708 Yearbook of the United Nations the Assembly in its consideration of this informa- Gold Coast Zanzibar Protectorate tion, and with a view to making recommendations Kenya Colony and Brunei Protectorate Fiji to the General Assembly regarding the procedures Malta Gilbert and Ellice Islands to be followed in the future and the means of en- Mauritius Colony suring that the advice, expert knowledge and expe- Hong Kong Bermuda rience of the specialized agencies would be used Malayan Union British Guiana to the best advantage". North Borneo British Honduras Sarawak Dominica The composition of the ad hoc Committee was Singapore Falkland Islands as follows: British Solomon Islands Jamaica Members transmitting information under Article 73 e of Protectorate St. Lucia the Charter: The Bahamas St. Vincent Australia, Belgium, Denmark, France, Netherlands, Barbados Trinidad and Tobago New Zealand, United Kingdom, United States. United States: Members elected by the General Assembly: Alaska Hawaii Brazil, China, Cuba, Egypt, India, Philippines, U.S.S.R., American Samoa Puerto Rico Uruguay. Guam Virgin Islands The ad hoc Committee met at Lake Success from August 28 to September 12, 1947. Representatives of the following specialized 2. Action Taken at the Second Session agencies were invited to attend its meetings in an of the Assembly advisory capacity: Food and Agriculture Organization; International At its second session, on November 3, 1947, the Labour Organisation; United Nations Educational, General Assembly adopted five resolutions concern- Scientific and Cultural Organization; World Health ing information from Non-Self-Governing Terri- Organization. tories.5 Information concerning the following territories In the first of these (resolution (142(II)) the was transmitted by the Powers (in italic type) re- Assembly adopted a Standard Form for the guid- sponsible for their administration and was sum- ance of Members in the preparation of information marized by the Secretary-General (A/319-26). to be transmitted under Article 73 e of the Char- The information was analyzed by the Secretary- ter.6 General under the following headings: Labor, Pub- The second resolution (143(II)) authorized the lic Health and Agriculture (A/327 and Adds. Secretary-General in his summaries and analyses of 1-5).4 information transmitted on Non-Self-Governing Australia: Territories to use information contained in official Papua publications of the Members responsible for the Belgium: administration of the territories which was trans- Belgian Congo mitted or notified to him by such Members, pro- Denmark: vided the data used was limited to the subjects Greenland treated in the information required under Article France: 73 e of the Charter. He was also authorized to use, French Equatorial Africa Madagascar French West Africa French Establishments for purposes of comparison, similar information French Somaliland in India from inter-governmental or scientific bodies and, Morocco Indochina in agreement with the Member concerned, informa- Tunisia New Hebrides tion prepared by the United Nations Secretariat. Netherlands: In the third resolution (144(II)) the Assembly Surinam Netherlands Indies stated that it considered that the voluntary trans- Curacao mission of information on the development of self- New Zealand: Cook Islands 4 For Secretary-General's summaries, see United Nations. United Kingdom: Non-Self-Governing Territories, Summaries and Analysis Aden Nigeria of Information transmitted to the Secretary-General dur- Basutoland Northern Rhodesia ing 1947. United Nations Publications, Sales No.: 1948. Bechuanaland Nyasaland Protectorate VI.B.l. For account of the deliberations of the ad hoc Committee and the General Assembly, see General British Somaliland St. Helena Assembly, pp. 148-55. Protectorate Seychelles 5 For texts of these resolutions, see General Assembly, Cyprus Sierra Leone pp. 149, 151, 153 and 155. Gambia Swaziland 6 For text of the Standard Form, see Annex I, pp. Gibraltar Uganda 721-24.