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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 S6 General ANembly-Twenty-aeeond Senion dependence to Colonial Countries and Peoples relating to these Territories;" the establishment of military bases and installations in these Territories is incompatible with the purposes and principles of the Charter of the United Nations and of General Assembly resolution 1514 (XV) ; 2. Reaffirms the inalienable right of the peoples of these Territories to self-determination and indepen- dence; 3. Calls upon the administering Powers to imple- ment without delay the relevant resolutions of the General Assembly; 4. Rntwates its declaration that any attempt aimed at the partial or total disruption of the national unity and the territorial integrity of colonial Territories and 21 The President of the General Assembly, before putting the text of the present resolution to the vote, pointed out that, in at>proving chapter XI of the Special Committee's report, relatms to Swaziland, the Assembly would be deciding that, subject to the consent of the donor Governments, the contribu- tion• 10 far made to the Fund for the Economic Development of Ba1utoland, Bechuanaland and Swaziland, established under General Assembly resolution 2063 (XX) of 16 December 1965, would be transferred to the United Nations Development Programme. * 5. Urges the administering Powers to allow United Nations visiting missions to visit the Territories and to extend to them full co-operation and assistance ; 6. Decides that the United Nations should render all help to the peoples of these Territories in their efforts freely to decide their future status; 7. Requests the Special Committee to continue to pay special attention to these Territories and to report to the General Assembly at its twenty-third session on the implementation of the present resolution ; 8. Requests the Secretary-General to continue to provide all possible assistance in the implementation of the present resolution. 1641st plenary meeting, 19 December 1967. * * Other decisions Report of the Tr111teeahip Council (Item 18) At its 1641st plenary meeting, on 19 December 1967, the General Assembly, on the recommendation of the Fourth Committee,ao took note of paragraphs 10 to 15 of the special report of the Trusteeship Council on its thirteenth special session,11 regarding the composition of the Council. Implementation of the Declaration on the Granting of Independence to Colonial Countrlea and Peoplea (Item 28) At its 1594th plenary meeting, on 3 November 1967, the General Assembly took note of the decision of the Fourth Committee11 to transmit to the Chairman of -the Sixth Committee, in connexion with that Committee's consideration of item 87 (Consideration of principles of international law concerning friendly rela- tions and co-operation among States in accordance with the Charter of the United Nations), the statements made at the 1697th and 1704th meetings of the Fourth Committee, on 19 and 27 October 1967, by the representative of South Africa. At its 1613th plenary meeting, on 30 November 1967, •the General Assembly, on the recommendation of the Fourth Committee,11 adopted the following text as representing the consensus of the members of the Assembly : "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 relating to Aden," including the report of the United Nations Special Mission on Aden,111 the General Assembly takes note of that report and expresses its appreciation of the work done by the Special Mission. In wishing peace and prosperity to the Territory on its accession to independence, the General Assembly reaffirms the unity and territorial integrity of the whole Territory, including all the islands as prescribed in General Assembly resolution 2183 (XXI) of ao 01/itial R,cords of llu Gl1tWIU Assnnbly, TWfflly-second S11.sitm, .AMJests, a1enda. item 1~ document A/7009, para. 14. 11,l,id., document A/fN8,, . II Ibid., a,enda item 23, document A/6884, para. 11. II Ibid., document A/6921), para. 9. "Ibid., addendum to a,enda item 23 (A/6700/Rev.l), chapter VI. Ill Ibid., chapter VI, annex III.

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