...obligated "to develop self-government, to take account of the ploitical aspirations of the people, and to assist them in the progressive development...institutions, according to the particular circumstances each Territory and its people and their varying stages of advancement." The Division is working with...

...social, and educational advancement, their just treatment, and their protection against abuses ; b. to develop self-government, to take due account of...advancement ; c. to further international peace and security ; d. to promote constructive measures of development, to encourage research, and to cooperate with...

...determination of these peoples.2 1 Members of the United Nations responsible for these territories were to "develop selfgovernment, to take due account of...the progressive development of their free political institutions..."22 The movement towards de-colonization gained momentum after the establishment of...

...territories, refers in Article 73 (b) to the duty of the governing state to 'develop self government, to take due account of the political aspirations of...to the particular circumstances of each territory and its peoples and the varying stages of advancement'. While laudable, this falls quite short of what...

...United Nations Charter, Members responsible for administering non-self-governing territories pledged to "develop self-government, to take due account of...development of their free political institutions". But a colonial people need not choose independence but may prefer free association, or even merger,...

...73, for example, of the UN Charter commits UN members who administer non-self-governing territories to "develop self-government, to take due account of...development of their free political institutions." Likewise, article 21 of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights states, "Everyone has the right to...

...promote to the utmost ... the well-being of the inhabitants of these territories, and, to this end . . . to develop selfgovernment, to take due account of...development of their free political institutions, a^corriipff rn rhe particular circumstances of each territorv . . . . & The political branches of the...

...nonself-governing territories, a "sacred trust" for UN members responsible for their administration, who should develop self-government, to take due account of the...progressive development of their free political institutions . . . Article 76 goes further, by referring to self-government and independence, but only for territories...

...end . . . to develop selfgovernment, to take due account of the political aspirations of the peonies, and to assist them in the progressive development...to the particular circumstances of each territory .... V The political branches of the US Government exercised their plenary authority under the treaty...

...anxious, to divest itself of the colony or trusteeship. But little constructively was done to foster self-government, to take due account of the political...aspirations of the peoples, and to assist them in the development of their free political institutions. The situation was frequently complicated by the presence...