CDA 140c
November 21, 1944.
ARRANGEMENTS FOR
INTERNATIONAL TRUSTEESHIP
Section A
SCOPE AND PURPOSES
1. The Organization, on behalf of the world com-
munity, should establish under its own authority a sys-
tem of international trusteeship for the administra-
tion and supervision of certain non-self-governing ter-
ritories. The Organization, as trustee, would (a)
succeed to the rights, titles, and interests of the
Principal Allied and Associated Powers under the Treaty
of Versailles and the Treaty of Lausanne and to the
rights and responsibilities of the League of Nations
under the Covenant with respect to the non-self-govern-
ing territories detached from previous sovereignties
in 1919, and (b) acquire authority over certain ter-
ritories which may be detached from enemy states as a
result of the present war. By action of the General
Assembly the system might be extended in whole or in
part to any territories at the request of states having
control over such territories. Italy and Japan should
be required by the terms of the peace settlement to
relinquish all their rights, titles, and interests in
the present mandated territories.
2. The basic objectives of the trusteeship sys-
tem should be: (a) to promote, in accordance with the
provisions of a declaration to be agreed upon, the poli-
tical, economic, and social advancement of the trust ter-
ritories and their inhabitants and their progressive
development toward self-government; (b) to provide non-
discriminatory treatment in trust territories for ap-
propriate activities of the nationals of all member
states; and (c) to further international peace and
security.
Section B
STRUCTURE AND COMPOSITION
1. The responsibilities of trusteeship should be
vested in the General Assembly. Supervision of the
authority administering each trust territory should be
exercised by a Trusteeship Council responsible to the
General