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" To those colonies and territories which as a consequence of the late war have ceased to be under the sovereignty of the States which formerly governed them and which are inhabited by peoples not yet able to stand by themselves under the strenuous conditions... "
The Acquisition and Government of Backward Territory in International Law ... - Page 335
by Sir Mark Frank Lindley - 1926 - 391 pages
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UNPO yearbook

Unrepresented Nations and Peoples Organization - 502 pages
...the inclusion of Article 22 in the Covenant of the League of Nations, which reads: To those countries which as a consequence of the late war have ceased...which are inhabited by peoples not yet able to stand up for themselves under the strenuous conditions of the modern world, there should be applied the principle...
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The Empire and Its Critics, 1899-1939: Classics of Imperialism

Peter Cain - Business & Economics - 1998 - 310 pages
...II Article 22 of the League of Nations Covenant (Mandatories. Control of Colonies and Territories) To those colonies and territories which as a consequence...formerly governed them and which are inhabited by people not yet able to stand by themselves under the strenuous conditions of the modern world, there...
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Landmark Cases in Public International Law

Eric Heinze, M. Fitzmaurice - Law - 1998 - 1410 pages
..."two principles were considered to be of paramount importance: the principle of non-annexation and the principle that the well-being and development of such peoples form 'a sacred trust of civilization"' (l.CJ. Reports (950, p. l3l). 46. lt is self-evident that the "trust" had to be exercised...
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United Nations at the Millennium: The Principal Organs

Paul Taylor, A.J.R. Groom - Political Science - 2000 - 390 pages
...of the League of Nations other than under Article 23(b). Article 22.1 states quaintly but clearly: To those colonies and territories which as a consequence...are inhabited by peoples not yet able to stand by themselves under the strenuous conditions of the modem world, there should be applied the principle...
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The Dynamics of Global Dominance: European Overseas Empires, 1415-1980

David B. Abernethy - History - 2000 - 550 pages
...able to stand by themselves under the strenuous conditions of the modern world." Tutelage was based on the principle that "the well-being and development of such peoples form a sacred trust of civilization."2 Granted, the mandate system was premised on the idea of a hierarchy of races that Europeans...
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The Epochs of International Law

Wilhelm Georg Grewe - Law - 2000 - 812 pages
...with its feeble incantation of the old formula for the justification of the mandatory's obligation: »[T]he well-being and development of such peoples form a sacred trust of civilisation and ... securities for the performance of this trust should be embodied in this covenant. The best method...
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America's Great War: World War I and the American Experience

Robert H. Zieger - History - 2000 - 324 pages
...them under League supervision, being particularly solicitous of the interests of the subject peoples. "The well-being and development of such peoples form a sacred trust of civilization," declared the covenant. The covenant divided these territories into categories on the...
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The Major International Treaties of the Twentieth Century: A ..., Volume 1

John Ashley Soames Grenville - Political Science - 2001 - 482 pages
...regional understandings like the Monroe Doctrine, for securing the maintenance of peace. Article 22. To those colonies and territories which as a consequence...development of such peoples form a sacred trust of civilization and that securities for the performance of this trust should be embodied in this Covenant....
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Rivers of Blood, Rivers of Gold: Europe's Conquest of Indigenous Peoples

Mark Cocker - History - 2001 - 452 pages
...humane Western values. Since the mandated territories were, in the words of the League of Nations, 'inhabited by peoples not yet able to stand by themselves...principle that the well-being and development of such people form a sacred trust of civilization.'40 From the very beginning, the allied forces had viewed...
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Diversity and Self-Determination in International Law

Karen Knop - Political Science - 2002 - 460 pages
...administered, under mandate, by one or more of the victorious powers. Article 22 of the Covenant reads in part: To those colonies and territories which, as a consequence...of such peoples form a sacred trust of civilisation — The best method of giving practical effect to this principle is that the tutelage of such people...
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