Question of Niue and the Tokelau Islands

UN General Assembly, Question of Niue and the Tokelau Islands, A/RES/2868, UN General Assembly, 20 December 1971, https://www.refworld.org/legal/resolution/unga/1971/en/9957 [accessed 08 December 2024]
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XXVI. RESOLUTIONS ADOPTED ON THE REPORTS OF THE FOURTH COMMITTEE
2868. Question of Niue and the Tokelau Islands

The General Assembly, Having considered the question of Niue and the Tokelau Islands, Having examined the relevant chapters 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, Having heard the statement of the representative of the administering Power,[2] Taking into account the conclusions and recommendations of the Special Committee regarding developments in Niue and the Tokelau Islands, Noting the recent constitutional developments in Niue which have been embodied in the Niue Amendment Act, enacted in 1971 by the Government of Now Zealand as the administering Power, Noting with appreciation that the administering Power has responded positively to the requests contained in the relevant resolutions of the General Assembly by extending an invitation to the Special Committee to send a visiting mission to Niue and the Tokelau Islands in 1972,

1. Reaffirms the inalienable right of the people of Niue and the Tokelau Islands to self-determination in conformity with General Assembly resolution 1514 (XV);

2. Calls upon the administering Power to take further measures, in accordance with the wishes of the people, to enable the people of the Territory to exercise their right to self-determination as soon as possible;

3. Takes note of the arrangements made 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 dispatch of a visiting mission to Niue in 1972[3] and requests the Special Committee to instruct the visiting mission to obtain first-hand information on conditions in the Territory and on the wishes and aspirations of its people and to recommend practical steps for their advancement as soon as possible towards self government and self-determination;

4. Requests the administering Power to provide all the necessary assistance and facilities to the visiting mission in the discharge of its tasks;

5. Requests the Special Committee to continue to examine this question and to report thereon to the General Assembly at its twenty-seventh session.

2028th plenary meeting,
20 December 1971.
[1] Ibid., chaps. IV and XV. [2] Ibid., Twenty-sixth Session, Fourth Committee, 1960th meeting. [3] IM., Twenty-sixth Session, Supplement No. 23 (A/8423/ Rev.1), chap. IV, para. 22.
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