text: 3.Initsconsideration oftheit~m,theSppcial Committee tookintoaccount the provisions oftherelevant re~olutions oftheGeneral Assembly, including inparticular resolution 35/119of11December 1980ontheim~lem~ntation oftheD~claration ontheGranting ofIndepend~nce toColonial Countri~s andPeoples. By paragraph 12ofthatresolution, theAssembly requested theCommittee "tocontinuetoseeksuitable meansfortheimmediate andfullimplementation ofGeneralAssembly resolution 1514(XV)inallTerritories which hav~notyetattainedindependence and,inparticular: •••toformulate specific proposals fortheelimination oftheremaining manif~stations ofcolonialism andtoreportthereontotheGp.neral Assemblv atitsthirty-sixth session". TheCommittee alsotc)okintoaccount General Assembly decision 35/410of11November 1980concerning thequestion ofBrunei. Further, theCommittee tookintoaccount therelevantprovisions ofGeneral Assembly resolution 35/118of11Decemb~r 1980containingthePlanofAct~onfortheFullImplem@ntation-ot' theDeciaration ontheGrantingof"Independence toColonial Countries andPeoples. 4.Duringitsconsideration oftheitem,theSpecial Committee hadbeforeitaworking paperprepared bytheSecretariat containing information ondevelopmentsconcerning-the-Territory (A/AC.l09/67l). B.Decision oftheSpecial Committee 5.Atits1200thmeeting, on19August1981,following astatement bytheChairman (A/AC.I09/PV.1200), theSpecial Committee decided, without objection, togiveconsideration totheitematitsnextseRsion, subjecttoa~vdirpctives whichtheGeneral Assembly mightgiveinthat conn~xion atitsthirty-sixth session and, inordertofacilitate consideration oftheitembytheFourthCommittee, totransmit therp.levant documentation totheAssembly.1.P tothe Corr.l Cocos andre 2.T 4Augu 3.I provis resolu theGr oftha suitaD resolu and~i thereIl Assemb Genera reques next SE thepos asappr Committ resolut Impleme Countri 4.Du workins concern letter United 5.It member workon *Previously issuedaspartofA/36/23 (PartV). -125-,1./ Islands •CHAPTERXIII· COCOS(KEELING) ISLANDS A.~sideration bytheSpecial Committee 1.Atits1184thmeeting, on21January 1981,byadopting thesuggestions relatin~totheorganization ofitsworkputforward bytheChairman (A/AC.I09/L.1385 andCorr.l), theSpecial Committee decided, interalia,toreferthequestion oftheCocos(Keeling) IslandstotheSub-Cummittee onSmallTerritories forconsiderationandreport. 2.TheSpecial Committee considered theTerritory atits1188thmeeting on4August1981. 3.Initsconsideration oftheitem,theSpecial Committee tookintoaccount theprovisions oftherelevant General Assembly resolutions, including inparticularresolution 35/119of11December 1980ontheimplementation oftheDeclaration on theGranting ofIndependence toColonial Countries andPeoples. Byparagraph 12ofthatresolution, theAssembly requested theCommittee "tocontinue toseeksuitaole meansfortheimmediate andfullimplementation ofGeneral Assemblyresolution 1514(XV)inallTerritories whichhavenotyetattained independenceand,inparticular: .••toformulate specific proposals fortheelimination oftheremaining manifestations ofcolonialism andtoreportthereon totheGeneralAssembly atitsthirty-sixth session". TneCommittee alsotookintoaccountGeneral Assembly decision 35/407of11November 1980bywhichtheAssemblyrequested theSpecial Committee "tocOl1ti~ul' itsconRiderrtt:ion oftheitf'"latits nextsession inthelightofthefindings of'theVisiting Hission, 1/inclUdingthepossible dispatch ofafurthervisiting mission totheCocos(Keeling) Islands,asappropriate andinconsultation withtheadministering Power". Further, theCommittee tookintoaccount therelevant provisions ofGeneral Assemblyresolution 35/118of11December 1980containing th~PlanofActionfortheFullImplementation of'theDeclaration ontheGranting ofIndependence toColonialCountries andPeoples. 4.Duringitsconsideration oftheitem,theSpecial Committee hadbeforeitaworking paperprepared bytheSecretariat, containing information ondevelopmentsconcerning theTerritory (A/AC.I09/654). TheCommittee alsohadbeforeitaletterdated12January 1981fromthePermanent Representative ofAustralia totheUnitedNations addressed totheChairman oftheSpecial Committee (A/AC.I09/642). 5.Itwillberecalled thatAustralia, theadministering Powerconcerned, isamemberoftheSub-Committee andhasparticipated "SsuchintheSpecial Committee'sworkontheitem. 1/ForthereportoftheUnitedNations Visiting Mission totheCocos(Keeling)Islands, 1980,seeA/AC.I09/635. •Previously issuedaspartofA/36/23 (PartV)iI
analysis: The text appears to be discussing a United Nations Special Committee's consideration of the Cocos (Keeling) Islands, a territory under Australian administration. The committee is examining the implementation of the Declaration on the Granting of Independence to Colonial Countries and Peoples and considering the possibility of a visiting mission to the islands. The document mentions resolutions, decisions, and plans related to the territory, as well as a letter from the Permanent Representative of Australia to the United Nations. Given the focus on international relations, colonialism, and self-determination, it seems likely that the category is related to international affairs.