Question of Tokelau

A/DEC/36/410View PDF

Who adopted this document and its mandates?

A Decision of the General Assembly, published in 1982.

What other versions does this mandate have?

9 versions · 1977–1986

This is an older version — the most recent is A/DEC/40/411

Year	Symbol	Title	Word length	Text similarity
1986	A/DEC/40/411	Question of Tokelau	—	—
1985	A/DEC/39/408	Question of Tokelau	—	—
1984	A/DEC/38/413	Question of Tokelau	—	—
1983	A/DEC/37/414	Question of Tokelau	—	—
1982	A/DEC/36/410	Question of Tokelau	—	—

What subjects does this mandate have?

5 subjects

Development Exclusive Economic Zone Tokelau Tokelau Question Visiting Missions

What’s in this document?

4 paragraphs

At its 70th plenary meeting, on 24 November 1981, the General Assembly, on the recommendation of the Fourth Committee,95 adopted the following text as representing the consensus of the members of the Assembly:

"The General Assembly, having examined the relevant chapters of the report 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,102 as well as the report of the United Nations Visiting Mission which was dispatched to the Territory in June 1981,103 and having heard the statement of the representative of New Zealand with regard to Tokelau, 104 notes with appreciation the constructive work accomplished by the members of the Visiting Mission, as weII as the close co-operation extended to the Mission by the administering Power, the fanos (councils) and the people of Tokelau. In this regard, the Assembly commends the conclusions and recommendations of the Visiting Mission105 to the Government of New Zealand, as the administering Power, and to the people of Tokelau for their consideration. The Assembly reaffirms the inalienable right of the people of Tokelau to self-determination in conformity with the Declaration on the Granting of Independence to Colonial Countries and Peoples, contained in Assembly resolution 1514 (XV) of 14 December 1960, and reaffirms further that it is the responsibility of the administering Power to keep the people of Tokelau fully informed of this right. In this regard. the Assembly notes that the people of the Territory have expressed the view that, at the present time, they do not wish to review the nature of the existing relationship between Tokelau and New Zealand. The Assembly welcomes the administering Power's assurances that it will continue to be guided solely by the wishes of the people of Tokelau as to the future status of the Territory. The Assembly also notes that the administering Power has assured the people of Tokelau of its continuing assistance in the event that they should desire to change their status. The Assembly calls upon the administering Power to continue its programme of political education within the context of its efforts to ensure the preservation of the identity and cultural heritage of the people of Tokelau. The Assembly recognizes that the economic development of Tokelau is an important element in the process of selfdetermination. The Assembly notes the continuing efforts of the administering Power to promote the economic de-

101 Official Records of the General Assembly. Twentv-eighth Session. Supplement No. 30 (AJ9030). p. Ill. item 23. IOllbid.. Thirty-sixth Session. Supplement No. 23 IA/36/23/Rev.ll. chaps. III and XXVII. 103 AJAC.I09/680. 104 Official Records of the General Assembly. Thirty-sixth Session. Fourth Committee. 23rd meeting. paras. 17-20. 103 AJAC.I09/680, sect. XI.

velopment of the Territory and the measures it has taken to safeguard and guarantee the right of the people of Tokelau to all their natural resources and the benefits derived therefrom. In this regard, the Assembly notes that, in accordance with the wishes of the people of Tokelau, legislation came into force on I April 1980 establishing a 2oo-mile exclusive economic zone for the Territory. The Assembly is of the opinion that the administering Power should continue to expand its programme of budgetary support and development aid to the Territory. The Assembly requests the Special Committee to continue to examine this question at its next session in the light of the findings of the Visiting Mission, including the possible dispatch of a further visiting mission to Tokelau, as appropriate and in consultation with the administering Power, and to report thereon to the Assembly at its thirty-seventh session."

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