Reaffirms the inalienable right of the people of Papua New Guinea to self-determination and independence in accordance with General Assembly resolution 1514 (XV) and the Trusteeship Agreement of 13 December 1946;
2
Welcomes the attainment of self-government as an important step in the progress of Papua New Guinea towards independence;
3
Calls uponthe administering Power and the Government of Papua New Guinea to consult on the timing of independence, noting in this regard the views of the administering Power and of the Government of Papua New Guinea that the House of Assembly is regarded as 2 Ibid., Supplement No. 23 (A/9023/Rev.l), chaps. m and XIX.
B Jbid., Twenty-eighth Session, Fourth Committee, 2071st meeting. representing the wishes of the people of Papua New Guinea;
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Emphasizes the imperative need to ensure that the national unity of Papua New Guinea is preserved;
5
Strongly endorses the policies of the administering Power and of the Government of Papua New Guinea aimed at discouraging separatist movements and at promoting national unity;
6
Stresses the right of the people of Papua New Guinea to control and dispose of their natural resources in their national interest;
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Stress_es also the importance of preserving the cultural heritage of the people of Papua New Guinea;
8
Welcomes the growing involvement of the Government of Papua New Guinea in matters of defence and external affairs and calls upon the administering Power to continue to expand its consultations with the Government of Papua New Guinea regarding these matters;
9
Calls uponthe organizations of the United Nations system and their members to assist in accelerating progress in all sectors of the national life of Papua New Guinea;
10
Notes the continued willingness of the administering Power and the Government of Papua New Guinea to receive a visiting mission, notes also that the Trusteeship Council is to consider the dispatch of a visiting mission to Papua New Guinea at its fortyfirst session and reaffirms that such missions are to be composed on the basis recommended in General Assembly resolution 2590 (XXIV) of 16 December 1969;
11
Requeststhe administering Power to report to the Trusteeship Council and the Special Committee on the Situation with regard to the Implementation of the Declaration on the Granting of Independence to Colonial Countries and Peoples on the implementation of the present resolution;
12
Requeststhe Trusteeship Council and the Special Committee to continue to examine this question and to report thereon to the General Assembly at its twenty-ninth session.
