A/RES/73/113. Resolution of the United Nations General Assembly, 2018

• Resolution Number: A/RES/73/113
• Year: 2018
• Session: 73rd
• Issuer: General Assembly of the United Nation

United Nations

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/RES /73/ 113

General Assembly

Distr. : Genera l

19 D ecember 2018

18-215 01 (E) 211218

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Seventy -third sess ion

Agen da item 63

Resolution adopted by the General Assembly

on 7 December 2018

[on th e report of the Spec ial Polit ical and Decoloniz ation Com mittee

(Four th Co mmittee) (A/73/53 2)]

73/113. Qu estion of G uam

The General Assembly ,

Havi ng cons idered the que stion o f Guam and ex amined the rel evant c hapter of

the repo rt of t he Spec ial Com mittee on the Situ ation w ith reg ard to the

Impl ementati on of the D eclarati on on the Granting of Indepe ndence to Colonia l

Coun tries an d Peopl es for 2 018,

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Taking note o f the working paper prepared by th e Secre tariat o n Guam ,

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whi ch

cont ained the informa tion req uested by the Gene ral Assemb ly in res olution 72/102 of

7 Dece mber 20 17, and other re levant i nformat ion,

Reco gniz ing that all avail able opt ions for s elf-de terminat ion of t he Territor y are

valid as long as they ar e in acco rdance with the f reely exp ressed w ishes of the peop le

of Guam a nd in confor mity wit h the clearl y defin ed prin ciples contain ed in General

Asse mbly re solutio ns 151 4 (X V) of 14 D ecember 1960, 1541 (X V) of 15 D ecember

1960 and oth er resol utions of the Ass embly,

Expre ssing concern tha t 58 y ears after the adoption of the Declara tion on th e

Gran ting of In depende nce to Co lonial Co untries a nd People s,

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t here still remain

17 Non- Self-Go verning Te rritorie s, inclu ding Gua m,

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

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

colo nialism by 20 20 and the plans o f acti on for the S econd

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and Third Interna tional

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-thi rd Sessi on, Su ppleme nt No. 23 (A/73 /23) ,

chap . X.

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A/AC.10 9/2 018/ 9.

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Resolut ion 15 14 ( XV).

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A/56/61 , a nnex.