Question of Basutoland, Bechuanaland and Swaziland

A/RES/1817(XVII)No PDF available

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A Resolution of the General Assembly, published in 1963.

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4 versions · 1963–1967

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Botswana Conferences Development Assistance Elections Eswatini Lesotho Self-Determination of Peoples

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Reaffirms the inalienable right of the peoples of Basutoland, Bechuanaland and Swaziland to selfdetermination and independence ;

Invites the administering Power immediately to suspend the present constitutional provisions and to proceed without further delay to hold elections in the three Territories on the basis of direct universal adult suffrage;

Invites further the Government of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland to abrogate the present constitutional provisions and to convene immediately a constitutional conference with the participation of the democratically elected political leaders of the three Territories, with a view to setting, in accordance with their wishes, the date on which each of the Territories will attain its independence;

Considers that a serious effort should be made to provide economic, financial and technical assistance, through United Nations programmes of technical cooperation and the specialized agencies, in order to remedy the deplorable economic and social situation of the three Territories;

Urges the administering Power to take immediate steps to return to the indigenous inhabitants all the land taken from them, whatever the form of, or pretext for, such alienation;

Declares solemnly that any attempt to annex Basutoland, Bechuanaland or Swaziland, or to encroach upon their territorial integrity in any way, will be regarded by the United Nations as an act of aggression violating the Charter of the United Nations.

18 December 1962.

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