A/RES/76/96
United Nations
General Assembly
Distr.: General
16 December 2021
Seventy-sixth session
Agenda item 63
Implementation of the Declaration on the Granting of
Independence to Colonial Countries and Peoples
Resolution adopted by the General Assembly
on 9 December 2021
[on the report of the Special Political and Decolonization Committee
(Fourth Committee) (A/76/425, para. 37)]
76/96.
Question of Guam
The General Assembly,
Having considered the question of Guam and examined 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 2021, 1
Taking note of the working paper prepared by the Secretariat on Guam, 2 which
contained the information requested by the General Assembly in resolution 75/113 of
10 December 2020, and other relevant information,
Recognizing that all available options for self-determination of the Territory are
valid as long as they are in accordance with the freely expressed wishes of the people
of Guam and in conformity with the clearly defined principles contained in General
Assembly resolutions 1514 (XV) of 14 December 1960, 1541 (XV) of 15 December
1960 and other resolutions of the Assembly,
Expressing concern that, more than 60 years after the adoption of the Declaration
on the Granting of Independence to Colonial Countries and Peoples, 3 there still
remain 17 Non-Self-Governing Territories, including Guam,
Conscious of the importance of continuing the effective implementation of the
Declaration, taking into account the target set by the United Nations to eradicate
colonialism by 2030 and the plan of action for the International Decades for the
Eradication of Colonialism, 4
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21-18699 (E)
Official Records of the General Assembly, Seventy-sixth Session, Supplement No. 23 (A/76/23).
A/AC.109/2021/9.
Resolution 1514 (XV).
A/56/61, annex.
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