Question of Gibraltar
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Date:
19 December 1967
XXII. RESOLUTIONS ADOPTED ON THE REPORTS OF THE FOURTH COMMITTEE
2353. Question of Gibraltar
1. Regrets the interruption of the negotiations recommended in General Assembly resolutions 2070 (XX) and 2231 (XXI);
2. Declares the holding of the referendum of 10 September 1967 by the administering Power to be a contravention of the provisions of General Assembly resolution 2231 (XXI) and of those of the resolution adopted on 1 September 1967 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;
3. Invites the Governments of Spain and the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland to resume without delay the negotiations provided for in General Assembly resolutions 2070 (XX) and 2231 (XXI) with a view to putting an end to the colonial situation in Gibraltar and to safeguarding the interests of the population upon the termination of that situation;
4. Requests the Secretary-General to assist the Governments of Spain and the United Kingdom in the implementation of the present resolution and to report thereon to the General Assembly at its twenty-third session.
1641st plenary meeting,19 December 1967.
[1] Ibid., addendum to agenda item 23 (A/6700/Rev.1), chapter X, para. 215 [2] Ibid., Nineteenth Session, Annexes, annex No. 8 (part I) (A/5800/Rev.1), chapter X, para. 209.
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