Foreign Relations of the United States, 1950, The Near East, South Asia, and Africa, Volume V

Editorial Note

During the month of January 1950 the United Nations Trusteeship Council, meeting in special session in New York, appointed a Committee for Italian Somaliland to seek agreement on the text of a draft trusteeship agreement for Italian Somaliland prior to the sixth session of the Trusteeship Council. The United States was a member of the Committee for Italian Somaliland, together with participating representatives of Italy, Egypt, and Colombia. With Ethiopia represented by observers, the committee negotiated a draft trusteeship agreement, the Draft Trusteeship Agreement for the Territory of Somaliland under Italian Administration, which was unanimously adopted by the Trusteeship Council on January 27, 1950. In accordance with the General Assembly Resolution of November 1949 on the former Italian colonies (see Foreign Relations, 1949, volume IV, pages 526 ff.), the United Kingdom turned over the administration of Somaliland to Italy on April 1, 1950.

For additional information pertaining to the trust territory of Somaliland, see the editorial notes on pages 1600 and 1688.

For the text of the draft trusteeship agreement, see United Nations, Official Records of the General Assembly, Fifth Session, Supplement No. 10, Draft Trusteeship Agreement for the Territory of Somaliland under Italian Administration.