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I]4PLEMU\TAT]ON OF TT{E DECI,ANATION ON THE GRAIVTING OF INDEFENDMVCE TO COLONIAL COIINTRItsS AND PEOPLES: REPORTS OF Tl{E SPECIAL, COMMItrm OF TIIE S]TUATION WITE REGARD TO THE ]MPLM4EITATION OF TITE DECI,ARATION ON THE GRANTING OF INDEPE$IDUICE TO COLONIAL COUNTRIES AND PEOPI,ES
CHAPTMS CONCERNN{G TERRIIOBIES NOI CONS]DERM SE.PABATU,Y neDort of the Fourth CoDnlttee
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I f. At lts l-59th neeting, crn 22 septenb er L965, the Genera-l Cornnlttee declded to reconnend to the General- AssenbJ.y the ircJ.uslon ln the agenda of an lten entltled 't'trFl-enentation of t]]e DecLars,tlon on the Grantlng of Tnd.ependence to Col-onla]- Countrles and Peoples: reporbs of t'he SpeclsJ- Cormlttee on tJre Sltuation lt1th regard. to'the fep].enentatlo]r of the Deeleratlon on the Gf,antlng of llalepend.ence to Col-onla:L Countrles a.nd PeopJ.esrt. At the same nleetln8, the G€heral Connnittee declded. to reconmend to the GeneraL Assenbly Nhq of i6ssf,l6n6 to the Sourth Conmlttee of all the chapters of the reporbs of the Speciel Conelttee reLatlng to speclfic Territorles . 2. At lts Lrr6th p].ena.rx| neetlng, on 2)+ septeeb er L95, ' tlhe General- A86ex1b.l-y, adoptlng the recormendatlonc of the General Coumlttee, lnclud.ed. the lten llr its agenda and a.l-locatetl to the For:rth CotnnLttee those chapters of the reports of the Speclal- Comlttee re].a,tlng to gpeclflc Terrltorles. meetLng, on Septenft et 1965 the Fourt'h Coml'ttee d.eclded t. At 1ts L517th 28 " to conolder, as one 1tem, the chapters of the Speclal- conmltteers reports concernlng tbe Ter?ltof,les whlch lt wouLd not be consld ertng separateJ-y. The Terrltorles .oncexned. and the reLevaJxt chapters of the Specla]- Connlttee t s reports are set out
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Brltlsh Guiana (t /59oo/aaa,5, chapter VrI; A/6ooo/Add.7, chapter rX) tr'ernando Pdo, R{o Munl, Spanish Sahara (a/5Boo / aaa.5,. chapte" fii and Ifnl A/6aao/Add..7, chapter X) GlbraLtar (a/59oo/aaa.5, chapter xi A/6oca/Add.7, chapter XI) (A.5BOO/Add,5, chapter xrII; A/6oao /Add..T, chapter XII) MaurLtlus, SeycheJ.les and, St. Eelena (a/58oo/,+aa.6, cnapter xw; A/6oOo/Add.7, chapter XIII Nlue and. Tokelau Tsland.s (a/5eoo/aaa.6, chapter Xvj A/5)CO /Add..7, chapter xrv) Amerlcan Samoa (a/51oo/ aaa,6, chapter XVI; A/5Ooo / Add.7, chapter XV) Gua@ @ /5eoo / ma.6, chapter XVrr; A/6000/Add..7, chapter XVI ) [ruot [erritory of the laciflc Tslands (a/58oo/aoa.6, chapter Xvrfrj A/6Ooo/Ad.d ,7, chapter XVII ) Trust TerrLtory of Nauru, Fepua and the (a / 59oo/aaa.6, chapter Xff; f?ust Territory of Nev Gnlnea and. Cocos A/6aoo/Add.7, chapter xvIII ) (Keeffng) f6lands New Eebrides, Gilbert ard. Ellice fslands, (a/51oo/aaa.6, chapter )Ofi Pitcalrn and Solonon Islands A/6000/Add,.7, cnapEer r\J( J Brunei (t /59oo/ma.6, chalter lfiI j A/6000/Add..7, cnapEer }in,l Hong Kong (a/,59oo/aaa.6, chapter )OlIIi
A/boco/Add.7, cnapler iIj- ,, Falkland. fslandE (Ualvlnas ) (a/59oo/aaa,7, chapter )0(IIrt A/6oao/ld,.d.7, chaptel Sermud a, Bahamas, Turks and. Calcos Island.s (A 580o/gaa.7 cha!ter )C(IVt and. Caynran Is land.s A 000/Add.7,' chapter lofiIl) United. States Vlrgln Island.E, British Virgln (a/59ao/to.a.7, cha!t er lorv; Islands, Antlgua, Dominica, Grenada, A/6000/Add..7, chapter Montserrat, St. Kitts -Nevls -Angullla, St. luciar. St. Vincent and. BarbadoB British Eond.uras (n/58co/aaa.7, chapter lcflfi; A/6oOo/Add..7, chapter XV) { A/6L6o I EngLisb
) ,. lt. The Connittee considered. thls lten at its L549th to f554th neetlngs, fron B to lL Novenrber, at its L555th to L56Otb neeti.ngs, fron 15 !o L? Novenber, at it6 l566th, I567th and. I'7Oth meettngs, fron Zl+ to 26 Novenber, at its IIT6th to 1578th rceetlngs, on 6 and. ? Decenber, and. at its ISBrrd. lleetlng, on IO Decetrber. ,. At the f549th neettng, on B November, the Rapporteur of the SpeciaL Committee on the Situatlon nith regard. to the Irxptementatlon of the Declaration on the Granting of Ind.ependence to Colonial Countrles and Peolles introduced. th.e relevant chapters of the repoxtg of that Cooolttee concerning this iten, as ltsted above. 6. The Fourth Coumlttee aLso had. before it three coEounications concerning Gibraltar addressed to the Secretary-General: (.) Letter dated JO August L965 fTon the permanent Representatlve of Spaln (t/>gSg and corr.I); (l) Letter dated 27 October L96, trcn the pernanent Representative of the United. Kingd.om of Great Brltaln and- Northern lreland. (a/6OBL); (") Letter d.ated. 5 Novenber L965 fuon the Permanent Representative of Spain (a/6a9\). ) 7, In connexlon vith the consideratj.on of this ltem, the Connittee granted. the \ follorlng requests for hearings:
