Peace-keeping, decolonization reviewed.Peacemaking Peacemaking See also Antimilitarism. Agrippa, Menenius Coriolanus’s witty friend; reasons with rioting mob. [Br. Lit.: Coriolanus] Antenor percipiently urges peace with Greeks. [Gk. Lit. activities--described by the General Assembly as an "essential function of the United Nations"--were among the "important means for the prevention, containment and resolution of disputes, the continuance of which is likely to endanger the maintenance of international peace and security", the world body declared on 9 December. Acting on the recommendation of its Fourth Committee (Special Political and Decolonization decolonization Process by which colonies become independent of the colonizing country. Decolonization was gradual and peaceful for some British colonies largely settled by expatriates but violent for others, where native rebellions were energized by nationalism. ), the Assembly, by resolution 49/37, provided detailed guidelines for UN peace-keeping operations, covering among other things: definition, evaluation and implementation of mandates; model agreements with troop contributors; consultation and coordination mechanisms; command and control; finances and resources; safety and security of UN personnel; and cooperation with regional organizations. Approving a total of 35 texts (28 resolutions and 7 decisions), the Fourth Committee--merged in 1993 with the former Special Political Committee--considered a variety of issues, ranging from protection and security of small States, the peaceful uses of outer space, the effects of atomic radiation, Palestinian issues, to questions relating to relating to relate prep → concernant relating to relate prep → bezüglich +gen, mit Bezug auf +acc information and decolonization. Committee Chairman Boris M. Hudyma of Ukraine, in an opening address on 5 October, said that any new strategies regarding the remaining 18 Non-Self-Governing Territories "must recognize as paramount the interests and needs of their people". In an omnibus resolution (49/46 A-B A-B Air-Britain (UK-based aviation historical society) A-B Research Centre Applied Biocatalysis (Graz, Austria) ) on 10 Non-Self-Governing territories--American Samoa, Anguilla, Bermuda, the British Virgin Islands British Virgin Islands A British colony in the eastern Caribbean east of Puerto Rico and the U.S. Virgin Islands. Road Town, on Tortola Island, is the capital. Population: 21,700. Noun 1. , the Cayman Islands Cayman Islands (kā`mən), British dependency (2005 est. pop. 44,300), 100 sq mi (259 sq km), comprising three islands in the West Indies. , Guam, Montserrat, Tokelau, the Turks and Caicos Islands Turks and Caicos Islands (kī`kōs), dependency of Great Britain (2005 est. pop. 20,600), 166 sq mi (430 sq km), West Indies. There are more than 30 cays and islands, of which only six are inhabited. , and the United States Virgin Islands--the Assembly stressed the administering Powers' responsibility to "create such conditions in the Territories as will enable their people to exercise freely and without interference their inalienable Not subject to sale or transfer; inseparable. That which is inalienable cannot be bought, sold, or transferred from one individual to another. The personal rights to life and liberty guaranteed by the Constitution of the United States are inalienable. right to self-determination and independence". Separate resolutions on Western Sahara (49/44), New Caledonia (49/45) and Tokelau (49/47), as well as decisions on Gibraltar (49/420), Pitcairn (49/421) and St. Helena (49/422), were adopted as well. The Assembly also expressed its commitment to ensure respect for the sovereignty and territorial integrity of Croatia (49/43). It also enlarged the membership of two UN bodies: the Committee on the Peaceful Uses of Outer Space, from 53 to 61 (49/33); and the Committee on Information, from 83 to 88 (49/416). |
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