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Question of Equatorial Guinea

A/RES/2355(XXII)No PDF available

Who created this mandate?

A Resolution of the General Assembly, published in 1968.

What other versions does this mandate have?

2 versions · 1967–1968
  • 1968A/RES/2355(XXII)Question of Equatorial GuineaLatestCompare with previous version
  • 1967A/RES/2230(XXI)Question of Equatorial Guinea

iVersions are identified automatically by matching titles within the same organ (~97% accuracy on a manual audit).

What subjects does this mandate have?

5 topics
ConstitutionsElection VerificationElectionsEquatorial GuineaSelf-Determination of Peoples

What does this mandate say?

11 operative paragraphs
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 Equatorial Guinea;
2
Reaffirms the inalienable right of the people of Equatorial Guinea to self-determination and independence, in accordance with the Declaration on the Granting of Independence to Colonial Countries and Peoples contained in General Assembly resolution 1514 (XV);
3
Regrets that the administering Power has not yet set a date for the accession of Equatorial Guinea to independence in accordance with the wishes of the people of the Territory;
4
Reiterates its request to the administering Power to ensure that the Territory accedes to independence as a single political and territorial entity not kiter than July 1968;
5
Invites the administering Power to implement as soon as possible the following measures :
a
To ensure respect for all democratic freedoms;
( b) To institute an electoral system based on universal adult suffrage and to hold, before independence, a general election for the whole Territory on the basis of a unified electoral roll ;
c
To transfer effective power to the government resulting from this election ;
6
Urges the administering Power to reconvene the constitutional conference referred to above in order to work out the modalities of the transfer of power,
2e Ibid., chapter VIII.
including the drawing up of an electoral law and of an independence constitution ;
7
Requests the Secretary-General to take appropriate action, in consultation with the administering Power and the Special Committee, to ensure the presence of the United Nations in the Territory for the supervision of the preparation for, and the holding of, the election envisaged in paragraph 5 ( b) above and to participate in all other measures leading towards the independence of the Territory;
8
Further requests the Secretary-General to transmit the present resolution to the administering Power and to report to the Special Committee on its implementation ;
9
Decides to maintain the question of Equatorial Guinea on its agenda.
19 December 1967.

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