CHAPTER XXI
HONG KONG
ANNEX 4.
A.
CONSIDERATION BY THE SPECIAL COMMITTEE
1.. At its 784th meeting, on 25 March 1971, the Special Committee, by approving the fifty-eighth report of the Working Group (A/AC.109/L.687), decided, inter alia, to take up Hong Kong as a separate item and to consider it during its plenary meetings.
2. The Special Committee considered the item at its 828th meeting, 6 October.
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In its consideration of the item, the Special Committee took into account relevant provisions of General Assembly resolution 2708 (XXV) of 14 December 1970) on the implementation of the Declaration on the Granting of Independence to Colonial Countries and Peoples. By paragraph 11 of that resolution, the General Assembly requested the Special Committee "to continue to seek suitable means for. the immediate and full implementation of the Declaration in all Territories which have not yet attained independence and, in particular, to formulate specific proposals for the elimination of the remaining manifestations of colonialism,) taking fully into account the relevant provisions of the programme of action for the full implementation of the Declaration".
L During its consideration of the item, the Special Committee had before it & working paper prepared by the Secretariat (see annex to the present chapter) containing information on the latest developments concerning the Territory.
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B. DECISION OF THE SPECIAL COMMITTEE
5. At its 828th meeting, on 6 October, following a statement by the Chairman (A/AC.109/PV.828), the Special Committee decided, without objection, to transmit to the General Assembly the working paper referred to in paragraph 4 above in order to facilitate consideration of this item by the Fourth Committee and, subject to any directives which the General Assembly might give in that connexico, to consider the Territory at its next session.
GENERAL ASSEMBLY OFFICIAL
RECORDS. 26th SESSION
SUPPLEMENT 23
1971
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