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66th session (2011) – Consideration of decolonization items

On 9 December 2011, the General Assembly considered the reports of the Special Political and Decolonization Committee (Fourth Committee) on agenda items concerning decolonization (items 56-60, 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

81st plenary meeting
(A/66/PV.81)

 9 December 2011 Information from Non-Self-Governing Territories transmitted under Article 73 e of the Charter of the United Nations [Item 56]

Resolution 66/82 on information transmitted under Article 73 e (Draft resolution contained in para. 7 of A/66/430)

170 votes to none, with 4 abstentions
Economic and other activities which affect the interests of the peoples of the Non-Self-Governing Territories [Item 57]

Resolution 66/83 on economic and other activities (Draft resolution contained in para. 7 of A/66/431)

170 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 58]

Resolution 66/84 on specialized agencies and the international institutions (Draft resolution contained in para. 7 of A/66/432)

115 votes to none, with 56 abstentions
Offers by Member States of study and training facilities for inhabitants of Non-Self-Governing Territories [Item 59]

Resolution 66/85 on offers of study and training facilities (Draft resolution contained in para. 7 of A/66/433)

Without a vote
Implementation of the Declaration on the Granting of Independence to Colonial Countries and Peoples [Item 60]

Resolution 66/86 on Western Sahara (Draft resolution I of A/66/434)

Without a vote

Resolution 66/87 on New Caledonia (Draft resolution II of A/66/434)

Without a vote

Resolution 66/88 on Tokelau (Draft resolution III of A/66/434)

Without a vote

Resolution 66/89 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/66/434)

Without a vote

Resolution 66/90 on dissemination of information (Draft resolution V of A/66/434)

166 votes to 3, with 2 abstentions

Resolution 66/91 on the implementation of the 1960 Declaration on Decolonization (Draft resolution VI of A/66/434)

168 votes to 3, with 1 abstention

Decision 66/522 on Gibraltar (Draft decision contained in para. 28 of A/66/434)​​​​​​

Without a vote