United Nations
General Assembly
A/RES/56/70
Distr.: General
25 February 2002
Fifty-sixth session
Agenda item 18
Resolution adopted by the General Assembly
[on the report of the Special Political and Decolonization Committee
(Fourth Committee) (A/56/557)]
56/70. 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 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 as exemplified by the signing of the Nouméa Accord of 5 May 1998
between the representatives of New Caledonia and the Government of France; 2
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1
A/56/23 (Part II), chap. IX. For the final text, see Official Records of the General Assembly, Fifty-sixth
Session, Supplement No. 23.
2
A/AC.109/2114, annex.
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