Petltioner Terrlto?1es - concerGa-
l.{r . Felix A . Cummings, Director of Brltlsh Gulena r_54Brh Public Relations and- InforBation, Peoplers Progressive Party of British eutana (a/c.4/655) l{r. Atanas ie NtDong Nlyone, Equatorial Gulnea 'I (q7+h YIr. Adolfo Oblang Bike and (_E ernando .Hoo and- l'{". Rafael Evlta, Movlniento Rfo Munl) Nacional d.e llb eradi-6E-dE Guinea
B. At the LSllgth meetlng, on B November, Ir{r. Felix A. Cur0nings addre66ed. the Cornmlttee concernlEg the sltuatlon 1n British Guiana and answe"ed questions ])ut to himby menbers of the Connittee. 9. At the f!!'/th neetlng, on 16 Novenber, Mr. Atanasle NrDong Nlyone nad.e a statement concernlng EquatoriaL Guirea (Fer[and.o P6o and. R{o Muni). At the same aeetLng, l'{r. Atanasle NrDong Niyone and l{r. Rafael Eqlta answered questlons put A/6160 Engllsh lage +
to them by members of the Comnlttee. The Connittee d.ecided. that the statenent mad.e by Mr. NrDong at the f!)'ith meetlng should. be circuLated as a Comnittee d.ocument (A/c .\ /6je) . tO, The general d.ebate on the lteo took pJ_ace at the l!)Oth to L554th meetings, from 8 to IL November, and. at the Lii6th to Lt60u1 neetings, from. 15 to l_T November. Il. The Commlttee decld-ed that the statements concerning Equatorlal Guitrea (lernand.o Pdo and Rio Muni) Bad.e at the l-!!lth meetLng, on 16 November, by Dr. Bonifacio ONDO Erlu, President of the Governlng CounciL of Equatorlal- Gulnea, -vrho r,ras speaklng as a menber of the d.el-egation of Spaln, should be elrculated as a Connittee d.ocument (A/c.Lr/656), L2. At its lt56th to I56Oth neetings, from 15 to IT November, at tts Lr66th, l567th and l-lJOth neetings, fron al+ to Z6 November, at it6 l5?5th to fSTBth roeetings, on 6 and- J December, and ab its L58rrd. neetlng, on lO December, the comralttee considered. drsft resolutions concerning the lten. These d.ealt irlth the f ollorlng Territorieg : I. Falkland fslend.s (tUatvinas ) Ii. Maurltius III, Equatorlal Guinea (Fernand.o pdo and. R{o Munl) w. Flii V. Amerlcan Samoa, Antigua, Bahanas, Barbados, Bermuda, Brltish Virgin Islarids, Cayman Is Land.s, Cocos (Keeltng ) Tslands, Dominica, Gllbert and.
ELLlce Island.6, Grenada, Guan, . Montserrat, Nev.Hebrid.es, Ni_ue, papua, Pltealrn, St. Helena, St. Kltts -Nevl6 -Anguilla, St. lucia, St. ylnceet, Seychelles, SoIoEon I6Lands, Tokelau Island_s, Turks and Calcos Islands and. United States Vlrgln Island.s fn. G1braLtar VII. Srltlsh Oulana VIII. lfni and. Spantsh Sahara Lt. An account of the Commltteers conslderetlon of these draft resoLu.tlons and. of anend.ments thereto is glven ln sectlons f to VIII beLor.r. A/6t6o I English T. FAT.KT,AND ]SI,ANDS (1,$LVI{'AS ) :-4. At the l-556th loeeting, on I5 November, the representatlve of Venezuela lntrod.uced. a draft resolution concernlng the FaLliLand fsLands (MaLvinas) on behalf of tbe fotlovlng countrles: Solivla, Chlle, Colonbia, Costa Rica, Donlnlcan Republlc, Ecuador, EL Salvad-or, G9atero.ala, Ealtl, Eohduras, Nlcaragua, Panama, Peru, Uruguay and Venezuela (g/c.4/n.Boz). l-5. The Comrolttee con6ld.ered. the d."aft resolution at lts L556th to I56Oth meetlngs, from 15 to 17 November. t5. At the L56oth meetlng, on l-B Novenbe", the coff0ittee d-ecld.ed.r. rlthout objectlon, that the follonlng nomenclature concerning the Territory in question shonld be used. in all United. Nattons d.ocunents; (u) In aM-anguages other than Spanish, the Territory should' be called "Falkland Is Lands (Malvlnas ) "; (b) In the Spanish language, thd Terrlto"y should. be call-ed. the "Isl-as l{aLvinas (Falkland. Islande ) ". L7, At the same meetlng, the representatlve of the Unlted Klngdom stated' that, as far as h16 Government rlae concerned, the nance of the Territory was tr'al]
Phlllpplnes, Poland, Ronanla, Rrand.a, Saud.i A?abla, Senegalr Sle"ra Leone, Sou.alia, Spain, Suclan, Strria, Thalland., Togo, Trinid.ad. and Tobago, Tunisla, Tu?key, Uganda, Ukrainlan Soviet Socialist Republic, Union of Soviet Soclalist Republics, United Arab Republlc, United Bepubllc of Tanzanla, Upper Volta, Uruguay, Venezuela, yemen, y,Jgoslavia, Zarbla. Agalnst: None. Abstalnlng: Australia, Canada, Denmark, Finland., tr!.ancer. Nether Lends, Nev Zeeland, Norvay, portugal, South Africa, SFed.en, United_ Kingd.o@ of Great Britaln and. Northern lreland, United States of Ameri-ca r L9. The text of the draft resolution is set forth ln paragraph 50 of the present report as draft res-olution I.
