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GA/COL/2992
SPECIAL COMMITTEE ON DECOLONIZATION REAFFIRMS INALIENABLE RIGHT OF PEOPLE OF PUERTO RICO TO SELF-DETERMINATION AND INDEPENDENCE
19980811 Resolution Adopted by Roll Call Vote of 10-0-6
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GA/COL/2993
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GA/COL/2991
SPECIAL COMMITTEE ON DECOLONIZATION BEGINS HEARING OF PETITIONERS ON PUERTO RICO
19980810 Draft Text Reaffirming Inalienable Right of People Of Puerto Rico to Self-Determination and Independence Introduced by Cuba
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GA/COL/2990
SPECIAL COMMITTEE ON DECOLONIZATION APPROVES DRAFT CALLING FOR COLONIALISM-FREE WORLD BY YEAR 2000
19980713Parties in New Caledonia Would Be Invited to Continue Peaceful Progress Towards Self-Determination, By Other Text Approved
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GA/COL/2989
DECOLONIZATION COMMITTEE SEEKS SAFEGUARDS FOR NATURAL RESOURCES IN COLONIAL AND NON-SELF-GOVERNING TERRITORIES
19980710Administering Powers Asked to Establish and Maintain Control; Other Texts Deal with `Exploitation', Problems Created by Military Bases
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GA/COL/2988
DECOLONIZATION COMMITTEE CONSIDERS STATUS OF PACIFIC ISLAND TERRITORY OF TOKELAU, PRAISING ROLE OF ADMINISTERING POWER
19980708 New Zealand Notes Economic Progress, but Fear Of Population That Self-Determination Could Mean Isolation
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GA/COL/2987
DECOLONIZATION COMMITTEE CALLS FOR CONTINUING FLOW OF SOCIAL, ECONOMIC INFORMATION FROM NON-SELF-GOVERNING TERRITORIES
19980707Administering Powers Asked to Cooperate; Statements Heard on Current Situations in Guam, United States Virgin Islands
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GA/COL/2986
DECOLONIZATION COMMITTEE SEEKS ASSEMBLY CALL FOR PARTIES TO 'CONSOLIDATE' DIALOGUE ON FALKLANDS (MALVINAS) ISSUE
19980706 Consensus Text Says Argentina and United Kingdom Should Work For Solution to Sovereignty Dispute in Line with Assembly Resolutions
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GA/COL/2984
DECOLONIZATION COMMITTEE HEARS EAST TIMORESE PETITIONERS
19980702The High Commissioner for Human Rights should develop a programme in East Timor tailored to the protection of the human rights of women and children, the Special Committee on the Situation with regard to the Implementation of the Declaration on the Granting of Independence to Colonial Countries and Peoples was told as it continued its hearing of petitioners this morning.