Question of Brunei Darussalam.

  • Author: UN General Assembly (31st sess. : 1976)
  • Document source:
    UN General Assembly
  • Date:
    1 December 1976
UN General Assembly (31st sess. : 1976), Question of Brunei Darussalam., A/RES/31/56, UN General Assembly, 1 December 1976, https://www.refworld.org/legal/resolution/unga/1976/en/9686 [accessed 15 March 2025]
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31. RESOLUTIONS ADOPTED ON THE REPORTS OF THE FOURTH COMMITTEE*
56. Question of Brunei

The General Assembly, Having considered the question of Brunei, Having examined the relevant 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,[1] Recalling its resolution 1514 (XV) of 14 December 1960, containing the Declaration on the Granting of Independence to Colonial Countries and Peoples, as well as other relevant resolutions and decisions of the United Nations relating to the Territory, including in particular the consensus on the question adopted by the General Assembly on 13 December 1974,[2] Recalling also its resolution 3424 (XXX) of 8 December 1975,

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

2. 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 Brunei;

3. Notes that no progress has been achieved so far in the implementation of General Assembly resolution 3424 (XXX);

4. Calls upon all parties concerned to work towards the early implementation of resolution 3424 (XXX);

5. Calls again upon the Government of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, consistent with its responsibility as the administering Power, to take all steps within its competence to facilitate expeditiously the holding of free and democratic elections by the appropriate government authorities in Brunei, in consultation with and under the supervision of the United Nations, in accordance with the inalienable right of the people of Brunei to self-determination and independence, and further calls, prior to the elections, for the lifting of the ban on all political parties and the return of all political exiles to Brunei so that they can participate freely and fully in the elections;

6. Calls upon the administering Power, in conformity with the provisions of the relevant resolutions of the General Assembly, to extend full co-operation to the Special Committee;

7. Requests the Special Committee to continue to keep the situation in the Territory under review and to report thereon to the General Assembly at its thirty-second session.

85th plenary meeting
1 December 1976


[1] Ibid., chap. XVIII. [2] Ibid., Twenty-ninth Session, Supplement No. 31 (A/9631), p. 117, item 23.
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