Tf . MAIMIT]US
?:0. At the l-566th meeting, on 24 Novenber, the representatives of the Unlted. Republlc of Tanzanla and f[dia lntroduced. e draft resolutlon concerning Meuritius, vhich vas finally slonsored. by Al6erla, Cau.eroon, Ceylon, Cyprus, Dahomey, nthlopla, Ghana, Ind.ia, fraq, Jordan, Kenya, lebanon, Liberia, libya, Mall, Mallritania, Morocco, Nepal, Niger, Nlger'la, Saudi Arabia, Slerra leone, Somalia, Sudan Tunlsia the Unlted Arab Republlc" the Unlt ed. of Tanzania, Yenen, Yugoslavia and Zanbia (A/C.Lr/l.eO6/nev.l and Add.f). 2L. The Committee consldered. the d.raft resoLutLon at lts L556th and. LSTOth neetings, on 24 and 26 Ncvenber. 22. The draft resol-uttoh (n /C.4/f-,.8O6/nev.L and- Add..l) r,ras ad.opted. by the Com@ittee at lts IlJOlh meeting, on 26 Noveaber, by a roj-I-caLl vote of ?? to none, .I,rlth l7 ab6tentioBs. The votlng wa6 as f ollor.rs: In favour: Afghanistan, Algerla, Argentlna, Brazil, Bulga-ria, Burna, SyeLoruselan Soviet Sociallst Republlc, Ca&eroon, Ceylon, Chad., Chlle, China, Colonbia, Congo (Brazzaville), Congo (Democratlc Bepublic of), Costa Rlca, Cuba, Cyprus, Czechoslovakia, Dahoney, Denmark, Ethlopla, Gabon, Ghana, Greece, Guatenala, Gulnea, EaLti, Honduras, Ilungary, Ind.ia, Iran, Iraq, Israel, Jap€n, Jordan, Kenye, Kw{alt, Liberl a, a/616o EngLish ? Page 7 Libya, Malar'rl, Ms.Iaysia, Mall, Maurltania, Mexico, Mongolia, Morocco, Nlger, Nlgeria, Pakistan, panana, pbrul philipplnes, Pola[d., Romanla, Rwanda, Saudl .Arabla, Senegal, Slerra Leone, Sonalie, Spah, Sud-an, Syria, Thailend, Togo, Trinidad. and Tobago, Tunisia, Turkey, Ugand"a, Ukralnian Sovlet Soclalist Bepubllc, Union of Sov1et Socialtst Republice, Unlted Arab Republlc, United. Republle of Tanzania, Uruguay, Venezuela, Yugoslavia, Zembja. Againet: None. Abstainlng: Australla2 Austria, Belgiun, Canada, Finland, tr?ance, IreLand, , Italy, Jarnalca, Nether Land-s, Nev Zealand_; Norvay, Fortugal, South Africa, Sneden, Unlted i(tngdon of Gleat Britain and. Northern Ireland, United. States of Amerlca. 21 . The text of the draft resolutlon ls set for:th in paragraph 50 of the present report as draft resol-utlon II,
II1. EQUATORIAL GU]NEA (FBNANDO P@ AI\D RIO MUNI)
2l+. At the l566th oeeting, on 24 November, the relreBentativeg of Dehone5r and. MaIl i[troduced. a d?aft resolution concernlng Equatorlal Guinea (Fernando P6o and R{o Munl), whlch was flnal-Ly sponsored by Algerla, Caneroon, Ceylon, Congo (SrazzavlJ-Ie), Dahomey, Ghana, Guinea, the Ivory Coast, Liberla, Mali, Morocco, Niger, Nlgerla, Slerra l€orler_ Sona]-la, Sud.an, Syria: Togo, Tunlsia, the United. Arab.Republic, the United RepubLlc of Tanzania and Zarrble (A/C.l+/r.BO7 ana Add.r-, ) . 2r. The Committee consld.e"ed. the draft resolutlon at its L565th and I'?Oth neetings, on 24 and 26 November. 26. The draft resolution (A/C,4/n.BOl and Add.L-J) was voted. ulon by the Comnittee at its L5TOth neeti.ng, on 26 Novenber, as foLlov6t Oleratlve paragraph 2 vas ad-opted. by 77 votes to none, rrlth l-6 abstentlons. The draft resolution as a vhole (A/C.4/L.BO/ and Add.f-r) was adopted by 90 votes to none, vlth J abstentlons. 27. The tex.t of the d.raft is set forth ln paragraph 5O of the pxesent "esolution relort a6 draft reBoLutlon III. A/61:60 Engllsh vape o
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28. At the L567th neeting, on 24 November, the repregentatives of Ceylon and. tlberia introd.uced. a draft resolutlon concerning 3iJl, 'rrhich lras flnal-ly sponsored. by Algerla, Ceylon, Cyprus, Ethiopia, Ghrna, Guinea, India, Iran, Iraq, Kenya, Liberla, Mall, Mauritania, Morocco, Nlgerla, the Phllipplnes, Saudl Arabia, Sierya Leone, Somalia, Syria, Togo, Tunlsia, the United. ATab Republic, thg Unlted. Republlc of Tanzania, Upper Volta, Yugoslavla and Zaobla (A/C.t+/f .BOB ana Add .r) . 29. The Committee consld.ered the d-raft resolution at tts l567th qhd L5?Oth meetlngs, on 24 and. 26 November. 10. The draft resoLutlon (A/C.t+ft.BOB and Add.f) va6 ad.olted- by the Commlttee at lts L5?Oth meetingy on 25 November, by a rolL-call vote of BO to ,, r'rith 12 abstentions. The votlng vas as follovs: In favour: Afghani.stan, Algeria, Argentina, BrazLL, Bulgaria, Burna, Byelorussian Soviet Soc lallst RelubLic, CamerooB, CentraL Afrlcan Republlc, Ceylon, Chacl, Chlle, Chlna, colombla, Congo (Brazzavill-e ), Congo (Democratlc Republlc of), Costa Rlca, Cuba, Cyprus, CzechosLovakla, Dahomey, Denmark, Ethlopla, Gabon, Ghena, Greece, Guatenala, Gulnea, flaitl, Eonduras, Eungary, Ind1a, Iran, Iraq, lsrael, Jamalca, Japan, Jordan, Kenya, Ku.llait, Llberia, libya, Malawl, Malaysia, MaLi, Mauritania, Mexico, Mongol-la, Morocco, Nlger, Nlgerla, Nor$ay, Pakistan, Panama, Peru, Phllipplnes, PoLand., Roeanla, Rwand a, Saudl Arabia, Senegal, Slerra leone, Somalia, Spain, Sudan, Syria, Thailand-, Togo, Tr lnld.ad. and Tobago, Tunlsia, Turkey, Uganda, Ulrralnian soviet Socialist Republlc; Ur:lon of Sorriet Sociallst Republ-ics, United Arab Republlc, Uxited Republlc of Tanzania, Uruguay, VenezueLa, Yugoslavla, Zanbla. Agalnst : Australla, United Kin€dom of Great Sritain and" NortherE fre land., United States of Amerlca. Abstaining: Austria, Belglum, CaEada, FlnLand, France, Ireland, Italy, NetherLands, Nev Zeal.and, Portugal, South Africa, Sw€den. 1L. The text of the draft resol-ution ls set forth in paragraph 50 of the present report ae d.raft resolutlon IV. /... A/6L6o ftre]-lsh D Page 9
