A/RES/2593(XXIV) GA

Resolutions adopled on the reports of the Fourth Committee 75 2593 (XXIV). Question of Antigua, Dominica, Grenada, St. Kitts-Nevis-Anguilla, St. Lucia and St. Vincent The General Assembly, Having examined the relevant chapter of the report of the Special Committee on the Situation with regard to the Implementation of the Declaration on the Grant- ing of Independence to Colonial Countries and Peo- ples28 and the relevant resolutions of that Committee, Recalling its resolution 1514 (XV) of 14 Decem- ber 1960, containing the Declaration on the Granting of Independence to Colonial Countries and Peoples, and all other relevant resolutions, Decides to transmit, for the close 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, the records of the Fourth Committee covering the debate on this question, and in particular the draft resolution submitted by Barbados, Guyana, Jamaica and Trinidad and Tobago,w and requests the Special Committee to consider the views expressed during the debate and in that draft resolution and to report thereon to the Gen- eral Assembly at its twenty-fifth session. 28 Ibid., chapter XXIII. * 1835th plenary meeting, 16 December 1969. 2~ A/C.4/L.958/Rev.1; see Of!icial Records of the General Assembly, Twenty-fourth Session, Annexes, agenda item 23, document A/7896, paras. 18, 19 and 24. * * Other decisions Implementation of the Declaration on the Granting of Independence to Colonial Countries and Peoples (Item 23) At its 1835th plenary meeting, on 16 December 1969, the General A~sembly, on the recommendation of the Fourth Committee,30 adopted the followmg text as representing the consensus of the members of the Assembly: "The General Assembly, having regard to its resolution 2065 (XX) of 16 December 1965 and to the consensuses which it approved on 20 De- cember 1966 and 19 December 1967 concerning the question of the Falkland Islands (Malvinas), takes note of the communications dated 21 November 1969 from the Permanent Representatives of Argentina31 and the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland32 to the United Nations addressed to the Secretary-General. "In this connexion, the General Assembly, bearing in mind the report of the Special Committee on the Situation with regard to the Implementa- tion of the Declaration on the Granting of Independence to Colonial Coun- tries and Peoples, 3:i takes note with satisfaction of the progress achieved in the negotiations mentioned in the notes presented on 21 November 1969, and urges the parties, bearing particularly in mind resolution 2065 (XX) and the consensuses of 20 December 1966 and 19 December 1967, to con- tinue their efforts to reach, as soon as possible, a definitive solution of the dispute as envisaged in the notes referred to, and to keep the Special Com- mittee and the General Assembly duly informed during the coming year about the development of the negotiations on this colonial situation, the elimination of which is of interest to the United Nations within the context of General Assembly resolution 1514 (XV) of 14 December 1960." At the same meeting, the General Assembly, on the recommendation of the Fourth Committee,84 took note of the retrocession of Ifni, on 30 June 1969, to the Government of Morocco. At the same meeting, the General Assembly, on the recommendation of the Fourth Committee,36 decided to postpone the consideration of the questions of French Somaliland and Gibraltar to its twenty-fifth session. Question of Fiji (Item 66) At its 1831st plenary meeting, on 12 December 1969, the General Assembly, on the recommendation of the Fourth Committee,36 decided to postpone the consideration of the question of Fiji to its twenty-fifth session. 30 See Of!icial Records of the General Assembly, Twenty-fourth Session, Annexes, agenda item 23, document A/7896, para. 28. 81 Ibid., document A/7785. 32 Ibid., document A/7786. as Ibid., Twenty-fourth Session, Supplement No. 23 (A/7623/Rev.1), chapter XXXI. S4 Ibid., Twenty-fourth Session, Annexes, agenda item 23, document A/7896, para. 29. 311 Jbid., para. 30. 86 Ibid., agenda item 66, document A/7856, para. 6.

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