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Question of American Samoa, Antigua, Bahamas, Bermuda, British Virgin Islands, Brunei Darussalam, Cayman Islands, Cocos (Keeling) Islands, Dominica, Gilbert and Ellice Islands, Grenada, Guam, 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

A/RES/2592(XXIV)No PDF available

Who created this mandate?

A Resolution of the General Assembly, published in 1970.

What subjects does this mandate have?

42 topics
American SamoaAmerican Samoa QuestionAntigua and BarbudaAntigua QuestionBahamasBermudaBermuda QuestionBritish Virgin IslandsBritish Virgin Islands QuestionBrunei DarussalamBrunei QuestionCayman IslandsCayman Islands QuestionCocos (Keeling) IslandsCocos (Keeling) Islands QuestionDominicaGrenadaGuamGuam QuestionKiribati

What does this mandate say?

8 operative paragraphs
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 in accordance with the Declaration on the Granting of Independence to Colonial Countries and Peoples, contained in General Assembly resolution 1514 (XV);
3
Calls u pon the administering Powers to implement without delay the relevant resolutions of the General Assembl y;
4
Expresses its conviction that the questions of territorial size, geographical isolation and limited resources should in no way delay the implementation of the Declaration on the Granting of Independence to Colonial Countries and Peoples with respect to these Territories;
5
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 principies of the Charter of the United Nations and of resolution 1514 (XV);
6
Strongly urges the administering Powers to reconsider their attitude towards the receiving of visiting missions to the above-mentioned Territories and to permit access by such visiting missions to Territories under their administration;
7
Decides that the United Nations should render all help to the peoples of these Territories in their efforts freely to decide their future status;
8
Requests the Special Committee to continue to pay special attention to these Territories and to report to the General Assembly at its twenty-fifth session on the implementation of the present resolution.
16 December 1969.

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