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Question of Timor

A/RES/3485(XXX)No PDF available

Who created this mandate?

A Resolution of the General Assembly, published in 1976.

What other versions does this mandate have?

2 versions · 1976–1977
This is an older version — the most recent is A/RES/31/53
  • 1977A/RES/31/53Question of TimorLatestCompare with previous version
  • 1976A/RES/3485(XXX)Question of Timor

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What subjects does this mandate have?

6 topics
East Timor QuestionFact-Finding MissionsMilitary OccupationSelf-Determination of PeoplesTimor-LesteTroop Withdrawal

What does this mandate say?

8 operative paragraphs
1
Calls upon ali States to respect the inalienable right of the people of Portuguese Timor to self-determination, freedom and independence and to determine t~eir future political status in acc~rdance with the princ1ples of the Charter of the Umted Nations and the Declaration on the Granting of Independence to Colonial Countries and Peoples;
2
Calls upon the administering Power to continue to make every effort to find a solution by peaceful means through talles between the Government of Portugal and the political parties representing the people of Portuguese Timor;
3
Appe~~ to ali the parties in Portuguese Timor to respond pos1t1vely to efforts to find a peaceful solution through talks between them and the Government of Portugal in the hope that such talks will bring an end to the strife in that Territory and lead towards the orderly exercise of the right of self-determination by the people of Portuguese Timor;
4
Strongly deplores the military intervention of the armed forces of Indonesia in Portuguese Timor;
5
Calls upon the Govemment of Indonesia to desist from f~er violation ~f the terr~torial integrity of Portuguese Timor and to w1thdraw w1thout delay its armed forces from the Territory in order to enable the people of the Territory freely to exercise their right to self-determination and independence;
6
Draws the attention of the Security Council in conformity with Article 11, paragraph 3, of the Cbarter t~ the critical situation in the Territory of Portugues~ Timor and recommends that it take urgent action to protect the territorial integrity of Portuguese Timor an~ the inalienable right of its people to self-determinatlon;
1
Calls upon all States to respect the unity and nial Countries and Peoples and requests the Committee to send a fact-finding mission to the Territory as soon territorial integrity of Portuguese Tunor;
as possible, in consultation with the political parties
8
Requests the Government of Portugal to conin Portuguese Timor and the Govemment of Portugal. tinue its co-operation with the Special Committee on

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