could,lie,

-pIe to be the Head of State if they so ,desired.

II, • ' . ,

No New Zealander could be, appointed High CQJll-"

missioner if he was-not ~ acceptable to' the Cook Is- , land.ers. Decis ions of the

'Exe~utiye

'Council were, "

by inajority and the High Commissioner had only ,one:

vote. The New Zeala'lld. gDver:tn:nentandthe. Gov­

ernor-General;, c~uld make' legi,s la t ions and

lations, (or the took ISlands, only irthe' latter's.

, representat-~ve organs asked lhert.to. ⁴⁹

A Gbanaian . amend.n)ent to delete the reference to, self- government was rejected by the Fourth Com:..

mittee by 29 votes to,

28with,43'abstention~.50<.,,'

.AU, the major ,caucus _. , . . . .

inggroup~

\vere' divided

ex~ept:

. .. ."

11<'

'the .Communist 'bloc which voted for the ¹ .,mend.'

....

^.

ment with unanimity .On tli~other _hand, : the bedan amendment relieving~NewZealand of

obHgation t~ tran~mit' informatioJlon:the; C,ookl"

,lands bCca:~se the 'latter had, attaj,ned fullself';,gav­

er~ment' waaadopted by a vote of 49 to

, :. ,

THE

, 34 abate endment stelil'tion:

adopted, , Assembly

apstaine4 . Ill<?sC 'sons. So some Af]

blanq.ers

·ve~t,

could,lie,

XI

of

tli Kingdom;

South Af supscri,b!

freely ex

status, ^,1 , ~onCC;,f,ne4

afr~~cl,;of

tboii.zel

dQme~~ic

. had f~el

THE UNITED NATIONS AND .DECOLONIZATION l~

,-:..- -~.,

·34 abstentions. In tbe

pie~ry-::~~';cr~.h~y,.~h~~, .~~

endment w~s a~dopted by 66 ~ote~, t~ 19.wiJP~J ab­

. .s;teR1ions'. The d.ra£Lr~soluti,~()n a~;'~~~.le,.;;.r:~~

" , J ' , - , , "

adoptep,,:in the Fourth 90mIIl1ue.e~ al:\c:l;: t~~~pm+~~:Y

. ; . .^~

A8$'embly

wi~hout o~pos~tion alt~()4g9.·~i';C~~tt~~'

' . d ' 'h f' 1 51

b .' • '1,

astalne In t e Ina, vote. .' l'~ " ..

Those who: ~bsta!neddid3() f<?r d~~ferent: ~r.~~­

s~s. Some,,' such as th,e Communis,t cqti~uies ~ s0ID:e Abo,psia:t'l~ountries dou~te<;tthal: ,the, ' Cl?9k

_ ' . ' : . , - 0 _ - , . ~

hlanije:rs -had ~c~jc;y;~4a fuU!lJe~lR~ of',~e.~!r.g.O­

'VCIIlJllellt ,and therefore, the Administering, _{, - I "} J>oWer

-~ - , - -- ... - .

, \

could

be:;

reUeyedof its obligation under C~ap,t~r XI of the Charter. Other~, such as the, . pni ted

-.,;:,.r

Kingdom~tb-e Uni\ed..,St~es , '~\lstralia, ,France, 'and South Africa • , abstained"bec~use'. th~y(lfW.ld., -" - - ' - . - " ., - ~ ~ " > n,ot

Il. 50 lubscribe to t~heidea that"(t.fter,the ,people had

-,

freely express~d theil:, wbh.es iI.Qd, chosen their statl.\",~,he Un41,ed 'Nations slJould eontinuetQbe

~onccrned with th~ Ter;ritory. These' countries were Ie

afraid, of esta.blishinga precedent which would au­

thorbe the United Nations t,o intervene in the~r dQme~tic aJf~i:rsafterth!,!ir;dependep~ ,t~ri~ories

, ' , ' r ' . '

,·had f~ely made a decision to as.sociat~" with,' the

~

.,.

,:administerIng PO'Wef.

'ritory.They therefOl'edecided to. free l'!cwZea;"

..

•. land from the obligati'()Il to tr.,ltnamit . information

011 the 1'errltory.On the other hand~ they insist­

. . . .~ ~

ed tlIat thet.1nited N'atJonilought to be the' pro..

hl~t~r. of.thedependet1tpeopld.,Hence, tbeYwant ..

