UN Security Council Resolutions on East Timor
Resolution 384
22 December 1975
Unanimously adopted
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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 rights 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 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 ala, 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 deterioration of the situation in East Timor,
Gravely concerned also at the loss of life and conscious of the urgent need to avoid further bloodshed in East Timor,
Deploring the intervention of the armed forces of Indonesia 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,
1. 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);
2. Calls upon the Government of Indonesia to withdraw without delay all its forces from the Territory;
3. 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;
4. 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;
5. 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 the parties in the Territory an all States concerned in order to ensure the implementation of the present resolution;
6. Further requests the Secretary-General to follow the implementation of the present resolution and, taking into account the report of this special representative, to submit recommendations to the Security Council as soon as possible;
7. Decides to remain seized of the situation.
Resolution 389
22 April 1996
In favour 12, Against 0, Abstaining 2
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The Security Council,
Recalling its resolution 384 (1975) of 22 December 1975,
Having considered the report of the Secretary-General of 12 March 1976 (S/12011),
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,
1. 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);
2. Calls upon the Government of Indonesia to withdraw without further delay all its forces from the Territory;
3. 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;
4. 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;
5. 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;
6. Decides to remain seized of the situation.
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In favour: China, France, Guyana, Italy, Libyan Arab Republic, Pakistan, Panama, Romaine, Sweden, Union of Soviet Socialist Republic, United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, United Republic of Tanzania.
Against: None.
Abstaining: Japan, Unites States of America.
*Benin did not participate in the voting.