| Fifteenth session of the General Assembly, 947th meeting, 15 December 1960: Adoption of the Declaration on the Granting of Independence to Colonial Countries and Peoples | |
| Statement by the President of the General Assembly, Mr. Boland (Ireland) Introduction of the agenda item and the procedure of vote |
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| Statement by Mr. Palar (Indonesia) Request to withdraw the amendment proposed by Guatemala |
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| Statement by Mr. Herrarte (Guatemala) Withdrawal of the amendment |
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| Statement by Mr. Quaison-Sackey (Ghana) Request to withdraw the amendment proposed by USSR |
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| Statement by Mr. Zorin (Union of Soviet Socialist Republics) | |
| The President of the General Assembly, Mr. Boland (Ireland) puts the draft declaration and the amendments submitted by the USSR to the vote. Votes are taken by roll-call. The declaration and the amendments are rejected. | |
| The President of the General Assembly, Mr. Boland (Ireland) puts the forty-three-Power draft resolution to the vote. The vote is taken by roll-call. The Declaration on the Granting of Independence to Colonial Countries and Peoples is adopted. | |
| Statement by Mr. Nesbitt (Canada) Explanation of vote |
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| Statement by Mr. Ormsby-Gore (United Kingdom) Explanation of vote |
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| Statement by Mr. Schurmann (Netherlands) Explanation of vote |
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| Statement by Mr. Herrarte (Guatemala) Explanation of vote |
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| Statement by Mr. Perera (Ceylon) Explanation of vote |
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| Statement by Mr. Zorin (Union of Soviet Socialist Republics) Explanation of vote |
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| Statement by Mr. Nincic (Yugoslavia) Explanation of vote |
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| Statement by Mr. Jha (India) Explanation of vote |
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| Statement by Mr. Palar (Indonesia) Explanation of vote and exercise of the right of reply |
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| Statement by Mr. Garin (Portugal) Explanation of vote |
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| Statement by Mr. Shawarbi (Yemen) Explanation of vote |
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| Statement by Mr. Owano (Cameroun) Explanation of vote |
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| Statement by Mr. Rossides (Cyprus) Explanation of vote |
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| Statement by Mr. Ammoun (Lebanon) Explanation of vote |
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| Statement by Mr. Comay (Israel) Request to the President of the General Assembly regarding attacks on another Member State made during an explanation of vote |
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| Statement by Mr. Ammoun (Lebanon) Explanation of vote |
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| Statement by Mr. Comay (Israel) Explanation of vote |
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| Statement by Mr. Wadsworth (United States of America) Explanation of vote |
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| Statement by Mr. Ben Aboud (Morocco) Explanation of vote |
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| Twenty-eighth session of the General Assembly, 2185th plenary meeting, 30 November 1973: Report of the Third Committee on the importance of the universal realization of the right of peoples to self-determination and of the speedy granting of independence to colonial countries and peoples for the effective guarantee and observance of human rights | |
| Statement by the President of the General Assembly, Mr. Benites (Ecuador) Introduction of the item | |
| Statement by Mrs. Warzazi (Morocco) Introduction of amendment A/L.710 regarding the appointment of a Special Rapporteur to prepare a detailed study designed to reinforce the attitude adopted by the United Nations towards self-determination |
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| The President of the General Assembly, Mr. Benites (Ecuador) puts the amendment A/L.710 submitted by Morocco to the vote. Amendment A/L.710 is adopted. | |
| The President of the General Assembly, Mr. Benites (Ecuador) puts the draft resolution, as amended, to the vote. The draft is adopted as resolution 3070 (XXVIII). | |
| Statement by Mr. Alarcon (Cuba) Explanation of vote |
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| Twenty-ninth session of the General Assembly, 2319th plenary meeting, 14 December 1974: Decolonization | |
| Statement by Ms. White (United States of America) Exercise of the right of reply with regard to the status of Puerto Rico |
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