United Nations
A/RES/62/117
General Assembly
Distr.: General
10 January 2008
Sixty-second session
Agenda item 40
Resolution adopted by the General Assembly on 17 December 2007
[on the report of the Special Political and Decolonization Committee
(Fourth Committee) (A/62/412)]
62/117. 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
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Reaffirming the right of peoples to self-determination as enshrined in the Charter
of the United Nations,
Recalling General Assembly 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,
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Welcomes the significant developments that have taken place in New
Caledonia since the signing of the Nouméa Accord of 5 May 1998 by the
representatives of New Caledonia and the Government of France; 2
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1
Official Records of the General Assembly, Sixty-second Session, Supplement No. 23 (A/62/23),
chap. VIII.
2
A/AC.109/2114, annex.
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