clude a reference to General Assembly Resolution 1541 of December 15, 1960, which states that a dependent territory can be said to have achieved self-government through (1) independence, (2) free association with an independent state, or (3) integration with an independent state. It was essential that the range of possibilities set out by the General Assembly for territories such as Guam and American Samoa be reflected in the recommendations of the Committee of 24, and the United States considered the report incomplete without such a reference. With regard to the question of visiting missions, the United States felt that it would be hard to justify visiting missions to Guam and American Samoa, territories that had free, open societies and a high level of general development.

"The Committee of 24 adopted the Subcommittee report without change, but recorded the views of the United States. The United Kingdom also expressed reservations on the report." (U.S. Participation in the UN, 1966, p. 212.)

U.N. doc. A/6316, p. 75. This resolution, sponsored by the representatives of 18 member states, was adopted without objection.

Art. 73 (e) calls upon member states administering non-self-governing territories "to transmit regularly to the SecretaryGeneral for information purposes, subject to such limitations as security and con

which it requested the Special Committee on the Situation with regard to the Implementation of the Declaration on the Granting of Independence to Colonial Countries and Peoples to study the information transmitted to the Secretary-General in accordance with Article 73 e of the Charter of the United Nations and to take it fully into account in examining the situation with regard to the implementation of the Declaration,

Recalling also its resolution 2109 (XX) of 21 December 1965,56 in which it approved the procedures adopted by the Special Committee for the discharge of the functions entrusted to it under resolution 1970 (XVIII) 57 and requested the Committee to continue to discharge those functions in accordance with the said procedures,

Having studied the chapter of the report of the Special Committee dealing with the transmittal of information under Article 73 e of the Charter and the action taken by it in respect of that information,5

Having also examined the report of the Secretary-General on this information,"

1. Approves the chapter of the report of the Special Committee on the Situation with regard to the Implementation of the Declaration on the Granting of Independence to Colonial Countries and Peoples relating to the information from Non-Self-Governing Territories transmitted under Article 73 e of the Charter of the United Nations;

2. Expresses its profound regret that, despite the repeated recommendations of the General Assembly, including the most recent recommendation contained in resolution 2109 (XX), some Member States having responsibilities for the administration of Non-Self-Governing Territories have not seen fit to transmit in

stitutional considerations may require, statistical and other information of a technical nature relating to economic, social, and educational conditions in the territories for which they are respectively responsible other than those territories to which Chapters XII and XIII apply." For the text of the U.N. Charter, see American Foreign Policy, 1950-1955: Basic Documents, vol. I, pp. 134-161.

55 Text in American Foreign Policy: Current Documents, 1963, p. 166.

56 Text ibid., 1965, pp. 189-190.

57 U.N. doc. A/5800/Rev.1, chapter II, appendix I.

58 U.N. doc. A/6300/Rev.1, chapter XXIII. 50 U.N. doc. A/6455.

(c) By assuring that in developing countries the plans for the economic and social integration of refugees, pending their possible inclusion in the economic and social programmes carried out by the competent organs and specialized agencies of the United Nations, are properly co-ordinated with those programmes, and also with such other programmes as might be carried out by regional organizations;

2. Requests the competent organs and specialized agencies of the United Nations, when considering development plans, to take into account, at the request of the Governments concerned, the needs of the refugees;

3. Invites States Members of the United Nations and members of the specialized agencies to give their full support to the High Commissioner in the accomplishment of his humanitarian task and to place at his disposal the financial means necessary for the completion of his assistance programme."

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Document II-55

Resolution 2198 (XXI), Adopted by the U.N. General Assembly, December 16, 1966*

Accession of States to the Protocol Relating to the Status of Refugees

The General Assembly,

Considering that the Convention relating to the Status of Refugees, signed at Geneva on 28 July 1951,' covers only those persons who have become refugees as a result of events occurring before 1 January 1951,

5 Total government contributions in 1966 were $3,123,975 from 52 countries (including $650,000 from the U.S.); see U.S. Participation in the UN, 1966, p. 130.

U.N. doc. A/6316, p. 48. This resolution, recommended by Committee III of the U.N. General Assembly, was adopted by a vote of 91 (including the U.S.) to 0, with 15 abstentions.

The United States was not a party to the Convention; text in 189 UNTS 150.

Done at New York, Jan. 31, 1967; text in U.N. doc. A/6311/Rev.1/Add.1, pt. 1, par. 2. The United States was not a party to the protocol.

10 Text in U.N. doc. E/4264/Add.1, pp. 1-2. 11 U.N. doc. A/6311/Rev.1/Add.1.

12 Reference is to members of the United Nations or any specialized agency or states to which an invitation to accede might be issued by the U.N. General Assembly.

Document II-56

Resolutions 2190 A and B (XXI), Adopted by the U.N. General Assembly, December 15, 19661

the scales of contributions of some of those agencies which apply methods of assessment similar to those of the United Nations,

ary Coordination of the United Nations With the Specialized Agencies and the International Atomic Energy Agency

A

The General Assembly,

Having in mind that in its resolution 311 B (IV) of 24 November 1949 it expressed the belief that there is room for a closer relationship between the assessments of Member States in the contributions both of the United Nations and of the specialized agencies,2

Noting with appreciation that since the adoption of resolution 311 B (IV) several specialized agencies have brought the assessments of their member States into a substantial degree of harmony with the United Nations scale of contributions,

Noting also that, even allowing for differences in membership, there still remain variations and fluctuations in

1 U.N. doc. A/6316, p. 83. Resolution 2190 A (XXI), sponsored by the representatives of 20 member states, was adopted by a vote of 75 to 7, with 6 abstentions. On Dec. 7, 1966, the U.S. Representative (Ziehl) in Committee V said he would vote against this resolution because he felt that its sole purpose was to secure a change in the ILO scale of assessments and that the ILO, being a sovereign organization, was alone competent to modify it (U.N. doc. A/C.5/SR. 1162; see footnote 93 to doc. II-71, post).

Resolution 2190 B (XXI), recommended by Committee V of the U.N. General Assembly, was adopted without objection.

2 Text in U.N. General Assembly Official Records, Fourth Session, Resolutions (A/ 1251), p. 30.

report to the General Assembly at its twenty-first session, with regard to the desirability of reducing the aforementioned variations to a minimum,

1. Recommends that, in the spirit of General Assembly resolution 311 B (IV) and in the interest of coordination and uniformity, the specialized agencies should keep this matter under review;

2. Recommends further that the specialized agencies which apply methods of assessment similar to those of the United Nations and whose scales of contributions still differ appreciably from the United Nations scale take steps to bring their scales into harmony with the United Nations scale as soon as possible, taking into account differences in membership and other pertinent factors;

3. Requests the Secretary-General to transmit to the specialized agencies concerned the present resolution, together with the relevant comments and observations of the Advisory Committee on Administrative and Budgetary Questions set forth in its fourteenth report to the General Assembly at its twenty-first session.

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B

The General Assembly,

1. Takes note of the report of the Advisory Committee on Administrative and Budgetary Questions on the administrative budgets for 1967 of the specialized agencies and the International Atomic Energy Agency;

3 U.N. doc. A/6522, pars. 39-43. • U.N. doc. A/6522.