Question of French Polynesia

A/RES/77/139View PDF

Who adopted this document and its mandates?

A Resolution of the General Assembly, under agenda item 55 Implementation of the Declaration on the Granting of Independence to Colonial Countries and Peoples, published in 2022.

What other versions does this mandate have?

12 versions · 2013–2025

This is an older version — the most recent is A/RES/80/95

Year	Symbol	Title	Word length	Text similarity
2025	A/RES/80/95	Question of French Polynesia	1,642	89%Compare
2023	A/RES/78/91	Question of French Polynesia	1,563	92%Compare
2022	A/RES/77/139	Question of French Polynesia	1,590	90%Compare
2021	A/RES/76/95	Question of French Polynesia	1,686	93%Compare
2020	A/RES/75/112	Question of French Polynesia	1,590	93%Compare

Which reports were submitted under this mandate?

1 report · 2026

Year	Symbol	Title		Mandate resolution
2026	A/81/326	The environmental, ecological, health and other impacts of the 30-year period of nuclear testing in French Polynesia report of the Secretary-General		A/RES/80/95

What subjects does this mandate have?

4 subjects

Decolonization French Polynesia Non-Self-Governing Territories Self-Determination of Peoples

What’s in this document?

13 operative paragraphs

Reaffirms the inalienable right of the people of French Polynesia to self-determination, in conformity with the Charter of the United Nations and with General Assembly resolution 1514 (XV), containing the Declaration on the Granting of Independence to Colonial Countries and Peoples;

Also reaffirms that it is ultimately for the people of French Polynesia to determine freely their future political status in accordance with the relevant provisions of the Charter, the Declaration and the relevant resolutions of the General Assembly, and in that connection calls upon the administering Power, in cooperation with the territorial Government and appropriate bodies of the United Nations system, to develop political education programmes for the Territory in order to foster an awareness among the people of French Polynesia of their right to self-determination in conformity with the legitimate political status options, based on the principles clearly defined in Assembly resolution 1541 (XV) and other relevant resolutions and decisions;

Takes note of the statement made by the President of the Territory in the Special Political and Decolonization Committee (Fourth Committee) on 8 October 2019 reaffirming previous calls to delist French Polynesia from the list of Non-Self-Governing Territories, and also takes note of resolution No. 2013-3, adopted by the Assembly of French Polynesia on 30 May 2013, which repealed the resolution of the Assembly adopted in 2011 requesting the reinscription of French Polynesia on that list;

Reaffirms, in this regard, General Assembly resolution 67/265, which provided for the reinscription of French Polynesia on the list of Non-Self-Governing Territories, and takes careful note of an independent self-governance assessment of the Territory, presented to the Fourth Committee on 4 October 2016,⁹ that the Territory did not meet the full measure of self-government;

⁹See A/C.4/71/SR.3, paras. 71–72.

Calls upon the administering Power to participate in and cooperate fully with the work 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 in order to implement the provisions of Article 73 e of the Charter and the Declaration and in order to advise the Special Committee on the implementation of the provisions under Article 73 b of the Charter on efforts to promote self-government in French Polynesia, and encourages the administering Power to facilitate visiting and special missions to the Territory;

Also calls upon the administering Power to facilitate a visiting mission to the Territory, and requests the Chair of the Special Committee to take all the steps necessary to that end;

Regrets that the administering Power has not responded to the request to submit information on French Polynesia under Article 73 e of the Charter since the reinscription of the Territory by the General Assembly in 2013;

Reaffirms that an obligation exists on the part of the administering Power to transmit information under Chapter XI of the Charter, and requests the administering Power to transmit to the Secretary-General such information on French Polynesia as called for under the Charter;

Urges the administering Power to ensure the permanent sovereignty of the people of French Polynesia over their natural resources, including marine resources and undersea minerals, in accordance with the relevant resolutions of the General Assembly;

Takes note of the efforts made by the administering Power concerning the recognition and compensation of victims of nuclear tests, and in that regard encourages the administering Power to take steps to this effect;

Reiterates its request to the Secretary-General to provide continuous updates on the environmental, ecological, health and other impacts of the 30-year period of nuclear testing in French Polynesia, in follow-up to the report of the Secretary-General on the matter, prepared pursuant to paragraph 7 of General Assembly resolution 71/120;

Calls upon the administering Power to intensify its dialogue with French Polynesia in order to facilitate rapid progress towards a fair and effective self-determination process, under which the terms and timelines for an act of self-determination would be agreed;

Requests the Special Committee to continue to examine the question of the Non-Self-Governing Territory of French Polynesia and to report thereon to the General Assembly at its seventy-eighth session.

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