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Question of Brunei Darussalam

A/RES/31/56No PDF available

Who created this mandate?

A Resolution of the General Assembly, published in 1977.

What subjects does this mandate have?

5 topics
Brunei DarussalamElectionsExilesPolitical PartiesSelf-Determination of Peoples

What does this mandate say?

10 operative paragraphs
7
Urges the administering Power, with the cooperation of the Government of American Samoa, to safeguard the inalienable right of the people of the Territory to the enjoyment of their natural resources by taking effective measures which guarantee the rights of the people to own and dispose of those natural resources and to establish and maintain control of their future development;
8
Requests the administering Power 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 American Samoa;
9
Requests the Special Committee to continue to seek the best ways and means for the implementation of the Declaration with respect to American Samoa, including the possible dispatch of a visiting mission in consultation with the administering Power, and to report to the General Assembly at its thirty-second session on the implementation of the present resolution.
31/ 56.

Question of Brunei

1
Reaffirms the inalienable right of the people of Brunei to self-determination and independence in accordance with the Declaration on the Granting of Independence to Colonial Countries and Peoples;
2
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 Independence to Colonial Countries and Peoples relating to Brunei;
Notes that no progress has been achieved so far 3. in the implementation of General Assembly resolution 3424 (XXX);
54 Jbid., chap. XVIU.
55 Ibid., Twenty-ninth Session, Supplement No. 31 (A/9631 ), p. 117, item 23.
Calls upon all parties concerned to work towards the early implementation of resolution 3424 (XXX);
Calls again upon the Government of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, consistent with its responsibility as the administering Power, to take all steps within its competence to facilitate expeditiously the holding of free and democratic elections by the appropriate government authorities in Brunei, in consultation with and under the supervision of the United Nations, in accordance with the inalienab!,e right of the people of Brunei to self-determination and independence, and further calls, prior to the elections, for the lifting of the ban on all political parties and the return of all political exiles to Brunei so that they can participate freely and fully in the elections;
6
Calls upon the administering Power, in conformity with the provisions of the relevant resolutions of the General Assembly, to extend full co-operation to the Special Committee;
7
Requests the Special Committee to continue to keep the situation in the Territory under review and to report thereon to the General Assembly at its thirtysecond session.

31/57. Question of the United States Virgin Islands

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