Question of Nyasaland
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Date:
11 December 1963
XVIII. RESOLUTIONS ADOPTED WITHOUT REFERENCE TO A COMMITTEE
1953. Question of Nyasaland
1. Notes with satisfaction that Nyasaland will attain independence not later than 6 July 1964;
2. Expresses the hope that no new obstacle will hinder Nyasaland's accession to independence and that the Territory will become an independent State not later than the date referred to in paragraph 1 above;
3. Invites the administering Power to take the necessary measures for the transfer of powers, not later than 6 July 1964, to the people of Nyasaland, in accordance with their will and desire;
4. Congratulates the Governments of Nyasaland and the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland on the steps taken towards the achievement of the aims set out in the Declaration on the granting of independence to colonial countries and peoples.
1277th plenary meeting,11 December 1963.
[1] Ibid., Eighteenth Session, Annexes, addendum to agenda item 23, document A/5446/Rev.1, chapter VIII, section B.
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