Recommendations concerning international respect for the right of peoples and nations to self-determination

XIII. RESOLUTION ADOPTED ON THE REPORTS OF THE THIRD COMMITTEE
1314. Recommendations concerning international respect for the right of peoples and nations to self-determination

The General Assembly, Noting that the right of peoples and nations to self-determination as affirmed in the two draft Covenants completed by the Commission on Human Rights[1]1includes "permanent sovereignty over their natural wealth and resources", Believing it necessary to have full information at its disposal regarding the actual extent and character of this sovereignty,

1. Decides to establish a Commission composed of Afghanistan, Chile, Guatemala, the Netherlands, the Philippines, Sweden, the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics, the United Arab Republic and the United States of America to conduct a full survey of the status of this basic constituent of the right to self-determination, with recommendations, where necessary, for its strengthening, and further decides that, in the conduct of the full survey of the status of the permanent sovereignty of peoples and nations over their natural wealth and resources, due regard shall be paid to the rights and duties of States under international law and to the importance of encouraging international co-operation in the economic development of under-developed countries;

2. Invites the regional economic commissions and the specialized agencies to co-operate with the Commission in its task ;

3. Requests the Commission to report to the Economic and Social Council at its twenty-ninth session;

4. Requests the Secretary-General to provide the Commission with the necessary staff and facilities.

788th plenary meeting,
12 December 1958.

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[1] Official Records of the Economic and Social Council, Eighteenth Session, Supplement No. 7 (E/2573), annex I.