V. AMFfilCAN SAMOA, ANTIGUA, IIAEAMAS, SARBADOS, INTiUDN, SRITISE vrRGrN rsr,ANDs, cAyr{aN rsiANDs, cocos (IGEIING ) mrarvos, DCFTINTCA, GIIAMT AND EIITCE ]SIA]{DS, GRM\IADA, GUAI{, MONTSERRAT, NEW HMRDTS, NTUE, PAPUA, P]TCA]3N, ST. ffiLNVA, sT . I{rmg-NEV]S-ANGLILLA, ST . LUCIj, ST, VINCIS]T, SEYCEELLES, SOLOMON ISLANDS, TOKEIAU ISI,ANDS, TURKS AT]D CAICOS ISI,ANDS AITD IJITITM STATES VIRG]]S ]SIANDS 32. At the L576th meeting, on 5 December, a d"aft resolution concerning the above tventy-slx Terrltorleg r€s submltted- to the Comnittee and .was finalLy sponsored- by ALgerl"a, CeyLon, Congo (BrazzavllLe), Congo (Denocratlc RepubLic of), Cyprus,
Sierra Leone, Sonalia, Sudanr Syrla, Tunlsiri, Uganda, the Unlted Arab Republicr the UnLted. RepubLlc of Tanzania, Yeoxen, Yugoslavia and Zambia (e/c.4p.Bfo ana uorr.r ano Aoo.r-ll. 15. The Corurj.ttee consld.ered the draft resoLution at Xts L576th to I5TBth meetlngs, on 6 and. 7 Deceober. 54. The draft resolution (a/C.46.8:-o and Corr.L and Add..1--2) nas voted upon by the Connlttee at 1ts,l'T8th neetlng, on 7 December, as foLlovs; Operatlve paragraph I vas ad.opted by 82 votes to 2, vlth LJ. abstentlons. Oleratlve paragraph J vas ad.opted by a roLL-caLL vote of JO to 26, ttilh 2, abstentlonB. The votlng vas as follovs: In favour 3 Afghellstan, Algerla, Bulgaria, 3urma, Syelorussian Soviet Socialist RepubLlc, Caneroon, Ceylon, Chad, congo (Democratic Republic of), Cuba, Cyprus, Czechoslovakla, Dahoney, El salvad.or, Ethlolia, Ghana, Guinea, Eungary, fndla, fraq, Jamaica, Jord.an, Kenya, Kuvalty liberla, Libya, MaIi, Maurltania, Mongolla, Morocco, Nepal, Nigeria, ?akistan, Poland, Ro@ania, R{and.a, Saud.l Arabia, Slerra Leone, Somallal Sud.an, Sfria, Tunisia, Uganda, Ukrainian Sovlet SoclaLiet Republic I Union of Sovlel: Sociellst Bepublics, United Arab Republ-lc, Unlted Republtc of Tanzanla, Yenen, Yugoslavia, Zaobia. Agalnst: AustraLla, Belglun, BoLivla, BrazlL, Canad.a, China.r Denr0ark, France, GTeece, Guatenala, Eaitl, freland-, Italy, Japan, Nether land.s, Ne'w ZeaLand., Norr€y, PhiLlpplnes, Portugal, South Afrlca, Spain, s\,red.en, Thalland, Turkey, United- Klngdom of Great Srltaln and. Northern freland, United States of A[Berica. !\/6a6o ft€11sh PagE 10
$bstainingl A"gentina, Austria, cent?al African Republic, Chil-e, Colornbia, Costa Rica, Finland, Honduras, Iran, Israel, Ivory Coast, Madagascar, Ma3-aysia, Mexico,. Nicaragua, Niger, panana, pelu, Senegal, Togo, Upper Volta, Uruguay, Venezuela. OperatLve peragraph l+ vas ai.opted by a roll-call vote of 50 to 27, wlth 22 abstentions. The votingi was es follovs: In f,avour: Afghanistan, Algeria, BuJ_garia, Buroa, ByeloT"usian Soviet Socialist Republic, Caneroon, Ceyl-on, Chad, Congo (Denocratic Repu.bIic of), Cuba, Clrp"us, Czechoslovakia, Dahomey, Xthiopia, Ghqna, Guinea, Hurgary, fndia, Iraq, Janaica, Jordan, Kenya, Kuwait, liberia, L.,ibya, Mali, Mauritania, Mongo f-ia, Morocco, Nepal, Nigeria, Pakistan, Pol-and, Romanla, R!@nda, Saudi Arabia, Sierra Leone, Somalia, Sudan, Syria) Togo, Tunisia, Uganda, Ukrainian Soviet Socialist Republlc, Union of Soviet Socialist Republics, Unlted Arab Repubtic, Unlted Bepublic of Tanzanla, Yemen, Yugo slavia, Zarobia. lAgainst: Australia, Belgiuro, Bol-ivia, Brazil-, Canada, China, Denmark, France, Gfeece, Guatemal-a, Haiti, IreJ-and, ftaly, Japan, Netherlands, Ner,r Zeal_and, Nicaragua, Norway, Fhilippines, Portugal, South Africa, Spainr.. S1reden, Thailand, Turkey, United Kingdom of Gyeat Britpin and Northern lreland, United States of A.oerica. Abstaining: Argentina, Austria, Central African Republ-lc, Chile, Colombia, Costa Rica, EI Sa1vador, .tr'inland, Hond.uras, Tran, Israel, Ivory Coast, l,{adagascar, Malaysia, Mexj.co, Niger, Panama, Peru, Senegal, Upper Yol-ta, Uruguay, Venezuela. The draft resolution as a whole (A/C,t+/f,.BfO and Corr.I and Add.l-2) ras adopted by J5 votes to B, r,::ith 1[ abstentions. 3J. The text of the draft resolution is set forth in paragraph !0 of the present.report as draft resolutlon Y. A/6160 EngLlsh ) Page ll
