Question of Timor

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A Resolution of the General Assembly, published in 1977.

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2 versions · 1976–1977

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1976A/RES/3485(XXX)Question of Timor

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6 topics

East Timor Question Indonesia Self-Determination of Peoples Timor-Leste Troop Withdrawal Visiting Missions

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9 operative paragraphs

Reaffirms the inalienable right of the people of East Timor to self-determination and independence and the legitimacy of their struggle to achieve that right;

Reaffirms its resolution 3485 (XXX) and Security Council resolutions 384 (1975) and 389 (1976);

Affirms the principles stated in that part of the Political Declaration adopted by the Fifth Conference of Heads of State or Government of Non-Aligned Countries relating to the question of East Timor;

Strongly deplores the persistent refusal of the Government of Indonesia to comply with the provisions of General Assembly resolution 3485 (XXX) and Security Council resolutions 384 (1975) and 389 (1976);

Rejects the claim that East Timor has been integrated into Indonesia, inasmuch as the people of the Territory have not been able to exercise freely their right to self-determination and independence;

Calls upan the Government of Indonesia to withdraw all its forces from the Territory;

Draws the attention of the Security Council, in conformity with Article 11, paragraph 3, of the Charter of the United Nations, to the critica! situation in the Territory of East Timor and recommends that it should take ali effectivc steps for the immediate implementation of its resolutions 384 (1975) and 389 (1976) with a view to securing the full exercise by the people of East Timor of their right to self-determination and independence;

Requests 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 keep the situation in the Territory under active consideration, to follow the implementation of the present resolution, to dispatch to the Territory as soon as possible a visiting mission with a view to the full and speedy implementation of the Declaration and to report to the General Assembly at its thirty-second session.

Decides to include in the provisional agenda of its thirty-second session an itcm entitled "Question of East Timor".

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