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66th General Assembly session (2011)

During the 66th session of the General Assembly, the following agenda items concerning decolonization were allocated to the Fourth Committee in accordance with the letter dated 16 September 2011 from the President of the General Assembly (A/C.4/66/1) and the Fourth Committee held 6 meetings in total (from 2nd to 7th meetings):

  • Item 56: Information from Non-Self-Governing Territories transmitted under Article 73 e of the Charter of the United Nations;
  • Item 57: Economic and other activities which affect the interests of the peoples of the Non-Self-Governing Territories;
  • Item 58: Implementation of the Declaration on the Granting of Independence to Colonial Countries and Peoples by the specialized agencies and the international institutions associated with the United Nations;
  • Item 59: Offers by Member States of study and training facilities for inhabitants of Non-Self-Governing Territories; and
  • Item 60: Implementation of the Declaration on the Granting of Independence to Colonial Countries and Peoples.

The Fourth Committee submitted the following reports on each agenda item to the plenary of the General Assembly: 

For details of voting records, please see the respective reports of the Fourth Committee on the agenda items.

Meetings of the Fourth Committee on decolonization items held in 2011 during the 66th session of the General Assembly 

 

Meeting
(Record)
 Date Agenda Documents Outcomes/Votes

7th meeting
(A/C.4/66/SR.7)

 11 October 2011

Information from Non-Self-Governing Territories transmitted under Article 73 e of the Charter of the United Nations (continued)

Economic and other activities which affect the interests of the peoples of the Non-Self-Governing Territories (continued)

Implementation of the Declaration on the Granting of Independence to Colonial Countries and Peoples by the specialized agencies and the international institutions associated with the United Nations (continued)

Offers by Member States of study and training facilities for inhabitants of Non-Self-Governing Territories (continued)

Implementation of the Declaration on the Granting of Independence to Colonial Countries and Peoples (Territories not covered under other items) (continued)

A/66/23 (2011 report of the C-24 including draft resolutions I through VIII)

Adoption with a vote of:

Draft resolution I on information transmitted under Article 73 e

(131 votes to none, with 5 abstentions);

Draft resolution II on economic and other activities

(144 votes to 2, with 2 abstentions);

Draft resolution III on specialized agencies and international institutions

(101 votes to none, with 51 abstentions);

Draft resolution VII on dissemination of information (147 votes to 3, with 1 abstention); and

Draft resolution VIII on the implementation of the 1960 Declaration on Decolonization (149 votes to 3, with 2 abstentions)

6th meeting
(A/C.4/66/SR.6)

 10 October 2011

Information from Non-Self-Governing Territories transmitted under Article 73 e of the Charter of the United Nations (continued)

Economic and other activities which affect the interests of the peoples of the Non-Self-Governing Territories (continued)

Implementation of the Declaration on the Granting of Independence to Colonial Countries and Peoples by the specialized agencies and the international institutions associated with the United Nations (continued)

Offers by Member States of study and training facilities for inhabitants of Non-Self-Governing Territories (continued)

Implementation of the Declaration on the Granting of Independence to Colonial Countries and Peoples (Territories not covered under other items) (continued)

A/66/23 (2011 report of the C-24 including draft resolutions I through VIII)

A/66/63 (Report of the Secretary-General on specialized agencies and international institutions) 

A/66/65 and Add.1 (Report of the Secretary-General on information transmitted under Article 73 e)

A/66/68 and Add.1 (Report of the Secretary-General on offers of study and training facilities)

A/66/260 (Report of the Secretary-General on Western Sahara)

A/C.4/66/L.3 (Draft resolution on offers of study and training facilities; sponsored by Algeria, Argentina, China, Cuba, Egypt, Ghana, Nigeria, Singapore and United Republic of Tanzania)

A/C.4/66/L.4 (Draft decision on Gibraltar; submitted by the Chair)

A/C.4/66/L.5 (Draft resolution on Western Sahara; submitted by the Chair)

Adoption without a vote of:

Draft resolution IV on New Caledonia;

Draft resolution V on Tokelau;

