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UNITED
NATIONS
General Assembly
Distr.
GENERAL
A/RES/54/88
4 February 2000
Fifty-fourth session
Agenda item 18
RESOLUTION ADOPTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY
[on the report of the Special Political and Decolonization Committee
(Fourth Committee) (A/54/584)]
54/88.
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
relating to New Caledonia,1
Reaffirming the right of peoples to self-determination as enshrined in the Charter of the United
Nations,
Recalling its 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 selfdetermination,
1
A/54/23 (Part II), chap. IX. For the final text, see Official Records of the General Assembly, Fifty-fourth
Session, Supplement No. 23.
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