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65th session (2010) – Consideration of decolonization items

On 10 December 2010, the General Assembly considered the reports of the Special Political and Decolonization Committee (Fourth Committee) on agenda items concerning decolonization (items 55-59, for details concerning decolonization items and the Fourth Committee’s decolonization segment, see the corresponding Fourth Committee page). In the same meeting, the General Assembly adopted a total of 10 resolutions and one decision, as recommended by the Fourth Committee in its reports (see below table).

Meeting
(Verbatim record)
Date
Agenda
Outcome/Votes

62nd plenary meeting
(A/65/PV.62)

10 December 2010 Information from Non-Self-Governing Territories transmitted under Article 73 e of the Charter of the United Nations [Item 55]

Resolution 65/108 on information transmitted under Article 73 e (Draft resolution contained in para. 7 of A/65/426)

172 votes to none, with 5 abstentions

Economic and other activities which affect the interests of the peoples of the Non-Self-Governing Territories [Item 56]

Resolution 65/109 on economic and other activities (Draft resolution contained in para. 7 of A/65/427)

173 votes to 2, with 2 abstentions

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 57]

Resolution 65/110 on specialized agencies and the international institutions (Draft resolution contained in para. 7 of A/65/428)

119 votes to none, with 56 abstentions

Offers by Member States of study and training facilities for inhabitants of Non-Self-Governing Territories [Item 58]

Resolution 65/111 on offers of study and training facilities (Draft resolution contained in para. 7 of A/65/429)

Without a vote

Implementation of the Declaration on the Granting of Independence to Colonial Countries and Peoples [Item 59]

Resolution 65/112 on Western Sahara (Draft resolution I of A/65/430)

Without a vote

Resolution 65/113 on New Caledonia (Draft resolution II of A/65/430)

Without a vote

Resolution 65/114 on Tokelau (Draft resolution III of A/65/430)

Without a vote

Resolution 65/115 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 IV of A/65/430)

Without a vote

Resolution 65/116 on dissemination of information (Draft resolution V of A/65/430)

171 votes to 3, with 1 abstention

Resolution 65/117 on the implementation of the 1960 Declaration on Decolonization (Draft resolution VI of A/65/430)

171 votes to 3, with 2 abstentions

Resolution 65/118 on the Fiftieth anniversary of the Declaration on the Granting of Independence to Colonial Countries and Peoples (Draft resolution VII of A/65/430)

168 votes to 3, with no abstentions

Resolution 65/119 on the Third International Decade for the Eradication of Colonialism (Draft resolution VIII of A/65/430)

151 votes to 3, with 21 abstentions

Decision 65/521 on Gibraltar (Draft decision contained in para. 30 of A/65/430)​​​​​​

Without a vote