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| 122. SELDCTZD COMMDNIST ERONT ORGANIZATIONS The Commission should appoint its own staff of colonial exports and advisers, including the services of qualified persons of all races, and particularly per- sons indigenous to the colonies* "Scape of Authority — Fith the exception of such dependent territories for' which there is immediate prospect of self-government and self-determination, all colonial territories, including the League mandates and colonies of enemies in this war, should come under the direct supervision of the Colonial Commission. The Commission should be responsible for supervision of all non-military phases of administration in those colonial areas where international military bases are or shall be established. "Functions — The minimum functiahs of the Colonial Commission, in addition to those already mentioned above, should be: 1. To establish an International Convention governing social, political, labor and other economic standards to be maintained in the administration of all colonial territories. 2» To use the powers designated belov; to insure adherence to the Convention by all colonial administrators. 3. To determine the tine necessary for each colonial territory to develop to the stage at which it can exercise political self- determination, and to declare the date on which this right is to be exercised. 4. To promote the fullest measure of international cooperation in securing for all colonial areas the modernization of the economy.... To this end an international fund for colonial development.,..should be established..... 5. To insure equal •pportunity for all nations to engage in trade and commerce in all colonial territories. Towers — In addition to the authority vested in the former Mandates Commis- sion..... The colonial Commission should be authorized as a minimum: 1« To make direct, on-the-spot inspection or investigation in any colonial territory. 2» To hear and receive direct petitions, both oral and written, from established organizations or agents of the inhabitants of any colonial territory. 3. To submit recommendations fr>r the approval and action of the General Assembly in any case in which a governing power is in disagreement with the Colonial Commission..... 5. ("Regional Commissions Qnbracing Colonial Territories"). "Central authority for supervision of all dependent territories must rest exclusively in the General International Organization. Regional commissions for colonial areas should not be regarded as a substitute for colonial supervision vested in the' General International Organization. Neither should such regional commissions, if they are established, be regarded as autonomous or semi-autonomous units, more or less independent of the General International Organization........" |