Information from Non-Self-Governing Territories transmitted under Article 73 e of the Charter of the United Nations

UN General Assembly, Information from Non-Self-Governing Territories transmitted under Article 73 e of the Charter of the United Nations, A/RES/2558, UN General Assembly, 12 December 1969, https://www.refworld.org/legal/resolution/unga/1969/8671 [accessed 26 June 2026]
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XXIV. RESOLUTIONS ADOPTED ON THE REPORTS OF THE FOURTH COMMITTEE
2558. Information from Non-Self-Governing Territories transmitted under Article 73 e of the Charter of the United Nations

The General Assembly, Recalling its resolution 1970 (XVIII) of 16 December 1963, in which it requested 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 study the information transmitted to the Secretary-General in accordance with Article 73 e of the Charter of the United Nations and to take such information fully into account in examining the situation with regard to the implementation of the Declaration, Recalling also its resolution 2422 (XXIII) of 18 December 1968 by which the General Assembly, inter alia, requested the Special Committee to continue to discharge the functions entrusted to it under resolution 1970 (XVIII) in accordance with the procedures approved by the Assembly in its resolution 2109 (XX) of 21 December 1965, Recalling further the provisions of paragraph 5 of its resolution 2422 (XXIII), in which it once again urged the administering Powers concerned to transmit, or continue to transmit, to the Secretary-General the information prescribed in Article 73 e of the Charter, as well as the fullest possible information on political and constitutional developments in the Territories concerned, Having examined the chapter of the report of the Special Committee dealing with the transmittal of information under Article 73 e of the Charter and the action taken by it in respect of that information,[1] Having also examined the report of the Secretary-General on the item,[2]

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 information from Non-Self-Governing Territories transmitted under Article 73 e of the Charter of the United Nations;

2. Regrets that, despite the repeated recommendations of the General Assembly and the Special Committee, some Member States having responsibilities for the administration of Non-Self-Governing Territories still have not seen fit to transmit information under Article 73 e of the Charter, have transmitted insufficient information or have transmitted information too late;

3. Condemns the Government of Portugal for its continued refusal to transmit information under Article 73 e of the Charter with regard to the colonial Territories under its domination, despite the numerous resolutions adopted by the General Assembly concerning those Territories;

4. Deeply deplores the persistent refusal of the Government of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland to transmit such information on Antigua, Dominica, Grenada, St. Kitts-Nevis Anguilla and St. Lucia;

5. Considers, having regard to the statement made by the representative of the administering Power relating to the Territory of St. Vincent,[3] that, in the absence of a decision by the General Assembly itself that St. Vincent has attained a full measure of self-government in terms of Chapter XI of the Charter, the Government of the United Kingdom should continue to transmit information under Article 73 e of the Charter with respect to that Territory;

6. Once again urges the administering Powers concerned to transmit, or continue to transmit, to the Secretary-General the information prescribed in Article 73 e of the Charter, as well as the fullest possible information on political and constitutional developments in the Territories concerned;

7. Reiterates its request that the administering Powers concerned transmit such information as early as possible and at the latest within a maximum period of six months following the expiration of the administrative year in the Non-Self-Governing Territories concerned;

8. Requests the Special Committee to continue to discharge the functions entrusted to it under General Assembly resolution 1970 (XVIII), in accordance with established procedures.

1831st plenary meeting,
12 December 1969.
[1] Official Records of the General Assembly, Twenty-fourth Session, Supplement No. 23 (A/7623/Rev.1), chapter XXXIII. [2] Ibid., Twenty-fourth Session, Annexes, agenda items 63, 70 and 71, document A/7753. [3] Ibid., Twenty-fourth Session, Fourth Committee, 1853rd meeting, para. 62.
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