Reaffirms thc inalienable right of colonial peoples to self-dctcrmination and independence in conformity with General Assembly resolution 1514 (XV);
2
Approves the rclevant chaptcrs of the report of the Spccial Committee on the Situation with rcgard to the Implementation of the Declaration on the Granting of Independence to Colonial Countrics and Peoples;
3
Commen:ds the conclusions and rccommendations contained in the report of thc Unitcd Nations Visiting Mission to Niue, 1972, to the Government of
New Zea.Jand, as the administering Power, and to the Niue Island Legislative Assembly for consideration;
4
Expresses its appreciation of the co-opcration extended to the United Nations by thc Governmcnt of New Zealand in connexion with its special study of thc question of Niue and the Tokelau l,lands;
5
Takes note of the decision of thc Niue Island Legislative Assembly concerning the futurc status of the Territory;
6
Expresses the hope that the forthcoming constitutional talks between the administcring Power and the representatives of the people of Niue will result in an early realization of thc aspirations of the Niuean people regarding their future status in accordancc with the relevant provisions of the Charter of thc United Nations and thc Declaration on the Granting of Independence to Colonial Countries and Peoples;
7
Requeststhe administering Power to continue its assistance to the Territories in order to promote their economic, social and educational development and, in that conncxion, to avail itself of assistance from the specialized agencies and other organizations within the United Nations system, as well as from competent regional and intergovernmental organizations;
8
Requeststhe administering Power to take the necessary measures to intensify programmes of po.Jitical education as well as to preserve the cultural heritage of the people of these Territories;
9
Requeststhe Special Committee to continue to examine this question and to report thereon to the General Assembly at its twenty-eighth session.
2110th p/enary meeting
14 December 1972
General Assembly-Twen_t_:_y_-s_e_ve_n_t_h_Se_s_s_io_n ______________ _ ,14 /bid., chaps. TV and XVI.
35 /bid., chap. XVI, annex l.
36 /bid., Twenty-seventh Session, Fourth Committce, 2005th 3.1 /bid., cha,ps. IV, VI and XL meeting; AIC.41757.
