TREATIES ments may be made with international organiza- tions and, where appropriate, with national or- ganizations after consultation with the Member of the United Nations concerned. Article 72 1. The Economic and Social Council shall adopt its own rules of procedure, including the method of selecting its President. 2. TheEconomicandSocialCouncilshallmeet as required in accordance with its rules, which shall include provision for the convening of meet- ings on the request of a majority of its members. CHAPTER XI DECLARATION REGARDING NON-SELF-GOVERNING TERRITORIES Article 73 Members of the United Nations which have or assume responsibilities for the administration of territories whose peoples have not yet attained a full measure of self-government recognize the principle that the interests of the inhabitants of these territories are paramount, and accept as a sacred trust the obligation to promote to the ut- most, within the system of international peace and security established by the present Charter, the well-being of the inhabitants of these territories, and, to this end: a. to ensure, with due respect for the cul- ture of the peoples concerned, their political, economic, social, and educational advance- ment, their just treatment, and their protection against abuses; b. to develop self-government, to take due account of the political aspirations of the peoples, and to assist them in the progressive development of their free political institutions, according to the particular circumstances of each territory and its peoples and their varying stages of advancement; [59 STAT. c. to further international peace and se- curity; d. to promote constructive measures of de- velopment, to encourage research, and to co- operate with one another and, when and where appropriate, with specialized international bod- ies with a view to the practical achievement of the social, economic, and scientific purposes set forth in this Article; and e. to transmit regularly to the Secretary- General for information purposes, subject to such limitation as security and constitutional considerations mayrequire, statistical and other information of a technical nature relating to economic, social, and educational conditions in the territories for which they are respectively responsible other than those territories to which Chapters XII and XIII apply. Article 74 Members of the United Nations also agree that their policy in respect of the territories to which this Chapterapplies, no less than in respect of their metropolitan areas, must be based on the general principle of good-neighborliness, due account be- ing taken of the interests and well-being of the rest of the world, in social, economic, and commercial matters. CHAPTER XII INTERNATIONAL TRUSTEESHIP SYSTEM Article 75 The United Nations shall establish under its authority an international trusteeship system for the administration and supervision of such terri- tories as may be placed thereunder by subsequent individual agreements. These territories are hereinafter referred to as trust territories. Article 76 The basic objectives of the trusteeship system, 1048
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