A/RES/70/99. Resolution of the United Nations General Assembly, 2015

• Resolution Number: A/RES/70/99
• Year: 2015
• Session: 70th
• Issuer: General Assembly of the United Nation

United Nations A/RES/70/99

General Assembly Distr.: General

15 December 2015

Seventieth session

Agenda item 63

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Resolution adopted by the General Assembly on 9 December 2015

[on the report of the Special Political and Decolonization Committee

(Fourth Committee) (A/70/505)]

70/99. Questio n of New Caledonia

The Genera l Assem bly

,

Hav ing con sidered

the quest ion of New Ca ledonia ,

Hav ing exami ned

the chap ter of the repo rt of the Speci al Commit tee on the

Situ ation with reg ard to the Implem entatio n o f th e D eclarat ion on the Grantin g o f

Inde penden ce to C olonia l Count ries an d Peop les for 2015 r elating to Ne w

Cale don ia,

1

Rea ffirm ing

th e righ t of p eoples to s elf-dete rminat ion as enshr ined i n the

Cha rter of the Un ited Na tions,

Reca llin g

its resol utions 151 4 (XV) of 14 Decem ber 1960 and 15 41 (XV ) o f

15 D ecembe r 1960 ,

Not ing

the imp ortanc e of the po sitive me asures be ing purs ued in Ne w

Cale donia b y the Fre nch aut horitie s, in coo perati on with a ll secto rs of the

pop ulation, to promo te e quitabl e po litical, eco nomic and social dev elopme nt in the

Territ ory, includ ing measu res in the are a of enviro nmental p rotecti on, in order t o

prov ide a f ramewo rk for its pea ceful progres s to se lf-dete rminati on,

Not ing also

, in t his contex t, th e im portanc e o f co ntinued dia logue amon g th e

part ies inv olved in New Caledo nia in the pr eparati on of t he act of sel f-deter minatio n

of N ew Cal edonia,

Reca llin g

the r eport o f the Sp ecial Ra pporte ur on th e rights of indi genous

peop les on the si tuation of Kan ak peo ple in New Ca ledoni a, subm itted t o the H uman

Righ ts Cou ncil at its eig hteent h sessi on, hel d from 12 to 30 Sep tember and on

21 O ctober 2011,

2

fol lowing his vis it to t he Territo ry in Februar y 2011,

Not ing wit h sati sfactio n

the intens ificati on of contac ts betw een Ne w Cale donia

and neig hbourin g co untries of the South Paci fic re gion, inclu ding throug h the

host ing of New Ca ledoni an delega tes in the Fre nch dipl omatic an d c onsula r

miss ions i n the re gion,

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1 Official Records of the General Assembly, Seventieth Session, Supplement No. 23 (A/70/23), chap. IX.

2 A/HRC/18/35/Add.6, annex.