Special Committee on Territories under Portuguese Administration

UN General Assembly, Special Committee on Territories under Portuguese Administration, A/RES/1809, UN General Assembly, 14 December 1962, https://www.refworld.org/legal/resolution/unga/1962/en/10218 [accessed 14 October 2024]
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XVII. RESOLUTIONS ADOPTED ON THE REPORT OF THE FOURTH COMMITTEE
1809. Special Committee on Territories under Portuguese Administration

The General Assembly, Recalling its resolution 1699 (XVI) of 19 December 1961 by which it decided to establish a Special Committee to examine as a matter of urgency, within the context of Chapter XI of the Charter of the United Nations and relevant resolutions of the General Assembly, such information as was available concerning Territories under Portuguese administration, and to formulate its observations, conclusions and recommendations for the consideration of the Assembly and any other body which the Assembly might appoint to assist it in the implementation of its resolution 1514 (XV) of 14 December 1960 on the granting of independence to colonial countries and peoples, Considering that in its resolution 1807 (XVII) of 14 December 1962 it requested 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 give high priority to the examination of the situation in the Territories under Portuguese administration,

1. Decides to dissolve the Special Committee on Territories under Portuguese Administration;

2. Expresses its gratitude to the Special Committee for its efforts and for its valuable contribution to the accomplishment of the purposes of the United Nations under Chapter XI of the Charter and resolution 1514(XV),

3. Requests the Secretary-General to forward the report of the Special Committee[1]1, together with the summary records of the Fourth Committee on the question [2] to the Government of Portugal, the Economic and Social Council, the Economic Commission for Africa, the Economic Commission for Asia and the Far East and the specialized agencies concerned, including the International Labour Organisation.

1194th plenary meeting,
14 December 1962.
[1] Ibid., Seventeenth Session, Annexes, agenda item 54, documents A/5160 and Add.1 and 2 [2]Ibid., Seventeenth Session, Fourth Committee, 1390th to 1408th, 1415th to 1421st meetings
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