A/RES/2428(XXIII) GA

Reeolutions adopted on the reporta of the Fourth Committee 63 Having heard the statement of the representative of the administering Power,13 l. Reaffirms the inalienable right of the people of Papua and the Trust Territory of N ew Guinea to self- determination and independence in accordance with General Assembly resolution 1514 (XV); 2. Regrets the fact that the administering Power has not yet fully implemented the provisions of re- solution 1514 (XV) and other relevant resolutions relating to Papua and the Trust Territory of N ew Guinea; 3. Calls upon tl\e administering Power to implell)ent fully resolution 1514 (XV) and to this end to take the following measures in particular: (a) To fix an early date for self-determination and independence in accordance with the freely expressed wishes of the people of the Territories; (b) To hold free elections under United. Nations supervision on the basis of universal adult suffrage in order to transfer effective power to the representatives of the people of the Territories; 4. Requests the administering Power to report to the Trusteeship Council and the Special Committee on the Situation with regard to the Implementation of the Declaration on the Granting of Independence to Col- onial Countries and Peoples on the action taken in this regard ; 5. Reqiiests the Trusteeship Council and the Special Cornmittee to continue to examine this question and to report thereon to the General Assembly at its twenty-fourth session. 1747th plenary meeting, 18 December 1968. 2428 (XXIII). Question of Ifni and Spanish Sabara The General Assembly, Having e.~amined 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 re- lating to the Territories of Ifni and Spanish Sahara,14 Recalling its resolution 1514 (XV) of 14 December 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,15 Reaffirming its resolutions 2072 (XX) of 16 De- cember 1965 and 2229 (XXI) of 20 December 1966, Noting that the Government of Spain, as the ad- ministering Power, has not yet applied the provisions of resolution 1514 (XV), Recalling the decision concerning the Territories under Spanish administration taken by the Assembly of Heads of State and Government of the Organiza- tion of African Unity at its third ordinary session, held at Addis Ababa from 5 to 9 November 1966, Reaffirming its resolution 2354 (XXII) of 19 De- cember 1967, 13 ]bid., Twenty-third Session, FCJUrth Committee 1799th meeting, paras. 1-35. ' 14 /bid., TwentJHhird Sessio,i, Anneres, addendum to agenda ítem 23 (A/7200/Rev.l), chapter XIII. lS ]bid., Nineteenth Session, Anneres, annex No. 8 (part I) (A/5800/Rev.1), chapter IX, para. 112. N oting the statement made by the administering Power on 7 December 1966 relating to Spanish Sahara,16 particularly with respect to the sending of a special mission of the United N atio11s to this Territory, the return of exiles and the free exercise by the in- digenous population of its right to self-determination, N oting further the statement made by the Permanent Representative of the administering Power on 29 November 1968,17 according to which an official Spanish delegation would leave in the immediate future for Rabat with a view to signing a treaty with the Gov- ernment of Morocco on the transfer forthwith of the Territory of Ifni to Morocco, N oting the difference in nature of the legal status of these two Territories, as well as the processes of decolonization envisaged by General Assembly resolu- tion 2354 (XXII) for these Territories, I lFNI l. Reaffirms the inalienable right of the people of Ifni to self-determination in accordance with General Assembly resolution 1514 (XV); 2. Approves the chapter of the report of the Special Committee on the Situation with regard to the Im- plementation of the Declaration on the Granting of Independence to Colonial Countries and Peoples re- lating to the Territory of Ifni; 3. Requests the administering Power to take im- mediately the necessary steps to accelerate the decoloni- zation of Ifni and to determine with the Government of Morocco, bearing in mind the aspirations of the indigenous population, the procedures for the transfer of powers in accordance with the provisions of General Assembly resolution 1514 (XV); 4. Invites the administering Power to continue the dialogue which has begun with the Government of Morocco, with a view to implementing the provisions of paragraph 3 above; 5. Requests the Special Committee to continue its consideration of the situation in the Territory of Ifni and to report thereon to the General Assembly at its twenty-fourth session; II SPANISH SAHARA l. Reaffirms the inalienable right of the people of Spanish Sahara to self-determination in accordance with General Assembly resolution 1514 (XV); 2. Approves the chapter of the report of the Special Committee on the Situation with regard to the Im- plementation of the Declaration on the Granting of Independence to Colonial Countries and Peoples re- lating to the Territory of Spanish Sahara; 3. Invites the administering Power to determine at the earliest possible date, in conformity with the as- pirations of the indigenous people of Spanish Sabara and in consultation with the Governments of Mauri- tania and Morocco and any other interested party, the procedures for the holding of a referendum under United Nations auspices with a view to enabling the indigenous population of the Territory to exercise freely its right to self-determination and, to this end: 11 ]bid., Twenty-first Session, Fo11rth Committ,e, 1660th meeting, paras. 1-4. 1i !bid., Twenty-third Session, Fourth Committee, · 1799th meeting, paras. 43-46. 