A/RES/76/103
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)]
76/103.
Question of the United States Virgin Islands
The General Assembly,
Having considered the question of the United States Virgin Islands 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 the United
States Virgin Islands 2 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 the United States Virgin Islands 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 the United States
Virgin Islands,
Conscious of the importance of continuing the effective implementation of the
Declaration, taking into account the target set by the United Nations to eradicate
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21-18709 (E)
Official Records of the General Assembly, Seventy-sixth Session, Supplement No. 23 (A/76/23).
A/AC.109/2021/16.
Resolution 1514 (XV).
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