A/RES/2429(XXIII) GA

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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