A/RES/74/106
Question of New Caledonia
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,
Recalling the decision taken by the Committee of Signatories to the Nouméa
Accord in March 2018, in which 4 November 2018 was set as the date for a selfdetermination referendum in New Caledonia and the question to be asked was defined
as “Do you want New Caledonia to accede to full sovereignty and become
independent?”,
Welcoming with appreciation the peaceful conduct of a self-determination
referendum in New Caledonia on 4 November 2018, in accordance with the Nouméa
Accord,
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, 3 following his visit to the Territory in February 2011, and stressing
the importance of addressing concerns related to the human rights of indigenous
Kanak people, including in eliminating the existing inequalities between the three
provinces of the Territory,
Noting with satisfaction the intensification of contacts between New Caledonia
and neighbouring countries of the South Pacific region, including through the hostin g
of New Caledonian delegates in the French diplomatic and consular missions in the
region,
Recalling the conclusions of the nineteenth Melanesian Spearhead Group
Leaders Summit, under the historic inaugural chairmanship of the Front de libération
nationale kanak et socialiste, held in Nouméa from 19 to 21 June 2013, including the
Leaders Declaration of the Group reaffirming the strong commitment and support,
including technical assistance, for the self-determination of New Caledonia, in
accordance with the Charter and the Nouméa Accord,
Recalling also the admission of New Caledonia 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,
Recalling further the exchange of letters between the Department of Political
Affairs of the Secretariat and the Melanesian Spearhead Group secretariat on the
sharing of information on New Caledonia,
Mindful that New Caledonia has entered the most seminal phase of the Nouméa
Accord process, a period that requires continued close monitoring by the United
Nations of the situation in the Territory in order to help the people of New Caledonia
to exercise their right to self-determination in accordance with the objectives set out
in the Charter and the Declaration on the Granting of Independence to Colonial
Countries and Peoples, 4
Recalling the Charter of the Kanak people, common base of the fundamental
values and principles of the Kanak civilization, which w as proclaimed in April 2014
by the customary authorities, Great Chiefs, Chiefs, Presidents of District Councils
and Presidents of the Clan Chiefs Councils, as the sole traditional custodians of the
Kanak people of New Caledonia, and noting the concern of the Customary Senate
that their interests should be adequately heard by the administering Power and
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Resolution 1514 (XV).
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