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General Assembly

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In accordance with a decision taken at the first part of its thirteenth session, the General Assembly reconvened on February 20, 1959, to consider exclusively the question of the future of the trust territories of the Cameroons under French administration and the Cameroons under United Kingdom administration. The Assembly referred the question to its Trusteeship (fourth) Committee which discussed the matter from its 844th meeting on February 25 to its 880th meeting on March 18. The Trusteeship Council had submitted a special report to the General Assembly concerning the future of these trust territories. The Council had also transmitted to the Assembly the reports of the UN visiting mission to trust territories in West Africa, 1958, and the observations of the administering authorities on the reports.

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International Organizations: Summary of Activities I. United Nations
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International Organization , Volume 13 , Issue 2 , Spring 1959 , pp. 274 - 287
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Copyright © The IO Foundation and Cambridge University Press 1959

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2 For information on the Special Fund, see International Organization, Winter 1959 (Vol. 13, No. 1), p. 89–90.Google Scholar

3 Document A/CONF.16/L.1.

4 Document A/CONF.16/1.

1 Was to contribute same proportion to the Special Fund as to the Expanded Program.

2 A maximum of $1,274,070 equivalent was pledged to the Expanded Program and the Special Fund on the assumption that a total of $100 million would be reached. The amounts indicated were the minimum contributions to the two programs.

3 This figure was approximate. Final contribution to Special Fund to be announced later.

4 A contribution of $1.666,667 equivalent had been pledged to the Expanded Program and the Special Fund. The distribution of this amount between the two programs to be announced later.

5 Contributions subject to condition that a total of $100 million be reached for both programs.

6 A total of $2,899,671 equivalent was announced for the Expanded Program and the Special Fund. The division of this amount between the two programs to be announced later.

7 Special Fund contribution subject to condition that $100 million be reached for both programs.

8 A contribution of $38 million was pledged to the Expanded Program and the Special Fund. The contribution was subject to the condition that it would not exceed 40 percent of the total contributions to the two programs. The specific amounts for each program were to be announced later when pledges from other governments were known.