..

'~. II) prenrve

tbe

authorit,y;

ot'

theUnited'Nati~

to

^{help the Cook} Is,landers to become indepertdCht . it .^.

..

the ^{. .~} latter ^{, .} 80 'desired.^{' .}

The .major

Ity

p6iition!"- recognising the. achie\le~

. ^{. . . ­}

. 'lbettt ,of

full

self ..govetnment,reUevinr New Zea...' 'IatKlflobUgation unde' Artieie 73(e) of theCharter, .'

but 'corithiuP1lthcuittted NatJonsconccrtt ·wi·tlt:

the future qf the C'ook .sl.nda.uadet r'esolution

:.•SH,.... Jri.'efitel

tilJ&t the United. Nations ba.paw..

. . / ' , .' , .

. •fa relating In' the dependelitpe~le. 'b,;oader tb$:l .

~.re

·prQYided.

for· by J~ Charter. 'kre resolut'ihn Ul';beeorne~ .n.~<JdUionaJ.QUfCe

Of

authority,'

The

.~. hlandJc:aae is "llinfetesHng

.

^."

heTetJ.

e pro."

.­

yWabt!'

)f;ndent

achi~~

w Zea­

ity, .

. .,

THE UNITED 'NATI9NS AND DECOLONIZATH>N 201

...!

f,?F' the fotiowirig ,reasons: ^J

,I. Unlike many.o.ther ca~es, the pressur~ . for self-c!etermination came mainly. from outside, Le., the U.pited Nations, ra therthan from inside,'i .e.

the ·nationalists. T'he ,Special·Ct,mnii Uee badstreis­

ed the harmonious relationship between the

Conk

Islandet:s -aRd .th~ Adm~nistering Power~.Many Cook I$landers. would prefer-closer' ties with the· metr()lo

' . . ' /

poLiJa~.country. Here, obvi~usly, the lac~;of ex~·C'

posure to international in{luence:,.:the ',economic _.

~ . ^'

dependence on the metropolitan' count;y; aJ:d racial harmony played an important role. Since there was no, political oppression or"r'acial discrimtnation,_{. .} 'but· instead there _{, .} were economic_,,- and' oth'er. bene­

fits in conlinuingtbe asspciation (S1.~ch as. emf.. · g.rating, to Ne~Zealandh there had .bee.n no strq of),'evenorganized' movements amOng the inhab­

. '

^.

it~nt~

.to achie've

~separate

-identity.

The .process .of self..;determinationwas initiated by the Administering Power. The decisio~ ..to ,let the inhabitants choose 'their ,future poHtica-J sta';;' tu~ .was taken at lea s t' in 'patt ,: in response ,fa' the pressures ori,ginating from: the United .N'ationi.

In OctQber 1964 the Coo" lsl;t.p~ C~thutiotl

.ir~d"bY the Declaratioll on ,Cqlpnjalis,n:' M~.J.

~bison, who'baq. been a flliphter respon1Jib.e _{for '.}

the CQOk h13llds , ,referred, to

Mr.'

O()tz,thfi pii';' nist~rl'e&-p!l1lsible for the Cook Isl~(h

wilen

the .' govetpm.cpt 's8elf~g~v.erntDent po.Hcy W~8 inHi,:t~

.,4. Ma*~h~p'

^.aidth..

tllebad '~, fe~(~~g th~td1C"

r~a'ohl~idn by

·the' Uniteqliation.' hi 196Q'llnq', .he .

setiing~pf' \he-tt-U\aD c'OmmiU~e ~~q

•.

e4 ' 1IQll\~

, thi~g d{ .... papL<:lii "~n.Und

of

^{,'tbe HOli.} )4r~', Qc)tz.~ " , " :

&;

t~vaaled·that. ~fweeP 19~t ~nd~· - - ' , "-- ':' ' . . '" .' , . - , ^19f)O,

Wtten

h~'wa'PLi~i'terj":rw-t 9~e ~, ~be.,

^qwticHl

of 'compietes~lf~govetlQ1i~p:i m~~Ho~d~ l,l,

bis ,

oeiD~on,'M:r ~Ootzwas

^'

r~spOIi~iblc

^.

~()r~CFde!'.iing

tile, i(ic'a '~o:q8 tite CQO" 'J8, f.~~tll~t "~Qlhh~ ~

·'¢"d~r, of'the oppQlhioJh,ti,:)a.id:

"~que.tionar:iae8,as to wh~t ' •• the t>e.~

4'

­

,

.

