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At its 72nd plenary meeting, on 9 December 2003, the General Assembly, on the recommendation of the Special Political and Decolonization Committee (Fourth Committee),42
adopted the following text:
“The General Assembly, recalling its decision 57/526 of 11 December 2002, and recalling at the same time that the statement agreed to by the Governments of Spain and the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland at Brussels on 27 November 198443 stipulates, inter alia, the following:
‘The establishment of a negotiating process aimed at overcoming all the differences between them over Gibraltar and at promoting cooperation on a mutually beneficial basis on economic, cultural,
touristic, aviation, military and environmental matters. Both sides accept that the issues of sovereignty will be discussed in that process. The British Government will fully maintain its commitment to honour the wishes of the people of Gibraltar as set out in the preamble of the 1969 Constitution’,
“takes note of the fact that, as part of this process, the Ministers for Foreign Affairs of Spain and the United
39 A/58/474. 40 A/58/475, para. 11. 41 See also decision 58/410. 42 A/58/480, para. 27. 43 A/39/732, annex.
Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland hold annual meetings alternately in each country, the most recent of which were held in Barcelona on 20 November 2001 and in London on 4 February 2002, and urges both Governments to continue their negotiations with the object of reaching a definitive solution to the problem of Gibraltar in the light of relevant resolutions of the General Assembly and in the spirit of the Charter of the United Nations”.
4. Decisions adopted on the reports of the Second Committee
