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Assembly of the League of Nations Resolution on Mandates

Assembly of the League of Nations

Resolution on Mandates

Geneva, 18 April 1946

THE ASSEMBLY,

RECALLING that Article 22 of the Covenant applies to certain territories placed under mandate the principle that the well-being and development of peoples not yet able to stand alone in the strenuous conditions of the modern world form a sacred trust of civilization:

1. EXPRESSES its satisfaction with the manner in which the organs of the League have performed the functions entrusted to them with respect to the Mandates System and in particular pays tribute to the work accomplished by the Mandates Commission;

2. RECALLS the role of the League in assisting Iraq to progress from its status under an “A” Mandate to a condition of complete independence, welcomes the termination of the mandated status of Syria, Lebanon and Transjordan, which have, since the last session of the Assembly, become independent members of the world community;

3. RECOGNIZES that, on the termination of the League's mandated existence, its functions with respect to the mandated territories will come to an end, but notes that Chapters XI, XII and XIII of the Charter of the United Nations embody principles corresponding to those declared in Article 22 of the Covenant of the League;

4. TAKES NOTE of the expressed intentions of the Members of the League now administering territories under mandate to continue to administer them for the well-being and development of the peoples concerned in accordance with the obligations contained in the respective mandates, until other arrangements have been agreed between the United Nations and the respective mandatory Powers.

[Resolution adopted unanimously, with Egypt abstaining]

 

Source: “Resolutions Adopted on the Reports of the First Committee, Mandates, 18 April 1946.” League of Nations Official Journal, Special Supplement 194, 1946.

Also: Yearbook of the United Nations 1946-47. New York: United Nations, 1947, p. 575.