Information from Non-Self-Governing Territories transmitted under Article 73 e of the Charter of the United Nations

UN General Assembly, Information from Non-Self-Governing Territories transmitted under Article 73 e of the Charter of the United Nations, A/RES/2109, UN General Assembly, 21 December 1965, https://www.refworld.org/legal/resolution/unga/1965/en/9727 [accessed 25 March 2025]
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XX. RESOLUTIONS ADOPTED ON THE REPORTS OF THE FOURTH COMMITTEE
2109. Information from Non-Self-Governing Territories transmitted under Article 73 e of the Charter of the United Nations

The General Assembly, Recalling its resolution 1970 (XVIII) of 16 December 1963, in which it dissolved the Committee on Information from Non-Self-Governing Territories and, inter alia, 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 study the information transmitted to the Secretary-General in accordance with Article 73 e of the Charter of the United Nations and to take it fully into account in examining the situation with regard to the implementation of the Declaration, Noting the procedures suggested by the Secretary-General [1] and adopted by the Special Committee whereby the latest information transmitted by Administering Members is taken into account by the Committee in its consideration of the Territories concerned and is reflected in the relevant chapters of the Committee's reports on each Territory, Having studied those chapters of the reports of the Special Committee dealing with the transmittal of information under Article 73 e of the Charter and the action taken by it in respect of that information, [2] Having also examined the reports of the Secretary-General on the said information, [3]

1. Approves the reports and the procedures adopted by the Special Committee on the Situation with regard to the Implementation of the Declaration on the Granting of Independence to Colonial Countries and Peoples for the discharge of its functions under General Assembly resolution 1970 (XVIII);

2. Expresses its regret that not all Member States having responsibilities for the administration of Non-Self-Governing Territories have seen fit to transmit information under Article 73 e of the Charter of the United Nations;

3. Once again urges all Member States which have or which assume responsibilities for the administration of Territories whose peoples have not yet attained a full measure of self-government to transmit, or continue to transmit, to the Secretary-General information as prescribed under Article 73 e of the Charter, as well as the fullest possible information on political and constitutional development;

4. Requests the Special Committee to continue to discharge the functions entrusted to it under resolution 1970 (XVIII) in accordance with the procedures referred to above.

1407th plenary meeting,
21 December 1965.
[1] Ibid., Nineteenth Session, Annexes, annex No. 8 (part I) (A/5800/Rev.1), chapter II, appendix I. [2] Ibid., chapter II; ibid., Twentieth Session, Annexes, addendum to agenda item 23 (A/6000/Rev.1), chapter XXVI. [3] Ibid., Twentieth Session, Annexes, agenda items 68 and 72, documents A/5843 and A/6038.
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