V], GISBALTAR 36. At the l5?6th meetlng, on 6 December, the relresentative of Argentj.na lntrod-uced a draft resolution concerning Gibraltar, Irhlch vas flnalJ_y eponsored. by Alge"la, Argentlna, Sollvia, C_cLombia, Costa Rlca, Ecuador, El Salvad-or, Hond'Jras, Maurj-tania, Morocco, ?anama, Peru, the PhllLppines, Syria, the United AI.ab Rep:llic, Urusuay .nd ]@Lu (a/C.t+/t".Bt\/nev.l and Add,r). 37, The Committee consid.ered. the draft resolution at its t576th to I5?Bth meetlngs, on 5 and 7 Decerobe". 18, The d.raft resolutlon (A/C.t+/t'.Bttr /nev.l and Add.L) r+as adopted. by the Comnittee at lts L!7Bth meeting, on 7 Decenber, by a roLl-call vote of 90 to none, rlth Ll- abstentlons. The voting was as follor.rs: In favour: Afghanistan, Algerla, Argentina, Australia, Austria, SeLgium, Bolivla, Srazll, 3urma, Cameroon, Canad-a, Central African Republic, Ceylon, Chad-, Chile, China, Colombla, Congo (Democratic Republlc of ), Costa Rica, Cuba, Cyprus, Dahonaey, Detulark, Ecuad.or, EL Salvador, ilthlopla, Flnland, Ghana, Greece, Guatenala, Guinea, Ilaiti, Eonauras, fndla, fran, fraq, TreLand, Israel, Italy, Ivory Coast, Jamaica, Japan, Jordan, Kenya, Kuvait; tiberla, Libya, Mad.agascax, Malaysla, MaLl, Maurltania, Mexico, Morocco, Nepal, Netherland.s, Nelr Zealand, Nlcaragua, Nlger, Nigerla, Nonray, Pakistan, ?anana, Peru, Phillpplnes, Rrand.a, Saudl Arabla, Senegal, Sierra Leone, SomaLia, South Afrlca, Spaln, Sudan, Stred.en, Syria, Thalland, Togo, Trlnidad and Tobago, Tunisia, Turkey, Uganda, United Arab Republic, Unlted Kingd.om of Great Brltaln and Northern Irel-and, Unlted Relublic of Tanzania, United. States of America, Upper Volta, Uruguay, VenezueLa, Yemen, Yugoslavia, Zan$le' E3lrllt: None , Abstainlng: Bulgaria, ByelorussLart Soviet SocLallst Republlc, Czechos Lovakia, France, H'Jngary, Mongolia, Poland, Portugal, Ronanla, Ukrainian Sovlet SocLalist Republ1c, Ualon of Swiet SociaLlst Republics. 19. The text of the draft resolution is set forth in paragraph 50 of the present report as d.raft resolution VI. A/6L6o English Page L2
VII. BRITISIT GUIANA
L0. At the L576th neetlng, on 6 December, the representatlyes of Liberia and Ghana introd.uced a draft resoLution concerning British Gnlana, l,hlch r,ras flnal-Iy sponsored. iry Democratic llenublic of ), Ethi Ghana, Grlnea, India, Tran, Traq, Kenya, Liberla, Mali, NeDaI, Niger, Nieeria, Saudl Arabia, Sierra leone, Sudan, Syrla, Togo, the United- Arab Republic, the_ UnLted. IlepubLic of Tanzanla, YugosLavia and. Zambla (l/C,\/f."BO9/nev.L and. Add.L-Z). 4f. The Coromlttee considered- the draft resolutlon at It6 L576th to I'?Bth meetlngs, on 6 and. 7 December, and. at its L5B5"d. aeeting, on lO Decerber. Lr2. At the J-JBJrd. neetlng, on lO Decenber, on the proposal of the representa|lve of Me]iico, the Chairnan nad-e the folloving statement i\rhich the Conmittee decided r'rlthout objection to incLude ln 1ts report to the General AssembLy: I'At thle stage of our deLlberatlons, \re sho[Id llke to take note of the d.iscusslons vhich are nov taklng llace betseen the Governnents of the United Kingdoo, Venezuela and Britleh Gulana, and vhlch are a continuatl_on of tho6e agreeil upon Ln L962. These d.lsc'-rsglons ere in accord.ance vith the stateroent of the Chalruan of the Special- Politlcal Comnlttee contained 1n ,r^^iimah+ 1Lt/r+J,a /c?r< ,.|..*ich the General A6sembLy took note of at lts llglst plenary meetlng.r' L/ l+1 . The d.ra^ft resol-ution (A/C .4 /x "eag /nev.l- and Add . L-2 ) vas voted. rpon by the Comnibtee at lts LSBrrd. neetinc, on LO Decenber, as follor,rs I operatlve paragraph L rrras adopted by 75 votes to no[e, wlth 17 abstentj.ong. Operatlve laragraph J vas ad-opted by 5J votes .to none, vith 2! abstentlons. The draft resolution as a r,rhole (a/C.t+/l,BO9 /nev.l and. Add.I and 2) vas ad.opted. by a roll-caLl- vote of BO to none, with lB abstentions. The voting r,ras as follorrs: In favour! Afghanlstan, Algerla, Austria, Belgium, 3oliv1a, Brazi!, Bulgarla, 3urma, Byelorussian Sovlet Sociallst Bepubllc, Cameroon, Canada, Ceylon, Chacl, Chile, China, Congo (SrazzavlLle), Congo (nemocratlc Republlc of), Cuba, Cyprus, CzechosLovakla, Dahomey, Dennark, Ethiopia, Finland-, Ghana, Greece, Guinea, Hungary, India, Iran, Iraq, Ireland2 fsrael., Tialy, Ivory Coast, Janalca, Japan, Jordan, Kenya, KuqaLt,
L/ Offlcial Record.6 of the General A6senbly, Seventeenth Sessi.on, Plenary Meetlnes, p. 10!8. A/6L6o English Page L,
llberia, Llbya, Madagascar, MaLalti, Ma1-ayela, Mauritanls, Me){lco, Mongolla, Morocco, Nepal, Netherland.s, Nern, Zealand, Nlger, Nigerle, Nomay, Paklstan, Phllipptnos, Poland, Romania, Rvrand.a, Saudl Arabia, Senegal, Sierra leonei Sonalla; Sudan) Sveden, Syrla, ThalLand, Tx inldad and. Tobago, Tunisia, Turliey, Ugand"a, Ukrainlan Soviet Sociallst Republic, Union of Sovlet SociaLlst Republlcs, United Arab Republlc, Unlted Republlc of Tanzanla., Upper Volta, Uruguay, Yenen, Yugos lavla. Against: None . Abstainlng: Argentlna, A,Jstralia, Colombla, Costa Rica, Dornlnican Republic, El- Salvador, France, G,f,atenala, Eonduras, Nica-ragua, PanaEe, Paraguay, Peru, Portugall Spain., United Klngdon of Great Srltain and. Northern freland., Unlted States of Aoerlca, Venezuela. 44. The text of the d.raft resoLution 16 set fo"th ln paragraph 50 of the present report as d"aft resolution VII.
