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152 THE LEGAL STATUS OF THE ARABIAN GULF STATES
XI, presented at the San Francisco Conference in 1945. The original
draft of Chapter XT described the territories to be covered by" this
Chapter as those

territories inhabited by peoples not yet able to stand by themselves under the
strenuous conditions of the modern world.1
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This phrase was taken from Article 22 of the Covenant of the League
of Nations. However, during the discussion on the draft it was thought
desirable by the majority of delegates that this phrase should "be
deleted in favour of the phrase
territories whose peoples have not yet attained a full measure of self-
government.
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which was thus adopted.2 The suggestion by the Chinese delegation
that the words ‘or independence’ should be added after ‘self-govern­
ment’ in the above phrase was defeated. But, as a compromise, the
phrase ‘self-government or independence' was adopted as a goal for
‘Trust Territories’ with which Chapters XII and XIII now deal.

The practice
In 1946, Members of the United Nations took the first initiative
towards putting the declaration concerning non-self-governing terri­
tories, contained in Chapter XI, into effect. After a general review of
the various aspects of the problems of these territories, the General
Assembly adopted its first resolution 9(1) of 9 February 1946 on this
question. In this resolution the General Assembly affirmed
the fact that the obligations accepted under chapter XI of the charter by all
Members of the United Nations are in no way contingent upon the con­
clusion of Trusteeship agreement and that they are already in full force.3
During the 1947 session of the General Assembly a number of resolu­
tions were adopted which approved the principle of the ‘voluntary’
nature of information transmitted under Article 73(e).4
Competence of the General Assembly to examine information trans­
mitted: question of accountability to the Organisation
During the 1948 and the 1949 sessions of the General Assembly the
controversy arose as to the extent to which Members administering
non-self-governing territories were directly responsible to the General
1 UNCIO, vol. 3, Document 2-G/26(e), pp. 615-18; ibid., vol. 10, Document 323
11/4/12, pp. 677; ibid., Document 892/II/4/36, pp. 525, 575.
2 Ibid., vol. 10, p. 575.
3 U.N.G.A., 1st sess. 1st mtg, 27th plen. mtg (1946), pp. 366-76. For the
rcDort of the 4th Committee, see ibid., Annex 13, pp. 588-91.
K U N.G.A., 2nd sess., 108th plen. mtg. 3 Nov. (1947), p. 704 (Resolutions
144(B) and 146(H)); ibid., 4th Committee, 36th mtg (1947), p. 29.