A/RES/70/99
United Nations
Distr.: General
15 December 2015
General Assembly
Seventieth session
Agenda item 63
Resolution adopted by the General Assembly on 9 December 2015
[on the report of the Special Political and Decolonization Committee
(Fourth Committee) (A/70/505)]
70/99.
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 2015 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 equitable political, economic and social development in the
Territory, including measures in the area of environmental protection, in order to
provide a framework for its peaceful progress to self-determination,
Noting also, in this context, the importance of continued dialogue among the
parties involved in New Caledonia in the preparation of the act of self-determination
of New Caledonia,
Recalling the report of the Special Rapporteur on the rights of indigenous
peoples on the situation of Kanak people in New Caledonia, submitted to the Human
Rights Council at its eighteenth session, held from 12 to 30 September and on
21 October 2011, 2 following his visit to the Territory in February 2011,
Noting with satisfaction the intensification of contacts between New Caledonia
and neighbouring countries of the South Pacific region, including through the
hosting of New Caledonian delegates in the French diplomatic and consular
missions in the region,
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Official Records of the General Assembly, Seventieth Session, Supplement No. 23 (A/70/23), chap. IX.
A/HRC/18/35/Add.6, annex.
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