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Question of East Timor

A/RES/37/30View PDF

Who adopted this document and its mandates?

A Resolution of the General Assembly, under agenda item 97 Question of East Timor, published in 1982.

What other versions does this mandate have?

9 versions · 1978–2002
This is an older version — the most recent is A/RES/56/282
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2002
A/RES/56/282

Question of East Timor

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2000
A/RES/54/194

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1999
A/RES/53/240

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1982
A/RES/37/30

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1981
A/RES/36/50

Question of East Timor

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What subjects does this mandate have?

1 subject
East Timor Question

What’s in this document?

13 operative paragraphs

This extracted fulltext may contain errors or omissions. Please check the source document.

Welcomes the efforts of the Organization of African Unity with a view to promoting a just and definitive solution to the question of Western Sahara;
3
Remains convinced that only negotiation between Morocco and the Frente Popular para la Liberaci6n de Sa­ guia el-Hamra y de Rio de Oro could create the objective conditions for the return of peace in north-west Africa and would guarantee the fair conduct of a general, free and orderly referendum on self-determination in Western Sahara;
4
Appeals, to that end, to the two parties to the dispute, Morocco and the Frente Popular para la Liberaci6n de Sa­ guia el-Hamra y de Rfo de Oro, to enter into negotiations with a view to achieving a cease-fire in accordance with General Assembly resolution 36/46 and the decisions of the Organization of African Unity;
5
Reaffirms the determination of the United Nations to co-operate fully with the Organization of African Unity in the fair and impartial organization of the referendum;
6
Requests, to that end, the Secretary-General to take the necessary steps to ensure that the United Nations par­ ticipates effectively in the organization and conduct of the referendum and to report to the General Assembly and the Security Council on this subject and on the measures re­ quiring a decision by the Council;
Urges the Secretary-General to co-operate closely 7. with the Secretary-General of the Organization of African Unity with a view to the implementation of the pertinent decisions of the Organization of African Unity and of the present resolution;
8
Requests the Special Committee on the Situation with regard to the Implementation of the Declaration on the Granting of Independence to Colonial Countries and Peoples to continue to consider the situation in Western Sahara as a matter of priority and to report thereon to the General Assembly at its thirty-eighth session.
2
Reaffirms that, in the absence of a decision by the General Assembly itself that a Non-Self-Governing Terri­ tory has attained a full measure of self-government in terms of Chapter XI of the Charter, the administering Power con­ cerned should continue to transmit information under Arti­ cle 73 e of the Charter with respect to that Territory;
3
Requests the administering Powers concerned to transmit, or continue to transmit, to the Secretary-General the information prescribed in Article 73 e of the Charter, as well as the fullest possible information on political and constitutional developments in the Territories concerned, within a maximum period of six months following the ex­ piration of the administrative year in those Territories;
4
Requests the Special Committee to continue to dis­ charge the functions entrusted to it under General Assembly resolution 1970 (XVIII), in accordance with established pro­ cedures, and to report thereon to the Assembly at its thirty­ eighth session.

37 /30. Question of East Timor

1
Requests the Secretary-General to initiate consulta­ tions with all parties directly concerned, with a view to exploring avenues for achieving a comprehensive settlement of the problem and to report thereon to the General Assem­ bly at its thirty-eighth session;
2
Requests the Special Committee on the Situation with regard to the Implementation of the Declaration on the Granting of lndependence to Colonial Countries and Peoples to keep the situation in the Territory under active consid­ eration and to render all assistance to the Secretary-General with a view to facilitating the implementation of the present resolution;
3
Calls upon all specialized agencies and other organ­ izations of the United Nations system, in particular the World Food Programme, the United Nations Children's Fund and the Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees, immediately to assist, within their respective fields of competence, the people of East Timor, in close consultation with Portugal, as the administering Power;
4
Decides to include in the provisional agenda of its thirty-eighth session the item entitled ''Question of East Timor".
37/31. Activities of foreign economic and other inter­ ests which are impeding the implementation of the Declaration on the Granting of Indepen­ dence to Colonial Countries and Peoples in Na­ mibia and in all other Territories under colonial domination and efforts to eliminate colonialism,
apartheid and racial discrimination in southern Africa
VII.
28 Official Records of the General Assembly, Thirty-seventh Session, Supplement No. 23 (A/37/23/Rev. I), chap. VII.
29 A/37/501.
30 Official Records of the General Assembly, Thirty-seventh Session, Supplement No. 23 (A/37/23/Rev. I), chap. X.
ll A/37/538.
32 See E/CN.4/1983/4-E/CN.4/Sub.2/1982/43 and Corr.I, chap. XXI.
"Official Records of the General Assembly, Thirty-seventh Session, Fourth Committee, 14th meeting, paras. 17-19.
'4 Ibid .. 23rd meeting, paras. 22-37.
" Ibid .. 15th-18th meetings.
36 Ibid., Thirty-seventh Session, Supplement No. 23 (A/37123/Rev. I). chap. V.
"Ibid .. Supplement No. 24 (A/37124). part two. chap,. IV and XI.A.
'" A/37/405. annex.
''' See A/36/534. annex I.
411 Report of the lntnnatiorwl Conferi'nce on S11nctio11.1 111(11i11st Sot4th AfriCII, Paris, 20-27 Mm· 1981 (A/CONF 107/8), sect. X.B. 41 N37/333-S/15278. annex. 42 See Official Records of the General Assemblv. Thirtv·.\"l'l'<'lllh Session.
• • Supplement No. 24 (Al 17/24). para. 767

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