Economic and Other Activities Which Affect the Interests of the Peoples of the Non-Self-Governing Territories

A/RES/55/138View PDF

Who adopted this document and its mandates?

A Resolution of the General Assembly, under agenda items 89 Economic and other activities which affect the interests of the peoples of the Non-Self-Governing Territories and 18 Implementation of the Declaration on the Granting of Independence to Colonial Countries and Peoples, published in 2001.

What other versions does this mandate have?

26 versions · 1998–2025

This is an older version — the most recent is A/RES/80/86

Year	Symbol	Title	Word length	Text similarity
2025	A/RES/80/86	Economic and other activities which affect the interests of the peoples of the Non-Self-Governing Territories	1,564	100%Compare
2024	A/RES/79/95	Economic and other activities which affect the interests of the peoples of the Non-Self-Governing Territories	1,563	100%Compare
2023	A/RES/78/82	Economic and other activities which affect the interests of the peoples of the Non-Self-Governing Territories	1,564	100%Compare
2022	A/RES/77/130	Economic and other activities which affect the interests of the peoples of the Non-Self-Governing Territories	1,564	100%Compare
2021	A/RES/76/86	Economic and other activities which affect the interests of the peoples of the Non-Self-Governing Territories	1,564	99%Compare

What subjects does this mandate have?

15 subjects

Economic Development Educational Policy Equal Pay Foreign Direct Investment Human Resources Indigenous Peoples Marine Resources Natural Resources Non-Self-Governing Territories Permanent Sovereignty Property Rights Public Opinion Self-Determination of Peoples Social Development Working Conditions

What’s in this document?

14 operative paragraphs

Reaffirms the right of peoples of Non-Self-Governing Territories to self-determination in conformity with the Charter of the United Nations and with General Assembly resolution 1514 (XV), containing the Declaration on the Granting of Independence to Colonial Countries and Peoples, as well as their right to the enjoyment of their natural resources and their right to dispose of those resources in their best interest;

Affirms the value of foreign economic investment undertaken in collaboration with the peoples of the Non-Self-Governing Territories and in accordance with their wishes in order to make a valid contribution to the socio-economic development of the Territories;

Reaffirms the responsibility of the administering Powers under the Charter to promote the political, economic, social and educational advancement of the Non-Self-Governing Territories, and reaffirms the legitimate rights of their peoples over their natural resources;

Reaffirms its concern about any activities aimed at the exploitation of the natural resources that are the heritage of the peoples of the Non-Self-Governing Territories, including the indigenous populations, in the Caribbean, the Pacific and other regions, as well as their human resources, to the detriment of their interests, and in such a way as to deprive them of their right to dispose of those resources;

Affirms the need to avoid any economic and other activities which adversely affect the interests of the peoples of the Non-Self-Governing Territories;

Calls once again upon all Governments that have not yet done so to take, in accordance with the relevant provisions of General Assembly resolution 2621 (XXV) of 12 October 1970, legislative, administrative or other measures in respect of their nationals and the bodies corporate under their jurisdiction that own and operate enterprises in the Non-Self-Governing Territories that are detrimental to the interests of the inhabitants of those Territories, in order to put an end to such enterprises;

Reiterates that the damaging exploitation and plundering of the marine and other natural resources of the Non-Self-Governing Territories, in violation of the relevant resolutions of the United Nations, is a threat to the integrity and prosperity of those Territories;

Invites all Governments and organizations of the United Nations system to take all possible measures to ensure that the permanent sovereignty of the peoples of the Non-Self-Governing Territories over their natural resources is fully respected and safeguarded;

Urges the administering Powers concerned to take effective measures to safeguard and guarantee the inalienable right of the peoples of the Non-Self-Governing Territories to their natural resources and to establish and maintain control over the future development of those resources, and requests the administering Powers to take all necessary steps to protect the property rights of the peoples of those Territories;

Calls upon the administering Powers concerned to ensure that no discriminatory working conditions prevail in the Territories under their administration and to promote in each Territory a fair system of wages applicable to all the inhabitants without any discrimination;

Requests the Secretary-General to continue, through all means at his disposal, to inform world public opinion of any activity that affects the exercise of the right of the peoples of the Non-Self-Governing Territories to self-determination in conformity with the Charter and General Assembly resolution 1514 (XV);

Appeals to the mass media, trade unions and non-governmental organizations, as well as individuals, to continue their efforts to promote the economic well-being of the peoples of the Non-Self-Governing Territories;

Decides to follow the situation in the Non-Self-Governing Territories so as to ensure that all economic activities in those Territories are aimed at strengthening and diversifying their economies in the interest of their peoples, including the indigenous populations, and at promoting the economic and financial viability of those Territories;

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 examine this question and to report thereon to the General Assembly at its fifty-sixth session.

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