Question of French Polynesia

A/RES/69/103View PDF

Who adopted this document and its mandates?

A Resolution of the General Assembly, under agenda item 59 Implementation of the Declaration on the Granting of Independence to Colonial Countries and Peoples, published in 2014.

What other versions does this mandate have?

12 versions · 2013–2025

This is an older version — the most recent is A/RES/80/95

Year	Symbol	Title	Word length	Text similarity
2025	A/RES/80/95	Question of French Polynesia	1,642	89%Compare
2023	A/RES/78/91	Question of French Polynesia	1,563	92%Compare
2022	A/RES/77/139	Question of French Polynesia	1,590	90%Compare
2021	A/RES/76/95	Question of French Polynesia	1,686	93%Compare
2020	A/RES/75/112	Question of French Polynesia	1,590	93%Compare

Which reports were submitted under this mandate?

1 report · 2026

Year	Symbol	Title		Mandate resolution
2026	A/81/326	The environmental, ecological, health and other impacts of the 30-year period of nuclear testing in French Polynesia report of the Secretary-General		A/RES/80/95

What subjects does this mandate have?

4 subjects

Decolonization French Polynesia Non-Self-Governing Territories Self-Determination of Peoples

What’s in this document?

8 operative paragraphs

Reaffirms the inalienable right of the people of French Polynesia 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;

Also reaffirms that it is ultimately for the people of French Polynesia to determine freely their future political status in accordance with the relevant provisions of the Charter, the Declaration and the relevant resolutions of the General Assembly, and in that connection calls upon the administering Power, in cooperation with the territorial Government and appropriate bodies of the United Nations system, to develop political education programmes for the Territory in order to foster an awareness among the people of French Polynesia of their right to self-determination in conformity with the legitimate political status options, based on the principles clearly defined in Assembly resolution 1541 (XV) and other relevant resolutions and decisions;

Calls upon the administering Power to participate in and cooperate fully with the work 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 in order to implement the provisions of Article 73 e of the Charter and the Declaration and in order to advise the Special Committee on the implementation of the provisions under Article 73 b of the Charter on efforts to promote self-government in French Polynesia, and encourages the administering Power to facilitate visiting and special missions to the Territory;

Regrets that the administering Power has not responded to the request to submit information on French Polynesia under article 73 e of the Charter;

Reaffirms that an obligation exists on the part of the administering Power to transmit information under Chapter XI of the Charter, and requests the administering Power to transmit to the Secretary-General such information on French Polynesia as called for under the Charter;

Calls upon the administering Power to intensify its dialogue with French Polynesia in order to facilitate rapid progress towards a fair and effective self-determination process, under which the terms and timelines for an act of self-determination would be agreed;

Takes note of the report of the Secretary-General on the environmental, ecological, health and other impacts of the 30-year period of nuclear testing in French Polynesia,⁴ prepared pursuant to paragraph 5 of General Assembly resolution 68/93 of 11 December 2013;

⁴A/69/189.

Requests the Special Committee to continue to examine the question of the Non-Self-Governing Territory of French Polynesia and to report thereon to the General Assembly at its seventieth session.

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