A/RES/74/107
United Nations
General Assembly
Distr.: General
27 December 2019
Seventy-fourth session
Agenda item 59
Implementation of the Declaration on the Granting of
Independence to Colonial Countries and Peoples
Resolution adopted by the General Assembly
on 13 December 2019
[on the report of the Special Political and Decolonization Committee
(Fourth Committee) (A/74/418)]
74/107.
Question of Pitcairn
The General Assembly,
Having considered the question of Pitcairn and examined the relevant chapter
of the report of the Special Committee on the Situation with rega rd to the
Implementation of the Declaration on the Granting of Independence to Colonial
Countries and Peoples for 2019, 1
Taking note of the working paper prepared by the Secretariat on Pitcairn 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 Pitcairn 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 59 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 Pitcairn,
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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19-21926 (E)
Official Records of the General Assembly, Seventy-fourth Session, Supplement No. 23 (A/74/23),
chap. X.
A/AC.109/2019/12.
Resolution 1514 (XV).
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