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VII. Resolutions adopted on the reports of the Fourth Committee 125 resources by taking effective measures which guarantee the rights of the peoples to own and dispose of those natural resources and to establish and maintain control of their future development; 7. W e/comes the positive attitude of the administer- ing Power with respect to the receiving of United Nations visiting missions in the Territories under its administration and requests the Chairman of the Spe- cial Committee to continue his consultations with a vicw to the dispatch of such missions, as appropriate; 8. Requests the administering Power to continue to enlist the assistance of the specialized agencies and other organizations within the United Nations system in accelerating progress in all sectors of the national life of those Territories; 9. Requests the Special Committee to continue to seek the best ways and means for the implementation of the Declaration with respect to Bermuda, Cayman Islands, Montserrat and Turks and Caicos lslands, in- cluding the possible dispatch of visiting missions in consultation with the administering Power, and to re- port to the General Assembly at its thirty-second ses- sion on the implementation of the present resolution. 85th plenary meeting 1 December 197 6 31/53. Question of Timor The General Assembly, Recognizing the inalienable right of all peoples to self-determination and independence in accordance with the principles of the Charter of the United Nations and of the Declaration on the Granting of Independence to Colonial Countries and Peoples, contained in its reso- lution 1514 (XV) of 14 December 1960, Recalling its resolution 3485 (XXX) of 12 Decem- ber 1975 and Security Council resolutions 384 (1975) of 22 December 1975 and 389 ( 1976) of 22 April 1976, Having examined the chapter 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 the Territory,43 Bearing in mind that part of the Political Declara- tion adopted by the Fifth Conference of Heads of State or Govemment of Non-Aligned Countries, held at Colombo from 16 to 19 August 1976, relating to the question of East Timor, 44 Having heard the statement of the representative of Portugal, 45 Having also heard the statement of the representative of the Frente Revolucionária de Timor Leste Indepen- dente,46 Mindful that all States should, in conformity with Article 2, paragraph 4, of the Charter of the United .Nations, refrain in their intemational relations from the threat or use of force against the territorial integrity 43 /bid., chap. XII. 44A/31/197, annex I, para. 36. 45 Officia/ Records of the General Assembly, Thirty-first Ses- sion, Fourth Committee, 13th meeting, paras. 1-5. 46 /bid., paras. 7-23. or national independence of any State, or in any other manncr inconsistent with thc purposes of the United Nations, Deeply concerned at the critica! situation resulting from the military intervention of the armed forces of Indonesia in East Timor, l. Reaffirms the inalienable right of the people of East Timor to self-determination and independence and the legitimacy of their struggle to achieve that right; 2. Reaffirms its resolution 3485 (XXX) and Secu- rity Council resolutions 384 (1975) and 389 (1976); 3. Affirms the principles stated in that part of the Political Declaration adopted by the Fifth Conference of Heads of State or Government of Non-Aligned Countries relating to the question of East Timor; 4. Strongly deplores the persistent refusal of the Government of Indonesia to comply with the provi- sions of General Assembly resolution 3485 (XXX) and Security Council resolutions 384 (1975) and 389 (1976); 5. Rejects the claim that East Timor has been in- tegrated into Indonesia, inasmuch as the people of the Territory have not been able to exercise freely their right to self-determination and independence; 6. Calls upan the Government of Indonesia to with- draw all its forces from the Territory; 7. Draws the attention of the Security Council, in conformity with Article 11, paragraph 3, of the Charter of the United Nations, to the critica! situation in the Territory of East Timor and recommends that it should take ali effectivc steps for the immediate implementa- tion of its resolutions 384 (1975) and 389 (1976) with a view to securing the full exercise by the people of East Timor of their right to self-determination and independence; 8. Requests the Special Committee on the Situation with regard to the Implementation of the Declaration on the Granting of Independence to Colonial Countries and Peoples to keep the situation in the Territory under active consideration, to follow the implementation of the present resolution, to dispatch to the Territory as soon as possible a visiting mission with a view to the full and speedy implementation of the Declaration and to report to the General Assembly at its thirty-second session. 9. Decides to include in the provisional agenda of its thirty-second session an itcm entitled "Question of East Timor". 85 th plenary meeting 1 December 1976 31/54. Question of the British Virgin Islands The General Assembly, Having considered the question of the British Virgin Islands, Recalling its resolution 1514 (XV) of 14 December 1960, containing the Declaration on the Granting of Independence to Colonial Countries and Peoples and all other resolutions and decisions of the United Na- tions relating to the Territory, Having examined the relevant chapters of the report of thc Special Committec on the Situation with regard

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