Supervision of the elections to be held in the Cook Islands

XIX. RESOLUTIONS ADOPTED WITHOUT REFERENCE TO A COMMITTEE
2005. Supervision of the elections to be held in the Cook Islands

The General Assembly, Taking into account the recommendation on the future of the Cook Islands contained in 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,[1] Noting the communication dated 2 February 1965 from the Permanent Representative of New Zealand to the United Nations[2] and the comments thereon by the Secretary-General,[3]

1. Authorizes supervision by the United Nations of the elections to be held in the Cook Islands in the latter part of April 1965;

2. Authorizes the Secretary-General:

(a) To appoint a United Nations representative who will supervise these elections with the assistance of the necessary observers and staff, observe the proceedings concerning the Constitution in the newly elected Legislative Assembly and report to the Special Committee on the Situation with regard to the Implementation of the Declaration on the Granting of Independence to Colonial Countries and Peoples and to the General Assembly;

(b) To meet initially the necessary related expenditures, estimated tentatively at $40,000, under the authority to be granted to the Secretary-General in respect of unforeseen and extraordinary expenses in 1965.

1330th plenary meeting,
18 February 1965. The Secretary-General, in pursuance of paragraph 2 (a) of the above resolution, appointed Mr. Omar ADEEL as United Nations Representative for the Supervision of the Elections in the Cook Islands.

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[1] See Officia! Records of the General Assembly, Nineteenth Session, Annexes, annex No. 8 (part I), document A/5800/ Rev.1, chapter 1, para. 169, and chapter XV, para. 112. [2] Ibid., annex No. 8 (part II), document A/5880. [3] Ibid., document A/5882.