,( .,'} t / UNITED NATIONS CHECI( LIST OF UNITED NATIONS UNITED NATIONS DOCUMENTS CHECI( LIST OF PART 4: NO. 1 UNITED NATIONSTrusteeship CounciI, 1947/48 First and Second Sessions DOCUMENTS LIBRARY SERVICES DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC IN£'ORMATION UNITED NATIONS, LAKE SUCCESS, N. v., 194,9 PART 4: NO. 1 Trusteeship Counc:il, 1947/48 I~irst and Secolld Sessions LIBRARY SERVIC1~S DEl)ARTl\1ENT OF PUBLIC IN.F'ORMATION UNI'"fED N~ATIONS, I~AI(]~ SUCCESS, l~. 'i~., 194·9 UNITED NATIONS PUBLICATIONS Sales No.: 19<19.1.2· UNITED NATIONS PUBLICATIONS Sales No.: 194,9.1.2 PREFACE PREFACE The Check List o] United Nations Documents will be a complete list of the documents issued by the organs of the United Nations. The Check List will appear in separate parts, each one devoted to the documents of a particular organ. The following- table discloses the general plan. Part 1 General Assembly (andPREFACEsubsidiary organs) 2 Security Council (and subsidiary organs) 3 Atomic Energy Commission PREFACE4 Trusteeship Council 5 Economic and Social Council The Check List o.f United Na/.iollJ Documents \vill be a cOlnpletc list of the doculncnts issued by the organs of the United Nations. The CheckFunctionalLisJ \villCommissionsappear ino]separate the Economic and Social Council parts, each one devoted to the doculuents of a particular organ. 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The user of this volume \\'ill find it lllore helpful if he first reads carefully the explanations to thc Introduction, the Check List, and the Subject-Index, and ob­ serves especially that in the Subject-Index all references to records of meetings are made to the section (§) numbcrs of the Introduction, and that the Check List may be used independently of the Introduction during an inventory of document holdings. 1 .. iii PREFACE ,1: TRUSTEESHIP COUNCl The Department of Public Information gratefully acknowledges the assistance the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace and the Rorkefeller Founclatic in the preparation of this Check. List. Harry N. M. VVinton Chief, Documents Index Un t February t 949 PREFACE ,1: TRUSTEESHIP COUNCl The Department of Public Information gratefully acknowledges the assistance the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace and the Horkekller FOlllldati< in the preparation of this Cllt:ck Lisl. Harry N. Iv1. \"'inton Chief, Documents Index Un t Februat·y t 949 iv iv T ABLE OF CONTENTS TABLE OF CONTENTS Page Preface ,., . iii Table of Contents , . v Introduction: Explanation . vii Abbreviations : , . viii Establishment of Trusteeship Council , . ix Members and Terms of Office, 1947 , . ix Officers of the Council, 1947 ,. x Plenary Meeting Records of the First Session. ........ .. X Ad hoc Committees of the First Session, . Xl Visiting Mission appointed at the First Session. XIV Plenary Meeting Records of the Second Session . xv Ad hoc Committees of the Second Session . xvi T ABLE OF CONTENTS Visiting Mission appointed at the Second Session. xxi Check List of Documents, 1947/48 . TABLE OF CONTENTS Explanation _ . Page First Session, Lake Success, 26 March to 28 April 1947, and Interim: Preface ,., . iii Preparatory Commission Report _, . ' , , ' .. , .. 2 Table of Contents , . v Plenary Documents, .. _',' ,.,', .. 2 Introduction: General Series. ,' ' ,,,, 2 Explanation. ...................................................Verbatim Records, ,,,,'.' vii ,. 7 Abbreviations Official Records, .. ,,,, .. ',.,,," viii .. , .. ,., .. 8 Establishment of Trusteeship Council ,..................... ix Ad 110C Committees: Members and Terms of Office, 1947 ,................. ix Officers of the Council, 1947 Rules of Procedure ',, ,. x ' .. ,,. 9 Plenary Meeting Records of the First§~~~~I~s7~~~'c~f'Session. .. .. Vi;i~i~~' ~1i~~i~~'.. ..........~~ \V~~;e~~' x S~~~~,' ~ :. 10 Ad hoc Committees of the First Session, .. ..... Xl 11 Visiting Mission appointed at the FirstTanganyikaSession.Petitions , XIV ,., . 11 Plenary Meeting RecordsSecondof the SecondSession,Session.Lake Success,.. 24 November 1947 toxv4 May 1948: Ad hoc Committees of the Second Session. ...... xvi Plenary Documents: Visiting Mission appointed at the Second Session xxi General Series ,', . 12 Check List of Documents, 1947/48. ....Verbatim.. ..Records. ', .. , , _. , . 25 Explanation Meeting Records_... .. .. ,. 26 First Session, Lake Success, 26 MarchOfficialto 28RecordsApril 1947, and',.,.,.,.,.,,.,.Interim: 29 Preparatory Commission AdReport hoc Committees:,.' ,,................ 2 Petitions. .. .. ,.,. _'.,,_ ,. 30 Plenary Documents.. _ ,' ,.,......... 2 Drafting Committee on Resolutions relating to Petitions '. 30 General Series. ,.........................Jel'usalem _ .. .. ,,,,_ , 2 . 30 Verbatim Records, ...........................Joint Committee of the Economic.. and Social7 Council and Official Records ,.Trusteeship.. Council ,..........' 8 ' . 32 Ad 110C Committees:Information Series . 33 Rules of Procedure.Reports.....,,to General Assembly' . 9 33 10 §~~~~I~s7~~~'c~f' Vi;i~i~~' ~1i~~i~~' ~~ \V~~;e~~' S~~~~ "~ :. 11 Tanganyika Petitions ,., v . 11 Second Session, Lake Success, 24 November 1947 to 4 May 1948: Plenary Documents: General Series ,',..................... 12 Verbatim Records. ', .. ,, ,....... 25 Meeting Records ,........ 26 Official Records. .... .. .. ,. .,.,.,. ,.,....... 29 Ad hoc Committees: Petitions. ..... '.,... .. ,...... 30 Drafting Committee on Resolutions relating to Petitions ... '... 30 J el'Usalem.. " _................. 30 Joint Committee of the Economic and Social CO,unci! and Trusteeship Council. .. ,............. 32 Information Series . 33 Reports to General Assembly ... 33 v TABLE OF CONTENTS 4: TRUSTEESHIP COUNCIl Pag, / Petitions: Petitions concerning Trust Territories in General . 3~ Petitions concerning Western Samoa . 3'j Petitions concerning Tanganyika . 3'j Petitions concerning Ruanda-Urundi . 41 Petitions concerning the Cameroons under British Administration . 42 TABLE OF CONTENTS Petitions4: TRUSTEESHIPconcerning the CameroonsCOUNCIl under French Administration .. 42 Petitions concerning Togoland under British Administration . 42 Petitions concerning Togoland under French Administration . 43 Petitions concerning New Guinea . 45 / Petitions: Petitions concerning Nauru . 45 Petitions concerning Trust Territories in General . 3~ Agrccmcnts . 46 Petitions