....t:~~JJNIT~D NATION&L AND,.~~(:;~LJ2N'~,~n9N:_~JRJ form of Government' fot'tfleCook blands if

~

th~¥ ·are tphave self -goverriment. Wh~,t ia .the pre$sute for self-government?

Let

^{it be} Baitt quitt: han~ly that itdQeSl

not~(:~spo~ta-. , . . , ^'

J.

neoudy ftoll1 tf1~ 'people themselves. They~Vfl

Ie for. '. 'eKpteut"dno'butniQg desire tt)

'lla

ve ' s¢lf..go-··

'.'

mi~

..

_{ve~Iltpu~ I...}rgely~~au·se of the flHi tude .aPQP,e~f ~y t~ct lJ'ni.tedNa~ions ^t fl\ere~s Ilc;en tiat.,

,

'.d~.lr~ ~OA. Jhepart of Govcrnroent' in

New

~eal~fld tQSee that ,we 'were (reetl 'i1'om 'any'

~. lhe

-.:.'int

^of coloni~li~m.,,~3

'~pt'... ^.' . Th,is ,ptenure from the hiternatio~l coIl'1ln\Ulit)

~r;. ..d NJ:W ~eah\nd's. wish to be,

freed

ftomthcta~nt

19()O.

Qf c~lOlli.U'ni' _{, .}

wenr

r¢~olniz:e.dbythc

.mUng

par~

. . .

, .' ty .. The govetntl1enl .• pokettman !nthe· ~b;t:~t=, M.r~·

. J. R. aan'll~

^{the' "hen}

mipiuerre~Pdn,.ibl.

^{(or .. '}

·.tine .

~t~et'f~latiD« , , , , , -t4 the C<¥Jk hhind,••. rccalleq . ~w

iqgb,¢ . the lea4erof thcOPPQshion hadinth~' put ..

by

. his wi~~ilnd helpful st~nd.saved,h.' p1!l~ty ( tb_c L..,b.Qr Pa.rty ). from laying_ itself open "to the ctw:ge

, • - ' . 01< , '

leye..,

th.t if 'Was 'Qpp«>leq

to

^New Zeal~d cOlllPlyiiWwHh "

the letter ,and spirit of th¢ 1:960 United "'1at ,ons

be.~ neclar~~io~ on colonia:!i sm.

,,5.

2040 independence, and with their. beCOj'J1ing menIDeis of the Unit~d N'ations _J tremendous pressure'

.. ^,/ . '

has b~en brpu~ht tobear."Ofl ,the old' cohmial ...

..

powers to grant ,ind<::pendence to all .the newly . emergent countr~es. The Minister of Island :Territories has outlinedin detail the, re~pon"t

sibili ties we :accepted in' -agreeing to, the T96l,1,:'"

General Assembly declaration on.co~<>nialism.

'That. declaration . recognized that one of the' ways

in

which a dependent people .<:ould emerge..

toingependen~e was. by free association with,

..

"

another country , so .long as it ~s, in accor·

dance4Wi th the freely expressedwi,shes-of the,

"

..

.~ - . .

~people oLtllat country. That was thepatl)'<;ho­

. - .~ ~

I

e, Minis ..

ate : .

. of.. the'

pressure (;olonial

-,'

the newly "

Island ie. respon."

) th^e 196Q.>

)nialism.

of th~

ion with' n . &Ceot·

\·of 'the,

~. of the, to im'" .

,

Til':. ~ltlD ,NATIONS AND !lfC.OLQN.\ZATJ,QN ~5

. 1

I

..~

.)i

il cess of$elf!OdetermiJlation and someconstitutiomi

i

a~rangemenis in 'or.der tomcei the cd ticisms of ^,

t:: somemcJ"nh~r~ oft:he, ~pecial Committee. It also

anOW>~

a

,U.jte4 NaHonsteam to' . come- to the _..

~

Territory to observe' the generalelect'lons and the

k f:,

Legislative Assembly's decision tegardi~ the con­ ^{~ .} stitution. As the,Unit~d Nations Representative

state4: the-United Nations activities regarding the­

~i ^"

Ttrrhoty ^II would

,0

^down 'iahh tory as the Or­

i r

_r

ganization"s (irat associ.tion with the exe.rcise,of

l

8elf"lietermin~tion in ,8 Non-Self-Goyerning Terri.. .jt

fr...

t~ry.ji~~I~w., b.ypDth8iz~d

earlier tttieicnplemen­

..

