Question of the Tokelau Islands

XXX. RESOLUTIONS ADOPTED ON THE REPORTS OF THE FOURTH COMMITTEE
3428. Question of the Tokelau Islands

The General Assembly, Having considered the question of 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, Recalling its decisions of 14 December 1973[2] and 13 December 1974[3] on the question of the Tokelau Islands, Having heard the statement of the administering Power,[4] Mindful of the responsibility of the United Nations to help the people of the Tokelau Islands to realize their aspirations in accordance with the objectives set forth in the Declaration, Aware of the special problems facing the Territory by virtue of its isolation, small size and meagre resources,

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 Tokelau Islands and endorses the consensus contained therein;[5]

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

3. Welcomes the invitation extended by the Government of New Zealand to the Special Committee to dispatch a visiting mission to the Tokelau Islands in 1976, in order to obtain first-hand information on conditions in the Territory and on the wishes and aspirations of its people;

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

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

2431st plenary meeting
8 December 1975

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[1] Ibid., chaps. IV and XIX. [2] Ibid., Twenty-eighth Session, Supplement No. 30 (A/9030), P. 111, item 23. [3] Ibid., Twenty-ninth Session, Supplement No. 31 (A/9631), p. 116, item 23. [4] Ibid., Thirtieth Session, Fourth Committee, 2168th meeting. [5] Ibid., Thirtieth Session, Supplement No. 23 (A/10023/ Rev.1), chap. XIX.