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 59 STAT.] MULTILATERAL-CHARTER OF UNITED NATIONS-JUNE 26, 1945 1049 in accordance with the Purposes of the United Nations laid down in Article 1 of the present Char- ter, shall be: a. to further international peace and se- curity; b. to promote the political, economic, social, and educational advancement of the inhabitants of the trust territories, and their progressive development towards self-government or inde- pendence as may be appropriate to the par- ticular circumstances of each territory and its peoples and the freely expressed wishes of the peoples concerned, and as may be provided by the terms of each trusteeship agreement; c. to encourage respect for human rights and for fundamental freedoms for all without distinction as to race, sex, language, or religion, and to encourage recognition of the interde- pendence of the peoples of the world; and d. to ensure equal treatment in social, eco- nomic, and commercial matters for all Members of the United Nations and their nationals, and also equal treatment for the latter in the ad- ministration of justice, without prejudice to the attainment of the foregoing objectives and sub- ject to the provisions of Article 80. Article 77 1. The trusteeship system shall apply to such territories in the following categories as may be placed thereunder by means of trusteeship agreements: a. territories now held under mandate; b. territories which may be detached from enemy states as a result of the Second World War; and c. territories voluntarily placed under the system by states responsible for their admin- istration. 2. It will be a matter for subsequent agreement as to which territories in the foregoing categories 66347 0-47-PT. II- 24 will be brought under the trusteeship system and upon what terms. Article 78 The trusteeship system shall not apply to terri- tories which have become Members of the United Nations, relationship among which shall.be based on respect for the principle ot sovereign equality. Article 79 The terms of trusteeship for each territory to be placed under the trusteeship system, including any alteration or amendment, shall be agreed upon by the states directly concerned, including the mandatory power in the case of territories held under mandate by a Member of the United Na- tions, and shall be approved as provided for in Articles 83 and 85. Article 80 1. Except as may be agreed upon in individual trusteeship agreements, made under Articles 77, 79, and 81, placing each territory under the trus- teeship system, and until such agreements have been concluded, nothing in this Chapter shall be construed in or of itself to alter in any manner the rights whatsoever of any states or any peoples or the terms of existing international instruments to which Members of the United Nations may re- spectively be parties. 2. Paragraph 1 of this Article shall not be in- terpreted as giving grounds for delay or postpone- ment of the negotiation and conclusion of agree- ments for placing mandated and other territories under the trusteeship system as provided for in Article 77. Article 81 The trusteeship agreement shall in each case include the terms under which the trust territory will be administered and designate the authority which will exercise the administration of the trust territory. Such authority, hereinafter called the

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