At its 65th plenary meeting, on 11 December 2013, the General Assembly, on the recommendation of the Special Political and Decolonization Committee (Fourth Committee),51 recalling its decision 67/530 of 18 December 2012:
(a) Urged the Governments of Spain and the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, while listening to the interests and aspirations of Gibraltar that are legitimate under international law, to reach, in the spirit of the Brussels Declaration of 27 November 1984, a definitive solution to the question of Gibraltar, in the light of the relevant resolutions of the General Assembly and applicable principles, and in the spirit of the Charter of the United Nations;
(b) Took note of the desire of the United Kingdom to continue with the trilateral Forum for Dialogue on Gibraltar;
(c) Took note of the position of Spain that the Forum does not exist any longer and should be replaced with a new mechanism for local cooperation in the interest of social well-being and regional economic development, in which the people of the Campo de Gibraltar and Gibraltar were represented;
(d) Took note of efforts made by both parties to resolve current problems and to engage in a flexible and responsive form of dialogue between all relevant and appropriate parties, on an informal ad hoc basis, in order to find common solutions and make progress on issues of mutual benefit.
