A/RES/72/103. Resolution of the United Nations General Assembly, 2017

• Resolution Number: A/RES/72/103
• Year: 2017
• Session: 72nd
• Issuer: General Assembly of the United Nation

United Nations

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/RES /72/ 103

General Assembly

Distr. : Genera l

15 D ecember 2017

17-2213 7 (E) 19121 7

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Seventy -secon d session

Agen da item 62

Resolution adopted by the General Assembly

on 7 December 2017

[on th e report of the Spec ial Politi cal and Decoloniza tion Com mittee

(Four th Co mmittee) (A/72/4 56)]

72/103 . Question o f Mont serrat

The General Assembly ,

Havi ng con sidered the quest ion o f Mont serrat and exami ned th e rele vant

chap ter o f the rep ort o f the Spe cial Committ ee o n the Sit uation with regar d to the

Impl ementati on of the D eclarati on on the Granti ng of Indep endence to Coloni al

Coun tries an d Peopl es for 2 017,

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Taking note of the work ing paper prepa red by t he S ecretari at o n Mo ntserrat

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and other re levant i nformati on,

Reco gniz ing th at a ll availabl e o ptions for sel f-deter mination of th e Terr itory

are valid as long as th ey ar e in accord ance with the fr eely expresse d wis hes o f the

peop le of Mo ntserra t and in confor mity with the cle arly de fined pr inciples contai ned

in Gene ral Assembl y resoluti ons 1514 (XV) of 14 Dec ember 1960 , 1541 (XV) of

15 De cember 1960 an d other resoluti ons of t he Assemb ly,

Expre ssing concern tha t 57 y ears after the adoptio n of the Declar ation on t he

Gran ting of Ind ependen ce to Colo nial Coun tries and Peoples,

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there still rema in

17 Non -Self -Gove rning Terr itories, includi ng Mont serrat,

Cons ciou s o f the importa nce of continu ing th e effect ive imp lementa tion of the

Decl aration, ta king into acco unt the target set by th e U nited Nati ons to eradica te

colo nialism by 20 20 and the p lans o f actio n for the Se cond

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an d Third Intern ational

Deca des for the Erad ication of Colo nialism,

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Officia l Reco rds of t he Gen eral As sembly, Sevent y-seco nd Ses sion, S upplem ent N o. 23 (A/ 72/23),

chap . X.

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A/AC.10 9/2 017/ 10.

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Resolut ion 15 14 (XV).

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A/56/61 , anne x.