^Ii, _11:

tat ion of, th~ United· Nations principles of /deco ..

l

^~

.

~;

I"

;lonization depe04s upon·a nu.uberof "factors. The j!_I:

I~

moat h:nportamofthese fa~tors are t:he ..a,tti tude _il. ^jl

.' Of

th¢

-fu.lmini~tedn.a

power, the

PQliti~al·8truc-

, It

tUr~ and experience of tbe territory,

ill~efna-..

206

tional complica t.ions (if' any) ,and the policy of

'>

the United'Nations •. ln this case, the Adminis­

teringPower decided ,vohintarily:,to ,let· the in ..

. haJji tants deci.de their future ; ,the native political forces w~re not ,antagonistic towarothe Admin­

istering Power and theJ;~ were no de-ep ethnic .or i,deological differences among :the inhabi tants:;, no' other powers were deeply interested in the T>I".

, "

ri tory ; and the SpeciaL Committee did not, ad9pt a cri tical or bostile policy .towar<ithe Adminis'!­

tedng, rower. AlI'these fadors contributed,to the maximum influence of the Un,) ted Nati,C)Ds i,n

indepenc!lenec ·or' federation with other terdtodes

~rw" , • ~ .

in' the area bUlan assoeiaiion·wHh the, metro­

, pc;litan: country

al

though other QPtions were

avaU.·

, ,^,

able. ,This c,hoiceshouldbe acceptable t~,tbe 0 .. , ni ted Nations ~inceon 15 pecembe'l' '1960 the Gen-:

eral Assembly_adopted resolution 1541CXV)sett

;.­

)oliey . of

-., .

Adminis ­

t tbe ",ill")'

e Admin:~

ethnic

tbe . T%­

not. adopt.

Adminis).

but ed,

~,th)ns '

ttitude atus,of

lOt.

e ere

THE UNJTEDNATIONS.. 4.N]}ri.tCOL~QtilZJ.TION 201

out

pri~ciiples w~icb,sbould

guide members' in

d~-'terminfng- whether or not'

an

Qbfigation 'exists ,to

transmit the information called for u:rid~r Article . 73( e) of .the Charter. Principle VI provides " that

a,non-self-gove:rning territory can'

he

^{said to}

have'

, " acbi~ved a full measure

tI

self-~overn~~nt by in­

depende~ce, associat ion or integration. However,

! .. . ' ,

fr~e associa tlion .. should be' tbe res-ul t- of a free andvoiuntary choice by tbe peoples oftbe ter­

, .IJ

dtory conc-ernec:lexpressed tbrtmghinformed and

' - . ' . _. ,~/"" .

deinocdtic proce~ses. It, sbould be one which res­

pe.cts ' tbe .indi,vi~uality andtbe cultural charac­

teristics of, tbe territo,:tyand' its peoples, and

•.. reiains for the people of the 'terri tory wbichi s asaociated with an independe~t State tbe . freedom to,modify tbe status of ~batterrit6ry tbt~mghtbe ~

, ! ' . ,

, expression of theirwiU by democratic means and

. .., --- .. ^{' .}

~brougb consti1utional processes.^JJ (Principl~VIl)

, . . - . .

'"

^­ ,~

It is _cle~r from tlie' new constitution of the Cook Islands ,tbe statement of New Zealand, and' the stateme.nt of tbe Premier of' tbe Cook hlarxla that benceforth tbe inbabitantsor' the Cookh-1ands ' would bave tbe power to initiate' ·eonstitutional

' .

I

~poli t ieal, eha~s tOlnodifyc theit ,paU t ieal system ,and inter:oational status. This new sta;;' ius of association .also' ensured 'the-

Cook

^ltlankrs

.

' - ,

New

,

Zealaud ^,citizell$hip,,~ ^{' ,} It

was

achieted.

, dClIl'iOCrat i t processes' based up<m ~iyersal h,an..

chi,se arid

8~pervj..aed tw'

a United NaUo"';s . Repre ...

. . '. \

.

