A/RES/3290(XXIX) GA

Reaolutions adopted on the reports of the Fourth Committee 101 to the Territories dealt with in the present resolution is indispensable for securing adequate and first-hand information in regard to the political economic and social conditions in the Territories and to the views, wishes and aspirations of the peoples therein, Mindful that those 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 Dec- laration on the Granting of Independence to Colonial Countries and Peoples, Aware of the special circumstances of the geo- graphical location and economic conditions of the Territories, 1. Approves the chapters 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 the Territories of Bermuda, British Virgin Is- lands, Cayman Islands, Montserrat, Turks and Caicos Islands and United States Virgin Islands;21 2. Reaffirms the inalienable right of the peoples of those Territories to self-determination and inde- pendence in accordance with the D_eclaration _on the Granting of Independence to Coloma! Copntnes and Peoples; 3. Reaffirms its conviction that the questions of ter- ritorild s·ize, geographical isolation and limi!ed resources should in no way delay the implementation of the Declaration with respect to the Territories con- cerned; 4. Calls upon the administering Powers concerned to take all the necessary steps, without further delay, to ensure the full and speedy attainment of the goa!s set forth in the Declaration with respect to the Tem- tories and, in that regard, to establish, in consultation with the freely elected representatives of the people, a specific time-table for the free exercise by the l?eo~les of the Territories of their right to self-determmation and independence; 5. Calls upon the Government of the United States of America as the administering Power concerned, to reconsider 'its attitude towards receiving a United Nations visiting mission in the Territory concerned; 6. Calls upon the administering Powers to take a~I possible steps to diversify the economies of the Tern- tories listed above; 1. Urges the administering Powers to safeguard the inalienable right of the peoples of those Territo_ries to the enjoyment of their natural resour~es by takmg ef- fective measures which guarantee the rights of the peo- ples to own and dispose of those natural resources and to establish and maintai~ control of their future devel- opment; 8. Requests the organizations of the United Nations system to assist in accelerating progress in all SPCtors of the national life of those Territories; 9. Invites the Secretary-General, having regard to the mandate entrusted to him by the General Assem- bly in its resolution entitled "Dissemination of informa· tion on decolonization",2~ to pay particular regard to the need to intensify widespread dissemination of m- formation on the process of decolonization in respect of the Territories listed above and, in particular, to 21 Ibid., chaps. XXIII-XXV. 22 Resolution 3329 (XXIX). consider in~ensifying the activities of the information centres concerned; I 0. Requests the Special Committ~e to_ conti~ue !O give full consid:ration to th_is. 9uest11?n,. mcludmg m particular the dispatch of v1s1tmg m1ss10ns to those Territories, and to report to the Gene~al Assembly at its thirtieth session on the implementation of the pres- ent resolution. 2318th plenary meeting 13 December 1974 3290 (XXIX). Question of American Samoa, Guam, New Hebrides, Pitcaim, St. Helena and Solomon Islands The General Assembly, Having considered the question of American Samoa, Guam, New Hebrides, Pitcairn, St. Helena and Solomon Islands, Having examined the relevant c~apte_rs of !he report of the Special Committee on the S1tu~t1on with regard to the Implementation of the Declaration on the Grant- ing of Independence to Colonial Countries and Peo- ples, 23 Recalling its resolution 1514 (XV) of 14 Dec~mber 1960, containing the Declaration_ on the Grantmg of Independence to Colonial Countnes and Peoples, and its resolution 2621 (XXV) of 12 October 1970, con- taining the programme of action for the full imple- mentation of the Declaration, as well as all other reso- lutions relating to the Territories listed above, in particular resolution 3156 (XXVIII) of 14 December 1973, Taking into account the statements of the adminis- tering Powers relating to developments in t_he above- mentioned Territories, including those relatmg to the Solomon Islands and New Hebrides,24 Noting with deep concern the slow progress in the full implementation of the Declaration with respect to those Territories, notwithstanding the encouragmg but limited political and constitutional development which has recently taken place in some of the Territories, Noting with satisfaction the continued active partici- pation of the United States ?f America in t_he ~ork of the Special Committee relating t<;> _the Te~n.tones con- cerned and welcoming the pos1t1ve dec1s1on of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northe~ Ireland to take part in the ~elev~nt work. of th: _Special_ C~m- mittee and to p<>rm1t United Nations vmtmg m1ss1ons access to the Territories under its administration, as appropriate, Deploring the continued refusal of the Government of France, in contravention of the provisions of the rele- vant resolutions of the General Assembly, to co-:op- erate with the Special Committee in its examination of the Territory of the New Hebrides, Deeplv deploring the policy of those administering Powers ~hich continue to maintain military bases in some r the Territories under their administration, in contravention of the relevant resolutions of the Gen- eral Assembly, ~3 Official Records of the General Assembly, Twenty-ninth Session, S11ppleme11t No. 23 (A/9623/Rev. l ), chaps. Ill, X, XV, XVII and XXI. ~4 See Al AC.109/SC.3/SR.207-210 and 214, A/ AC.109/ PV.976 and Official Records of the General Ass!mbly, Twent)l· ni111h Session, Fourth Committee, 2116th meeting. 