World 1946 - Trusteeship

whole: the main image occupies the majority, with a smaller image positioned in the centre left. The title is separate and positioned in the upper left, in blue, and in white held within a black inset. The main text is separate and placed in the upper right, and in the lower quarter, in black. Further text is integrated and located in the centre and centre right, in black. All set against a white background. image: a map of the world, with territories administered as mandates highlighted in black. The smaller image is a half-length depiction of an African woman holding a child. text: WORLD 1946 TRUSTEESHIP The Mandatory System. The Mandatory system was established after World War I so that particular powers could undertake the administration of backward territories formerly belonging to the defeated German and Turkish Empires. The Mandatory powers were responsible to the League of Nations which, through a Permanent Mandates Commission handled annual reports and received petitions, and saw to it that in so far as was possible territories under mandate were being administered properly and the principle of self determination applied. San Francisco: United Nations Charter. At San Francisco the problem of trusteeship was raised again. Two types of trusteeship were agreed upon, the first covering strategic bases, the second covering larger colonial territories. The strategic bases are to be assigned to countries which can prove them necessary for their defence. These countries will administer the bases under the authority of the Security Council of the United Nations, and the Trusteeship Council will only be called in 'without prejudice to security considerations'. SYRIA AND LEBANON (French) TOGOLAND (French) TOGOLAND (British) CAMEROONS (British) CAMEROONS (French) SOUTH WEST AFRICA (South Africa) PALESTINE AND TRANSJORDAN (British) RUANDA AND URUNDI (Belgium) TANGANYIKA (British) NAURU (Australia, British, New Zealand) AUSTRALIAN MANDATE WESTERN SAMOA (New Zealand) The ordinary type of colonial territory under trusteeship will be administered by a single nation responsible to the Trusteeship Council under the authority of the General Assembly. A great deal was left to the discretion of the controlling power and yet the principles on which their trusteeship should be based were emphasized clearly enough. Members of the United Nations responsible for the administration of territories should 'recognise the principle that the interests of the inhabitants of these territories are paramount' and 'ensure with due respect for the culture of the peoples concerned, their political, economic, social and educational advancement, their just treatment and their protection against abuses'. Colonies and Trusteeship. Colonial territories may be voluntarily placed under the system by the states responsible for their administration. The colonial powers are likely to consider that they have special rights in territories they have administered for so long, or that they have special knowledge of the peoples of their colonial territories and that they can therefore carry on the work better than any international body acting possibly with divided opinions and without experience. U.N.O. has still to prove its competence as an International body. This Map. This map shows the territories held under League of Nations by victor nations after the first World War. Islands formerly held under mandate by Japan are not shown. Up-to-date, Britain, Australia and New Zealand have indicated their willingness to transfer their mandates to the United Nations Trusteeship Council. Pictorial Review No. 70 JUNE 22, 1946 Crown Copyright reserved Army Education, Middle East M.D.R. Misc./10680. 10,000/6/46 Reproduced by 512 Field Survey Coy., R.E., June ., 1946, from tracings by A.E. Branch G.H.Q.M.E.F

Pictorial Review No. 70. M.D.R. Misc./10680. 10,000.