1rlTI. IEN] A][D SPANlffi SAgARA \r. At the f5?Bth meetlng, oE 7 Deceuber, the representatlves of Tunlsla and Senegal introd.uced. a draft resoLutlon, which nas flnally sponEored. by Afghanistan, Central African I1c zavllle Congo (lemocratlc Republlc of), Dahomey, Ghan3, Cuinea, Iraq, the Ivory Coast, Jordan, Kuvait, Libya, Mad.agascar, Mal-avi, MaLl, Nepal, I\trlger, Nigerla, Roanda, Saudl Arab Sudan Tunisia the United Arab lt5. The Cornmlttee consld.ered. the draft resolution at lto l578th and L!8Jrd neetlngs, on J and l0 Decerober. Ll . At the same meebing, the representatlve of Ethiopla proposed- the deletion of the r,rord s t'the progress ofr' 1n operatlve paragraph J, and. stated. that the co-sponsors had agreed to such a deletlon. 48. The draft resolution (a/c.l+/L',gq and. Add.L-lj, as oraLLy revisedr vas votea upon by the Co.nmjljtee et lts LSBJrd meeting, on l-O December, as follor+s: A/6160 EngLish fase 14
fn operative paragraph 2, the .i+ords I'and., to thls 5nd, to enter lnto negotiations on the problens relating to sovereignty presented. by these u,ro Territo"les", vere adopted- by a rolL-call vote of t5 to p, vlth 55 abstentlons, The votlng vas as fol-Iovs: fn favour: Afghani.stan, Algerla, Caneroon, Chad, Ebhiopla, Ghana, Gulnea, Iran, fraq, IvDry Coast, Jordan, Kenya, Kuvaltl tibya, Madagascar, Maurltania, Morocco, Nepal, Nlger, Nigerla, Pakistan, Rr,randa, Saudl Arabia, Senegal, Sierra ieone, Sud.an, Syr1a, Trlnldad and. Tobago, Tunisia, Ugand.a, Unlted. Arab Republic, United RepabLic of Tanzanla, Upper yolta, yenen, Yugoslavia. Against: PortugalrSpain. Abstainlng: Argentina, Australia, Austrla? Belgium, Bolivla, Brazil, SuLgarla, 3urma, Sfelorussian Soviet. Socialist Republic, Canad.a, Ceylon, Chile, China, Colonbia, Congo (Brazzavllle), Congo (Der:ocratlc Bepublic of ), Costa Rlca, Cuba, Cyp"us, Czechoslovakia, Dehom.ey, Denmark, Dominican Republlc, Ei Salvad-or, Finlind, tr'rance, Greece, Guatemala, trungary, Tndia, Treland., IsraeL, Italy, Jaualca, Japan, Malaysia, Mexlco, Mongolia, Nether Iand s, Nev Zealand., Norvey, panama, peru, PhiLlpplnes, Poland., Ronanla, Sveden, Thalland., Turkey, Ijkralnlan Soviet Socialist Belubllc, Unlon of Soviet Socia1lst Republics, Untted. Kingdom of Great Sritaln and Northern freland_, Unlted. States of AnrerLca, Uruguay, Venezuela. operatLve paragraph 2 vas ad.opted- by J! votes to 2, wlth 4 abstentlons, The draft resoLutlon (A/C.l+ /L.BL7 and Ad.d_. L-J )., as oral1y revlsed., as a rrhoLe, rras ad.opted by a roLL-ca]-L vote of BB to 2, vlth L abstentlons. The votlng r.ras as follolis: fn favour: Afghanlstan, Al-geria, Argentina, Australla, Austria, Belglum, Bolivia, Brazil, Bul-garia, Burma, Byelorusslan Soriet Sociallst Republic, Cameroon, Canada, Ceylon, Chad, Chil;r, Chlna, CoLonbia, Congo (Srazzaville), Congo (Democratlc Republlc of), Costa Rlca, Cuba, Cyprus, Czechoslovakia, Dahomeyj Den!0ark, Domlnican Republlc, Ecuad-or, Ebhlopia, Finland, Ghana, Greece, Guatemala, Guinea, Eungary, Ind-la, Ixan, ITaq, Ixeland, Israel, A/6160 English
) Italy, Ivory Coast, Jamalca, Japan, Jcadan, Kenya, Ii:valt, Llberia, Llbya, MadaEascar, MaLaysia, Maurltanla, Mexlc o, Mongo11a, Morocco, I{epal, NetherLand.s, Ner.r Zealand_, Nlger, Nigeri.a, Norvay, Pakistan, Panena, PePJ, Phlllpplnes, Poland, RomanLa, Rwand.a, Saud.i Arabia, Senegal, Sierra leohe, Sud.an, Srieden, . Sfrla, Thalland,, Trintd.ad. and. Tobago, Tunlsla, Turkey, Uganda, UkTalnian Soviet Sociallst Republic, Unlon of Sovlet SociaList Republics, Unlted Arab Republlc, Untted. Bepubllc of Tanzanla, Upper Volta, Uruguay, Venezuel-a, Yenen, YuAoslavia. AgainBt: PortugalrSpain. Abstalning: El Salvador, France, United lcin6dom of Great Brltain and" Northern Treland-, Unlted States of Amefica. 4g. The text of the d.raft resolutlon ls set forth in pa"agraph 50 of ttre present report as draft resolutlon VTII. L/6L6o lnel.lsh Hage J-o
RECOMMENDATTONS IF TlM FOiMTH CCI.$trTTEE
50. The Fourth Comlttee reconrnends to the General- Assenbly the adoptlon of the foJ.l"ovtng draft resofutlone :
DRAEP RESOIII|ION I
Questlon of the FaLkland Iglaods (Ma1vlnas ) The GeneraL Assenbly. Havlng exanined. the questlon of the tr'alkland Islands (Ittra-lvlnes ), Taklna lnto acccunt the chapters cf the reports of the Spectal Connlttee on the Sltuatlgn vlth regard to the TmFlementation of the Decleratlon on the Grantlng of Ind.eper:d ence tc Ccl-cnia]. Ccuntrl-es er:d Peop].es reLatlng to ttre Fa].kl-and fsl-and s (l,leJ.vlnas ), and 1n parbtculsr tbe concluslons e.nd. reconmendatlons adopted by the Cornnlttee lrlth reference to tb.e aforementloned Terrl-toryrs Conslderilg that 1te resolutlon 1514 (XV) of 14 Decenber 1p6O vas pronpteil by the cherlshed aln of brlnglng to an end evextre[here colonJ.allgm in a]L its forrns, one of which covers the case of the FaLkland Islands (Malvlnas ), Notlng the ealEtence of a dlspute betlreen the Governments of Argentl-na end the Unlted Klngdon of Great Srltaln a,nd No"thern Ireland concerulng soverelgnty over the Falkland fslands (l,tatvinas ), l-. fnvltes the Governments of Argentlna and of the UBlted Klngdon of Great Brl.taln and Northern Ireland to proceed wlthout del"alr lrlth the rregotlatlons recornrcended by the Speclal Corml.ttee on the Situatlon vlth regard to the Iuplenentatlon of the Deeleretion on the Grantlng of Independence to Colonlal Courtrl-es and Peoples wlth a vlelr to flndlng a peacefbl solutlon to the problem, bearlng ln ml-nd the provislous and obJectlves of the Charter of the U:lted Natiors and of resolutlon 1514 (XV) ,".4 tbe lnterests of the population of the sald fBlands i 2. Hequeets the t;tro Governm,ente to xepoyt to the Speclal- ConnLttee and to the General As senb\r at its tventy-flrst sesslon on the results of the !r5{r vro,ervrlu.
