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Question of East Timor

A/RES/33/39No PDF available

Who created this mandate?

A Resolution of the General Assembly, published in 1979.

What other versions does this mandate have?

9 versions · 1978–2002
This is an older version — the most recent is A/RES/56/282
  • 2002A/RES/56/282Question of East TimorLatestCompare with previous version
  • 2000A/RES/54/194Question of East TimorCompare with previous version
  • 1999A/RES/53/240Question of East TimorCompare with previous version
  • 1982A/RES/37/30Question of East TimorCompare with previous version
  • 1981A/RES/36/50Question of East TimorCompare with previous version

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
East Timor QuestionSelf-Determination of PeoplesTimor-LesteVisiting Missions

What does this mandate say?

5 operative paragraphs
1
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;
2
Reaffirms its resolutions 3485 (XXX), 31/53 and 32/34 and Security Council resolutions 384 (1975) and 389 (1976);
3
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 thereon to the General Assembly at its thirty-fourth session;
4
Draws the attention of the Security Council, in conformity with Article 11, paragraph 3, of the Charter of the United Nations, to the critical situation in the Territory of East Timar and recommends that it take all effective steps for the implementation of its resolutions 384 (1975) and 389 (1976) with a view to securing the full exercise by the people of East Timar of their right to self-determination and independence;
5
Decides to include in the provisional agenda of its thirty-fourth session the item entitled "Question of East Timor".

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