Question of American Samoa, Antigua, Bahamas, Bermuda, British Virgin Islands, Cayman Islands, Cocos (Keeling) Islands, Dominica, Gilbert and Ellice Islands, Grenada, Guam, Mauritius, Montserrat, New Hebrides, Niue, Pitcairn, St. Helena, St. Kitts-Nevis-Anguilla, St. Lucia, St. Vincent, Seychelles, Solomon Islands, Tokelau Islands, Turks and Caicos Islands and the United States Virgin Islands
Publisher | UN General Assembly |
Author | UN General Assembly |
Publication Date | 20 December 1966 |
Citation / Document Symbol | A/RES/2232 |
Reference | Twenty-first Session |
Cite as | UN General Assembly, Question of American Samoa, Antigua, Bahamas, Bermuda, British Virgin Islands, Cayman Islands, Cocos (Keeling) Islands, Dominica, Gilbert and Ellice Islands, Grenada, Guam, Mauritius, Montserrat, New Hebrides, Niue, Pitcairn, St. Helena, St. Kitts-Nevis-Anguilla, St. Lucia, St. Vincent, Seychelles, Solomon Islands, Tokelau Islands, Turks and Caicos Islands and the United States Virgin Islands, 20 December 1966, A/RES/2232, available at: https://www.refworld.org/docid/3b00f05828.html [accessed 29 May 2023] |
XXI. RESOLUTIONS ADOPTED ON THE REPORTS OF THE FOURTH COMMITTEE
2232. Question of American Samoa, Antigua, Bahamas, Bermuda, British Virgin Islands, Cayman Islands, Cocos (Keeling) Islands, Dominica, Gilbert and Ellice Islands, Grenada, Guam, Mauritius, Montserrat, New Hebrides, Niue, Pitcairn, St. Helena, St. Kitts-Nevis-Anguilla, St. Lucia, St. Vincent, Seychelles, Solomon Islands, Tokelau Islands, Turks and Caicos Islands and the United States Virgin Islands
1. Approves the 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 relating to these Territories;
2. Reaffirms the inalienable right of the peoples of these Territories to self-determination and independence;
3. Calls upon the administering Powers to implement without delay the relevant resolutions of the General Assembly;
4. Reiterates its declaration that any attempt aimed at the partial or total disruption of the national unity and the territorial integrity of colonial Territories and the establishment of military bases and installations in these Territories is incompatible with the purposes and principles of the Charter of the United Nations and of General Assembly resolution 1514 (XV);
5. Urges the administering Powers to allow United Nations visiting. missions to visit the Territories, and to extend to them full co-operation and assistance;
6. Decides that the United Nations should render all help to the peoples of these Territories in their efforts freely to decide their future status;
7. Requests the Special Committee to continue to pay special attention to these Territories and to report on the implementation of the present resolution to the General Assembly at its twenty-second session;
8. Requests the Secretary-General to continue to provide all possible assistance in the implementation of the present resolution.
1500th plenary meeting,20 December 1966.
[1] Ibid. Twenty-first Session, Annexes, addendum to agenda item, 23 (A/6300/Rev.1), chapters XIV-XIX and XXII.