§ Mr. Edelmanasked the Secretary of State for the Colonies whether the draft terms of trusteeship for territories in Africa under United Kingdom mandate have now been submitted to U.N.O. for approval.
Mr. Creech JonesYes, Sir. Our drafts have now been circulated by the Secretary-General and they will shortly come up for discussion in the appropriate committee of the General Assembly.
I take this opportunity of informing the House that one change has been made from the text recently published in Cmd. 6935. A. shortened version has been substituted for Articles 9 and 10 of the published text, which deal with equality of treatment in the trust territories in social, economic and commercial matters for members of the United Nations and their nationals. After hearing the result of dis- 242W cussions between the United Kingdom Delegation and other Delegations in New York, I felt that, in the place of a detailed elaboration of the provisions of the Charter on this point, it would be more satisfactory to state them in simple terms.
Following is the new Article:
The administering authority shall take all necessary steps to ensure equal treatment in social, economic and commercial matters for all members of the United Nations and their nationals and also equal treatment for the latter in the administration of justice, subject always to his overriding duty, in accordance with Article 76 of the United Nations Charter, to promote the political economic, social and educational advancement of the inhabitants of Tanganyika, to carry out the other basic objectives of the International Trusteeship system and to maintain peace, order and good government.