text: 1975 1976 1977 1979 1980 1981-_.'-,---~-~- ..,-'.-­.,,,-'_.~~--' ----,--'.'_ ...~- Appendix Visiting missions dispatched bytheSpecial Oommittee orbytheGeneral Assembly 19791976 tMontserrat1965 CbokIslands (elections supervision) 1966 Equatorial Guinea 1967 Aden 1968 Equatorial Guinea (referendumVelections supervision) 1971 PapuaNewGuinea(jointly withtheTrusteeship Cbuncil) 1972 Niue PapuaNewGuinea(elections observation -jointly withtheTrusteeshipCbunci1) 1974 Niue(referendum observation) Cbcos(Keeling) Islands Gilbert andElliceIslands (referendum observation) 1975 CapeVerde Spanish Sahara British VirginIslands 'Ibkelau FrenchSomaliland (referendumVelections observation) CaymanIslands UnitedStatesVirginIslands Guam NewHebrides 1980 'l\IrksandCaicosIslands (Apri1)1977 Oocos(Keeling) Islands TurksandCaicosIslands (October/November) (elections observation) 1981 'Ibkelau AmericanSamoa .-!, \ I r -83-_------.-l-----.......,,~''"~=-='>'::::I,=< ======= CHAPTER IV·~---'--'-"- ---_._ ....•_----~._--'-- -~-~~._-- ~.~-,_._ .._ ..... 7. conse Austr MILITARY ACTIVITIES ANDARRANGEMENTS BYCOLONIAL POVERS INTERRITORIES UNDERTHEIRADMINISTRATION \'I:IICHMIGHTBEIMPEDING THEIMPL&'-1ENTATION OFTHEDECLARATION ONTHEGRANTING OFINDEPENDEOCE TOCOLONIAL COUNTRIES ANDPECPLES A.Consideration bytheSpecial Committee 1.Atits1184thmeeting, on21January 1981,byadopting thesuggestions relating totheorganization ofitsworkputforward bytheChaiX'man (A/AC.I09/L.1385 andCorr.1),theSpecial Committee decided, interalia,totake uptheabovequestion asaseparate itemandtoconsideritatitsplenary meetings. 2.TheSpecial Committee considered theitematitsl19lsttol195thmeetings, between 11and14August 1981. 3.Initsconsideration oftheitem,theSpecial Committee tookintoaccount the relevant resolutions oftheGeneral Assembly, including inparticular resolution 35/119of11December 1980,byparagraph 10ofwhichtheAssembly called uponthe colonial Powers"towithdraw immediately andunconditionally theirmilitary bases andlnstallations fromcolonial Territories andtorefrain fromestablishing new ones". FUrther, theCommittee tookintoaccount therelevant provisions ofGeneral Assembly resolution 35/118of11December 1980containing thePlanofActionfor theFUllImplementation oftheDeclaration ontheGranting ofIndependence to Colonial Countries andPeoples, paragraph 9whichstates that~ "Member Statesshallopposeallmilitary activities andarrangements by colonial andoccupying PowersintheTerritories undercolonial andracist domination, assuchactivities andarrangements constitute anobstacle tothe fullimplementation oftheDeclaration, andshallintensify theirefforts with aviewtos~curing theimmediate andunconditional withdrawal fromcolonial Territories ofmilitary basesandinstallations ofcolonial Powers." 4.CUringitsconsideration oftheitem,theSpecial Committee hadbeforeit working papersprepared bytheSecretariat containing information onmilitary activities andarrangements inthefollowing Territories: QIam(A!AC.I09/65l), Belize, Bermuda, TurksandCaicosIslands andtheUnitedStatesVirginIslands (A/AC.109/659) ,andNamibia (A/AC.I09/660). 5.Thegeneral debateontheiterntookplaceatthel19lsttol193rdmeetings, on 11and12August. Thefollowing MemberStatestookpartinthedebate: Ethiopia atthel191stmeeting (A/AC.109/PV.li91) ~Yugoslavia atthel192ndmeeting (A/AC.I09/PV.1192) andBulgaria, Czechoslovakia, CUbaandtheUnionofSOviet SOcialist Republics atthel193rdmeeting «A/AC.l09/PV.1193). 6.Atthel194thmeeting, on13August, theOlairmandrewattention toadraft consensus ontheitem(A/AC.I09/L.14l0), prepared onthebasisofconsultations.8. State 9. 14Aug below: a w an wi Pee th, ar ri pr Pre pu ha le '!'er nat str *Previously issuedaspartofA/36/23 (Part11). -84-Su!I leme----~-----------:::;-=~. B.Decision oftheSpecial Committee
analysis: The text appears to be discussing the activities of the Special Committee on the Implementation of the Declaration on the Granting of Independence to Colonial Countries and Peoples. The committee is considering the military activities and arrangements by colonial powers in their territories, with a focus on impeding the implementation of the declaration. The text does not mention economic development, natural resources, or any other specific sector, but rather focuses on international relations and governance.