General Assembly

16 September 1997

Press Release
GA/COL/2973*

SPECIAL COMMITTEE ON DECOLONIZATION CONCLUDES 1997 SESSION

19970916

Administering Powers were urged to take effective measures to safeguard and guarantee the inalienable right of the peoples in Territories under their administration to their natural resources, by the terms of one of three proposals approved by the Special Committee on decolonization this morning, as it concluded its work for the year.

20 June 1997

Press Release
GA/COL/2972

SPECIAL COMMITTEE ON DECOLONIZATION APPROVES DRAFT RESOLUTION ON 12 NON-SELF-GOVERNING TERRITORIES

19970620 Calls on Administering Powers, Territorial Governments, To Foster People's Awareness of Right to Self-Determination

19 June 1997

Press Release
GA/COL/2970

19 June 1997

Press Release
GA/COL/2971

18 June 1997

Press Release
GA/COL/2965/

DECOLONIZATION COMMITTEE URGES ARGENTINA, UNITED KINGDOM TO SEEK NEGOTIATED SOLUTIONS TO FALKLANDS (MALVINAS) SOVEREIGNTY DISPUTE CORRECTION

19970618

Press Release GA/COL/2965 of 16 June, reporting a statement by Paraguay on behalf of the Common Market of the Southern Cone, incorrectly lists the members of that body. The first paragraph on page 8 should read as follows:

18 June 1997

Press Release
GA/COL/2969

SPECIAL COMMITTEE ON DECOLONIZATION DECIDES TO ACCEPT INVITATIONS TO MEETINGS ON DECOLONIZATION, AS IT ADOPTS REPORT OF ITS OPEN-ENDED BUREAU

19970618 Also Defers Consideration of Drafts on Foreign Economic Interests and Military Activities in Non-Self-Governing Territories

17 June 1997

Press Release
GA/COL/2967

SPECIAL COMMITTEE ON DECOLONIZATION CONTINUES HEARINGS ON EAST TIMOR QUESTION

19970617 Some Petitioners Report Economic Progress under Indonesia, While Others Cite Human Rights Abuses by Indonesian Armed Forces

17 June 1997

Press Release
GA/COL/2968

EAST TIMOR HAS CEASED TO BE DECOLONIZATION ISSUE, INDONESIA SAYS, AS DECOLONIZATION COMMITTEE CONCLUDES HEARINGS ON TERRITORY

19970617 Portugal Says Indonesia's Presence There Has Been Presented As Fait Accompli, Stresses East Timorese Right to Self-Determination

16 June 1997

Press Release
GA/COL/2966

NOBEL PEACE PRIZE WINNER CALLS FOR UNITED NATIONS HUMAN RIGHTS OFFICE IN EAST TIMOR

19970616 Addresses Special Committee on Decolonization As It Hears Petitioners on East Timor Question

16 June 1997

Press Release
GA/COL/2965

DECOLONIZATION COMMITTEE URGES ARGENTINA, UNITED KINGDOM TO SEEK NEGOTIATED SOLUTIONS TO FALKLANDS (MALVINAS) SOVEREIGNTY DISPUTE

19970616

The Special Committee on Decolonization this morning asked the Governments of Argentina and the United Kingdom to resume negotiations, as soon as possible, towards a peaceful solution to the sovereignty dispute over the Falkland Islands (Malvinas).