Draft resolution VI on American Samoa, Anguilla, Bermuda, the British Virgin Islands, the Cayman Islands, Guam, Montserrat, Pitcairn, Saint Helena, the Turks and Caicos Islands and the United States Virgin Islands, as orally revised;

Draft resolution on offers of study and training facilities (A/C.4/66/L.3);

Draft decision on Gibraltar (A/C.4/66/L.4); and

Draft resolution on Western Sahara (A/C.4/66/L.5)

5th meeting
(A/C.4/66/SR.5)

 6 October 2011

Information from Non-Self-Governing Territories transmitted under Article 73 e of the Charter of the United Nations (continued)

Economic and other activities which affect the interests of the peoples of the Non-Self-Governing Territories (continued)

Implementation of the Declaration on the Granting of Independence to Colonial Countries and Peoples by the specialized agencies and the international institutions associated with the United Nations (continued)

Offers by Member States of study and training facilities for inhabitants of Non-Self-Governing Territories (continued)

Implementation of the Declaration on the Granting of Independence to Colonial Countries and Peoples (Territories not covered under other items) (continued)

A/66/23 (2011 report of the C-24 including draft resolutions I through VIII)

A/66/63 (Report of the Secretary-General on specialized agencies and international institutions) 

A/66/65 and Add.1 (Report of the Secretary-General on information transmitted under Article 73 e)

A/66/68 and Add.1 (Report of the Secretary-General on offers of study and training facilities)

A/66/260 (Report of the Secretary-General on Western Sahara)

A/C.4/66/7/Rev.1 (Requests for hearing on Western Sahara)

  

4th meeting
(A/C.4/66/SR.4)

 5 October 2011

Implementation of the Declaration on the Granting of Independence to Colonial Countries and Peoples (Territories not covered under other items) (continued)

 A/C.4/66/7/Rev.1 (Requests for hearing on Western Sahara)  

3rd meeting
(A/C.4/66/SR.3)

 4 October 2011

Implementation of the Declaration on the Granting of Independence to Colonial Countries and Peoples (Territories not covered under other agenda items) (continued)

A/66/23 (2011 report of the C-24 including draft resolutions I through VIII)

A/66/260 (Report of the Secretary-General on Western Sahara)

A/C.4/66/2 (Request for hearing on Gibraltar)

A/C.4/66/3 (Requests for hearing on Guam)

A/C.4/66/4 (Requests for hearing on the Turks and Caicos Islands)

A/C.4/66/5 (Request for hearing on the United States Virgin Islands)

A/C.4/66/6 (Request for hearing on agenda item 60) 

A/C.4/66/7/Rev.1 (Requests for hearing on Western Sahara)

  

2nd meeting
(A/C.4/66/SR.2)

 3 October 2011

Information from Non-Self-Governing Territories transmitted under Article 73 e of the Charter of the United Nations

Economic and other activities which affect the interests of the peoples of the Non-Self-Governing Territories

Implementation of the Declaration on the Granting of Independence to Colonial Countries and Peoples by the specialized agencies and the international institutions associated with the United Nations

Offers by Member States of study and training facilities for inhabitants of Non-Self-Governing Territories

Implementation of the Declaration on the Granting of Independence to Colonial Countries and Peoples (Territories not covered under other items)

Requests for hearings

A/66/23 (2011 report of the C-24 including draft resolutions I through VIII)

A/66/63 (Report of the Secretary-General on specialized agencies and international institutions) 

A/66/65 and Add.1 (Report of the Secretary-General on information transmitted under Article 73 e)

A/66/68 and Add.1 (Report of the Secretary-General on offers of study and training facilities)

A/66/260 (Report of the Secretary-General on Western Sahara)

A/C.4/66/2 (Request for hearing on Gibraltar)

A/C.4/66/3 (Requests for hearing on Guam)

A/C.4/66/4 (Requests for hearing on the Turks and Caicos Islands)

A/C.4/66/5 (Request for hearing on the United States Virgin Islands)

A/C.4/66/6 (Request for hearing on agenda item 60) 

A/C.4/66/7 (Requests for hearing on Western Sahara)