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A/RES/2112(XX) GA

Question of the Trust Territory of New Guinea and the Territory of Papua : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly

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86
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22
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UN Document A/RES/2112(XX) ↗

Vote Recorded VoteA/PV.1407 Dec. 21, 1965

— Abstain (22)
Absent (9)
✓ Yes (86)
Full text of resolution OCR extract — may contain errors
Reaolution, adopted on the reports of the Fourth Committee 65 the Nauruan people, the land worked out by the Phosphate Commission, l. Reaffirms the inalienable right of the people of Nauru to self-government and independence; -- 2, Calls upon the Administering Authority to take immediate steps to implement the proposal of the representatives of the Na u ruan people regarding the establishment of a Legislative Council by 31 January 1966; 3. Requests the Administering Authority to fix the earliest., possible date, hut not la ter than 3 l J anuary 1968, for the independence of the Nauruan people in accordance with their wishes ; 4. Further requests that immediate steps be taken by the Administering Authority towards restoring the island of Nauru for hahitation by the N auruan people as a sovereign nation ; 5. Calls upon the Administering Authority to report to the Trusteeship Conncil at its thirty-third session on the implementation of the present resolution. 1407th plenary meeting, 21 December 1<>65. 2112 (XX). Question of the Trust Territory of New Guinea ami the Territory of Papua The General Assembly, Having received the reports of the Trusteeship Coun- cil covering the periods from 27 J une 1963 to 29 J une 196448 and frotn 30 June 1964 to 30 June 1965,49 H a•vinq e:ramined the chapters of the reports of the Special Committee on the Situation with regard to the Implementation of the Dedaration on the Granting of I ndependence to Colonial Countries and Peoples 48 l/,id., Ninetnnth Session, Su¡,pleme11t No. 4 (A/5804). 49 fl,id., Twentieth Session, Supf>/e111ent No. 4 (A/6004). • relating to the Trust Territory of "New Guinea and the Territory of Papua,50 Recalling the provisions of the Charter of the United Nations and General Assembly resolution 1514 (XV) of 14 Decemher 1960 containing the Declaration on the Granting of Independence to Colonial Countries and Peoples, Taking note of the conclusions contained in the reports of the Trusteeship Council, Endorsing the recommendations and conclusions of the Special Committee on these Territories, 1. Reafjirms the inalienable right of the people of N ew Guinea ,and Papua to freedom and independence; 2. Notes that the Adrninistering Authority has not yet taken sufficient steps towards the full implementa- tion of the Trusteeship Agreement for New Guinea and of General Assemhly resolution 1514 (XV); 3. Calls upan the Administering Authority to im- plement fully resolution 1514 (XV) and, to this end, to fix an early date for independence in accordance with the freely expressed wishes of the people ; 4. Requests the Administering Authority to report to the Trnsteeship Council at its thirty-third session and to the Special Committee on the Situation with regard to the Tmplementation of the Declaration on the Granting of T ndependence to Colonial Countries and Peoples 011 the implementation of the present resolution ; 5. Requests the Trusteeship Council and the Special Committee to report to the General Assembly at its twenty-first session. 1407th plenary meeting, 21 December 1965. no [!,id., .\'inetrenth Srssion, Amrcxes. annex No. 8 (part I) (A/5800/Rev.l), chapter XIX; ibid., Twentieth Session, An- nexl's. addendum to agencia item 23 ( A/6000/Rev.1 ), chapter XVIII. • • Note lmplementation of the Declaration on the Granting of lndependence to Colonial Countries and Peoples (item 23) At its 1398th plenary meeting, on 16 Decemher 1965, the General Assembly, on the propasa! of the representative of Venernela, took note of paragraph 42 of the report of the Fourth Committee.~1 At the same meeting, the General Assrmhly, on the propasa! of the repre- sentative of Argentina. took note of paragraph 16 of that report. Gl !bid., Twentieth Session, Anne.r-es. agenda item ?3, dornment A /6160.
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