A/RES/71/110
United Nations
Distr.: General
27 December 2016
General Assembly
Seventy-first session
Agenda item 58
Resolution adopted by the General Assembly on 6 December 2016
[on the report of the Special Political and Decolonization Committee
(Fourth Committee) (A/71/502)]
71/110. Question of Bermuda
The General Assembly,
Having considered the question of Bermuda,
Having examined the relevant 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 2016, related to
Bermuda, 1
Taking note of the working paper prepared by the Secretariat on Bermuda 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
people of Bermuda 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 56 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 Bermuda,
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 2020 and the plans of action for the Second 4 and Third International
Decades for the Eradication of Colonialism,
Recognizing that the specific characteristics and the aspirations of the people
of Bermuda require flexible, practical and innovative approaches to the options for
self-determination, without any prejudice to territorial size, geographical location,
size of population or natural resources,
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1
Official Records of the General Assembly, Seventy-first Session, Supplement No. 23 (A/71/23), chap. X.
A/AC.109/2016/3.
3
Resolution 1514 (XV).
4
A/56/61, annex.
2
16-21306 (E)
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