Question of Bermuda, British Virgin Islands, Cayman Islands, Montserrat, Turks and Caicos Islands and United States Virgin Islands

A/RES/3289(XXIX)View PDF

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A Resolution of the General Assembly, published in 1975.

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2 versions · 1974–1975

Year	Symbol	Title	Word length	Text similarity
1975	A/RES/3289(XXIX)	Question of Bermuda, British Virgin Islands, Cayman Islands, Montserrat, Turks and Caicos Islands and United States Virgin Islands	881	50%Compare
1974	A/RES/3157(XXVIII)	Question of Bermuda, British Virgin Islands, Cayman Islands, Montserrat, Turks and Caicos Islands and United States Virgin Islands	884	–

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14 subjects

Bermuda Bermuda Question British Virgin Islands British Virgin Islands Question Cayman Islands Cayman Islands Question Montserrat Montserrat Question Self-Determination of Peoples Turks and Caicos Islands Turks and Caicos Islands Question United States Virgin Islands United States Virgin Islands Question Visiting Missions

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9 operative paragraphs

Approves the chapters of the report of the Special Committee on the Situation with regard to the lmplementation of the Declaration on the Granting of lndependence to Colonial Countries and Peoples relating to the Territories of Bermuda, British Virgin lslands, Cayman Islands, Montserrat, Turks and Caicos Islands and United States Virgin Islands;21

Reaffirms the inalienable right of the peoples of those Territories to self-determination and independence in accordance with the D_eclaration _on the Granting of Independence to Colomal Copntnes and Peoples;

Reaffirms its conviction that the questions of territori1d s·ize,

geographical isolation and limi!ed resources should in no way delay the implementat1on of the Declaration with respect to the Territories concerned;

Calls upon the administering Powers concerned to take ali the necessary steps, without further delay, to ensure the full and speedy attainment of the goa!s set forth in the Declaration with respect to the Temtories and, in that regard, to establish, in consultation with the freely elected reprcsentatives of the people, a specific time-table for the free exercise by the l?eo~les of the Territories of their right to self-determmation and independence;

Ca/Is upon the Government of the United States of America as the administering Power concerned, to reconsider 'its attitude towards receiving a United Nations visiting mission in the Territory concerned;

Calls upon the administering Powers to take a~I possible steps to diversify the economies of the Terntories listed above;

Urges the administering Powers to safeguard the inalienable right of the peoples of those Territo_ries to the enjoyment of their natural resour~es by takmg effective measures which guarantee the nghts of the peoples to own and dispose of those natural resources and to establish and maintai~ control of their future development;

Requests the organizations of the United Nations system to assist in accelerating progress in ali SPCtors of the national life of those Territories;

Invites the Secretary-General, having regard to the mandate entrusted to him by the General Assembly in its resolution entitled "Dissemination of informa· tion on decolonization",2~ to pay particular regard to the need to intensify widespread dissemination of mformation on the process of decolonization in respect of the Territories listed above and, in particular, to consider in~ensifying the activities of the information centres concerned;

1 O. Requests the Special Committ~e to_ conti~ue !º give full consid:ration to th_is. 9uest11?n,. mcludmg m particular the d1spatch of v1s1tmg m1ss10ns to those Territories, and to report to the Gene~al Assembly at its thirtieth scssion on the implementatton of the present resolution.

' 4 See A/ AC. 109 · ~•V.987 and O{!iciaf Records o/ the General A ,sc'..-,J,/y, f'we1•,;·-11inth Session, Fourth Committee, 2116th mt"•~(IHi,.

J., O/J.rra/ Records of the General A.rumbly, Twenly-ninth Session, Supplemcnt No. 23 (A/9623/Rev. l ), chap. XXI, :\'l!ll"'l l.

¡,; lhiJ, Tworty-ninth Session, Fourth Committee, 2116th meeting.

17 /bid., Twenty-ninth Session, Supplement No. 23 (A/9623/ Rev.t ), chap. XXI, annex I, para. 303.

18 fhid .. chap~. IIJ and XXIII-XXV.

rnsee A/AC.109/SC.3/SR.198-200 and 202 and O{Jicial Records o/ thc Geneml A.1:semh/y, Twenty-11intl1 St•.<.1iorr, Fourtli Commitlee, 2116th meeting.

10 See Official Records o/ tire Gerre,a/ A.uemb/y, Twentynintlr Sessiorr, S11ppleme11t No. 23 (Al962J/Rev.l ), chap. XX, annex, chap. XXI, annex 1, and chap. XXII, annex l.

Reaolutions adopted on the reporta of the Fourth Commlttee

~3 Official Records o/ the General Assembly, Twenty-ninth Session, S11ppleme11t No. 23 (A/9623/Rev.l), chaps. lll, X,

XV, XVII and XXI.

~4 See Al AC.109/SC.3/SR.207-210 and 214, A/ AC.109/ 21 /bid., chaps. XXIII-XXV.

PV.976 and O{ficial Records of the General Ass!mbly, Twent)I· 22 Resolution 3329 (XXIX).

ni111h Session, Fourth Committee, 2116th meeting.

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