A/RES/69/98
United Nations
Distr.: General
16 December 2014
General Assembly
Sixty-ninth session
Agenda item 56
Resolution adopted by the General Assembly on 5 December 2014
[on the report of the Special Political and Decolonization Committee
(Fourth Committee) (A/69/459)]
69/98.
Economic and other activities which affect the interests of
the peoples of the Non-Self-Governing Territories
The General Assembly,
Having considered the item entitled “Economic and other activities which
affect the interests of the peoples of the Non-Self-Governing Territories”,
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 2014 relating to the item,1
Recalling its resolution 1514 (XV) of 14 December 1960, as well as all other
relevant resolutions of the General Assembly, including, in particular, resolutions
46/181 of 19 December 1991, 55/146 of 8 December 2000 and 65/119 of
10 December 2010,
Reaffirming the solemn obligation of the administering Powers under the
Charter of the United Nations to promote the political, economic, social and
educational advancement of the inhabitants of the Territories under their
administration and to protect the human and natural resources of those Territories
against abuses,
Reaffirming also that any economic or other activity that has a negative impact
on the interests of the peoples of the Non-Self-Governing Territories and on the
exercise of their right to self-determination in conformity with the Charter and
General Assembly resolution 1514 (XV) is contrary to the purposes and principles
of the Charter,
Reaffirming further that the natural resources are the heritage of the peoples of
the Non-Self-Governing Territories, including the indigenous populations,
Aware of the special circumstances of the geographical location, size and
economic conditions of each Territory, and bearing in mind the need to promote the
stability, diversification and strengthening of the economy of each Territory,
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Official Records of the General Assembly, Sixty-ninth Session, Supplement No. 23 (A/69/23), chap. V.
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