Question of the New Hebrides.

33. RESOLUTIONS ADOPTED ON THE REPORTS OF THE FOURTH COMMITTEE
30. Question of the New Hebrides

The General Assembly, Having considered the question of the New Hebrides, 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, including General Assembly resolutions 3290 (XXIX) of 13 December 1974, 3433 (XXX) of 8 December 1975, 31/51 of 1 December 1976 and 32/26 of 28 November 1977, Having heard the statements of the representatives of France[2]3and the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland,[3]4as the administering Powers, relating to developments in the New Hebrides, Conscious of the need to accelerate progress towards the full implementation of the Declaration with respect to the New Hebrides, Bearing in mind the constructive results achieved as a consequence of previous visiting missions to colonial Territories and reiterating its conviction that the dispatch of such a mission to the New Hebrides is essential for securing adequate and first-hand information in regard to the conditions prevailing in the Territory and to the views, wishes and aspirations of the people therein with respect to their future status, Taking note of the joint commitment of the two administering Powers to bring the Territory to independence by 1980,[4]

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 New Hebrides;[5]

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

3. Reaffirms the territorial integrity and national unity of the New Hebrides;

4. Welcomes the joint commitment of the two administering Powers to independence for the New Hebrides, as reiterated in their letter dated 11 April 1978 to the Secretary-General, and urges them to continue their efforts towards the early independence of the Territory, in consultation with all the people of the Territory;

5. Requests the administering Powers to take all appropriate measures to strengthen the economy of the New Hebrides, to continue taking steps to unify the administration of the Territory and to work out concrete programmes of assistance and economic development;

6. Urges the administering Powers to continue their efforts, in co-operation with the people of the Territory, to promote a unitary system of education;

7. Requests the administering Powers to continue to enlist the assistance of the specialized agencies and other organizations within the United Nations system in accelerating progress in all sectors of the national life of the Territory;

8. Urges the administering Powers, in co-operation with the Government of the New Hebrides, to safeguard the inalienable right of the people of the Territory to the enjoyment of their natural resources by taking effective measures which guarantee the rights of the people to own and dispose of those natural resources and to establish and maintain control of their future development;

9. Requests the administering Powers, in particular, to take all necessary measures to safeguard the full enjoyment by the people of the Territory of their marine resources, through such measures as against over-exploitation and contamination ensure that the rights of the people with ownership of land are fully safeguarded and

10. Requests the Governments of France and United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland to facilitate the early dispatch of a United Nations, visiting mission to the New Hebrides;

11. Requests the Special Committee to continue to seek the best ways and means for the implementation of the Declaration with respect to the New Hebrides, including the early dispatch of a visiting mission to the Territory, and to report to the General Assembly at its thirty-fourth session on the implementation of the present resolution.

81st plenary meeting
13 December 1978

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[1] 0fficial Records of the General Assembly, Thirty-third Session, Supplement No. 23 (A/33/Rev.1), vol. 1, chap. III, and vol. III, chap. XIII. [2] Ibid., Thirty-third Session, Fourth Committee, 32nd meeting, paras. 49-54. [3] Ibid., 24th meeting, paras. 23-30, and 32nd meeting, para. 57. [4] See A/33/80. [5] Official Records of the General Assembly, Thirty-third Session, Supplement No. 23 (A/33/Rev.1), vol. III, chap. XIII.