Editorial Note
For the final texts of two resolutions adopted by the General Assembly on January 19, 1952 with regard to South West Africa, Resolution 570 (VI), Parts A and B, respectively, see United Nations, Officiai Records of the General Assembly, Sixth Session, Resolutions, pages 63 and 64. In Part A the General Assembly reconstituted the Ad Hoc Committee on South West Africa, which was “to continue to confer with the Government of the Union of South Africa concerning means of implementing the advisory opinion of the International Court of Justice.” The membership was to consist of representatives of Norway, Syria, Thailand, the United States, and Uruguay. In Part B the General Assembly reasserted the position adopted in its resolution 449B(V) of December 13, 1950, that “the normal way of modifying the international status” of South West Africa would be to incorporate the Territory into the International Trusteeship System “by means of a trusteeship agreement” under Article XII of the United Nations Charter.
For the proceedings of the General Assembly on January 18 and 19, 1952, at which the question of South West Africa was considered, see United Nations, Official Records of the General Assembly, Sixth Session, Plenary Meetings, pages 355 ff. For the legislative history of the South West Africa item, with selected documentation, see United Nations, Official Records of the General Assembly, Sixth Session, Annexes, fascicule for agenda item 38.