A/RES/72/98 United Nations General Assembly Distr.: General 15 December 2017 Seventy-second session Agenda item 62 Resolution adopted by the General Assembly on 7 December 2017 [on the report of the Special Political and Decolonization Committee (Fourth Committee) (A/72/456)] 72/98. Question of Bermuda The General Assembly, Having considered the question of Bermuda and examined the relevant chapter of the report of the Special Committee on the Situation with regard to the Implementation of the Declaration on the Granting of Independence to Colonial Countries and Peoples for 2017,1 Taking note of the working paper prepared by the Secretariat on Bermuda 2 and other relevant information, Recognizing that all available options for self-determination of the Territory are valid as long as they are in accordance with the freely expressed wishes of t he people of Bermuda and in conformity with the clearly defined principles contained in General Assembly resolutions 1514 (XV) of 14 December 1960, 1541 (XV) of 15 December 1960 and other resolutions of the Assembly, Expressing concern that, 57 years after the adoption of the Declaration on the Granting of Independence to Colonial Countries and Peoples, 3 there still remain 17 NonSelf-Governing Territories, including Bermuda, Conscious of the importance of continuing the effective implementation of the Declaration, taking into account the target set by the United Nations to eradicate colonialism by 2020 and the plans of action for the Second 4 and Third International Decades for the Eradication of Colonialism, __________________ 1 2 3 4 17-22131 (E) Official Records of the General Assembly, Seventy-second Session, Supplement No. 23 (A/72/23), chap. X. A/AC.109/2017/3. Resolution 1514 (XV). A/56/61, annex. 191217 *1722131*