← Votes

A/RES/2356(XXII) GA

Question of French Somaliland : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly

22
Session
86
Yes
1
No
29
Abstentions
Draft symbol A/RES/2356(XXII)
Adopted symbol A/RES/2356(XXII)
P5 Positions
Russia United States ~ United Kingdom ~ China France
UN Document A/RES/2356(XXII) ↗

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

— Abstain (29)
✗ No (1)
Absent (7)
✓ Yes (86)
Full text of resolution OCR extract — may contain errors
Resolatiom adopted on the reporta of the Fourth Committee 55 including the drawing up of an electoral law and of an independence constitution ; 7. Requests the Secretary-General to take appro- priate action, in consultation with the administering Power and the Special Committee, to ensure the pres- ence of the United Nations in the Territory for the supervision of the preparation for, and the holding of, the election envisaged in paragraph 5 ( b) above and to participate in all other measures leading towards the independence of the Territory; 8. Further requests the Secretary-General to trans- mit the present resolution to the administering Power and to report to the Special Committee on its im- plementation ; 9. Decides to maintain the question of Equatorial Guinea on its agenda. 1641st plenary meeting, 19 December 1967. 2356 (XXII). Question of French Somallland The General Assembly, Having._ considered the question of French Somaliland (Djibouti), Recalling its resolution 1514 (XV) of 14 December 1960, containing the Declaration on the Granting of Independence to Colonial Countries and Peoples, and its resolution 2228 (XXI) of 20 December 1966, Having considered 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 French Somaliland (Djibouti),27 Considering the circumstances in which the refer- endum organized by the administering Power took place on 19 March 1967, 1. Reaffirms the inalienable right of the people of French Somaliland (Djibouti) to self-determination and independence in accordance with General Assembly resolution 1514 (XV); 2. Regrets that the administering Power has not co- operated with the United Nations in the application of resolution 1514 (XV) and did not implement Gen- eral Assembly resolution 2228 (XXI) ; 3. Calls upon the administering Power to create the political conditions necessary for accelerating the im- plementation of the right of the people to self-determina- tion and independence, including the full exercise of political freedoms, and to allow the return of all re- fugees to the Territory; 4. Urges the administering Power to co-operate fully with the Special Committee on the Situation with regard to the Implementation of the Declaration on the Grant- ing of Independence to Colonial Countries and Peoples and with the United Nations in accelerating the process of decolonization in the Territory and to grant in- dependence to the inhabitants at an early date; 5. Requests the Special Committee to continue its consideration of the situation in French Somaliland (Djibouti) and to report thereon to the General As- sembly at its twenty-third session; 6. Decides to keep the question of French Somaliland (Djibouti) on its agenda. 21 Ibid., chapter XII. 1641st plenary meeting, 19 December 1967. 2357 (XXII). Question of American Samoa, An- tigua, Bahamas, Bermuda, British Virgin Islands, Cayman Islands, Cocos (Keeling) Islands, Dominica, Gilbert and Ellice Islands, Grenada, Guam, Mauritius, Montserrat, New Hebrides, Niue, Pitcairn, St. Helena, St. Kitts-Nevis-Anguilla, St. Lucia, St. Vincent, Seychelles, Solomon Islands, Swaziland, Tokelau Islands, 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 and Ellice Islands, Grenada, Guam, Mauritius, Montserrat, New Hebrides, Niue, Pitcairn, St. Helena, St. Kitts-Nevis-Anguilla, St. Lucia, St. Vincent, Sey- chelles, Solomon Islands, Swaziland, Tokelau Islands, Turks and -Caicos Islands and the United States Virgin Islands, Having examined the chapters of the report of tlw 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,28 Recalling its resolutions 1514 (XV) of 14 December 1960, 1654 (XVI) of 27 November 1961, 1~10 1 \'. \' 11 1 of 17 December 1962, 1956 (XVIII) of 11 December 1963, 2066 (XX) of 16 December 1965. 20(19 ( \'. \'.) of 16 December 1965, 2189 (XXI) of 13 December 1966, 2232 (XXI) of 20 December 1966 and 2288 ( XXl I) of 7 December 1967, Noting the constitutional changes that were in- troduced in February and March 1967 in the Territories of Antigua, Dominica, Grenada, St. Kitts-Nevis- Anguilla and St. Lucia and that are envisaged for the Territory of St. Vincent, Noting further the decision taken by the Special Com- mittee that General Assembly resolution 15 I 4 ( X\') containing the Declaration on the Granting of Indepen- dence to Colonial Countries and Peoples and other rele- vant resolutions continue to apply to these Territories, Deeply concerned at the information contained in the report of the Special Committee on the conti11uati<1n of policies which aim, among other things, at the disrup- tion of the territorial integrity of some of these Ter- ritories and at the creation by the administering Powers of military bases and installations in contravention of the relevant General Assembly resolutions, Deplorinp the attitude of some administering I 'owers which continue to refuse to allow United Nations visit- ing missions to visit these Territories, Conscious that these situations require the continued attention and assistance of the United Nations i11 the achievement by the peoples of these Territories of their objectives, as embodied in the Charter of the United Nations and in the Declaration on the Granting of f 11- dependence to Colonial Countries and Peoples, Aware of the special circumstances of geographical location and economic conditions of some of these Ter- ritories, l. Approves the chapters of the report of the Special Committee on the Situation with regard to the I mple- mentation of the Declaration on the Granting of I 11- 2s Ibid., chapters XI, XIV to XVIII, XX and XX!ll
Cite this page

UN Project. “A/RES/2356(XXII).” UN Project, https://un-project.org/votes/resolution/A-RES-2356(XXII)/. Accessed .