AG/RES. 501 (X-0/80)

BELIZE

(Resolution adopted at the sixth plenary session, held on November 27, 1980)

The General Assembly

Having examined AG/doc. 1260/80 on the status of the nonautonomous territories in the American hemisphere and other territories in the Americas having ties with countries outside the hemisphere, and in particular Section b (I) relating to the status of Belize;

Recalling the principles established in the Declaration of La Paz, as contained in Ag/RES. 429(IX-0/79) and in particular paragraph 4, in which the General Assembly expresses “. . . its satisfaction with the progress the nations of this hemisphere have made in achieving independence, and reaffirms it determination to aid in the continuing process of decolonization of the region so as not to defer the exercise of the legitimate right of peoples to forge their own destiny”; and

Noting that at its XXXV Session the United Nations General Assembly adopted, without one dissenting vote, Resolution 35/20 on November 11, 1980, in which it reaffirmed the inalienable right of the people of Belize to self-determination, independence, and territorial integrity, and declared that Belize should become an independent state before the conclusion of the XXXVI Session of the United Nations General Assembly; and

Bearing in mind that Article 1 of the Charter of the Organization of American States provides that the Organization is a regional agency of the United Nations,

RESOLVES:

1. To endorse United Nations General Assembly Resolution 35/20 of November 11, 1980, on the question of Belize.

2. To offer its cooperation, in keeping with the principles of self-determination, to facilitate the constitutional evolution of Belize as a sovereign, independent state of the Americas, in accordance with United Nations General Assembly Resolution 35/20 of November 11, 1980, and thereafter to assist the independent state of Belize to develop harmonious and friendly relations with its neighbors and other states in the hemisphere.

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