United Nations
A/RES/65/113
General Assembly
Distr.: General
20 January 2011
Sixty-fifth session
Agenda item 59
Resolution adopted by the General Assembly on 10 December 2010
[on the report of the Special Political and Decolonization Committee
(Fourth Committee) (A/65/430)]
65/113. Question of New Caledonia
The General Assembly,
Having considered the question of New Caledonia,
Having examined the chapter of 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 2010 relating to New Caledonia, 1
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Reaffirming the right of peoples to self-determination as enshrined in the
Charter of the United Nations,
Recalling General Assembly resolutions 1514 (XV) of 14 December 1960 and
1541 (XV) of 15 December 1960,
Noting the importance of the positive measures being pursued in New
Caledonia by the French authorities, in cooperation with all sectors of the
population, to promote political, economic and social development in the Territory,
including measures in the area of environmental protection and action with respect
to drug abuse and trafficking, in order to provide a framework for its peaceful
progress to self-determination,
Noting also, in this context, the importance of equitable economic and social
development, as well as continued dialogue among the parties involved in New
Caledonia in the preparation of the act of self-determination of New Caledonia,
Noting with satisfaction the intensification of contacts between New Caledonia
and neighbouring countries of the South Pacific region,
1.
Welcomes the significant developments that have taken place in New
Caledonia since the signing of the Nouméa Accord on 5 May 1998 by the
representatives of New Caledonia and the Government of France; 2
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1
Official Records of the General Assembly, Sixty-fifth Session, Supplement No. 23 and corrigendum
(A/65/23 and Corr.1), chap. VIII.
2
A/AC.109/2114, annex.
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