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 61 STAT.] U. N. -TRUSTEESHIP FOR PACIFIC ISLANDS-JULY 18, 1947 3301 Agreement approved by the Security Council of the United Nations July 18, 1947 April 2, 1947, respecting trusteeship for the former Japanese man- [T. A .S .1665] dated islands. Approved by the President of the United States of America July 18, 1947, pursuant to authority granted by a joint resolution of the Congress of the United States of America July 18, 1947; entered into force July 18, 1947. TRUSTEESHIP AGREEMENT FOR THE FORMER JAPANESE MANDATED ISLANDS APPROVED AT THE ONE HUNDRED AND TWENTY-FOURTH MEETING OF THE SECURITY COUNCIL PREAMBLE WHEREAS Article 75 of the Charter of the United Nations pro- 59Stat. 148. vides for the establishment of an international trusteeship system for the administration and supervision of such territories as may be placed thereunder by subsequent agreements; and WHEREAS under Article 77 of the said Charter the trusteeship system 59 Stat. 1049. may be applied to territories now held under mandate; and WHEREAS on 17 December 1920 the Council of the League of Nations confirmed a mandate for the former German islands north of the equator to Japan, to be administered in accordance with Article 22 of the Covenant of the League of Nations; [1] and WHEREAS Japan, as a result of the Second World War, has ceased to exercise any authority in these islands; Now, THEREFORE, the Security Council of the United Nations, having satisfied itself that the relevant articles of the Charter have been com- plied with, hereby resolves to approve the following terms of trustee- ship for the Pacific Islands formerly under mandate to Japan. ARTICLE 1 The Territory of the Pacific Islands, consisting of the islands for- Tut territory. merly held by Japan under mandate in accordance with Article 22 of the Covenant of the League of Nations, is hereby designated as a strategic area and placed under the trusteeship system established in the Charter of the United Nations. The Territory of the Pacific Islands is hereinafter referred to as the trust territory. ARTICLE 2 The United States of America is designated as the administering authority of the trust territory. 1 [Treaties,Conventions, InternationalActs, Protocols, and Agreements Between the United States of America and Other Powers, 1910-1923. Vol. III, p. 3342, com- piled by C. F. Redmond, Washington, 1). C.] 95347°-49-PT . ii C.

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