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73rd session (2018) – Consideration of decolonization items

On 7 December 2018, the General Assembly considered the reports of the Special Political and Decolonization Committee (Fourth Committee) on agenda items concerning decolonization (items 59-63, 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 21 resolutions and one decision, as recommended by the Fourth Committee in its reports (see below table).

Meeting
(Verbatim record)
Date
Agenda
Outcome/Votes

48th plenary meeting (A/73/PV.48)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

7 December 2018

 

 

Information from Non-Self-Governing Territories transmitted under Article 73 e of the Charter of the United Nations [Item 59]

Resolution 73/103 on information transmitted under Article 73 e (Draft resolution contained in para. 7 of A/73/473)​​​​​​

178 votes to 2, with 3 abstentions

Economic and other activities which affect the interests of the peoples of the Non-Self-Governing Territories [Item 60]

Resolution 73/104 on economic and other activities (Draft resolution contained in para. 7 of A/73/474)

175 votes to 2, with 3 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 61]

Resolution 73/105 on specialized agencies and the international institutions (Draft resolution contained in para. 7 of A/73/475)

126 votes to 2, with 55 abstentions

Offers by Member States of study and training facilities for inhabitants of Non-Self-Governing Territories [Item 62]

Resolution 73/106 on offers of study and training facilities (Draft resolution contained in para. 7 of A/73/476)

Without a vote

Implementation of the Declaration on the Granting of Independence to Colonial Countries and Peoples [Item 63]

Resolution 73/107 on Western Sahara (Draft resolution I of A/73/532)

Without a vote

Resolution 73/108 on American Samoa (Draft resolution II of A/73/532)

Without a vote

Resolution 73/109 on Anguilla (Draft resolution III of A/73/532)

Without a vote

Resolution 73/110 on the British Virgin Islands (Draft resolution V of A/73/532)

Without a vote

Resolution 73/111 on the Cayman Islands (Draft resolution VI of A/73/532)

Without a vote

Resolution 73/112 on French Polynesia (Draft resolution VII of A/73/532)

Without a vote

Resolution 73/113 on Guam (Draft resolution VIII of A/73/532)

Without a vote

Resolution 73/114 on Montserrat (Draft resolution IX of A/73/532)

Without a vote

Resolution 73/115 on New Caledonia (Draft resolution X of A/73/532)

Without a vote

Resolution 73/116 on Pitcairn (Draft resolution XI of A/73/532)

Without a vote

Resolution 73/117 on Saint Helena (Draft resolution XII of A/73/532)

Without a vote

Resolution 73/118 on Tokelau​​​​​​ (Draft resolution XIII of A/73/532)

Without a vote

Resolution 73/119 on Bermuda (Draft resolution IV of A/73/532)

Without a vote

Resolution 73/120 on the Turks and Caicos Islands (Draft resolution XIV of A/73/532)

Without a vote

Resolution 73/121 on the United States Virgin Islands (Draft resolution XV of A/73/532)

Without a vote

Resolution 73/122 on dissemination of information (Draft resolution XVI of A/73/532)

172 votes to 3, with 3 abstentions

Resolution 73/123 on the implementation of the 1960 Declaration on Decolonization (Draft resolution XVII of A/73/532)

124 votes to 8, with 46 abstentions

Decision 73/519 on Gibraltar (Draft decision contained in para. 46 of ​A/73/532)​​​​​​

Without a vote