Question of Brunei

Who adopted this document and its mandates?

A Resolution of the General Assembly, under agenda item 24 Implementation of the Declaration on the Granting of Independence to Colonial Countries and Peoples, published in 1978.

What other versions does this mandate have?

2 versions · 1974–1978

Year	Symbol	Title	Word length	Text similarity
1978	A/RES/32/27	Question of Brunei	412	26%Compare
1974	A/RES/3159(XXVIII)	Question of Brunei	318	–

What subjects does this mandate have?

6 subjects

Brunei Darussalam Brunei Question Declarations Elections Exiles Self-Determination of Peoples

What’s in this document?

8 operative paragraphs

Reaffirms th~ inalienable right of the people of Brunei to self-determination and independence in accordance with the Declaration on the Granting of Independence to Colonial Countries and Peoples;

Approves the chapter of the report of the Special Committee on the Situation with regard to the Implementation of the Declaration on the Granting of Independence to Colonial Countries and Peoples relating to Brunei;

Notes once again that no progress has been achieved so far in the implementation of General Assembly resolutions 3424 (XXX) and 31/56;

Calls once more upon all parties concerned to work towards the early implementation of resolutions 3424 (XXX) and 31/56;

Calls again upon the Government of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, consistent with its responsibility as the administering Power, to take all steps within its competence to facilitate expeditiously the holding of free and democratic elections by the appropriate goVTernment authorities in Brunei, in consultation with and under the supervis,ion of the United Nations, in accordance with the inalienable right of the people of Brunei to self-determination and independence, and further calls, prior to the elections, for the lifting of the ban on all political parties and for the return of '111 political exiles to Brunei so that they can participate freely and fully in the elections;

Notes that the administering Power has so far not participated in the Special Committee's consideration of the Territory;

Calls upon the administering Power, in conformity with the provisions of the relevant resolutions of the General Assembly, to extend full co-operation to the Special Committee;

Requests the Special Committee to continue to keep the situation in Brunei under review and to report thereon to the General Assembly at its thirty-third session.

13 Ibid., Thirty-second Session, Supplement No. 23 (A/32/ 23/Rev.1), vol. I, chap. IIT, and vol. lll, chap. XIII.

17 Ibid., Thirty-second Session, Supplement No. 23 (A/32/ 23/Rev.l ), vol. III, chap. XIII.

18 Jhid., chap. XV.

16 Official Records of the General Assembly, Thirty-second rn Ibid., Twenty-ninth Session, S11pp/e111ent No. 31 (Al Session, Fo11rth Committee, 12th meeting, paras. 12-21.

96:< I), p. 117, item 23.

VII.

21 lbid., Thirty-second Session, Fourth Committee, 17th meeting, paras. 47-50. 23/Rev.l ), vol. I, chaps. III and V, and vol. HI, chap. XXII.

::3/Rev.1 ), vol. III, chap. XXII.

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