Question of Papua New Guinea

A/RES/2865(XXVI)No PDF available

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A Resolution of the General Assembly, published in 1972.

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3 versions · 1972–1975

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1972A/RES/2865(XXVI)Question of Papua New Guinea

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7 topics

Elections Papua New Guinea Self-Determination of Peoples Special Missions Technical Training Training Programmes Visiting Missions

What does this mandate say?

12 operative paragraphs

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;

Decides that, in accordance with the express desire of the people of the Territories, the name to be applied for United Nations purposes to the Territory of Papua and the Trust Territory of New Guinea shall henceforth be "Papua New Guinea";

Calls upon the administering Power to take all necessary steps to ensure the speedy attainment by Papua New Guinea of self-govemment and independence as a single political and territorial entity and, in that regard, to establish, in consultation with the freely elected representatives of the people, a specific time-table for the free exercise by the people of Papua New Guinea of their right to self-determination and independence;

Urges the administering Power to discourage separatist movements and to ensure that the unity of Papua New Guinea is preserved throughout the period leading up to independence;

Requests the Trusteeship Council, while continuing to exercise its specific responsibilities towards the Trust Territory of New Guinea, and the Special Committee on the Situation with regard to the Implementation of the Declaration on the Granting of Independence to Colonial Countries and Peoples to bear in mind the need to consider Papua N ew Guinea as a single political and territorial entity and to take account of this when determining the hineraries of future visiting missions in consultation with the administering Power;

Further requests the Trusteeship Council to continue to include non-members of the Trusteeship Council in its periodic visiting missions on the basis recommended in General Assembly resolution 2590 (XXIV);

W elcomes the invitation extended by the administering Power to the Trusteeship Council to dispatch a special mission to observe the elections to the Papua New Guinea House of Assembly in 1972 and the fact that the mission will be composed as recommended in General Assembly resolution 2590 (XXIV);

Recommends that the report of this special mission and those of future missions should be submitted both to the Trusteeship Council and to the Special Committee;

Urges the administering Power to intensify its programme of political education in Papua New Guinea and to expedite the implementation of the programme for accelerated localization of the Papua New Guinea public service;

1 O. Requests the administering Power further to intensify and extend the educational services, including technical and administrative training, provided for the people of Papua New Guinea;

Further requests the adrninistering Power to continue to expand the measures being taken to promote ownership, management and participation by the inhabitants of Papua New Guinea in enterprises throughout all sectors of the economy;

Requests the administering Power to report to the Trusteeship Council and the Special Committee on the implementation of the present resolution; General Asse01bly-Twenty-sixth Session

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-seventh session.

20 December 1971.

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