A/RES/73/115
United Nations
General Assembly
Distr.: General
19 December 2018
Seventy-third session
Agenda item 63
Resolution adopted by the General Assembly
on 7 December 2018
[on the report of the Special Political and Decolonization Committee
(Fourth Committee) (A/73/532)]
73/115.
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 2018 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, and stressing principle VI of the annex to resolution 1541 (XV),
Recalling also the provisions of the Nouméa Accord, 2 which, inter alia,
underscores the importance of the transfer of powers and skills in a timely manner
from the administering Power to the people of New Caledonia,
Reaffirming that the natural resources are the heritage of the peoples of the
Non-Self-Governing Territories, including the indigenous populations,
Concerned about any activities aimed at exploiting the natural and human
resources of the Non-Self-Governing Territories to the detriment of the interests of
the inhabitants of those Territories,
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
equitable political, economic and social development in the Territory, including
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Official Records of the General Assembly, Seventy-third Session, Supplement No. 23 (A/73/23),
chap. IX.
A/AC.109/2114, annex.
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