Question of Belize.
- Author: UN General Assembly (31st sess. : 1976)
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Date:
1 December 1976
31. RESOLUTIONS ADOPTED ON THE REPORTS OF THE FOURTH COMMITTEE*
50. Question of Belize
1. Reaffirms the inalienable right of the people of Belize to self-determination and independence;
2. Reaffirms that the inviolability and territorial integrity of Belize must be preserved;
3. Calls upon all States to respect the right of the people of Belize to self-determination, independence and territorial integrity, to facilitate the attainment of their goal of a secure and early independence and to refrain from any action that would threaten the territorial integrity of Belize;
4. Calls also upon the Government of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, as the administering Power, acting in close consultation with the Government of Belize, and the Government of Guatemala to pursue vigorously their negotiations in accordance with the principles of General Assembly resolution 3432 (XXX), in order to reach an early conclusion;
5. Requests the two Governments concerned to report to the General Assembly at its thirty-second session on such agreements as may have been reached in the negotiations referred to above;
6. 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.
85th plenary meeting1 December 1976
[1] Ibid., chap. XXVI. [2] Ibid., Thirty-first Session, Fourth Committee, 15th meeting, paras. 43-49. [3] Ibid., 19th meeting, paras. 12-19, and 26th meeting, paras. 12-22; and ibid., Fourth Committee, Sessional Fascicle, corrigendum. [4] Ibid., 15th meeting, paras. 51-57.
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