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THE welcome which Mr. Bevin gave to the formation of the Trusteeship Council in his speech to the United Nations Assembly on January 17, and his announcement of the British Government's decision to enter into negotiations for placing Tanganyika, the Cameroons and Togo land under the trusteeship system have implications for the ordinary citizen which should not be overlooked. It is of the utmost importance that there should be some clear and general understanding of what the trusteeship system involves, as well as of the way in which Great Britain has during the last twenty-five years fulfilled her obligations under the Covenant of the League of Nations, and to the best of her ability administered and developed these mandated territories in the interest of their inhabitants. Mr. Bevin, moreover, was careful to point out that in continuing the same policy under the trusteeship system, success would depend on the peoples of the territories themselves and the world at large understanding beyond doubt that continuity of administration will be maintained until the ultimate objective of the trusteeship system-self-government or independence-is maintained.
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WELFARE AND DEVELOPMENT IN COLONIAL TERRITORIES. Nature 157, 241–244 (1946). https://doi.org/10.1038/157241a0
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