Reaffirms tbe inalienable right of the people of Belize to self-determination and independence;
2
Declares tbat tbe inviolability and territorial integrity of Belize must be preserved;
3
Calls uponall States to respect tbe rish,t of tbe people of Belize to self-determination, independence and territorial integrity and to facilitate tbe attainment by them of their goal of a secure independence;
4
Calls also upon the Govemment of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Nortbem Irela¡nd, as tbe administering Power, acting in close consultation witb tbe Govemment of Belize, and upon the GQvemment of Guatemala to pursue urgently their negodations for tbe earliest possible resolution of their differences of opinion conceming tbe future of Belize, in order to remove such obstacles as have hitherto prevented the people of Belize from exercising freely and without fear their inalienable right to self-determination and independence;
5
Declares that any proposals for tbe resolution of these differences of opimon that may emerge from the negotiations between the administenng Power and the Govemment of Guatemala must be in accordance with the provisions of paragraphs 1 and 2 above;
6
Requeststhe two Govemments concerned to report to the Gener~l Assembly at its thirty-first session on the progress made in implementing the present resolution;
1
Requeststhe Special Committee on the Situation with regard to the lmplementation of the Declaration on the Granting of Independence to Colonial Countries and Peoples to continue its examination of the question.
General A11sembly-Thirtieth Se1111ion HJbid., Thirtieth Session, Fourth Committee, 2166th meeting.
Reaolutions adopted on the reporta of the Fourth Committee 58 As a result of the referendum held in the Gilbert and Ellice lslands in August and September 197 4, which was observed by the United Nations Visiting Mission to the Gilbert and Ellice lslands, 1974, the Ellice Islands separated from the Territory of the Gilbert and Ellice lslands on 1 October 1975 and became known as Tuvalu (see A/C.4/786).
59 Of!icial Records of the General Assembly, Thirtieth Ses- 61 Ibid., Twenty-ninth Session, Supplement No. 23 (A/96Z3/ sion, Supplement No. 23 (A/10023/Rev.1), chaps. IV, XVIII Rev .1 ) , cha p. XXI, annex l.
