3302 Powers of adminis- tering authority. 59 Stat. 1050 . 59 Stat. 1048 . Maintenance of peace and security. 59 Stat. 1049, 1050. 59 Stat. 1049. Development of po- litical institutions. Economic advance- ment. INTERNATIONAL AGREEMENTS OTHER THAN TREATIES [61 STAT. ARTICLE 3 The administering authority shall have full powers of administra- tion, legislation, and jurisdiction over the territory subject to the provisions of this agreement, and may apply to the trust territory, subject to any modifications which the administering authority may consider desirable, such of the laws of the United States as it may deem appropriate to local conditions and requirements. ARTICLE 4 The administering authority, in discharging the obligations of trusteeship in the trust territory, shall act in accordance with the Charter of the United Nations, and the provisions of this agreement, and shall, as specified in Article 83 (2) of the Charter, apply the objectives of the international trusteeship system, as set forth in Article 76 of the Charter, to the people of the trust territory. ARTICLE 5 In discharging its obligations under Article 76 (a) and Article 84, of the Charter, the administering authority shall ensure that the trust territory shall play its part, in accordance with the Charter of the United Nations, in the maintenance of international peace and secur- ity. To this end the administering authority shall be entitled: 1. to establish naval, military and air bases and to erect fortifica- tions in the trust territory; 2. to station and employ armed forces in the territory; and 3. to make use of volunteer forces, facilities and assistance from the trust territory in carrying out the obligations towards the Security Council undertaken in this regard by the administering authority, as well as for the local defense and the maintenance of law and order within the trust territory. ARTICLE 6 In discharging its obligations under Article 76 (b) of the Charter, the administering authority shall: 1. foster the development of such political institutions as are suited to the trust territory and shall promote the development of the inhabitants of the trust territory toward self-government or inde- pendence, as may be appropriate to the particular circumstances of the trust territory and its peoples and the freely expressed wishes of the peoples concerned; and to this end shall give to the inhabit- ants of the trust territory a progressively increasing share in the administrative services in the territory; shall develop their partici- pation in government; shall give due recognition to the customs of the inhabitants in providing a system of law for the territory; and shall take other appropriate measures toward these ends; 2. promote the economic advancement and self-sufficiency of the inhabitants, and to this end shall regulate the use of natural
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