NAr yN,rED ,qNs Dletr. TGENERAL GfrfMA], A/61.60 1] Decernber 1P6! A S S E M B LY ORIGINAL: H\IGLISH Tventieth 6e661on Agend.a lten 2, 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 napporteFr: I4r. K. NATI4AR $INCH (Indla) 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 65tz\62 r/6t6o Engll6h Page 2 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]<Land. Is land.s and that no declslon the Fourth Conmlttee and the Oeneral Assembly night take wouLd. affect the name of the Terrltory or unlted Kingd.or0 sovereignty over the Territory. LB. The draft resolutron (A/c.\/L.Boz) was ad.opted by the Conmittee at its L56Oth roeeting, on LB November, by a rolL-call vote of 87 to none, rdth LJ abstentlons. The votlng vas as follows: Io J:rrggl: Afgnaiistan, Algeria, Argentina, Austrla, Selgium, Solivl-a, BTazLLt Bulgarla, 3urna, Syeloru8slan Soviet Socialist Republlc, Cameroon, Ceylon, Chad, Chile, Chlna, Colombla, Congo (Denocratic Repnbtlc of), Costa Bica, cuba, Cyprus, Czechoslovakiar Dahomey, Doninican Republic, Ecuador, EI Salvad.or, Ethiopia, Gabon, Ghana, Greecet Gueteroala, Glrinea.' Faltl, Honduras, Hungary, Ind.ia, Iran, Iraqr Ireland2 Israel, ItaLy, Ivory coast, Jaualca, Japan, Jord.an, Kenya, Kurrait, Libya, Mad.agascar, MaIi, Mauritanla, Mexlco, Mongolia, Morocco, Nepal, Nlcaragua, Nlger, Nlgerla, ?akistan, ?araguay, ?eru, A/6t6o Eng11sh Phlllpplnes, Poland, Ronanla, Rrand.a, Saud.i A?abla, Senegalr Sle"ra Leone, Sou.alia, Spain, Suclan, Strria, Thalland., Togo, Trinid.ad.