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Noting with interest the cooperation and active participation of some
administering Powers in the work of the Special Committee, and encouraging the
others also to do so,
Taking note of the fact that the Special Committee held a Caribbean regional
seminar on the mid-term review, follow-up and priorities for action of the Second
International Decade for the Eradication of Colonialism at Canouan, Saint Vincent
and the Grenadines, from 17 to 19 May 2005, 2
1.
Reaffirms its resolution 1514 (XV) and all other resolutions and
decisions on decolonization, including its resolution 55/146, by which it declared
the period 2001-2010 the Second International Decade for the Eradication of
Colonialism, and calls upon the administering Powers, in accordance with those
resolutions, to take all necessary steps to enable the peoples of the Non-SelfGoverning Territories concerned to exercise fully as soon as possible their right to
self-determination, including independence;
Reaffirms once again that the existence of colonialism in any form or
2.
manifestation, including economic exploitation, is incompatible with the Charter of
the United Nations, the Declaration on the Granting of Independence to Colonial
Countries and Peoples and the Universal Declaration of Human Rights; 3
3.
Reaffirms its determination to continue to take all steps necessary to
bring about the complete and speedy eradication of colonialism and the faithful
observance by all States of the relevant provisions of the Charter, the Declaration on
the Granting of Independence to Colonial Countries and Peoples and the Universal
Declaration of Human Rights;
Affirms once again its support for the aspirations of the peoples under
4.
colonial rule to exercise their right to self-determination, including independence, in
accordance with relevant resolutions of the United Nations on decolonization;
Calls upon the administering Powers to cooperate fully with the Special
5.
Committee to finalize before the end of 2005 a constructive programme of work on
a case-by-case basis for the Non-Self-Governing Territories to facilitate the
implementation of the mandate of the Special Committee and the relevant
resolutions on decolonization, including resolutions on specific Territories;
Welcomes the progress made in the ongoing consultations between the
6.
Special Committee and New Zealand, as administering Power for Tokelau, with the
participation of representatives of the people of Tokelau, as evidenced by the
decision of the General Fono of Tokelau in November 2003 to actively explore with
New Zealand the option of self-government in free association;
Also welcomes the dispatch of the United Nations special mission to
7.
Bermuda, at the request of the territorial Government and with the concurrence of
the administering Power, which provided information to the people of the Territory
on the role of the United Nations in the process of self-determination, on the
legitimate political status options, as clearly defined in General Assembly resolution
1541 (XV) of 15 December 1960, and on the experiences of other small States
which have achieved a full measure of self-government;
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Ibid., chap. II, annex.
Resolution 217 A (III).
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