A/RES/76/90
United Nations
General Assembly
Distr.: General
16 December 2021
Seventy-sixth session
Agenda item 63
Implementation of the Declaration on the Granting of
Independence to Colonial Countries and Peoples
Resolution adopted by the General Assembly
on 9 December 2021
[on the report of the Special Political and Decolonization Committee
(Fourth Committee) (A/76/425, para. 37)]
76/90.
Question of American Samoa
The General Assembly,
Having considered the question of American Samoa and examined the report 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 for
2021, 1
Taking note of the working paper prepared by the Secretariat on American
Samoa 2 and other relevant information,
Recognizing that all available options for self-determination of the Territory are
valid as long as they are in accordance with the freely expressed wishes of the peop le
of American Samoa and in conformity with the clearly defined principles contained
in General Assembly resolutions 1514 (XV) of 14 December 1960, 1541 (XV) of
15 December 1960 and other resolutions of the Assembly,
Expressing concern that, more than 60 years after the adoption of the
Declaration on the Granting of Independence to Colonial Countries and Peoples, 3
there still remain 17 Non-Self-Governing Territories, including American Samoa,
Conscious of the importance of continuing the effective implementation of the
Declaration, taking into account the target set by the United Nations to eradicate
colonialism by 2030 and the plan of action for the International Decades for the
Eradication of Colonialism, 4
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Official Records of the General Assembly, Seventy-sixth Session, Supplement No. 23 (A/76/23).
A/AC.109/2021/1.
Resolution 1514 (XV).
A/56/61, annex.
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