Question of the Seychelles

UN General Assembly, Question of the Seychelles, A/RES/2866, UN General Assembly, 20 December 1971, https://www.refworld.org/legal/resolution/unga/1971/en/10008 [accessed 20 April 2025]
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XXVI. RESOLUTIONS ADOPTED ON THE REPORTS OF THE FOURTH COMMITTEE
2866. Question of the Seychelles

The General Assembly, Having considered the question of the Seychelles, Having considered the relevant 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,[1] Recalling its resolution 1514 (XV) of 14 December 1960, containing the Declaration on the Granting of Independence to Colonial Countries and Peoples, and its resolution 2621 (XXV) of 12 October 1970, containing the programme of action for the full implementation of the Declaration, Recalling further its previous resolutions relating to the question, in particular resolution 2709 (XXV) of 14 December 1970, Affirming that the Seychelles should accede to independence without any prejudice to their territorial integrity, Mindful of the views expressed to the Special Committee by the leader of the Seychelles People's United Party,[2] Noting the statement of the Chief Minister of the Seychelles[3] that he would welcome the dispatch of a United Nations mission to the Territory and would agree to the holding of a referendum on the future status of the Territory under the auspices of the United Nations,

1. Reaffirms the inalienable right of the people of the Seychelles to self-determination and independence in conformity with General Assembly resolution 1514 (XV), and calls upon the Government of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, as the administering Power, to take all necessary measures to enable the people to exercise that right without further delay;

2. Requests the administering Power, in accordance with the provisions of the relevant resolutions of the General Assembly, to receive the special mission of the United Nations envisaged hereunder and to make the necessary arrangements, in consultation with the special mission, for the holding of a referendum on the future status of the Territory;

3. Requests the Special Committee on the Situation with regard to the Implementation of the Declaration on the Granting of Independence to Colonial Countries and Peoples, in consultation with the administering Power and with the assistance of the Secretary-General, to appoint immediately a special mission to visit the Seychelles for the purpose of recommending practical steps to be taken for the full implementation of the relevant resolutions of the General Assembly-in particular for the purpose of determining the extent of United Nations participation in the pre supervision of the referendum on the future status of the Territory-and to submit a report thereon to the Special Committee;

4. Requests the Special Committee to continue its examination of the question and to report thereon to the General Assembly at its twenty-seventh session.

2028th plenary meeting,
20 December 1971.
[1] Ibid., Twenty-sixth Session, Supplement No. 23 (A/8423/ Rev.1), chap. IX. [2] See A/AC. 109/SC.2/SR.96. [3] See Official Records of the General Assembly, Twenty-sixth Session, Fourth Committee, 1927th meeting.
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