Question of New Caledonia
A/RES/73/115
28. Takes note of the information shared by participants from New Caledonia
at the Pacific and the Caribbean regional seminars on the implementation of the Third
International Decade for the Eradication of Colonialism, held in Nadi, Fiji, from 21 to
23 May 2014 and in Managua from 19 to 21 May 2015, including on measured
progress made in the social, economic, political and environmental spheres and more
focused efforts, particularly on the rebalancing initiat ives and electoral roll concerns,
necessary for the long-term shared mutual benefit of all New Caledonians, and urges
the administering Power and the Government of New Caledonia to devote appropriate
attention to addressing these issues;
29. Recalls the peaceful conduct of provincial elections in New Caledonia on
11 May 2014, the preceding municipal elections and the subsequent efforts to form a
new Government of New Caledonia, and encourages constructive engagement by all
stakeholders in further developing New Caledonia for all, including by respecting and
upholding the Nouméa Accord;
30. Also recalls the decision of the administering Power to invite the Electoral
Assistance Division of the Department of Political Affairs of the Secretariat to
conduct a mission in order to observe the work of the special administrative
commissions and the advisory committee of experts for the establishment and revision
of the special electoral list, and looks forward to examining its recommendations, and
encourages the administering Power to facilitate the presence of international
observers, including from the United Nations, during the self -determination
referendum of New Caledonia on 4 November 2018;
31. Stresses the importance of the agreement between the signatories to the
Nouméa Accord that the progress made in the emancipation process shall be brought
to the attention of the United Nations;
32. Decides to keep under continuous review the process unfolding in New
Caledonia as a result of the signing of the Nouméa Accord;
33. Requests the Special Committee to continue the examination of the
question of the Non-Self-Governing Territory of New Caledonia and to report thereon
to the General Assembly at its seventy-fourth session.
48th plenary meeting
7 December 2018
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