Question of the Gilbert Islands

XXX. RESOLUTIONS ADOPTED ON THE REPORTS OF THE FOURTH COMMITTEE
3426. Question of the Gilbert Islands

The General Assembly, Having considered the question of the Gilbert 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 all other resolutions and decisions of the United Nations relating to the Territory, Having heard the statement of the administering Power relating to developments in the Territory,[2] Recalling the report of the United Nations Visiting Mission dispatched to the Territory in 1974[3] and noting with satisfaction the steps taken in the implementation of the relevant recommendations of the Visiting Mission,

1. Approves the 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 relating to the Gilbert Islands;[4]

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

3. Requests the administering Power to continue to take measures to expedite the process of decolonization in the Territory in accordance with the relevant recommendations of the Special Committee, including in particular the observations of the United Nations, Visiting Mission dispatched to the Territory in 1974;

4. 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;

5. Requests the Special Committee to continue to seek the best ways and means for the implementation of the Declaration with respect to the Gilbert Islands, including the possible dispatch of a further visiting mission in consultation with the administering Power, and to report to the General Assembly at its thirty-first session on the implementation of the present resolution.

2431st plenary meeting
8 December 1975

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[1] Ibid., chaps. IV and XXI. [2] Ibid., Thirtieth Session, Fourth Committee, 2166th meeting. [3] Ibid., Twenty-ninth Session, Supplement No. 23 (A/9623/Rev.1), chap. XXI, annex I. [4] Ibid., Thirtieth Session, Supplement No. 23 (A/10023/Rev.1), chap. XXI.