Question of Basutoland, Bechuanaland and Swaziland

A/RES/1954(XVIII)View PDF

Who adopted this document and its mandates?

A Resolution of the General Assembly, published in 1964.

What other versions does this mandate have?

4 versions · 1963–1967

This is an older version — the most recent is A/RES/2134(XXI)

Year	Symbol	Title	Word length	Text similarity
1967	A/RES/2134(XXI)	Question of Basutoland, Bechuanaland and Swaziland	348	16%Compare
1966	A/RES/2063(XX)	Question of Basutoland, Bechuanaland and Swaziland	693	18%Compare
1964	A/RES/1954(XVIII)	Question of Basutoland, Bechuanaland and Swaziland	384	23%Compare
1963	A/RES/1817(XVII)	Question of Basutoland, Bechuanaland and Swaziland	516	–

What subjects does this mandate have?

9 subjects

Botswana Constitutions Elections Eswatini Financial Assistance Land Rights Lesotho Self-Determination of Peoples Technical Cooperation

What’s in this document?

5 operative paragraphs

Reaffirms the inalienable right of the peoples of Basutoland, Bechuanaland and Swaziland to selfdetermination and independence;

Reiterates its request that the administering Power take immediate steps to return to the indigenous inhabitants all the land taken from them, whatever the form or pretext for such alienation;

Once more requests the administering Power to convene immediately a constitutional conference for each of the three Territories, in which all groups representing all opinions will participate with a view to devising democratic constitutional arrangements which will lead to general elections based on universal suffrage and, thereafter, to immediate independence;

Solemnly warns the Government of the Republic of South Africa that any attempt to annex or encroach upon the territorial integrity of these three Territories shall be considered an act of aggression ;

Requests the Secretary-General to provide economic, financial and technical assistance commensurate with the special needs of the Territories through the

H Ibid., chapter IX. United Nations programmes of technical co-operation and the specialited agencies.

11 December 1963.

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