^'

se.ntafive whotestUied· ^fa the honesty of thee.

lections, the awareness o~ a majority of 't~Voted

of the:., issues' in!Oived. and the free decision', of

, ,

the, Legi!il~tive Auembly to adopt,' the n~wc()b•.

stitutiOfi",AlI :tbese elements enabled tllemajoritv of the Unit~d Nationsmemberst<? accept the stams of the. Cook islands. .

Ho-wevet, .the' General Assembly only -the newltatUS, for the moment on the

that

in.

^{Coo·k 'blanders could} eontinue to ,t'xet ..

,~

dse their riga.

ofsd:f-determinati~ni~:' t'-

^iu...

, ( . .

. ' .

^­ -~ ~.

fure ,a:ndt~t,tJM New Zeal~ ~'~l'ltw~ld'

.

.

^"

­

!101i plate anyoostaele int"way.T~rer&te;>J'e:'

'

, ,

Cook'ldaildets ate in a pl'efefled position

they Catl exerciae Ihelt rigDtio self .. d'etermina:..

llOil,:

m>'

^{enly onee, but PQi8.:i ibly;} sevef,al .

.. .

.

unt Hiadepcil1de:nce • _.. 'On 11M ~~ber . hand; an ecWc

-' \ . .

.' .~...;.---..;= .~, .. THE

group oc their rie

.enti~ywi

~ewchoi by the:.

t:

two'ptOIJ

., '~,;'~.? ;:-~~.:

.

^,

-,

~

..

J I

.~ ~ ~~,' ~ THE...,liNlTED~ NATIoNs" AND,l),JU;OLONI!4TJQN,., ;;;~09

group occupying a defined territory but exercising f

~ I

their rightpf~ selC-determ'lnation within a larger ,enti,tyw()~ld ha~e'no right whatsoever ,~to rnakea I

~ ~ , ~. " ' . '1. . ,

ne,w ,choice (at lea~t, t,his ,vould not be S"anctioned

. ~ . ~. :" . , : \ ^" -. ".\ .

by the United ,Nations ). Katanga and: BiafFa 'are ^I two, prominente~e.mpl~s

*'

.,", .".­

'"

"

" ... :: ~ ,-Ji- .,' . ^~/~

'.~'~:

~w~

j ; " ' - ; '\

I'

, r

"" i:,

, '

('-,'1 ',"

''''_''~l/'

tM

rt . "t'. ^{., I}

Di

termj_~..

• ^•

•

. ^~ "'.

;~~:tiO oll«wZQ~•• en .,Iop~t"7":"-i" ~~""'k.o,~e _fficlal JDC:IDbera e.., .be UPlad1.t\Ue

01.""

^{._lroJ of· th.:Mi~•.­}

vari_·J.taDd:_-. Tbe::'-,.t;. . .hed· lbe .i,.,..·.~·.dlaried.with cu., fnm .thehr_m­ ...qt of.;tbe,RaldllDt tbe _c.ut~.'jWun

THE :(JJ'fLT£I}: _:; lIlA110NSAtiQ,kI}EGOIIO~IZ'AT.ION , ,;.:,311

, . ^~ ...., .. ­

;:1(. --1.

"

• Coati",," ,·,·'LeFalu.ive .··,Baecutive

leadl'

+cf

^{'1 ,,'} 19M· •. .Cctmpo,ition ,Power .

5CL·~I---+---...,...-..,.o-""'"I

• .lordle

"Pive> '&aot;Iing c _ _ittee. (Agrieuh\ll'~ Ud C9­

b?-' tha.C:-: 'T

apcradve•• EcbaationiH8alth~ Public workl •

•I··o£....ae­ adl~inance).were\et ^up to'~lI&ble the•.IIIlOf·

~iaaiOD'" ,

" ~"

'.

ficiaL..-ber.' t·o. become acqaaiiatcd witfl Ado,

~, ... Q,~e.

lDinia'tratiop pi-oblem•. ahd te provide a _an.

,

' .

Ih" .MiDi.· _{of, ~ct.}between the principal leli.lative

d".Tert'ito­

body;,pn4.«tM adDt'ni.t..ation. •

..,iedwith

1CI.lG¥ern· _.~itiOD Power·

·c.ok.h·

v.Clook·

~IIIuldaAd. Thc ..aame A"'.Iu:r... n..Ooc>lklud. Act

oat ca.e. .... :1 I..DIImIDt·~·(95h- die power of,·tJiewa·~951'~/or _he

r Depart .'

