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/2351, UN General Assembly, 19 December 1967, https://www.refworld.org/legal/resolution/unga/1967/en/6413 [accessed 13 June 2025]
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XXII. RESOLUTIONS ADOPTED ON THE REPORTS OF THE FOURTH COMMITTEE
2351. 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 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, Recalling also its resolutions 2109 (XX) of 21 December 1965 and 2233 (XXI) of 20 December 1966, in which it, inter alia, approved the procedures adopted by the Special Committee[1] for the discharge. of the functions entrusted to it under resolution 1970 (XVIII) and requested the Special Committee to continue to discharge those functions in accordance with the said procedures, Having studied the chapter of the report 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 report of the Secretary-General on this information,[3]

1. Approves the chapter 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 the information from Non-Self-Governing Territories transmitted under Article 73 e of the Charter of the United Nations;

2. Deplores the fact that, despite the repeated recommendations of the General Assembly, the most recent of which is contained in resolution 2233 (XXI), some Member States having responsibilities for the administration of Non-Self-Governing Territories still have not seen fit to transmit information under Article 73 e of the Charter, have transmitted insufficient information or have transmitted information too late;

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 the information prescribed in Article 73 e of the Charter, as well as the fullest possible information on political and constitutional development in the Territories concerned;

4. Reiterates the request contained in its resolutions 66 (I) of 14 December 1946, 142 (II) of 3 November 1947 and 218 (III) of 3 November 1948 that Member States transmit such information as early as possible and at the latest within a maximum period of six months following the expiration of the administrative year in the Non-Self-Governing Territories concerned;

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

1641st plenary meeting,
19 December 1967.
[1] Ibid., Nineteenth Session, Annexes, annex No. 8 (part I) (A/5800/Rev.1), chapter II, appendix I. [2] Ibid., Twenty-second Session, Annexes, addendum to agenda item 23 (A/6700/Rev.1), chapter XXIV. [3] Ibid., agenda items 63 and 71, document A/6958.
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