Question of British Guiana

UN General Assembly, Question of British Guiana, A/RES/1955, UN General Assembly, 11 December 1963, https://www.refworld.org/legal/resolution/unga/1963/en/10156 [accessed 20 May 2025]
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XVIII. RESOLUTIONS ADOPTED WITHOUT REFERENCE TO A COMMITTEE
1955. Question of British Guiana

The General Assembly, Recalling its resolutions 1514 (XV) of 14 December 1960, 1654 (XVI) of 27 November 1961 and 1810 (XVII) of 17 December 1962, Having considered the part 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 relating to British Guiana,[1] Noting with deep regret that the Government of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland has not permitted the visit to British Guiana of the Sub-Committee established on the suggestion of both the Government of British Guiana and the principal opposition party with a view to seeking, together with the interested parties, the most suitable ways and means of enabling British Guiana to accede to independence without delay, Bearing in wind that the leaders of British Guiana who have appeared before the Special Committee have expressed the desire of the people of British Guiana for independence without delay, Noting paragraph 65 of the report of the Sub-Committee on British Guiana,[2] which was approved by the Special Committee and which invited the Government of the United Kingdom to do its utmost so that British Guiana might achieve independence as soon as possible without any conditions or reservations, in accordance with paragraph 5 of resolution 1514 (XV), Regretting that at the recent constitutional conference on British Guiana no date for independence was set,

1. Reaffirms the inalienable right of the people of British Guiana to independence;

2. Calls upon the Government of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland to fix without delay the date for the independence of British Guiana in accordance with the wishes of the people of the Territory.

1277th plenary meeting,
11 December 1963.
[1] Ibid., chapter X. [2] Ibid., chapter X, appendix
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