Question of French Polynesia
A/RES/73/112
Recalling the admission of French Polynesia as a full member of the Pacific
Islands Forum at the forty-seventh Pacific Islands Forum, convened in Pohnpei,
Federated States of Micronesia, from 8 to 10 September 2016,
Taking note of the statement made by the President of French Polynesia in the
Special Political and Decolonization Committee (Fourth Committee), at the seven tysecond session of the General Assembly in October 2017,
Taking note also of the participation of a representative of the Government of
the Territory in the regional seminar, which in 2018 was held in Saint George ’s from
9 to 11 May,
Noting the legislative elections which took place in April and May 2018,
1.
Reaffirms the inalienable right of the people of French Polynesia to self determination, in conformity with the Charter of the United Nations and with General
Assembly resolution 1514 (XV), containing the Declaration on the Granting of
Independence to Colonial Countries and Peoples;
2.
Also reaffirms that it is ultimately for the people of French Polynesia to
determine freely their future political status in accordance with the relevant
provisions of the Charter, the Declaration and the relevant resolutions of the General
Assembly, and in that connection calls upon the administering Power, in cooperation
with the territorial Government and appropriate bodies of the United Nations system,
to develop political education programmes for the Territory in order to foster an
awareness among the people of French Polynesia of their right to self -determination
in conformity with the legitimate political status options, based on the principles
clearly defined in Assembly resolution 1541 (XV) and other relevant resolutions and
decisions;
3.
Recalls the request by a representative of the Government of the Territory
at the 2017 Caribbean regional seminar to remove French Polynesia from the list of
Non-Self-Governing Territories, and takes note of resolution No. 2013–3, adopted by
the Assembly of French Polynesia on 30 May 2013, which repealed the resolution of
the Assembly adopted in 2011 requesting the reinscription of French Polynesia on
that list;
4.
Reaffirms, in this regard, General Assembly resolution 67/265, which
provided for the reinscription of French Polynesia on the list of Non-Self-Governing
Territories, and takes careful note of an independent self-governance assessment of
the Territory, presented to the Special Political and Decolonization Committee
(Fourth Committee) on 4 October 2016, 7 that the Territory did not meet the full
measure of self-government;
5.
Calls upon the administering Power to participate in and cooperate fully
with the work 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 in order to implement the provisions of Article 73 e of the
Charter and the Declaration and in order to advise the Special Committee on the
implementation of the provisions under Article 73 b of the Charter on efforts to
promote self-government in French Polynesia, and encourages the administering
Power to facilitate visiting and special missions to the Territory;
6.
Regrets that the administering Power has not responded to the request to
submit information on French Polynesia under Article 73 e of the Charter since the
reinscription of the Territory by the General Assembly in 2013;
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See A/C.4/71/SR.3, paras. 71–72.
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