The right of peoples to self-determination and its application to peoples under colonial or alien domination or foreign occupation : question of East Timor.
- Author: UN Commission on Human Rights (39th sess. : 1983 : Geneva)
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Date:
16 February 1983
1983/8. The right of peoples to self-determination and its application to peoples under colonial or alien domination or foreign occupation - Question of East Timor[1]24
The Commission on Human Rights,1. Reaffirms the inalienable right of the people of East Timor to self-determination and independence, in accordance with General Assembly resolution 1514 (XV) of 14 December 1960;
2. Declares that the people of East Timor must be enabled freely to determine their own future on the basis of the relevant General Assembly resolutions and the relevant United Nations human rights instruments;
3. Calls upon all interested parties, namely, Portugal, as the administering Power, and the representatives of the people of East Timor, as well as Indonesia, to co-operate fully with the United Nations with a view to guaranteeing the free and full exercise of the right to self-determination by the people of East Timor;
4. Expresses its deepest concern at the suffering of the people of East Timor as a result of the situation now prevailing in the Territory;
5. Calls upon all parties concerned to facilitate the entry into the territory of international aid to alleviate the suffering of the people of East Timor.
[1]24 Adopted at the 23rd meeting, on 16 February 1983, by a roll-call vote of 16 to 14, with 10 abstentions. See chap. VII.
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