to the Acting Secretary-General I have the honour to transmit to you, in accordance with the provisions of paragraph 3 of resolution 1699 (XVI) adopted by the United Nations General Assembly on 19 December 1961, the report of the Special Committee on Terriiories under Portuguese Administration. Accept, Sir, the assurances of my highest consideration. (Signed) Zenon Rossmzs Part one. Establishment of the Committee and organization of its work L The work of the Committee 1. By resolution 1699 (XVI) of 19 December 1961, the General Assembly decided to establish a Special Committee of seven members to examine, as a matter of urgency, within the context of Chapter XI of the Charter of the United Nations and relevant resolutions of the Assembly, such information as is available concerning Territories under Portuguese administration, and to formulate its observations, conclusions and recommendations for the consideration of the Assembly and any other body which the Assembly might appoint to assist it in the implementation of General Assembly resolution 1514 (XV) of 14 December 1960. 2. At its 1087th meeting the General Assembly a roved the election of Bulgaria, Ceylon, Colombia, Cyprus, Guatemala, Guinea and Nigeria as members of the Committee. The list of members nominated by the Governments of the respective countries to the Committee appears as annex I to the present report. 3. The Committee held its first meeting on 1 March 1962 and elected Mr. Zenon Rossides (Cyprus) Chairman, Mr. Achkar Marof (Guinea) Vice-Chairman and Mr. H. 0. Wijegoonawardena (Ceylon) Rapporteur. 4. At that meeting, the Committee had before it an introductory note prepared by the Secretary-General.1 In this note the Secretary-General gave an account of the action he had taken to inform the Government of Portugal of the decisions of the General Assembly which had a bearing on the Territories enumerated in resolution 1542 (XV) of 15 December 1960 as NonSelf-Governing Territories under Portuguese administration, with particular reference to resolution 1699 (XVI) establishing the Committee. 5. Furthermore, in view of the fact that by the date of the convening of the Committee, the SecretaryGeneral had not received any information transmitted by the Government of Portugal in fulfilment of its obligations under Chapter XI of the Charter, he had prepared for the Committee background information 1. A,/AC10$/W. relating to political, economic, social and educational conditions in Territories under Portuguese administration, as called for in operative paragraph 4 of resolution 1699 (XVI). The background papers were distributed as provisional and restricted Committee papers.2 6. The Committee notes that under its terms of reference, as set out in resolution 1699 (XVI), the scope of its work covers Territories under Portuguese administration. In view of the fact that Slo Joo Batista d'Adjudi and Goa and dependencies were no longer under the administration of Portugal, having been nationally united with Dahomey and India, respectively, the Committee decided at its third meeting that, although these Territories were enumerated by the General Assembly in resolution 1542 (XV) of 15 December 1960, they no longer came within its purview. The present report therefore covers the following Territories enumerated in the aforementioned resolution: (a) The Cape Verde Archipelago; (b) Guinea,
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