64 General A11embly-Twenty-third Seuion (a) To create a favourable climate for the re- 2430 (XXIII). Question of American Samoa, ferendum to be conducted on an entirely free, demo- Antigua, Bahamas, Bermuda, British Virgin cratic and impartial basis by permitting, inter alia, Islands, Cayman Islands, Cocos (Keeling) the return of exiles to the Territory; Islands, Dominica, Gilbert and Ellice blanda, h ¡ Grenada, Guam, Montserrat, New Hebridea, (b) To take ali the necessary step~ to ensure_it_ at on_y Niue, Pitcairn, St. Helena, St. Kitts-Nevia- the indigenous people of the Terntory parhc1pate m Anguilla, St. Lucia, St. Vincent, Seychelles, the referendum; Solomon Islands, Tokelau Islands, Turka (e) To refrain from any action likely to delay the and Caicos Islands and the United States process of the decolonization of Spanish Sahara ; Virgin Islands (d) To provide ali the necessary facilities to a United Nations mission so that it may be able to participate actively in the organization and holding of the referendum ; 4. Requests the Secretary-General, in co~sultation with the administering Power and the S~ecial ~o_m- mittee. to appoint immediately the special m1ss1on provided for in paragraph 5 of Gen~ral_ Ass~mbly re- solution 2229 (XXI) and to expedite 1ts d1spatch. to Spanish Sabara for the p;1rpose of _recommendm_g practica! steps for the foil 1mplementation of the re- levant General Assembly resolutions, and in particular for determining the extent of United Nations participa- tion in the preparation and superv}sion of the ~ef~r- endum and submitting a report to h1m for transm1ss1on to the General Assembly at its twenty-fourth session; 5. Requests the Special Committee to continue its consideration of the situation in the Territory of Spanish Sahara and to report thereon to the General Assemhly at its twenty-fourth session. 2429 (XXIII). The General Assembly, 1747th plenary meeting, 18 December 1968. Question of Gibraltar Having cansidered the question of Gibraltar, Having heard the statements of the administering Power18 and the representative of Spain,19 Recalling its resolution 1514 (XV) of 14 December 1960, Recalling a1sa its resolution 2353 (XXII) of 19 December 1967, 1. Regrets that the administering Power has failed to comply with General Assembly resolution 2353 (XXII); 2. Declares that the continuation of the colonial situation in Gibraltar is incompatible with the purposes and principles of the Charter of the United Nations and of General Assembly resolution 1514 (XV); 3. Requests the administering Power to terminate the colonial situation in Gibraltar no later than 1 Oc- tober 1969; 4. Calls upan the Government of the United King- dom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland to begin without delay the negotiations with the Government of Spain provided for in resolution 2353 (XXII) ; 5. Requests the Secretary-General to give the Gov- ernments of Spain and the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland any assistance they may require for tbe implementation of the present resolution, :md to report thereon to the General Assembly at its t wenty-fonrth session. 18 I/,id .. paras. 98-11 \. 1747th plenary meeting, 18 December 1968. 19 /l,id., ¡,.,ras. 47-97 ami 114-125. The General Assembly, Having cansidered the question _o_f Am':ri~an Samoa, Antigua, Bahamas, Bermuda, Bnttsh V1rgm Isl~ds, Cayman Islands, Cocos (Keeling) Islands, Domm1ca, Gilbert and Ellice Islands, Grenada, Guam, Montserrat, New Hebrides, Niue, Pitcairn, St. _Helena, St. Kitts- Nevis-Anguilla, St. Lucia, St. Vincent, Seychelles, Solomon Islands, Tokelau Islands, Turks and Caicos Islands and the United States Virgin Islands, Having exa,mined the chapters of the report of the Special Committee on the Situation with regard to the Implementation of the Declaration on the Granting of lndependence to Colonial Countries and Peoples relat- ing to these Territories,20 Recalling its resolution 1514 (XV) of 14 December 1960 containing the Declaration on the Granting of Independence to Colonial Countries and Peoples and other relevant resolutions. Deeply cancerned at the policy of sorne of the ad- ministering Powers in establishing and maintaining military bases in sorne of the Territories under their administration, in contravention of the relevant General Assembly resolutions, Deploring the attitude of the administering Powers which continue to refuse to allow United Nations visiting groups to visit the Territories under their administration, Cansciaus that these Territories require the continued attention and assistance of the United Nations in the achievement by their peoples of the objectives embodied in the Charter of the United Nations and in the Declaration on the Granting of Independence to Colo- nial Countries and Peoples, Aware of the special circumstances of the geogra- phical location and economic conditions of these Terri- tories, l. Approves the chapters of the report of the Special Committee on the Situation with regard to the Imple- mentation of the Declaration on the Granting of In- dependence to Colonial Countries and Peoples relating to these Territories ; 2. Reaffirms the inalienable right of the peoples of these Territories to self-deterrnination and indepen- dence; 3. Calls upan the adrninistering Powers to imple- ment without delay tlw relevant resolutions of the General Assembly; 4. Reiterates its declaration that any attempt aimed at the partial or total disruption of the national unity and the territorial integrity of colonial Territories and the establishment of military bases ami installations in these Territories i, inco111patible with the purposes ami principies of the Charter of the United Nations and of General Assemblv resolution 1514 (XV); 20 !bid .. Twcnly-third Srssion, Anncxes, addendum to aa:enda item 23 ( A/7200/Rev.l), chapters XII, XVIII to XXI, XXIII and XXVI to XXIX.

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