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Question of Papua and the Trust Territory of New Guinea

A/RES/2700(XXV)No PDF available

Who created this mandate?

A Resolution of the General Assembly, published in 1971.

What other versions does this mandate have?

5 versions · 1967–1971
  • 1971A/RES/2700(XXV)Question of Papua and the Trust Territory of New GuineaLatestCompare with previous version
  • 1970A/RES/2590(XXIV)Question of Papua and the Trust Territory of New GuineaCompare with previous version
  • 1969A/RES/2427(XXIII)Question of Papua and the Trust Territory of New GuineaCompare with previous version
  • 1968A/RES/2348(XXII)Question of Papua and the Trust Territory of New GuineaCompare with previous version
  • 1967A/RES/2227(XXI)Question of Papua and the Trust Territory of New Guinea

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

What subjects does this mandate have?

8 topics
Conference and Meeting ServicesEducational ProgrammesIndigenous PeoplesPapua New GuineaPublic ServicesSelf-Determination of PeoplesTechnical TrainingVisiting Missions

What does this mandate say?

7 operative paragraphs
1
Reaffirms the inalienable right of the people of Papua and the Trust Territory of New Guinea to selfdetermination and independence in accordance with General Assembly resolution 1514 (XV) and the Trusteeship Agreement of 13 December 1946;
2
Reaffirms further its previous resolutions regarding Papua and the Trust Territory of New Guinea;
3
Takes note of the arrangements made by the Trusteeship Council, in accordance with paragraph 5 of resolution 2590 (XXIV) and in consultation with the Special Committee on the Situation with regard to the Implementation of the Declaration on the Granting of Independence to Colonial Countries and Pec>J>les, concerning the composition of its forthcoming pencxlic visiting mission to the Trust Territory of New Guinea in 1971;
4
Invites the administering Power to co-operate
fully with the visiting mission and to provide it with all the necessary facilities and assistance in the performance of its tasks;
5
Calls upon the administering Power to prescribe, in consultation with the freely elected representatives of the people, a specific time-table for the free exercise by the people of Papua and the Trust Territory of New Guinea of their right to self-determination and independence, and to report to the Trusteeship Council and to the Special Committee on the action taken in that regard;
6
Requests the administering Power to intensify and accelerate the education and technical and administrative training of the indigenous peoples of the Territories and the localization of the public service;
1
Requests the Trusteeship Council and the Special Committee to continue to examine this question and to report thereon to the General Assembly at its twenty-sixth session.
14 December 1970.

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