ments may he made with international organiza·
tions and, where appropriate, with national or·
ganizations after consultation with the Member
of the United Nations concerned.
Article 72
L The Economic and Social Council shall
adopt its own rules of procedure, including the
method of. selecting its President.
2. The Economic and Social Council shall meet
as required in accordance with its rules, which
shall include provision for the convening of meetings on the request of a majority of its members.
CHAPTER XI
DECLARATION REGARDING
NON-SELF-GOVERNING TERRITORIES
c. to further international peace and s curity;
d. to promote constructive measures of de·
velopment, to encourage research, and to cooperate 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 SecretaryGeneral for information purposes, subject to
such limitation as security and constitutional
considerations may require,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 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 utmost, 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·
t'!J.re 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;
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Article 74
Members of the United Nations also agree that
their policy in respect of the territories to which
this Chapter applies, no less than in respect of their
metropolitan areas, must be based on the general
principle of good-neighborliness, due account being 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 territories 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,