The status of the German-speaking element in the Province of Bolzano (Bozen); implementation of the Paris agreement of 5 September 1946

UN General Assembly, The status of the German-speaking element in the Province of Bolzano (Bozen); implementation of the Paris agreement of 5 September 1946, A/RES/1497, UN General Assembly, 31 October 1960, https://www.refworld.org/legal/resolution/unga/1960/en/7273 [accessed 22 April 2025]
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XV. RESOLUTIONS ADOPTED ON THE REPORTS OF THE SPECIAL POLITICAL COMMITTEE
1497. The status of the German-speaking element in the Province of Bolzano (Bozen); implementation of the Paris agreement of 5 September 1946

The General Assembly, Having considered item 68 of its agenda, Considering that the status of the German-speaking element in the Province of Bolzano (Bozen) has been regulated by an international agreement between Austria and Italy, signed in Paris on 5 September 1946,[1] Considering that the said agreement establishes a system designed to guarantee the German-speaking inhabitants of that Province "complete equality of rights with the Italian-speaking inhabitants, within the framework of special provisions to safeguard the ethnical character and the cultural and economic development of the German-speaking element", Bearing in mind that a dispute has arisen between Austria and Italy in regard to the implementation of the said agreement, Desirous of preventing the situation created by the dispute from impairing the friendly relations between the two countries,

1. Urges the two parties concerned to resume negotiations with a view to finding a solution for all differences relating to the implementation of the Paris agreement of 5 September 1946;

2. Recommends that, in the event of the negotiations referred to in paragraph 1 above not leading to satisfactory results within a reasonable period of time, both parties should give favourable consideration to the possibility of seeking a solution of their differences by any of the means provided in the Charter of the United Nations, including recourse to the International Court of justice or any other peaceful means of their own choice;

3. Likewise recommends that the countries in question should refrain from any action which might impair their friendly relations.

909th plenary meeting,
31 October 1960.
[1] United Nations, Treaty Series, vol. 49 (1950), No. 747, annex IV.
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