[Sidenote: The South Pacific Isles.]
There are territories, such as Southwest Africa and certain of the South
Pacific Isles, which, owing to the sparseness of the population, or
their small size, or their remoteness from the centers of civilization,
or their geographical contiguity to the mandatory State and other
circumstances, can be best administered under the laws of the mandatory
States as integral portions thereof, subject to the safeguards above
mentioned in the interests of the indigenous population.
[Sidenote: Mandatory's annual report.]
In every case of mandate, the mandatory State shall render to the League
an annual report in reference to the territory committed to its charge.
The degree of authority, control, or administration, to be exercised by
the mandatory State, shall, if not previously agreed upon by the high
contracting parties in each case, be explicitly defined by the Executive
Council in a special act or charter.
[Sidenote: The mandatory commission.]
The high contracting parties further agree to establish at the seat of
the League a mandatory commission to receive and examine the annual
reports of the mandatory powers, and to assist the League in insuring
the observance of the terms of all mandates.
ART. XX.--The high contracting parties will endeavor to secure
and maintain fair and humane conditions of labor for men, women, and
children, both in their own countries and in all countries to which
their commercial and industrial relations extend; and to that end agree
to establish as part of the organization of the League a permanent
bureau of labor.
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