.laqcdthefocli.iative. ,ialative..AaelilblY".•^FOI! _~WialDMD&' 'If ^an

.0 "cUdal.

. "Aaembly" to-include: the· .fint ,tiD , ....Lee: 5aei:utiv4kO!aDhtee

-,"'z.e.:

CUFourteen mnnber. e·, lfPlative A_b~ for' the Cook , hland..

I Ie~ted byUDjv~rtal., IcLbavlllfull_rollwhich waa to .confer

,

·,... Il;'aaEf ....e ; . ' . '

(21 Seven.-tlert' elelilOid' _r,',lhe '!lapcnditure ~jtll and. advi.",

"Re-'

... ,by-, varieua, -Island .', by4he lWUdent,(loJDo

millioaor

, t~' '.

•..~.!! 1956. pi', 16·

.,'

?

O!'"...ly.,.CoHected aici.mt Commiaa ioner in

"lbi., AdmiDi••ratlo" of

~;tlte' -cut-ive '.10....1'1••

of",the·Ba.cll'ivlll .Com­,

#·-tmittee !lDaaU'_er~

Ti. .lDIinbenhip ot tbe c-DiUee 'wall to be

>·tlle Jlealdellt Commal •

.iaMt (a. PreHct'll't)

(

..

^\

~,'.

r

/ - 1 ' "

continuocl Legitlative Executive

contioued ----~---~--~---~---~--~~--~~.~

Campo.it 1011 Another uandi. . Com.

mIUe~.Hou.i. . and Social deve lopnient.

wal eata!>li.hed."·

)

:1958 ·fitlt election .for the Lql.llltm"-~~IY 'wilt held··oft. uOct.

,. 1958.

\

',' .1962

and not more _ elllht other nHIIIber. who

· might' ~elected mem­

, ber. of. the lAlri.lati ....

AMembly' or employeeo of ·the Cook hlandl Public: ,Service appoint­

ed by tho Relide.ot

/

Commillioner ••

As of April l~;. the The Cook. Ial.nd.~ . A.

Lqlllative A.embly ~ndme~t Aet.I962p1o..

.._cd fun control oC vidcd a,

*_

^Exec..live

expenditure of tho lib- COmmittce coollatins of aidy money ftOvlded by the Reaident Conml.

the New Zealand Gov. II""",r. the Secretary crament. · tir the' Government. the I ~lItur~r.• and DOt_

. ^\

· thlUl I"ven membera cholen by the L..lalli..

t I qc!Alaembly from Ita elected memberl: The Secretary to the aq';'.

• .Report, 1~58t pp. IS··H. The Act came fully Into force 'b,. 1959. Thea"

cha. .eo·Wcre.~e due to thet recOlXllllCndationl of ^,8 <;ol\ltltutiOl,1ll apc:rt. ­

•. R"""tt~

•• !!l't. ^p'. 12.

•• 12­

. i

,.

.0

TB.!_'QNlr:~n 'NAT,,,.NSUANlL*C.OLONIZ,ATION

..at- .

• ~ • _ _ L __ • _,.~, .'--,""""",.. "":': - - " S,' ;

iiener'l, powen lind

Fedon. ^{dalesated to}

"allOprovided that tbe i>reaidlng "me~ ~d

only bci '.,adtfeiftO \'lite

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"'lL·., ... ,,·n:l.... C-Ittl;e _ ailoatt.ted

dhe,:t' .e.p..,lllility for tile, II.dmlnut ••t~ of FOUP' Of ,QoverPment

~tmenta.·

l~. ,.,"J:,!~i!lJ,~\~ AUijijibJyWill e1~!itedi" 1.c:omp~of 22,

t' '~,t.Z;'".,lef;,ted, by,., un,' hre,,',"1 .,piErag<,e" Wit,II. \COllW1'i,00Il roll for M'ao.,iI

~,E&!If!!I~Dh 1!il1l LWill.th'e "".embly adopted. COlllt itlltio", 'Which

.' ~I:!,~~;¢,:~~'~~i.t.i~ ^witll ~ ~Md.. Jl'romtllen ~.tb~ iov­

.•~_,..ip..H~C!!\ o£ the Qc!ok IIIIaDdor. Wolllll'be telpollllbJe rOr ^ttl

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'. t~, ~!;!I·O~.~II'I'\'I.'c_'tlt\lriOi!+CI:lCl:1'IIP\edNinoiZealina 'fiom •'I!f . !'iI~I~O<\!:~o, t«:!!...!.~h iJlfonD&tipD~C~ Arti(:1e 7,. ~r tile ~er

