mission from the commencement of its work to the end of the financial year 1946, and approves the inclusion in the budget of the United Nations for the financial year 1947 of a maximum sum of $1,000,000 (U.S.) as a further loan for the purpose of financing the activities of the Interim Commission of the World Health Organization during that year;

5. AUTHORIZES the Secretary-General to transmit any recommendations made by the General Assembly in pursuance of paragraphs 1 and 3 above to all States which, whether Members of the United Nations or not, sent representatives or observers to the International Health Conference.

Calling of an International Conference on Freedom of Information

[This resolution, originally proposed by the Philippine Delegation and supported by the United States Delegation, authorizes the Economic and Social Council to convene in 1947 a conference of all Members of the United Nations on freedom of information. The resolution was unanimously adopted by the General Assembly on December 14, 1946.]

THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY,

WHEREAS

Freedom of information is a fundamental human right and is the touchstone of all the freedoms to which the United Nations is consecrated;

Freedom of information implies the right to gather, transmit and publish news anywhere and everywhere without fetters. As such it is an essential factor in any serious effort to promote the peace and progress of the world;

Freedom of information requires as an indispensable element the willingness and capacity to employ its privileges without abuse. It requires as a basic discipline the moral obligation to seek the facts without prejudice and to spread knowledge without malicious intent;

Understanding and cooperation among nations is impossible without an alert and sound world opinion which, in turn, is wholly dependent upon freedom of information.

RESOLVES THEREFORE, in the spirit of paragraphs 3 and 4 of Article 1 of the Charter, to authorize the holding of a conference of all Members of the United Nations on freedom of information;

INSTRUCTS the Economic and Social Council to undertake, pursuant to Article 60 and Article 62, paragraph 4, of the Charter, the convocation of such a conference in accordance with the following guiding principles:

(a) The purpose of the Conference shall be to formulate its views concerning the rights, obligations and practices which should be included in the concept of the freedom of information;

(b) Delegations to the Conference shall include in each instance persons actually engaged or experienced in press, radio, motion pictures and other media for the dissemination of information;

(c) The Conference shall be held before the end of 1947, at such place as may be determined by the Economic and Social Council, in order to enable the Council to submit a report on the deliberations and recommendations of the Conference to the following regular session of the General Assembly.

Trusteeship Agreements and Establishment of the Trusteeship Council

[On December 13, 1946 the General Assembly approved eight trusteeship agreements, with the United States voting in favor of each. In another resolution, reproduced below, the Assembly completed the establishment of the Trusteeship Council, electing Mexico and Iraq to occupy the two places not automatically filled, and provided for the convocation of the first session of the Council. This resolution was adopted on December 14, 1946 with 40 affirmative votes, no negative votes, and no abstentions.]

On December 13, 1946 the General Assembly approved, in accordance with Article 85 of the Charter, the terms of the Trusteeship agreements for New Guinea, Ruanda-Urundi, Cameroons under French administration and Togoland under French administration, Western Samoa, Tanganyika, Cameroons under British administration and Togoland under British administration.

In these agreements, Australia, Belgium, France, New Zealand, and the United Kingdom have been designated as administering authorities.

The conditions necessary for the constitution of the Trusteeship Council can thus be fulfilled.

In accordance with Article 86 (a), Australia, Belgium, France, New Zealand, and the United Kingdom will be Members of the Trusteeship Council.

By application of Article 86 (b), China, the United States and the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics, being such of the Members mentioned by name in Article 23 of the Charter as are not administering Trust Territories, will also be Members of the Trusteeship Council.

In accordance with Article 86 (c) it is necessary, in order to ensure

mission from the commencement of its work to the end of the financial year 1946, and approves the inclusion in the budget of the United Nations for the financial year 1947 of a maximum sum of $1,000,000 (U.S.) as a further loan for the purpose of financing the activities of the Interim Commission of the World Health Organization during that year;

5. AUTHORIZES the Secretary-General to transmit any recommendations made by the General Assembly in pursuance of paragraphs 1 and 3 above to all States which, whether Members of the United Nations or not, sent representatives or observers to the International Health Conference.

Calling of an International Conference on Freedom of Information

[This resolution, originally proposed by the Philippine Delegation and supported by the United States Delegation, authorizes the Economic and Social Council to convene in 1947 a conference of all Members of the United Nations on freedom of information. The resolution was unanimously adopted by the General Assembly on December 14, 1946.]

THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY,

WHEREAS

Freedom of information is a fundamental human right and is the touchstone of all the freedoms to which the United Nations is consecrated;

Freedom of information implies the right to gather, transmit and publish news anywhere and everywhere without fetters. As such it is an essential factor in any serious effort to promote the peace and progress of the world;

Freedom of information requires as an indispensable element the willingness and capacity to employ its privileges without abuse. It requires as a basic discipline the moral obligation to seek the facts without prejudice and to spread knowledge without malicious intent;

Understanding and cooperation among nations is impossible without an alert and sound world opinion which, in turn, is wholly dependent upon freedom of information.

RESOLVES THEREFORE, in the spirit of paragraphs 3 and 4 of Article 1 of the Charter, to authorize the holding of a conference of all Members of the United Nations on freedom of information;

INSTRUCTS the Economic and Social Council to undertake, pursuant to Article 60 and Article 62, paragraph 4, of the Charter, the convocation of such a conference in accordance with the following guiding principles:

(a) The purpose of the Conference shall be to formulate its views concerning the rights, obligations and practices which should be included in the concept of the freedom of information;

(b) Delegations to the Conference shall include in each instance persons actually engaged or experienced in press, radio, motion pictures and other media for the dissemination of information;

(c) The Conference shall be held before the end of 1947, at such place as may be determined by the Economic and Social Council, in order to enable the Council to submit a report on the deliberations and recommendations of the Conference to the following regular session of the General Assembly.

Trusteeship Agreements and Establishment of the Trusteeship Council

[On December 13, 1946 the General Assembly approved eight trusteeship agreements, with the United States voting in favor of each. In another resolution, reproduced below, the Assembly completed the establishment of the Trusteeship Council, electing Mexico and Iraq to occupy the two places not automatically filled, and provided for the convocation of the first session of the Council. This resolution was adopted on December 14, 1946 with 40 affirmative votes, no negative votes, and no abstentions.]

On December 13, 1946 the General Assembly approved, in accordance with Article 85 of the Charter, the terms of the Trusteeship agreements for New Guinea, Ruanda-Urundi, Cameroons under French administration and Togoland under French administration, Western Samoa, Tanganyika, Cameroons under British administration and Togoland under British administration.

In these agreements, Australia, Belgium, France, New Zealand, and the United Kingdom have been designated as administering authorities.

The conditions necessary for the constitution of the Trusteeship Council can thus be fulfilled.

In accordance with Article 86 (a), Australia, Belgium, France, New Zealand, and the United Kingdom will be Members of the Trusteeship Council.

By application of Article 86 (b), China, the United States and the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics, being such of the Members mentioned by name in Article 23 of the Charter as are not administering Trust Territories, will also be Members of the Trusteeship Council.

In accordance with Article 86 (c) it is necessary, in order to ensure

that the total number of Members of the Trusteeship Council is equally divided between those Members of the United Nations which administer Trust Territories and those which do not, that two Members should be elected by the General Assembly.

THEREFORE, the General Assembly

1. ELECTS Mexico and Iraq as Members of the Trusteeship Council for three-year terms;

2. DIRECTS the Secretary-General to convoke the first session of the Trusteeship Council not later than 15 March 1947, and to draw up and communicate to each Member of the Council the provisional agenda for that session at least thirty days in advance of the date of the session.

Regional Conferences of Representatives of

Non-Self-Governing Territories

[This resolution, based on a proposal by the Delegation of the Philippine Republic, recommends that Members with responsibilities for the administration of non-self-governing territories convene conferences of representatives of non-self-governing peoples in order to carry out the letter and spirit of chapter XI of the Charter and to provide a means for the expression of the wishes and aspirations of these peoples. It was adopted on December 14, 1946 by a vote of 31 to 1, with 21 abstentions, the United States voting for the resolution.]

THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY,

Considering that the Resolution on Non-Self-Governing Peoples adopted during the first part of the first session of the General Assembly draws attention to the fact that the obligations accepted by Members of the United Nations under Chapter XI are already in full force;

Recognizing the importance of the declaration contained in Chapter XI of the Charter especially as it concerns the peace and security of the world, and the political, economic, social and educational advancement of the peoples of non-self-governing territories as well as their just treatment and protection against abuses;

RECOMMENDS to the Members having or assuming responsibilities for the administration of non-self-governing territories to convene conferences of representatives of non-self-governing peoples chosen or preferably elected in such a way that the representation of the people will be ensured to the extent that the particular conditions of the territory concerned permit, in order that the letter and spirit of Chapter XI of the Charter may be accomplished and the wishes and aspirations of the non-self-governing peoples may be expressed.