Military Activities and Arrangements by Colonial Powers in Territories Under Their Administration

A/DEC/57/525View PDF

Who adopted this document and its mandates?

A Decision of the General Assembly, published in 2003.

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10 versions · 1994–2003

Year	Symbol	Title	Word length	Text similarity
2003	A/DEC/57/525	Military activities and arrangements by colonial Powers in Territories under their administration	711	—
2002	A/DEC/56/420	Military activities and arrangements by colonial Powers in Territories under their administration	—	—
2001	A/DEC/55/426	Military activities and arrangements by colonial Powers in Territories under their administration	—	—
2000	A/DEC/54/421	Military activities and arrangements by colonial Powers in Territories under their administration	—	—
1999	A/DEC/53/419	Military activities and arrangements by colonial Powers in Territories under their administration	—	—

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10 subjects

Colonial Countries Military Activity Military Bases Non-Self-Governing Territories Nuclear Weapon Tests Public Opinion Radioactive Waste Management Self-Determination of Peoples Small Island Developing States Weapons of Mass Destruction

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22 paragraphs

At its 73rd plenary meeting, on 11 December 2002, the General Assembly, by a recorded vote of 106 to 53, with 1 abstention,37 and on the recommendation of the Special Political and Decolonization Committee (Fourth Committee),38

adopted the following text:

“1.

The General Assembly, having considered the chapter 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 relating to an item on the agenda of the Special Committee entitled ‘Military activities and arrangements by colonial Powers in Territories under their administration’,39 and recalling its resolution 1514 (XV)

of 14 December 1960 and all other relevant resolutions and decisions of the United Nations relating to military activities in colonial and Non-Self-Governing Territories,

reaffirms its strong conviction that military bases and installations in the Territories concerned could constitute an obstacle to the exercise by the people of those Territories of their right to self-determination, and reiterates its strong views that existing bases and installations, which are impeding the implementation of

37 In favour: Algeria, Angola, Antigua and Barbuda, Argentina, Bahamas, Bahrain, Bangladesh, Barbados, Belarus, Belize, Bolivia, Botswana, Brazil, Brunei Darussalam, Burkina Faso, Cambodia, Cameroon, Cape Verde, Chad, Chile, China, Colombia, Congo, Costa Rica, Côte d’Ivoire, Cuba, Cyprus, Democratic People’s Republic of Korea, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Djibouti, Dominican Republic, Ecuador, Egypt, El Salvador, Eritrea, Ethiopia, Fiji, Ghana, Grenada, Guatemala, Guinea, Guyana, Haiti, Honduras, India, Indonesia, Iran (Islamic Republic of), Jamaica, Jordan, Kenya, Kuwait, Lao People’s Democratic Republic, Lebanon, Lesotho, Libyan Arab Jamahiriya, Madagascar, Malawi, Malaysia, Mali, Mauritania, Mauritius, Mexico, Mongolia, Morocco, Mozambique, Myanmar, Namibia, Nauru, Nigeria, Oman, Pakistan, Panama, Papua New Guinea, Paraguay, Peru, Philippines, Qatar, Saint Lucia, Saint Vincent and the Grenadines, Samoa, Sao Tome and Principe, Saudi Arabia, Senegal, Singapore, Solomon Islands, Somalia, South Africa, Sri Lanka, Sudan, Suriname, Swaziland, Syrian Arab Republic, Thailand, Togo, Trinidad and Tobago, Tunisia, Tuvalu, Uganda, United Arab Emirates, United Republic of Tanzania, Uruguay, Venezuela, Viet Nam, Yemen, Zambia, Zimbabwe.

the Declaration on the Granting of Independence to Colonial Countries and Peoples, should be withdrawn.

“2. Aware of the presence of such bases and installations in some of those Territories, the General Assembly urges the administering Powers concerned to continue to take all necessary measures not to involve those Territories in any offensive acts or interference against other States.

“3.

The General Assembly reiterates its concern that military activities and arrangements by colonial Powers in Territories under their administration might run counter to the rights and interests of the colonial peoples

concerned, especially their right to self-determination and independence. The Assembly once again calls upon the administering Powers concerned to terminate such activities and to eliminate such military bases in compliance with its relevant resolutions. Alternative sources of livelihood for the peoples of the Non-Self- Governing Territories should be provided.

“4.

The General Assembly reiterates that the colonial and Non-Self-Governing Territories and areas adjacent thereto should not be used for nuclear testing, dumping of nuclear wastes or deployment of nuclear and other weapons of mass destruction.

“5.

The General Assembly deplores the continued alienation of land in colonial and Non-Self-Governing Territories, particularly in the small island Territories of the Pacific and Caribbean regions, for military installations. The large-scale utilization of the local resources for this purpose could adversely affect the economic development of the Territories concerned.

“6.

The General Assembly takes note of the decision of some of the administering Powers to close or downsize some of those military bases in the Non-Self- Governing Territories.

“7.

The General Assembly requests the Secretary- General to continue to inform world public opinion of those military activities and arrangements in colonial and Non- Self-Governing Territories which constitute an obstacle to the implementation of the Declaration on the Granting of Independence to Colonial Countries and Peoples.

“8.

The General Assembly requests the Special Committee on the Situation with regard to the Implementation of the Declaration on the Granting of Independence to Colonial Countries and Peoples to continue to examine this question and to report thereon to the Assembly at its fifty-eighth session.”

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