United Nations Security Council Resolutions on East Timor
(1975-76)
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S/RES/384
(1975)
Adopted by the Security Council at its 1869th meeting on 22 December 1975
The Security Council,
Having noted the contents of the letter of the Permanent Representative of Portugal
(S/11899),
Having heard the statements of the representatives of Portugal and Indonesia,
Having heard representatives of the people of East Timor,
Recognizing the inalienable right of the people of East Timor to self-determination and
independence in accordance with the principles of the Charter of the United Nations and
the Declaration on the Granting of Independence to Colonial Countries and Peoples,
contained in General Assembly resolution 1514 (XV) of 14 December 1960,
Noting that General Assembly resolution 3485 (XXX) of 12 December 1975, inter alia,
requested the Special Committee on the Situation with regard to the Implementation of the
Declaration on the Granting of Independence to Colonial Countries and Peoples to send a
fact-finding mission to East Timor,
Gravely concerned at the loss of life and conscious of the urgent need to avoid further
bloodshed in East Timor,
Regretting that the Government of Portugal did not discharge fully its responsibilities as
administering Power in the Territory under Chapter XI of the Charter,
Calls upon all States to respect the territorial integrity of East Timor as well as the
inalienable right of its people to self-determination in accordance with General Assembly
resolution 1514 (XV);
Calls upon the Government of Indonesia to withdraw without delay all its forces from the
Territory;
Calls upon the Government of Portugal as administering Power to co-operate fully with the
United Nations so as to enable the people of East Timor to exercise freely their right to
self-determination;
Urges all States and other parties concerned to co-operate fully with the efforts of the
United Nations to achieve a peaceful solution to the existing situation and to facilitate
the decolonization of the Territory;
Requests the Secretary-General to send urgently a special representative to East Timor for
the purpose of making an on-the-spot assessment of the existing situation and of
establishing contact with all the parties in the Territory and all States concerned in
order to ensure the implementation of the present resolution;
Further requests the Secretary-General to follow the implementation of the present
resolution and, taking into account the report of his special representative, to submit
recommendations to the Security Council as soon as possible;
Decides to remain seized of the situation.
Res. 384. Adopted unanimously. The countries on the Security Council were: Byelorussian
SSR, China, Costa Rica, France, Guyana, Iraq, Italy, Japan, Mauritania, Sweden, USSR, UK,
Cameroon, Tanzania, USA.
S/RES/389 (1976)
Adopted by the Security Council at its 1914th meeting on 22 April 1976
The Security Council,
Recalling its resolution 384 (1975) of 22 December 1975,
Having considered the report of the Secretary-General of 12 March 1976,
Having heard the statements of the representatives of Portugal and Indonesia,
Having heard the statements of representatives of the people of East Timor,
Reaffirming the inalienable right of the people of East Timor to self-determination and
independence in accordance with the principles of the Charter of the United Nations and
the Declaration on the Granting of Independence to Colonial Countries and Peoples,
contained in General Assembly resolution 1514 (XV) of 14 December 1960,
Believing that all efforts should be made to create conditions that will enable the people
of East Timor to exercise freely their right to self-determination,
Noting that the question of East Timor is before the General Assembly,
Conscious of the urgent need to bring to an end the continued situation of tension in East
Timor,
Taking note of the statement by the representative of Indonesia,
Calls upon all States to respect the territorial integrity of East Timor, as well as the
inalienable right of its people to self-determination in accordance with General Assembly
resolution 1514 (XV);
Calls upon the Government of Indonesia to withdraw without further delay all its forces
from the Territory;
Requests the Secretary-General to have his Special Representative continue the assignment
entrusted to him under paragraph 5 of Security Council resolution 384 (1975) and pursue
consultations with the parties concerned;
Further requests the Secretary-General to follow the implementation of the present
resolution and submit a report to the Security Council as soon as possible;
Calls upon all States and other parties concerned to co-operate fully with the United
Nations to achieve a peaceful solution to the existing situation and to facilitate the
decolonization of the Territory;
Decides to remain seized of the situation.
Res. 389. Voting in favor (12): China, France, Guyana, Italy, Libya, Pakistan, Panama,
Romania, Sweden, USSR, UK, Tanzania. Abstaining (2): Japan, USA. Not voting (1): Benin.
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