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) DBAFT RESOLUTION II
Question oE l\4au"lt1us
fhe Genera-l AssenbLy, Havlnq consl-d.ered the questlon of l4eurltlus and other lslattds eonposixg the Terlltorx," of l,,laurltlus, Havlng examl.ned the, chaFters of the reports of the specler connl-ttee on the sltuatlon wlth rega.rd. to the T'[)lenentatlon of t't.e Dec]-aratton d:r the Grantlng of Ind epend.ence to Colonl.a.l- Countrles and. peopJ.es reLatlng to the Telritoly of
Ivlaurltlus , s Recs.ll-lng lts resoLution 1511+ (XV) of J-4 Decenber ]-960, RegrettLnA that the ailelnlsterr ng pover has not fulJ-y lnp].enented resohrtlon 1514 (XV) rdth regard to thle Territory, r\otl,ng vl.th deep concet:n that any step by the adnLnlstering pover to detach certaln lsland.s from the Terrrtory of tlaurLtius for ttre purlose of estebl-tEhing a lillltary ba6e would be ln contraventlon of the Deelaratton contalned in resol.ution 151-)+ (XV), and" ln particular of paragraph 5, 1. Approves the chapters of the reports of the SpeclaJ. Connittee on the sltuatlon wltJ: regard to the T'n|letrentation of ttre Declaratlon on the Grantlng of rnd.epend.ence to coLonlel countrles and. peop]-es concernlng the Territoly of l'laurltlus and. endorEes the conclustons aJrd. [email protected] of the Speclal Coneittee contalned. thereln; ?. Reafflms the lnoLlenab].e rleht of the people of the lerritorTi. of tr{aurltlus to freed.on snd lnd.epend.ence in a,ccorde,nce wLth resolutlon r5rh (rv); 1. Invltes the Goverr@ent of the Unlted Klngdortr of Great BrLteln ald Northern rreland to take effective neasures vlth a vlew to the Jlnnedlate and fu]-L lnp].etrentatloa of resolutlon I5l-4 (Xy); 4. trUther lnvltes ttre adminlstel'lJlg pover to take no actlon vhlch vouJ_d dislBenber the Terrltory of ]r4aurltLus and vlol_ate tts territorlal lntegrLty; 5. rnvltes the adninlsterlng powe" to report to the spectaL connlttee a.nd. to the General. Assenbly on ttre impleaentation of the present resolutlon; 6- Reque.ts the speclel contrlttee to keep.ttre question of th€ Terrr.tory of l'farr?Ltlus und.er revl-ew snd to report thereon to the General Assenbly at its tirenty-flrst sessLon. L/ A/5Boo / Add,.6, chapter xTv t Ai6ooo/Add.T, chapter XIrr. A/6L5o Eegllsh |age Jo
DNATT RES O I,IJT]ON I]I
The Ggnsl'sl As semblv. Eavlng exa,nlned the sltuatlon 1n the Terrl-tories of tr'ernando p6o and Rlo Munr, Eaving h-eprd the statenents of the adnlnisterlng pover and. the petLtloners, RecaLlins its resolutton f5f4 (xV) of 14 Decenber g60 contatnlng the Decl-alatioq on the Granting of rndependence to coronlaf countrLes and ?eop1-es, !.nto account the concluslons and recom.end.atLons of tbe speclal comLttee on the sltuation wlth regard to the T,nBl-ementation of the DecLaratlon on the Granting of rndeBend.ence to coloniar. countrles o.hd peopres concerning the aforesaid. Territories, g Notil4 that the Terrltorles of Fernando p6o a.nd Blo Munt have been merged and named Equatorial Guinea, l. Reaffirrns the inalrenable rlght of the peop]-e of Equatorial Guinea to self-deterrnlnatLon and lnd.ependence ; 2. Resuests the admlnisterlng povev to set the earriest poseible date for lndepend.ence after consulttng the peop]-e on the basts of unlversal- sufflage under the supervislon of the Unlted NatLonsj 1. Invites the Speclal Cosnlttee on the Situatlon.qith regard. to the TnFJ-eroentatlon of the Decl-aratlon on the Granting of rndependence to colonlar cou-ntries and PeopLes to follov the progress of the inpl-enentatlon of the presen- resofutlon and to report to the General Assenbr5r at 1ts tr,renty-flrst sessl-on,
!/ t/5}oo/aaa.5, chaprer tx, para. ILl. e/615o EngLlsh Page J-g ) DRAFT FNSOLUIION IV Questlon of Fijl
The General Assenbly. Eaving exanined. the question of FiJi, Having, studie4 the chaptero of the relorts of the Speci"al- Goumittee on the sltuation with regard to the rnplenentatlon of the Declararion on the Grantlng of Independ.ence to Colonial Countrles and peopl-es reJe,tLng to the Terrltory of
Secalling General Assenb\y resolutlons 1514 (XV) of 1l+ Decernber L96O, Lb54 (XVIJ of 2l Novenbe r Lg6L, $rc (tffII) of { Decenber L96Z a^d 1951 (XVIrI) of IL Decenbex L96,1 and the resolution adopted by tbe Speclal- Con:d-t.tee on OI J Novenber I96\,'J Noting vith regret i:hat the admlnt6f,srjng Porrer has not yet taken effectlve measures to lurpleuent the General Assenbly resolutior_rs, [ahlng lnto accoupt the fact that any further delay in the impl-ementation of those resolutlons riould cyeate further hardshlps for the.peopl-e of the ferritory, Coneltlerlng that the constltutlonal changes contenpl-a,ted by the adnintsterlng Power wouLd forrent separatlst tendencies and stand, ln the ray of the pot-ltleel, econoolc and. soclaL lntegratlon of the peopLe as a vhole, l-. Approves tbe chg.lters of the reports of the Special Comlttee on the Sltuetion vlth regard to the Implenentatlon of the Declaratlon on the Grantlng of Ind.ependence to Colonial Countries and People6 relating to the Territory of Fljl and endorses the conclusions e,Ird reconmendatlons set forth thereinj ?. Reaffirns the lnallenable right of the leolle of I'Ui to freedolr and ind,epend.ence in eonfornlty vlth the provlslons of the Declaration on the Grantlng of fndependence to Colonial- Cor.mtries and Peoples; t. Invltes the Government of the United Kingdon of Great Brlts,ln and Northern lreland, as the admLnisterlng Pover, to lnplement the General As serably resolutlons ldoediately; 4. Requests the adninlsterlng Polrer to take, as a rnatter of urgency, measures to repeal aLL dlscriuinatory lar,rs and to establish en unqualifled systen of d.enocratic representatlon based. on the princlple of "one nan, one votetrl
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,, tr\rrt4er requeqts the adrdnlsterlng power to report to the Special conrulttee and to the General Asserftly on the lft.plementation of the present resolutLon;
6. rnvites the special connittee to continue to exanine the questron and to report thereon to the General Assenbly at its ttrenty-fi"st sesston; 7. Decides to lncfude the question of Fljl rn the provrslonal agenda of Its tventy-first session. A/6L60 tr:gl-1sh Page 21 ) DBAflT RESOII]TION V
Baha.nas Brltish
The General AssenbLy, Eaving consid.ered. the question of Anerl-can Samoa, Antlgua, Babamas, Sarbados, 3ermud,a, British Vlrgln Islarde, Ca;nnan Islands, Cocos (Keeling) Isbnas, Donlnlca, Gllbert and EIL:Lce IsJ-anfl s, Grenada, Guae, Montserrat, New Hebrides, N|le, Papua, Ittcalrn, St. Eelena, Sb. Kttts-Neyls-Anguill€,, St. Iar.cla, SL,.Yincent, Seychelles, Solomon Islands, Tokel-au Tslands, Turks end Caicog Islands and the Unlted States
