Question of the Gilbert and Ellice Islands

UN General Assembly, Question of the Gilbert and Ellice Islands, A/RES/3288, UN General Assembly, 13 December 1974, https://www.refworld.org/legal/resolution/unga/1974/en/9850 [accessed 08 December 2024]
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XXIX. RESOLUTIONS ADOPTED ON THE REPORTS OF THE FOURTH COMMITTEE
3288. Question of the Gilbert and Ellice Islands

The General Assembly, Having considered the question of the Gilbert and Ellice 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, 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 3156 (XXVIII) of 14 December 1973, by which it, inter alia, requested the Special Committee to continue to give full consideration to the question of the Gilbert and Ellice Islands, including in particular the dispatch of a visiting mission to the Territory, Having heard the statements of the administering Power relating to developments in the Territory,[2] Having examined the report of the United Nations Visiting Mission dispatched to the Territory in August and September 1974,[3] at the invitation of the Government of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, the administering Power, and having heard the statement of the Chairman of the Visiting Mission,[4] Bearing in mind the observations of the Visiting Mission relating to the results of the referendum,[5] Welcoming the positive decision of the administering Power to participate in the relevant work of the Special Committee and to permit United Nations visiting missions access to the Territories under its administration and express in the hope that the close cooperation thus established will be further strengthened so as to accelerate the process of decolonization towards the full and speedy implementation of the Declaration with respect to those Territories,

1. Approves the 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 relating to the Gilbert and Ellice Islands;

2. Reaffirms the inalienable right of the people of the Gilbert and Ellice Islands to self-determination and independence in accordance with the Declaration on the Granting of Independence to Colonial Countries and Peoples;

3. Expresses its appreciation to the Government of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland and to the Government of the Gilbert and Ellice Islands for the co-operation and assistance extended to the Visiting Mission;

4. Requests the administering Power to take all necessary measures to expedite the process of decolonization in the Territory in accordance, with the relevant provisions of the Charter of the United Nations and of the Declaration;

5. Requests the administering Power to continue to enlist the assistance of the specialized agencies and the organizations within the United Nations system in the development and strengthening of the economy of the Territory;

6. Requests the Special Committee to continue to give full consideration to this question in the light of the findings of the Visiting Mission, including the possible dispatch of a further visiting mission in consultation with the administering Power, and to report to the General Assembly at its thirtieth session on the implementation of the present resolution.

2318th plenary meeting
13 December 1974
[1] Official Records of the General Assembly, Twenty-ninth Session, Supplement No. 23 (A/9623/Rev.1), chaps. III and XXI. [2] See A/AC. 109/PV.987 and Official Records of the General Assembly, Twenty-ninth Session, Fourth Committee, 2116th meeting. [3] Official Records of the General Assembly, Twenty-ninth Session, Supplement No. 23 (A/9623/Rev.1), chap. XXI, annex I. [4] Ibid., Twenty-ninth Session, Fourth Committee, 2116th meeting. [5] Ibid., Twenty-ninth Session, Supplement No. 23 (A/9623/ Rev.1), chap. XXI, annex I, para. 303.
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