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A/RES/2353(XXII) GA

Question of Gibraltar : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly

22
Session
73
Yes
19
No
27
Abstentions
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UN Document A/RES/2353(XXII) ↗

Vote Recorded VoteA/PV.1641 Dec. 19, 1967

3 surprising votes — countries whose ideal point predicts the opposite position.

— Abstain (27)
✗ No (19)
Absent (4)
✓ Yes (73)
Full text of resolution OCR extract — may contain errors
Reaolotiom adopted on the reports of the Fourth Committee SS 4. Reiterates the request contained in its resolutions 66 (I) of 14 December 1946, 142 (II) of 3 November 1947 and 218 (HI) of 3 November 1948 that Member States transmit :,·,irh information as early as possible and at the latest wili1in a maximum period of six months following the expiration of the administrative year in the Non-Self-Governing Territories concerned; - 5. Requests the Special Committee to continue to discharge the functions entrusted to it under General Assembly resolution 1970 (XVIII), in accordance with the procedures referred to above. 1641st plenary meeting, 19 December 1967. 2352 (XXII). Offers by Member Statea of study and training facilities for inhabitants of Non-Self-Governing Territories The General Assembly, Recalling its resolution 2234 (XXI) of 20 December 1966, Having examined the report of the Secretary-General on offers by Member States of study and training facilities for inhabitants of Non-Self-Governing Terri- tories under General Assembly resolution 845 (IX) of 22 November 1954,19 1. Reaffirms its resolution 2234 (XXI) with respect to the granting of scholarships to inhabitants of Non- Self-Governing Territories; 2. Requests the Secretary-General to report to the General Assembly at its twenty-third session on the implementation of the present resolution; 3. Draws the attention 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 to the present resolution. 1641st plenary meeting, 19 December 1967. 2353 (XXII). Question of Gibraltar The General Assembly, Having considered the question of Gibraltar, Having heard the statements of the administering Power and the representative of Spain, Recalling its resolution 1514 (XV) of 14 December 1960, Recalling further the resolution adopted on 1 Septem- ber 1967 by the Special Committee on the Situation with regard to the Implementation of the Declaration on the Granting of Independence to Colonial Countries and Peoples,20 General Assembly resolutions 2070 (XX) of 16 December 1965 and 2231 (XXI) of 20 December 1966 and the consensus adopted on 16 Oc- tober 1964 by the Special Committee,21 Considering that any colonial situation which par- tially or completely destroys the national unity and territorial integrity of a country is incompatible with the purposes and principles of the Charter of the United Nations, and specifically with paragraph 6 of General Assembly resolution 1514 (XV), 19 Ibid., documents A/6918 and Add.l, 20Ibid,, addendum to agenda item 23 (A/6700/Rev.1), chap- ter X, para. 215. 21 Ibid., Nineteenth Session, Annexes, annex No. 8 (part I) (A/5800/RevJ), chapter X, para. 209. 1. Regrets the interruption of the negotiations recom- mended in General Assembly resolutions 2070 (XX) and 2231 (XXI); 2. Declares the holding of the referendum of 10 September 1967 by the administering Power to be a contravention of the provisions of General Assembly resolution 2231 (XXI) and of those of the resolution adopted on 1 September 1967 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 ; 3. Invites the Governments of Spain and the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland to resume without delay the negotiations provided for in General Assembly resolutions 2070 (XX) and 2231 ( XXI) with a view to putting an end to the colonial situation in Gibraltar and to safeguarding the interests of the population upon the termination of that situation; 4. Requests the Secretary-General to assist the Gov- ernments of Spain and the United Kingdom in the implementation of the present resolution and to report thereon to the General Assembly at its twenty-third session. 1641st plenary meeting, 19 December 1967. 2354 (XXII). Question of Uni and Spanish Sahara The General Assembly, Having examined the chapter 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 the Territories of Ifni and Spanish Sahara,22 Recalling its resolution 1514 (XV) of 14 Decem- ber 1960 containing the Declaration on the Granting of Independence to Colonial Countries and Peoples, Recalling also the resolution adopted on 16 October 1964 by the Special Committee,23 Reaffirming its resolutions 2072 (XX) of 16 De- cember 1965 and 2229 (XXI) of 20 December 1966, Noting that the Spanish Government, as the ad- ministering Power, has not yet applied the provisions of resolution 1514 (XV), Recalling the decision concerning the Territories un- der Spanish administration taken by the Assembly of Heads of State and Government of the Organization of African Unity at its third ordinary session, held at Addis Ababa from 5 to 9 November 1966, Noting the statement of the administering Power that a high-level dialogue had already begun between the Governments of Morocco and Spain concerning Ifni, J:1 oting further the statement made by the adminis- termg Power on 7 December 1966 relating to Spanish Sahara,24 in particular with regard to the sending of a special United Nations mission to the Territory, the return of exiles and the free exercise by the indigenous population of its right to self-determination, Considering the consensus adopted by the Sfecial Committee at its meeting of 14 September 1967,2 22 Ibid., Twenty-second Session, Annexes, addendum to agenda item 23 ( A/6700/Rev.1), chapter IX. 28 Ibid., Nineteenth Session, Annexes, annex No. 8 (part I), (A/5800/Rev.l), chapter IX, para. 112. 24 Ibid., Twenty-first Session, Fourth Committee, 1660th meeting, paras. 1-4, 2 G Ibid., Twenty-second Session, Annexes, addendum to agenda item 23 (A/6700/RevJ), chapter IX, para. 38,
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