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Question of Tokelau

A/RES/42/84View PDF

Who adopted this document and its mandates?

A Resolution of the General Assembly, published in 1988.

What other versions does this mandate have?

36 versions · 1977–2025
This is an older version — the most recent is A/RES/80/101
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What subjects does this mandate have?

9 subjects
Cultural HeritageDevelopmentDevelopment AssistanceDisaster ReliefFisheriesSelf-Determination of PeoplesTokelauTokelau QuestionVisiting Missions

What’s in this document?

10 operative paragraphs

VII.

1
Approves the chapter of the report of the Special Committee on the Situation with regard to the Implementation of the Declaration on the Granting oflndependence to Colonial Countries and Peoples relating to Tokelau; 28
2
Reaffirms the inalienable right of the people of Tokelau to self-determination and independence in accordance with the Declaration on the Granting of Independence to Colonial Countries and Peoples;
3
Reiterates the view that such factors as territorial size, geographical location, size of population and limited natural resources should in no way delay the implementation of the Declaration, which fully applies to Tokelau;
4
Welcomes the statement of the Chairman of the General Fono (Council) of Tokelau that Tokelau wishes to see the devolution of authority to the General Fono consolidated and continued;
5
Notes that the people of the Territory are determined to manage their economic and political development in such a way as to ensure the preservation of the social, cultural and traditional heritage of Tokelau, and urges the administering Power and the specialized agencies and other organizations of the United Nations system to respect fully the wishes of the people of Tokelau in this regard;
6
Urges Member States, relevant specialized agencies and other organizations of the United Nations system to extend to Tokelau the maximum assistance possible to help in its rehabilitation and reconstruction in order to overcome the losses incurred in natural disasters in 1987;
7
Urges the Government of New Zealand, the administering Power, in co-operation with the General Fono, to ensure that the traditional fishing grounds of the people of Tokelau are protected in accordance with the Multilateral Fisheries Treaty between the United States of America and States members of the South Pacific Forum Fisheries Agency;
8
Calls upon the administering Power, in co-operation with the General Fono, to continue and expand its development assistance to Tokelau;
9
Urges the specialized agencies and other organizations of the United Nations system, as well as the regional institutions concerned, to continue to take all necessary measures, in close consultation with the Office for Tokelau Affairs, and taking due account of the decisions of the General Fono on the allocation of resources and development priorities, to accelerate progress in the social and the economic life of the Territory;
10
Requests the Special Committee to continue the examination of this question at its next session, including the possible dispatch of a further visiting mission to Tokelau at an appropriate time and in consultation with the administering Power, and to report thereon to the General Assemhly at ils forty-third session.
lto lhul .. Forty-\t'i ond .\'e,sion, f'ourth Committl'e, 17th mecling, and ·nrngendum

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