Question of the New Hebrides

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A Resolution of the General Assembly, published in 1977.

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Decolonization Development Assistance Economic Development Political Conditions Vanuatu Visiting Missions

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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 Independencc to Colonial Countries and Peoples relating to the New Hebrides;38 2.

Reaffirms the inalienable right of the people of the Territory to self-determination and independence in accordance with the Declaration;

Reaffirms its conviction that questions of territorial size, geographical isolation and limited resources

34 Ibid., Thirty-first Session, Supplement No. 23 (A/31/23/ Rev.1), chaps. III and XVI.

35 lbid., Thirty-first Session, Fourth Committee, 27th meeting, paras. 2-6.

36 /bid., 11th meeting, paras. 1-11; and ibid., Fourth Committee, Sessional Fascicle, corrigendum.

37 A/3 l /286, annex.

38 O/jicial Records of the General Assembly, Thirty-first Session, Surplement No. 23 (A/31/23/Rev.1), chap. XVI.

sbould in no way delay the implementation of the Declaration with respect to the New Hebrides;

Notes with satisfaction the establishment of the Representative Assembly of the New Hebrides and the declared intention of the administering Powers to increase progressively the responsibilities enjoyed by that Assembly, in accordance with the wishes of the people of the Territory;

Reiterates its request that the two administering Powers should continue to take measures to expedite the process of decolonization in the New Hebrides;

Requests the administering Powers to take all appropriate steps to strengthen the economy of the New Hebrides and to work out concrete programmes of assistance and economic development for the Territory;

Requests the administering Powers to continue to enlist the assistance of the specialized agencies and other organizations within the United Nations system in accelerating progress in all sectors of the national life of the Territory;

Requests the Governments of France and the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland to co-operate with the Special Committee and to consider permitting access by a United Nations visiting mission to the New Hebrides, and to report on this aspect to the Special Committee when it next considers the question of the New Hebrides;

Requests the Special Committee to continue to seek the best ways and means for the implementation of the Declaration with respect to the New Hebrides, including the possible dispatch of a visiting mission in consultation with the administering Powers, and to report to the General Assembly at its thirty-sccond session on the implementation of the present resolution.

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