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Question of Kenya

A/RES/1812(XVII)No PDF available

Who created this mandate?

A Resolution of the General Assembly, published in 1963.

What subjects does this mandate have?

3 topics
ElectionsKenyaSelf-Determination of Peoples

What does this mandate say?

4 operative paragraphs
1
Affirms the validity, with respect to Kenya, of the provisions of the Declaration on the granting of independence to colonial countries and peoples contained in resolution 1514 (XV);
2
Affirms further the inalienable right of the people of Kenya to freedom and independence, and urges the administering Power to make every effort to organize national elections without further delay on the basis of universal adult suffrage;
3
Requests the administering Power and all concerned to make every effort, including the promotion of harmony and unity among the people of Kenya, to bring the territory to independence at the earliest date in accordance with the Declaration on the granting of independence to colonial countries and peoples ;
4
Expresses the hope that Kenya will become an independent and sovereign State and join the community of nations in the shortest possible time.
17 December 1962.

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