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67th session (2012) – Consideration of decolonization items

On 18 December 2012, 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

59th plenary meeting
(A/67/PV.59)

 18 December 2012 Information from Non-Self-Governing Territories transmitted under Article 73 e of the Charter of the United Nations [Item 56]

Resolution 67/125 on information transmitted under Article 73 e (Draft resolution contained in para. 7 of A/67/427)

175 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 67/126 on economic and other activities (Draft resolution contained in para. 7 of A/67/428)

178 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 67/127 on specialized agencies and the international institutions (Draft resolution contained in para. 7 of A/67/429)

127 votes to none, with 54 abstentions
Offers by Member States of study and training facilities for inhabitants of Non-Self-Governing Territories [Item 59]

Resolution 67/128 on offers of study and training facilities (Draft resolution contained in para. 7 of A/67/430)

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

Resolution 67/129 on Western Sahara (Draft resolution I of A/67/431)

Without a vote

Resolution 67/130 on New Caledonia (Draft resolution II of A/67/431)

Without a vote

Resolution 67/131 on Tokelau (Draft resolution III of A/67/431)

Without a vote

Resolution 67/132 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/67/431)

Without a vote

Resolution 67/133 on dissemination of information (Draft resolution V of A/67/431)

174 votes to 3, with 1 abstention

Resolution 67/134 on the implementation of the 1960 Declaration on Decolonization (Draft resolution VI of )

175 votes to 3, with 2 abstentions

Decision 67/530 on Gibraltar (Draft decision contained in para. 26 of A/67/431)​​​​​​

Without a vote