y rr 6r.!r fE.J5luD, Havlng- exa,ulned the chapters of the reports of the Speclal- ConnLttee on the Sltuation vith regard to the Tmplementatlon of the Declaratlon on the Granting of Independence to CoLonlal- Countrles and Peoples concerning these [eralto?lesr= Becal-llns lts resolutions J-JJ-I+ (xv) or 14 Decenber l960, 1654 (}ivl) of 2J Novenber 1961-, 1B1O (xrrr) of { Decenber Ij62 and, 1956 (XtrrII) of u !ecemDer -Lyor, Begretting that the adninistering Povers have not yet llcplemented the rel-evant resolutions of the General Assembly, Awale_ of the special clrcunstances of geographlcal lsolation and econonic condltions concernlng sorne of these Terrltorl-ee, 1. Approves the chapters of the reports of the SpeclaL Conrrittee on the Sltuation r{lth regard to the Tmplenentation of the DeclaratLon on the Grantlng of Independence to Cofonial CountrLes and Peoples re].atlng to these Territorles and endorse6 the concfuslons and ?ecotm.endetions contalned thereln; 2. Calls l:.pon the adninLsterlng Povers to lmpleraent vithout del-a,y the relevant resolutlons of the General Assembly; 3. Considers that.the exlgtence or establLshment of nlfltary bases constltutes an obstacle to the freedom and ind.ependence of tbese Terrltorles; h. Requests the administering Powers to disnantl-e the existing nllitary bases and to refrain from estabLishing nev ones;
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5. !'Lrrthel requests the adninlstering polrers to allolr the Unlted Naticns vloiting nxissions to visit the Terrltorles and to extend. to then llr1l- co-otrEratlon rnd oeci c1-onoa. 6, Reaffiyns the lnal.tenable rlght of the people of these Terrltories to decide thelr constltutionar status ln accordance vlth the cha-rter of the united Nations and r+ith the provlslons of resolution J-!14 (XV) ana othey relevant General Assernbly resolutions ; T. Decldes that the Unlted Nattons should yender afl help to the people of these Terrl-tories ln their efforts freely to declde thelr future status; B. Resuests the Special Conrnittee to exanLne the s ltuation in these Territorles and. to relort on the lnplenentatLon of the present resolutlon to the General Ssseubly at lts tlrenty-flret eessLon; 9. Requests the Secretary-General to give alJ- asslstance Ln the inplementatlon of the present resolutlon, A/5L6o trryJ-l8h I Page 23 DBATT FXSOIUTTON T'I
Questlon of GLbraltar
!h9 General Assenbly. Eavlng consLdered the questlon of Gl-bra.ltar, Eavlng studied the chapters of the reports subnltted by the Speclal Cornrnittee the Implementatlon of the Declaratlon on the on the sltuatlon vLth regard to .t / Grantlng of Tndependence to Col-onlal- Countrles and PeopJ.es cohcernlng Gibraltarrj Having heard the staterrenta mad e ln the Fourth Coroittee, l-. Invites the Governments of SpaJ.n and of the Unlted Klngdom of Great Srltain and Norbhern Irelend to begin ryithout delay the talks envisa8ed under the teros of tbe consensus aclopted on l-6 October 1!64 ty the Spec1al Cormnittee on the sltuatlon vith vegaxd to the TmpJenentatlon' of the Declaration on the DT Grantl.ng of fndependence to Colonl-al- Countrles and Peoples;s 2. Requests the Governments of spaln and of the united Kingdom to inform the special conrolttee and the Gengral Assemb\r at 1te tr,renty-flrst sesslon of the outcome of thelr negotlations.
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DRAFT BESOI,UITON lrll
QuestLon of Sritish Gulana
The General Assenbly, Eavln€i considered the chapters of the reports of the Special Conrnittee on the Situatlon ralth ::egard to the Tnrplenentatlon of the Decla.ration on the Grantlng of rndependence to colonial countries and peolLes concerning Brltleh Guianarg RecallLns lts resoluttons 1)14 (XV) or 14 Decenber :960, ].6rl+ (xVf) of 2'l Novenber 1961, lBl-O (rrrr ) or { Decerober a962 srfl r95, (fr{rrr) end t-!!6 ()CInIr) of 1l- Decenbet L961, Notlag. that Srltlsh Guiana wit1 acb.ieve independence on Z6 Uay t966, Desirous of ensurlng that Brltlsh Gul-ana acbieves lnd.ependence under the most fpvourable condLtions, l-. Airproves the chapters of the reports of the Special Comittee on the sltuation lrlth regard to the T'nllementatlon of the Declaratlon on the Granting of rnd.ependence to coloniaL countries and peoples concernlng Brltish GuLana and. endorses the concluslons and recom.endatLons contained thereln; 2, Reafflrns the lnalienable rlght of tbe people of Brltlsh. Guiana to freedom a-nd lndependence in accordance r+lth the Brovlslons of resorutLon r5rl+ (xv) of 14 Decembey I96Ot 1. Bequests the adminlstertng Porrer to end the state of emergency and. to release alJ- poLitlcal prlsoners and d.etalnees so as to enabl-e them to pa^rtlelpate ln the polltlcal- LLfe of the Territory; l, r- +^ +L^ :!Eg^--^- "- .-E nain politlcel- parties to resolve existing differences so as to enabl-e the lerrltory to achLeve indelendence ln an atnosphere of Beace and u-nlty;. 5. Nctes the anncuncement by the Government of the UnLted Klngdon of Great Brltain and. Northern rrefand that Sritlsh Gulana vLl-L attaln lndependence on 26 l4ay L)66 and, requesto the admlnlstering Pover not tc take any actlon whLch nlght delay tbe independence of the Terrltory.
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DBAIT BSSOLUTION TruTI
Questlon of lfnl and Spanlsh sahara
[fte General Asgeubly, Eavlng consltlered tbe chapters of the reports of the SBeelal commlttee on the Sltuatlon vltb regard to the ftaplenentatlon of the Decl-aratlon on tbe Grantlng of IndeBendence to Colonlal- Countrl.es and Peoples rel-atlng to lfnl and SBanlsh banara, - Recalllng the Decls.:ratlon on the Granting of Indepenilence to Colonial' Countrl-es and Peoples contaLned in itg resolutton 1!14 (:fV) of t4 Decenber 1960r' Bearlng Ln rnlnd that the Decle,rati.on 1e lnspired. by the strong deslre of the lnternationaL colmunlty to put an.end to colonialigm nherever and in llhatever foru $ ta,y occur, 'I - :ry:_l::Ar'nr"nrrp< hhov-v r11.6vlsi9ns of the resolution concerning lfni aJd Spanish $alrara adopted. on 16 October L96\ W the Slecial Comaittee on the Situration wLth regard to tbe Inplenentation of the leclaratlon on the Granting of Independence to Colpnlal Couatries and leoples;? 2. Ureently reouePlg the Government of Spaln, as the sdmlnlsterlng Power, to tal ! L/ :'$oo/Aaa..5, chapter n(, A/6ooo/Add. ?2 cbapter X. .J A/:)$oo/add.5, chaBter IX, para. l-12.