Question of the Seychelles

UN General Assembly, Question of the Seychelles, A/RES/2985, UN General Assembly, 14 December 1972, https://www.refworld.org/legal/resolution/unga/1972/en/6821 [accessed 08 September 2024]
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XXVII. RESOLUTIONS ADOPTED ON THE REPORTS OF THE FOURTH COMMITTEE
2985. Question of the Seychelles

The General Assembly Having considered the question of the Seychelles, Having considered 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, and its resolution 2621 (XXV) of 12 October 1970, containing the programme of action for the full implementation of the Declaration, Recalling also its resolution 2866 (XXVI) of 20 December 1971 concerning the question, Reaffirming that the Seychelles should accede to independence without any prejudice to their territorial integrity, Expressing its deep regret that it has not been possible to send a special mission of the United Nations to the Territory, as envisaged under resolution 2866 (XXVI),

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 under resolution 2866 (XXVI) 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 to continue its examination of the question, including in particular the dispatch of the special mission referred to above, and to report thereon to the General Assembly at its twenty-eighth session.

2110th plenary meeting
14 December 1972
[1] Ibid., chaps. IV, VI and XI.
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