A/RES/2867(XXVI) GA

Resolutions adopted on the reports of the Fourth Committee 103 United Nations participation in the preparation and supervision of the referendum on the future status of the Territory-and to submit a report thereon to the Special Committee; 4. Requests the Special Committee to continue its examination of the question and to report thereon to the General Assembly at its twenty-seventh session. 2028th plenary meeting, 20 December 1971. 2867 (XXVI). Question of Antigua, Dominica, Grenada, St. Kitts-Nevis-Anguilla, St. Lucia and St. Vincent The General Assembly, H aving considered the question of Antigua, Dominica, Grenada, St. Kitts-Nevis-Anguilla, St. Lucia and St. Vincent, Recalling its resolution 1514 (XV) of 14 Decem- ber 1960, containing the Declaration on the Granting of lndependence to Colonial Countries and Peoples, and its resolution 2621 (XXV) of 12 October 1970, containing the programme of action for the fu11 imple- mentation of the Declaration, Recalling further its previous resolutions relating to the question, in particular resolution 2710 (XXV) of 14 December 1970, 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 Peoples,22 l. T akes note of 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 Antigua, Dominica, Grenada, St. Kitts-Nevis- Anguilla, St. Lucia and St. Vincent; 2. Requests the Special Committee to give full con- sideration to this question in accordance with the pro- visions of the relevant resolutions of the General Assembly, in particular resolution 2593 (XXIV) of 16 December 1969, and to report thereon to the Assembly at its twenty-seventh session. 2028th plenary meeting, 20 December 1971. 2868 (XXVI). Question of Niue and the Tokelau Islands The General Assembly, Having considered the question of Niue and the Tokelau Islands, Having examined the relevant chapters 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 Peoples,23 Recalling its resolution 1514 (XV) of 14 Decem- ber 1960, containing the Declaration on the Granting of lndependence to Colonial Countries and Peoples, 22 !bid., Twenty-sixth Session, Supplement No. 23 (A/8423/ Rev.1), chap. XXII. 28 Jbid., chaps. IV and XV. Having heard the statement of the representative of the administering Power,24 Taking into account the conclusions and recommen- dations of the Special Committee regarding develop- ments in Niue and the Tokelau Islands, Noting the recent constitutional developments in Niue which have been embodied in the Niue Amendment Act, enacted in 1971 by the Government of New Zealand as the administering Power, Noting with appreciation that the administering Power has responded positively to the requests con- tained in the relevant resolutions of the General As- sembly by extending an invitation to the Special Committee to send a visiting mission to Niue and the Tokelau Islands in 1972, 1. Reaffirms the inalienable right of the people of Niue and the Tokelau Islands to self-determination in conformity with General Assembly resolution 1514 (XV); 2. Calls upon the administering Power to take further measures, in accordance with the wishes of the people, to enable the people of the Territory to exercise their right to self-determination as soon as possible; 3. Takes note of the arrangements made by the Special Committee on the Situation with regard to the Implementation of the Declaration on the Granting of lndependence to Colonial Countries and Peoples for the dispatch of a visiting mission to Niue in 197225 and requests the Special Committee to instruct the visiting mission to obtain first-hand information on con- ditions in the Territory and on the wishes and aspira- tions of its people and to recommend practica! steps for their advancement as soon as possible towards self- government and self-determination; 4. Requests the administering Power to provide al1 the necessary assistance and facilities to the visiting mission in the discharge of its tasks; 5. Requests the Special Committee to continue to examine this question and to report thereon to the General Assembly at its twenty-seventh session. 2028th plenary meeting, 20 December 1971. 2869 (XXVI). Question of American Samoa, Ba- hamas, Bermuda, British Virgin Islands, Brunei, Cavman Islands, Cocos (Keeling) Islands, Gilbert and Ellice Islands, Guam, Montserrat, New Hebrides, Pitcairn, St. He- lena, Seychelles, Solomon Islands, Turks and Caicos Islands and the United States Virgin Islands The General Assembly, Having considered the question of American Samoa, Bahamas, Bermuda, British Virgin lslands, Brunei, Cayman Islands, Cocos (Keeling) Islands, Gilbert and Ellice Islands, Guam, Montserrat, New Hebrides, Pit- cairn, St. Helena, Seychelles, Solomon Islands, Turks and Caicos Islands and the United States Virgin Islands, Having examined the relevant chapters of the report of the Special Committee on the Situation with regard to 24 lbid., Twenty-sixth Session, Fourth Committee, 1960th meeting. 25 !bid., Twenty-sixth Session, Supplement No. 23 (A/8423/ Rev .1), chap. IV, para. 22.

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