) I ,., '~,UN.l3'EDNATIONS.O.v'DECO~ONI8':A'TtON "215

1); 4 . ,".",.i","_ 0 - . , . '_ 0,:, . "

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I NOTES'

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': tHIIl l~ Articl~ iSb of dieUnHed ~ati~n. Charter~' , ..

i~lIted

2. For a detailed iltucly bn'ue, ~doptiOi1 ^{of the} D~laratioD: ^lIee

';'tie.. : ' i V ' , " , , " ,',' " , , ' ,

~iOUl ~avid! A. ,Kay,Tfte NefIJ NtltitJlf$ in the United !'f#;ons~ 1960­

, > "

tfee .... 1967 (New York: Columbia llniveraity Press, 1970), pp. ISO.

,..ibie .!)O· .

n_

^{ot 172.}" , ' , ," " I

3. T,he, of.fier.l 'name of the'Special Committee is the Special

~ COJJUDitteeo,n the Situatiqn with regard tottke rmpl~entation

;y for

,n qf ..

;~~,~jJ/D'eclar~don

on the Granting of IIl\tependel1ce to Colon'ial

_CDt 'cl-t~~~.;'~I'P~l~~'.lt"'i'· (:u~to~ari~Y 'called 'ihe CotiDrittee

t;;;;;:"" of Twenty.Fou~. When it w~s e~ta'bli8bed"in' 1961. the . m~m.

I

lori.

beuhip was j~, including 8 Afro- Asian :statea ( Cambodi~, 1..o..IeIl

~

.. ^..

Ethiopia, India, Madagascar, Mali~ Syiia, Tiu;lganyika, Tunisia),

11"­ _{:,' " ....} -' .,"',',,', -~

II' IU 4t 'Yestern Slates (AlIIit:l'alia,Ita}y, t;J.K."U., S.), 2 Soviet .a.ti.'

bloc eountries'( Poland, Sovie,t Uu;i'on), 2. Laiin Amerieaneoun·

lembly tries ( Uruguay, Venez~t~), ~d V~6o~iavi.:.'ln 1962, 7 new

,.~,

members·. 1r'&n,

Jraq:iyo~~bo~t/Sierra

^{Leane; Oenmark,}

UteI'

e of Bulpria,andChile••wMe added to the CG~mittee'. There have

~Ct be...N.iD~t~ changQdf:membership aftuwards. However , t h e

• 0 . ! ; . . ';'-1; ( ,,'--"~' .... '_~_'?! J . _: _, ; . ' ^{" I >';.}

three adpinhterinl'pl>wers on the Committee~-Au:str8.Iia, U.

-,.­

K., U. s.··withdrew·.inl~70.197L

In 1964, the Special Co:rilmitt6e decided to efltabli.h three sub- .

, " l \ ," ' , . , ., " . "'i.'''; .

committees of 8 ml!t.mber8 each (one had only 7 members because

, ! ' " , ' " '

Britain decided, DOt to be a f,ormal member of any such sub.,

..

^~ - :, :-:'-! + ,.

committee) .to deal with' the ~ma11 terr itories' s'cattered a·

,~ :'i"~~3

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round the war'ld. HOwever, thefiaal ,deeiflio~~r~sted;"ith i,the full ColDDittee.

'h ' S· . . '~"Ala:,*he , . These are the s,uh-Committee on"t e·· 11uahon:>lB;~, ,

"

United Nation. SpecialCo"..mittee oD3outh West Africa, and

, , . . . , ' ^"

ihe SpeciaJCommhtee OD ~e T~r:dto,riesllnder, Poi~u,aUe8e

Administrati.on~Tbey 'Were, discontinlM'd in'19~2. The Com­

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mille.' OD Infot.mation 'Was di880tved in ~19611.

5. UN. Doc. A/5962, '!' ~eport of, t,he United Nuions Representative for the SupervisioD of the Electioas iathe COQk Islands" (20

6:

Ne"

Zeal.and o.partment of I.l~ Territories; !l,~~t ,on the,

"Coo.ll•.N . ."QndTok.ltul'IfIa!'d!.l~~lJ:~IJ(;!.' 2'~.' For in.

