Question of Aden

A/RES/2183(XXI)View PDF

Who adopted this document and its mandates?

A Resolution of the General Assembly, published in 1967.

What other versions does this mandate have?

3 versions · 1964–1967

Year	Symbol	Title	Word length	Text similarity
1967	A/RES/2183(XXI)	Question of Aden	788	19%Compare
1966	A/RES/2023(XX)	Question of Aden	778	20%Compare
1964	A/RES/1949(XVIII)	Question of Aden	696	–

What subjects does this mandate have?

7 subjects

Aden Protectorate Election Verification Elections Members Report Preparation Self-Determination of Peoples Special Missions

What’s in this document?

9 operative paragraphs

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 Territory of Aden, and the conclusions contained therein, and endorses the resolutions adopted by the Special Committee on 22 March and 15 June 1966;

Reaffirms the inalienable right of the people of the Territory to self-determination and independence in accordance with General Assembly resolution 1514 (XV);

Reaffirms paragraph 8 of the resolution adopted by the Special Committee on 15 June 1966 and urges the administering Power to implement it;

Further reaffirms that the only authority responsible to the United Nations for the full implementation of the- United Nations resolutions with regard to the Territory is the Government of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and N orthern Ireland;

9 !bid., paras. 99 and 382.

10 !bid., Twenty-first Ses.non, Fourth Committee, 1633rd meeting, paras. 8-14.

11 Ibid., 1636th meeting, paras. 2-10.

Requests the Secretary-General, in consultation with the Special Committee and the administering Power, to appoint immediately a special mission to be sent to Aden for the purpose of recommending practical steps for the full implementation of the relevant resolutions of the General Assembly, and, in particular, for the purpose of determining the extent of the United Nations participation in the preparation and supervision of the elections and submitting a report to him as soon as possible for transmission to the Special Committee;

Requests the United Nations Special Mission on Aden to consider recommending, inter alia, practical steps for the establishment of a central caretaker government in the Territory to carry out the administration of the whole Territory and to assist in the organization of the elections ;

Calls upon the administering Power to take the necessary measures, in accordance with paragraph 3 above, so that the United Nations Special Mission on Aden can discharge its responsibilities on the basis of the resolution adopted by the Special Committee on 15 June 1966;

Requests the Secretary-General to provide all the necessary assistance and facilities for the implementation of the present resolution ;

Decides to maintain the question of Aden on its agenda.

12 December 1966.

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