Reaffirms the inalienable right of the people of ing of Independence to Colonial Countries and Peoples, 2 the Territory to self-determination and independence in
Recalling its resolution 1514 (XV) of 14 December accordance with the Declaration on the Granting of 1960, containing the Declaration on the Granting of Independence to Colonial Countries and Peoples; Independence to Coloiµal Countries and Peoples, and all other resolutions and decisions of the United Nations 3.
Reaffirms the territorial integrity and national unity of the New Hebrides; relating to the Territory, including General Assembly resolutions 31/51 of 1 December 1976, 32/26 of 28 4.
Requests the administering Powers to continue November 1977 and 33/30 of 13 December 1978,
to take all appropriate measures to strengthen the economy of the New Hebrides and implement concrete
Noting with appreciation the invitation extended by the Governments of France and the United Kingdom of programmes of assistance and economic development in the critical period leading to independence, and ex- Great Britain and Northern Ireland to the Secretary- General to dispatch a mission to observe the elections presses the hope that such assistance will be continued after independence; in the Territory, to be held on 14 November 1979,8 5.
Requests the administering Powers to continue
Taking note of the joint commitment of the two administering Powers to bring the Territory to indepento enlist the assistance of the specialized agencies and other organizations of the United Nations system in 1 For the decisions adopted on the reports of the Fourth Comaccelerating progress in all sectors of the national life mittee, see sect. X.B.6.
of the Territory;
2 Official Records of the General Assembly, Thirty-fourth Session, Supplement No. 23 (A/34/23/Rev.1), chaps. IV and
xv.
4 Official Records of the General Assembly, Thirty-fourth Sesa See A/34/616.
sion, Supplement No. 23 (A/34/23/Rev.1), chap. XV.
Urges the administering Powers, in co-operation with the Government of the New Hebrides, to safeguard the inalienable right of the people of the Territory to the enjoyment of their natural resources by taking effective measures which guarantee the right of the people to own and dispose of those natural resources and to establish and maintain control of their future development;
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Welcomes the joint commitment of the two administering Powers to the independence of the New Hebrides and notes their invitation to the Secretary- General to dispatch a mission to observe the forthcoming elections in the Territory;3 8.
Requests the Secretary-General, after consultation with the Chairman of the Fourth Committee, to appoint a mission to observe the forthcoming elections in the Territory and to report thereon;5 9.
Expresses the hope that the New Hebrides will move towards independence in a smooth and speedy fashion.
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At the 52nd plenary meeting, the President of the General Assembly announced that the Secretary-General, in accordance with paragraph 8 of the above resolution, had appointed the following States as members of the United Nations Mission to Observe the Elections in the New Hebrides: AUSTRALIA, FIJI, IVORY CoAST and UNITED REPUBLIC OF CAMEROON.