.iaMe;ia.·th• .,_r,195S.19fi6~~JiertmNlUe;oJ>t~in~d in the

. ^{., . ;'} .;. : ' '. :~, : , ..

. Territory 'Was 291 021 pounds.,: and , '1RIbsidies' and graDU ,trom

, . " . , . " , ' . ,< , " " . ' ,

Ne'W Zealand wer·.·,19' '248"pcniRds Z"Th4J(ip'rea ,fot't961il'l1861

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• fhorles WIU*~. tfI').tk.~il1iHtpeiltleaqe ',IO'ftaDefer, .

. ~ '" . Mauritania, Morocco, Nepal, Niger,Nigel'ia, Pak~.ta~

Tl

~li '....

'J'HEVNI,Tf;D NATIONS AN~DECOLONi~*Tun: 'il'

Philippines; Rw:a.da, TOtJoand Z.ambia. _:, ,

50,. The yoteoli,'tbe.GhaDaian lIJli.endment.(A/C. 4~. SIS}." a.'

o ' . . . l ' ' . •

folloWII: In fa'9'or:Algeria.~B~lgaria,Byeloru~atian 88ft, Cam­

·~~{.a:l&YiUe), C~~o (De~oir~lic

Republic of),

o~it\~8i~a,

Dahomer; Qlana,

howy,

^KeDra,'j

Mongoli~, P~larid,

^Romania,

SoU:~dia,~~;'Syri.,~iBi.,'

Ug·anda, Ukrainian SSR,' USSR; UAR, Tanunia, YeiDioli,lhIOB~ , lal"ia, '!U1dZambia.

:4@inst: Ausirali:a., Auetria, Bel,ium, Caoada, Ceylon; China,

, : - ,'. _. • _~. • ," . • - .. - -; - , , . . I

Dtlnma,", Finlud,o Franco. Greece, 'lr.Iaa4" lnly,' Jamai ca.

Japan,. LiI'eria,

~1.YBi"'.Nepal"Nelhe'~D~~

^New.

Z~land,.

~ ." '.. ^," -~ ";-" , . . . " - .

f\Jigerii, .N(u'~ay·, ~aki'lan,PhilippineB, Rwanda" ~outh AIde.,

$Pa;ln,SWGilea; 'ntailalld;:aDdTUI'ke~.

,ill • "". - . . '"

/4-., ':.", ,'.,' ',. _ _. _ " . . ,

·.pJ!~eJl.M~i81an. Arge.ntina,.Bd1ivit~ IJradl, ,B"rm.,

.. ~.,.~':-~-- . ^{.~ .}

Central Al~'iea~Re~ablic~Chad" Chile, Colombia;Coatta Rica, ⁰ Ecuador, El S"v:.dfll',.Ethiopia"Gu&te~a, Guinea': HODdur~8.

I~ia, iran,. Iuq, I8r'.l,'I~ry<~oa~~: J(jr~an, ~wait,Libya, ,.dataBc"ar, . Mala wi,. ,Mali,- Mauritania, Mex i4lO,Morecc9, Niger ^t­

o

<~a,p~;""

Po.rtUlJal, Saudi

Ara~a,>Seneg41,

Sierr'-J.eone,

, . , '. :'t • , _ . ..

T1)go, Urdte,dK.ingdom., United State!l,Upper ·Volta, , UI'USUay, and Venellll.!ela~ '{A/C. 4!8R. 1580 (IDee. 1'65),para .. ~).

, . I

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,

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51. Those who abstained make intere8till8 company. They are 'Al.

geria, Australia, Bulgaria, Byelor.u88ia~ SSR,. Congo (Br,azza­

, .

vi lie), Congo (Democrat ic R-epublic. of ), Cuba,~zechoslovak.ia, . France, 'Gltana, Hu~ry, Kenya, Mongolia,.Poland, Portugal, Roman!a, Senegal, So~alia, South Africa, Sudan, Syria,' Td.

Ilidad and'Tobago,- Tunilia, Uganga, Ukrainian SSR, lISSR, (jnited Kingdom, United Stat~s 'and Yemen.

(A/PV-O

1398 ( 16 ,De~. 1965), para. 107.)

Ilidad and'Tobago,- Tunilia, Uganga, Ukrainian SSR, lISSR, (jnited Kingdom, United Stat~s 'and Yemen.

(A/PV-O

1398 ( 16 ,De~. 1965), para. 107.)

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