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74, General Assembly-Twenty-firat Session ing of Independence to Colonial Countries and Peoples contained in General Assembly resolution 1514 (XV); 3. Expresses its appreciation to the Government of Spain for having invited the Special Committee to visit the Territory and for the co-operation rendered to the Sub-Committee on Equatorial Guinea of the Special Committee during its visit to the Territory; 4. Invites the administering Power to implement as soon as possible the following measures : (a) Removal of all restrictions on political activi- ties and establishment oí full democratic freedoms; ( b) Institution of an electoral system based on uni- versal adult suffrage and the holding, before independ- ence, of a general election for the whole Territory on the basis of a unified electoral roll ; (e) Transfer of effective power to the government resulting from this election ; 5. Requests the administering Power to ensure that the Territory accedes to independence as a single politi- cal and territorial unit and that no step is taken which would jeopardize the territorial integrity of Equatorial Guinea; 6. Requests the administering Power, in accordance with the wishes of the people of Equatorial Guinea, to set a date for independence as recommended by the Special Committee and, for this purpose, to convene a conference in which the various political parties and all sections of the population would be fully represented; 7. Further requests the administering Power to es- tablish in law and in practice full equality of political, economic and social rights ; 8. Urges the administering Power to take effective measures, including increased assistance, to ensure the rapid economic development of the Territory and to promote the educational and social advancement of the people, and requests the specialized agencies to render all possible assistance towards this end ; 9. Requests the Secretary-General to take appropri- ate action, in consultation with the administering Power and the Special Committee, to ensure the presence of the United Nations in the Territory for the supervision of the preparation for, and the holding of, the election envisaged in paragraph 4 ( b) above, and to participa te in any other measures leading towards the independence of the Territory; 10. Further requests the Secretary-General to trans- mit the present resolution to the administering Power and to report to the Special Committee on its imple- mentation; 11. Decides to maintain the question of Equatorial Guinea on its agenda. 1500th Plenary meeting, 20 December 1966. 2231 (XXI). Question of Gibraltar The General Assembly, Having examined the question of Gibraltar, H aving heard the statements of the administering Power and the representative of Spain, H aving heard the statements of the petitioners, Recalling its resolution 2070 (XX) of 16 December 1965, and the consensus adopted by the Special Com- mittee on the Situation with regard to the Implementa- tion of the Declaration on the Granting of Independence to Colonial Countries and Peoples on 16 October 1964,29 Recalling further its resolution 1514 (XV) of 14 De- cember 1960, Taking into account the noted willingness of th~ ad- ministering Power and of the Government of Spam to continue the present negotiations, Regretting the occurrence of certain acts w~ic~ had prejudiced the smooth progress of these negot1at1ons, 1. Regrets the delay in the process of decolonization and in the implementation of General Assembly resolu- tion 1514 (XV) with regard to Gibraltar; 2. Calls upon the two parties to continue their nego- tiations, taking into account the interests of the people of the Territory, and asks the administering Power to expedite, without any hindrance and in consultation with the Government of Spain, the decolonization of Gibral- tar, and to report to the Special Commit!ee on the Situation with regard to the Implementat10n of the Declaration on the Granting of Independence to Colonial Countries and Peoples as soon as possible, and in any case before the twenty-second session oí the General Assembly; 3. Requests the Secretary-General to assist in the implementation of the present resolution. 1500th plenary meeting, 20 December 1966. 2232 (XXI). Question of American Samoa, An- ti,rua, Bahamas, Bermuda, British Virgin Islands, Cayman Islands, Cocos (Keeling) Islands, Dominica, Gilbert and Ellice lslands, Grenada, Guam, Mauritius, Montserrat, New Hehrides, Niue, Pitcairn, St. Helena, St. Kitts-Nevis-Anguilla, St. Lucia, St. Vincent, Seychelles, Solomon Islands, Tokelau Is■ lands, Turks and Caicos Islands and the United States Virgin Islands The General Assembly, Having considered the question of American Samoa, Antigua, Bahamas, Bermuda, British Virgin Islands, Cayman Islands, Cocos (Keeling) Islands, Dominica, Gilbert :md Ellice Islands, Grenada, Guam, Mauritius, Montserrat, New Hebrides, Niue, Pitcairn, St. Helena, St. Kitts-Nevis-Anguilla, St. Lucia, St. Vincent, Sey- chelles, Solomon Islands, Tokelau Islands, Turks and Caicos Islands and the United States Virgin Islands, H aving examined the chapters of the report of the Special Committee on the Situation with regard to the Implementation of the Declaration on the Granting of Independence to Colonial Countries and Peoples relat- ing to these Territories,80 Recalling its resolutions 1514 (XV) of 14 December 1960, 1654 (XVI) of 27 November 1961, 1810 (XVII) of 17 December 1962, 1956 (XVIII) of 11 December 1963, 2066 (XX) of 16 December 1965, 2069 (XX) of 16 December 1965 and 2189 (XXI) of 13 December 1966, Deeply concerned at the information contained in the report of the Special Committee on the continuation of policies which aim, among other things, at the disrup- tion of the territorial integrity of sorne of these Terri- 29 !bid., Nineteenth Session, Anneres, annex No. 8 (part 1) (A/5800/Rev.1), chapter X, para. 209. so !bid., Twenty-first Session, Anneres, addendum to agenda item 23 (A/6300/Rev.l), chapters XIV-XIX and XXII.

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