XX. RESOLUTIONS ADOPTED ON THE REPORTS OF THE FOURTH COMMITTEE
2068. Question of Fiji

The General Assembly, Having examined the question of Fiji, Having studied the chapters of the reports 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 the Territory of Fiji, [1] Recalling its resolutions 1514 (XV) of 14 December 1960,1654 (XVI) of 27 November 1961, 1810 (XVII) of 17 December 1962 and 1951 (XVIII) of 11 December 1963 and the resolution adopted by the Special Committee on 5 November 1964, [2] Noting with regret that the administering Power has not yet taken effective measures to implement the resolutions of the General Assembly, Taking into account the fact that any further delay in the implementation of those resolutions would create further hardships for the people of the Territory, Considering that the constitutional changes contemplated by the administering Power would foment separatist tendencies and stand in the way of the political, economic and social integration of the people as a whole,

1. Approves the chapters of the reports 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 the Territory of Fiji, and endorses the conclusions and recommendations set forth therein;

2. Reaffirms the inalienable right of the people of Fiji to freedom and independence in conformity with the provisions of the Declaration on the Granting of Independence to Colonial Countries and Peoples;

3. Invites the Government of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, as the administering Power, to implement immediately the resolutions of the General Assembly;

4. Requests the administering Power to take, as a matter of urgency, measures to repeal all discriminatory laws and to establish an unqualified system of democratic representation based on the principle of "one man, one vote";

5. Further requests the administering Power to report to the Special Committee and to the General Assembly on the implementation of the present resolution;

6. Invites the Special Committee to keep the question under consideration and to report thereon to the General Assembly at its twenty-first session;

7. Decides to include the question of Fiji in the provisional agenda of its twenty-first session.

1398th plenary meeting,
16 December 1965.
[1] Ibid., chapter XIII: ibid., Twentieth Session, Annexes, addendum to agenda item 23 (A/6000/Rev.1), chapter XII. [2] Ibid., Nineteenth Session, Annexes, annex No. 8 (part I) (A/5800/Rev.1), chapter XIII, para. 119.
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