ANNEXES1

ANNEX I

ARTICLE 22 OF THE LEAGUE OF NATIONS COVENANT

1. To those colonies and territories which as a consequence of the late war have ceased to be under the sovereignty of the States which formerly governed them and which are inhabited by peoples not yet able to stand by themselves under the strenuous conditions of the modern world, there should be applied the principle that the well-being and development of such peoples form a sacred trust of civilisation and that securities for the performance of this trust should be embodied in this Covenant.

2. The best method of giving practical effect to this principle is that the tutelage of such peoples should be entrusted to advanced nations who, by reason of their resources, their experience or their geographical position, can best undertake this responsibility, and who are willing to accept it, and that this tutelage should be exercised by them as Mandatories on behalf of the League.

3. The character of the mandate must differ according to the stage of the development of the people, the geographical situation of the territory, its economic conditions and other similar circumstances.

4. Certain communities formerly belonging to the Turkish Empire have reached a stage of development where their existence as independent nations can be provisionally recognised subject to the rendering of administrative advice and assistance by a Mandatory until such time as they are able to stand alone. The wishes of these communities must be a principal consideration in the selection of the Mandatory.

5. Other peoples, especially those of Central Africa, are at such a stage that the Mandatory must be responsible for the administration of the territory under conditions which will guarantee freedom of conscience and religion, subject only to the maintenance of public order and morals, the prohibition of abuses such as the slave trade, the arms traffic and the liquor

1 The annexes contain the texts of the main documents regarding mandates and trusteeships except the Provisional Questionnaire, approved by the Trusteeship Council on April 25, 1947, which was transmitted to the administering authorities concerned as the basis for their first annual reports on trust territories, with the understanding that it would be revised and adapted, if necessary, to specific trust territories at the November, 1947, session of the Council. For text, see U.N. Document T/44, May 8, 1947.

traffic, and the prevention of the establishment of fortifications or military and naval bases and of military training of the natives for other than police purposes and the defence of territory, and will also secure equal opportunities for the trade and commerce of other Members of the League.

6. There are territories, such as South West Africa and certain of the South Pacific Islands, which, owing to the sparseness of their population, or their small size, or their remoteness from the centres of civilisation, or their geographical contiguity to the territory of the Mandatory, and other circumstances, can be best administered under the laws of the Mandatory as integral portions of its territory, subject to the safeguards above mentioned in the interests of the indigenous population.

7. In every case of mandate, the Mandatory shall render to the Council an annual report in reference to the territory committed to its charge.

8. The degree of authority, control or administration to be exercised by the Mandatory shall, if not previously agreed upon by the Members of the League, be explicitly defined in each case by the Council.

9. A permanent Commission shall be constituted to receive and examine the annual reports of the Mandatories and to advise the Council on all matters relating to the observance of the mandates.

Figures for area and population are taken from The Mandates System; Origin— Principles-Application (Geneva: League of Nations, 1945).

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I square kilometer = €0.3861 of a square mile.

Under United Nations trusteeship system.

Strategic area under trusteeship system, administered by the United States.

Natives, 5,214,800; non-natives, 43.129 (Europeans, 9.345; Asiatics, 33.784). The total given in Britain and Trusteeship, British Information Services (New York, February, 1947), is 5,250,000.

Natives. The total given in B.I.S. pamphlet is 341,254.

Natives, 857,227; non-natives, 448. The total is the same as that given in B.I.S. pamphlet.

Moslems, 900,256; Jews, 411,263; Christians, 111,983; others, 11,839. The total given in the Report of the Anglo-American Committee of Enquiry regarding the Problems of European Jewry and Palestine (London, 1946), Cmd. 6808, was 1,765,000 at the end of 1944, of which 31 per cent, or 554,000, were Jews; and 1,061,000 were Moslems; and 136,000, Christians. Natives, 2,606,281; non-natives, 3,227.

i Natives, 780,170; non-natives, 529.

Native and colored population, 261,138. European, 30,941. The total given in B.I.S. pamphlet is 357.787.

'Natives counted, 581,342; non-natives (counts) 6,283. The total given in B.I.S. pamphlet is 690,613.

Natives, 54,160; non-natives, 3,599. The total given in B.I.S. pamphlet is 59.306. "Nauruan natives, 1661; Chinese, 1,533; others, 206. The total given in B.I.S. pamphlet is 3,383. When the Japanese occupied Nauru (August 23, 1942) the native Nauruans numbered 1827. When Australia took over again on September 13, 1945, the figure had fallen to 1278.

Natives, 50,868; Japanese, 70,141; other foreigners, 119. The population figure given by the United States representative to the Security Council on February 26, 1947, was 48,000 native inhabitants, and the area figure, 846 sq. mi. (2191 sq. km.). Department of State Publication 2784, Far Eastern Series 20, p. 15. Most of the Japanese have been repatriated to Japan.

ANNEX III

TEXT OF AN "A" MANDATE: PALESTINE

MANDATE FOR PALESTINE 1

The Council of the League of Nations:

Whereas the Principal Allied Powers have agreed, for the purpose of giving effect to the provisions of Article 22 of the Covenant of the League of Nations, to entrust to a Mandatory selected by the said Powers the administration of the territory of Palestine, which formerly belonged to the Turkish Empire, within such boundaries as may be fixed by them; and

Whereas the Principal Allied Powers have also agreed that the Mandatory should be responsible for putting into effect the declaration originally made on November 2nd, 1917, by the Government of His Britannic Majesty, and adopted by the said Powers, in favour of the establishment in Palestine of a national home for the Jewish people, it being clearly understood that nothing should be done which might prejudice the civil and religious rights of existing non-Jewish communities in Palestine, or the rights and political status enjoyed by Jews in any other country; and

Whereas recognition has thereby been given to the historical connection of the Jewish people with Palestine and to the grounds for reconstituting their national home in that country; and

Whereas the Principal Allied Powers have selected His Britannic Majesty as the Mandatory for Palestine; and

Whereas the mandate in respect of Palestine has been formulated in the following terms and submitted to the Council of the League for approval; and Whereas His Britannic Majesty has accepted the mandate in respect of Palestine and undertaken to exercise it on behalf of the League of Nations in conformity with the following provisions; and

Whereas by the afore-mentioned Article 22 (paragraph 8), it is provided that the degree of authority, control or administration to be exercised by the Mandatory, not having been previously agreed upon by the Members of the League, shall be explicitly defined by the Council of the League of Nations; Confirming the said mandate, defines its terms as follows:

ARTICLE I. The Mandatory shall have full powers of legislation and of administration, save as they may be limited by the terms of this mandate.

1 L.N. Document C.529.M.314.1922.VI; Terms of League of Nations Mandates, Republished by the United Nations (United Nations, Lake Success, New York, October, 1946), No. 3.