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69th General Assembly session (2014)
During the 69th session of the General Assembly, the following agenda items concerning decolonization were allocated to the Fourth Committee in accordance with the letter dated 19 September 2014 from the President of the General Assembly (A/C.4/69/1) and the Fourth Committee held 7 meetings in total (from 2nd to 7th and 13th meetings):
- Item 55: Information from Non-Self-Governing Territories transmitted under Article 73 e of the Charter of the United Nations;
- Item 56: Economic and other activities which affect the interests of the peoples of the Non-Self-Governing Territories;
- Item 57: Implementation of the Declaration on the Granting of Independence to Colonial Countries and Peoples by the specialized agencies and the internation
- al institutions associated with the United Nations;
- Item 58: Offers by Member States of study and training facilities for inhabitants of Non-Self-Governing Territories; and
- Item 59: 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:
- A/69/458 for item 55;
- A/69/459 for item 56;
- A/69/460 for item 57;
- A/69/461 for item 58; and
- A/69/462 for item 59.
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 2014 during the 69th session of the General Assembly
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13th Meeting
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23 October 2014 |
Implementation of the Declaration on the Granting of Independence to Colonial Countries and Peoples (Territories not covered under other agenda items) (continued) |
A/C.4/69/L.5 (Draft decision on Gibraltar; submitted by the Chair) |
Adoption without a vote of draft decision on Gibraltar (A/C.4/69/L.5) |
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7th Meeting
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14 October 2014 |
Information from Non-Self-Governing Territories transmitted under Article 73e 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 agenda items) (continued) |
A/69/23 (2014 report of the C-24 including draft resolutions I through IX) A/69/66 (Report of the Secretary-General on specialized agencies and international institutions) A/69/67 (Report of the Secretary-General on offers of study and training facilities) A/69/69 (Report of the Secretary-General on information transmitted under Article 73 e) A/69/189 (Report of the Secretary-General on the environmental, ecological, health and other impacts of the 30-year period of nuclear testing in French Polynesia) A/C.4/69/L.3 (Draft resolution on offers of study and training facilities; sponsored by Algeria, Argentina, China, Cuba, Egypt, El Salvador, Nigeria, Singapore, Thailand and United Republic of Tanzania) A/C.4/69/L.4 (Draft Resolution on Western Sahara; submitted by the Chair) |
Adoption with a vote of: Draft resolution I on information transmitted under Article 73 e (157 votes to none, with 4 abstentions); Draft resolution II on economic and other activities (159 votes to 2, with 2 abstentions); Draft resolution III on specialized agencies and international institutions (113 votes to none, with 51 abstentions); Draft resolution VIII on dissemination of information (160 votes to 3, with 1 abstention); and Draft resolution IX on the implementation of the 1960 Declaration on Decolonization (161 votes to 3, with 2 abstentions) Adoption without a vote of: Draft resolution IV on New Caledonia; Draft resolution V on French Polynesia, as orally revised; Draft resolution VI on Tokelau; Draft resolution VII 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; Draft resolution on offers of study and training facilities (A/C.4/69/L.3); and Draft resolution on Western Sahara (A/C.4/69/L.4) |
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6th Meeting
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13 October 2014 |
Information from Non-Self-Governing Territories transmitted under Article 73e 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 agenda items) (continued) |
A/69/23 (2014 report of the C-24 including draft resolutions I through IX) A/69/66 (Report of the Secretary-General on specialized agencies and international institutions) A/69/67 (Report of the Secretary-General on offers of study and training facilities) A/69/69 (Report of the Secretary-General on information transmitted under Article 73 e) A/69/189 (Report of the Secretary-General on the environmental, ecological, health and other impacts of the 30-year period of nuclear testing in French Polynesia) |
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5th Meeting
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10 October 2014 |
Information from Non-Self-Governing Territories transmitted under Article 73e 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 agenda items) (continued) |
A/69/23 (2014 report of the C-24 including draft resolutions I through IX) A/69/66 (Report of the Secretary-General on specialized agencies and international institutions) A/69/67 (Report of the Secretary-General on offers of study and training facilities) A/69/69 (Report of the Secretary-General on information transmitted under Article 73 e) A/69/189 (Report of the Secretary-General on the environmental, ecological, health and other impacts of the 30-year period of nuclear testing in French Polynesia) A/C.4/69/5 (Requests for hearing on Western Sahara) |
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4th Meeting
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9 October 2014 |
Implementation of the Declaration on the Granting of Independence to Colonial Countries and Peoples (Territories not covered under other agenda items) (continued) |
A/C.4/69/5 (Requests for hearing on Western Sahara) |
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3rd Meeting
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8 October 2014 |
Information from Non-Self-Governing Territories transmitted under Article 73e 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 agenda items) (continued) |
A/69/23 (2014 report of the C-24 including draft resolutions I through IX) A/69/66 (Report of the Secretary-General on specialized agencies and international institutions) A/69/67 (Report of the Secretary-General on offers of study and training facilities) A/69/69 (Report of the Secretary-General on information transmitted under Article 73 e) A/69/189 (Report of the Secretary-General on the environmental, ecological, health and other impacts of the 30-year period of nuclear testing in French Polynesia) A/C.4/69/2 (Requests for hearing on French Polynesia) A/C.4/69/3 (Request for hearing on Gibraltar) A/C.4/69/4 (Requests for hearing on New Caledonia) A/C.4/69/5 (Requests for hearing on Western Sahara) |
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2nd Meeting
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7 October 2014 |
Information from Non-Self-Governing Territories transmitted under Article 73e 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 agenda items) Requests for hearings |
A/69/23 (2014 report of the C-24 including draft resolutions I through IX) A/69/66 (Report of the Secretary-General on specialized agencies and international institutions) A/69/67 (Report of the Secretary-General on offers of study and training facilities) A/69/69 (Report of the Secretary-General on information transmitted under Article 73 e) A/69/189 (Report of the Secretary-General on the environmental, ecological, health and other impacts of the 30-year period of nuclear testing in French Polynesia) A/69/344 (Report of the Secretary-General on Western Sahara) A/C.4/69/2 (Requests for hearing on French Polynesia) A/C.4/69/3 (Request for hearing on Gibraltar) A/C.4/69/4 (Requests for hearing on New Caledonia) A/C.4/69/5 (Requests for hearing on Western Sahara) |
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