The situation in Grenada.

  • Author: UN General Assembly (38th sess. : 1983-1984)
  • Document source:
    UN General Assembly
  • Date:
    2 November 1983
UN General Assembly (38th sess. : 1983-1984), The situation in Grenada., A/RES/38/7, UN General Assembly, 2 November 1983, https://www.refworld.org/legal/resolution/unga/1983/en/6579 [accessed 05 October 2024]
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RESOLUTION ADOPTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY
The situation in Grenada

  The General Assembly, Considering the statements made before the Security Council in connection with the situation in Grenada, Recalling the Declaration on Principles of International Law concerning Friendly Relations and Co-operation among States in accordance with the Charter of the United Nations, Recalling also the Declaration on the Inadmissibility of Intervention and Interference in the Internal Affairs of States, Reaffirming the sovereign and inalienable right of Grenada freely to determine its own political, economic and social system, and to develop its international relations without outside intervention, interference, subversion, coercion or threat in any form whatsoever, Deeply deploring the events in Grenada which led to the killing of the Prime Minister, Mr. Maurice Bishop, and other prominent Grenadians, Bearing in mind that, in accordance with Article 2, paragraph 4, of the Charter of the United Nations, all Member States are obliged to refrain in their international relations from the threat or use of force against the territorial integrity or political independence of any State or in any other manner inconsistent with the principles of the Charter, Gravely concerned at the military intervention taking place and determined to ensure a speedy return to normalcy in Grenada, Conscious of the need for States to show consistent respect for the principles of the Charter,

1. Deeply deplores the armed intervention in Grenada, which constitutes a flagrant violation of international law and of the independence, sovereignty and territorial integrity of that State;

2. Deplores the death of innocent civilians resulting from the armed intervention;

3. Calls upon all States to show the strictest respect for the sovereignty, independence and territorial integrity of Grenada;

4. Calls for an immediate cessation of the armed intervention and the immediated withdrawal of the foreign troops from Grenada;

5. Requests that free elections be organized as rapidly as possible to enable the people of Grenada to choose its government democratically;

6. Requests the Secretary-General as a matter of urgency to assess the situation and to report back to the General Assembly within seventy-two hours.

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