A/RES/73/295
United Nations
General Assembly
Distr.: General
24 May 2019
Seventy-third session
Agenda item 88
Resolution adopted by the General Assembly
on 22 May 2019
[without reference to a Main Committee (A/73/L.84/Rev.1 and A/73/L.84/Rev.1/Add.1)]
73/295.
Advisory opinion of the International Court of Justice on the legal
consequences of the separation of the Chagos Archipelago from
Mauritius in 1965
The General Assembly,
Guided by the principles enshrined in the Charter of the United Nations,
including the inalienable right of self-determination of peoples,
Considering that respect for the obligations arising from the Charter and other
instruments and rules of international law is among the basic purposes and principles
of the United Nations,
Recalling its resolution 71/292 of 22 June 2017, by which it decided, in
accordance with Article 96 of the Charter, to request the International Court of Justice,
pursuant to Article 65 of the Statute of the Court, to render an advisory opinion on
the following two questions relating to the legal consequences of the separation of
the Chagos Archipelago from Mauritius in 1965:
(a) “Was the process of decolonization of Mauritius lawfully completed when
Mauritius was granted independence in 1968, following the separation of the Chagos
Archipelago from Mauritius and having regard to international law, including
obligations reflected in General Assembly resolutions 1514 (XV) of 14 December
1960, 2066 (XX) of 16 December 1965, 2232 (XXI) of 20 December 1966 and
2357 (XXII) of 19 December 1967?”,
(b) “What are the consequences under international law, including obligations
reflected in the above-mentioned resolutions, arising from the continued
administration by the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland of the
Chagos Archipelago, including with respect to the inability of Mauritius to implement
a programme for the resettlement on the Chagos Archipelago of its nationals, in
particular those of Chagossian origin?”,
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