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Question of the Seychelles

A/RES/2985(XXVII)No PDF available

Who created this mandate?

A Resolution of the General Assembly, published in 1973.

What other versions does this mandate have?

2 versions · 1972–1973
  • 1973A/RES/2985(XXVII)Question of the SeychellesLatestCompare with previous version
  • 1972A/RES/2866(XXVI)Question of the Seychelles

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

What subjects does this mandate have?

4 topics
PlebiscitesSelf-Determination of PeoplesSeychellesSpecial Missions

What does this mandate say?

4 operative paragraphs
1
Reaffirms the inalienable right of the people of the Seychelles to self-determination and independence in conformity with General Assembly resolution 1514 (XV), and calls upon the Government of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, as the administering Power, to take all necessary measures to enable the people to exercise that right without
further delay;
2
Requests the administering Power, in accordance with the provisions of the relevant resolutions of the General Assembly, to receive the special mission of the United Nations envisaged under resolution 2866
XXVI
and to make the necessary arrangements, in consultation with the special mission, for the holding of a referendum on the future status of the Territory;
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3
Requests the Special Committee on the Situation with regard to the Implementation of the Declaration nn the Granting of Independence to Colonial Countries and Peoples to continue its examination of the question, including in particular the dispatch of the special mission referred to above, and to report thereon to the General As~embly at its twenty-eighth session.
211 Otiz plenary meeting
14 December 1972

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