102 General Anembly-Twenty•nlnth Senion Concerned that the economies of the Territories listed abo"e are based mainly on either single cash products, such as copra or phosphates, or on military activities, Deploring also the negative attitude of the adminis- tering Powers concerned with respect to the receiving of United Nations visiting missions in the Territories under their administration, Bearing in mind the constructive results achieved as a consequence of previous visiting missions to co- lonial Territories, including those dispatched by the Special Committee in l 974 to the Cocos (Keeling) Islands, the Gilbert and Ellice Islands and Niue,25 and reiterating its conviction that the dispatch of visiting missions to the Territories dealt with in the present resolution is indispensable for securing adequate and first-hand information in regard to the political, eco- nomic and social conditions in the Territories and to the views, wishes and aspirations of the peoples therein, Deeply concerned at the testing of nuclear weapons which continued to take place in 1974 in the South Pacific, despite the strong opposition to such testing as evidenced in resolution 3156 (XXVIII) and in the relevant chapters of the report of the Special Commit- tee, and as expressed by the peoples of the Scuth Pa- cific, including those of the Non-Self-Governing Terri- tories in the region, Mindful that the Territories listed above 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 Colonial Countries and Peoples, A ware of the special circumstances of the geograph- ical location and the economic conditions of the Ter- ritories, . 1. Approves the chapters of the report of the Spe- cial Committee on the • Situation with reeard to the ImplPmentation of the Declaration on the ~Grantino of Independence to Colonial Countries and Peoples"' re- lating to the Territories of American Samoa, Guam, New Hebrides, Pitcairn, St. Helena and Solomon Islands;26 2. Reaffirms the inalienable right of the peoples of those i:erritories to self~determination and indepen- dence m accordance with the Declaration on the Granting of Independence to Colonial Countries and Peoples; 3_. ~eaffi_rms its conviction that the questions of temtonal size, geographical isolation and limited re- sources should in no way delay the implementation of the Declaration with respect to the Territories con- cerned; 4. Calls upon the administering Powers concerned to take all the necessary steps, without further delay, to ensure. the full and speedy attainment of the goals set forth m the Declaration with respect to the Terri- tories and, in that regard, to establish, in consultation with t~e fr~ely elected representatives of the people, a specific t1me-t'.3-bl: for the !re~ exercise by the peo- ples of the Temtones of theIT nght to self-determina- tion and independence; 25 Sec Official Records of the General Assembly Twenty- ninth Session. Supplemnt No. 23 (A/9623/Rev.l ), ~hap. XX, annex, chap. XXI, annex I, and chap. XXII, annex I. 26 Ibid., chaps._X, XV, XVII and XXI. 5. Strongly deprecates any attempt aimed at the partial or total disruption of the national unity and territorial integrity of colonial Territories and the es- tablishment of military bases and installations in those Territories as being incompatible with the purposes and principles of tbe Charter of the United Nations and of General Assembly resolution 1514 (XV) ; 6. Calls upon the Governments of France and the United States of America, as the administering Powers concerned, to reconsider their attitude towards receiv- ing United Nations visiting missions and to permit access by such missions to the Territories under their administration; 7. Calls upon the Government of France, as an administering Power, to participate in the relevant pro- ceedings of the Special Committee concerning the Ter- ritory of the New Hebrides and, in particular, to report to the Special Committee on the implementation of the present resolution; 8. Calls upon the administering Powers concerned to take all possible measures to diversify the economies of the Territories listed above; 9. Urges the administering Powers to safeguard the inalienable right of the peoples of those Territories to the enjoyment of their natural 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; 10. Reiterates its deep concern at the testing of nuclear weapons which continued to take place in 1974 in the South Pacific, despite the stn,ng opposi- tion to such testing as evidenced in General Assembly resolution 3156 (XXVIII) and in the relevant chap- ters of the report of the Special Committee, and as expressed by the peoples of the South Pacific, includ- ing those of the Non-Self-Governing Territories in the region; 11. Requests the organizations of the United Nations system to assist in accelerating progress in all sectors of the national life of the Territories listed above; 12. Invites the Secretary-General, having regard to the mandate entrusted to him by the General Assembly in its resolution entitled "Dissemination of informa- tion on decolonization",27 to pay particular regard to the need to intensify widespread dissemination of in- formation on the process of decolonization in respect of the Territories listed above and, in particular, to consider intensifying the activities of the information centres concerned; 13. Requests the Special Committee to continue to give full consideration to this question, including .in particular the dispatch of visiting missions to the Terri- tories, as appropriate, and to report to the General Assembly at its thirtieth session on the implementation of the present resolution. 2318th plenary meeting 13 December 1974 3291 (XXIX). Question of the Comoro Archipelago The General Assembly, Having considered the question of the Comoro Archipelago, 27 Resolution 3329 (XXIX).

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