Report on Pitcairn
(N .Z ,P. A.-Reuter—Copyright) NEW YORK, May 20.
A United Nations subcommittee has adopted a report reaffirming the “inalienable right” of the people of the tiny Pitcairn Island to self-determina-tion.
Pitcairn, with a population of about 100 on an area of under two square miles, is inhabited by the descendants of some of the mutineers of the Bounty, who seized the vessel on April 28, 1789. The report acknowledges the “tiny size of Pitcairn, its small and decreasing population, its minimal resources, and its dependence on postage stamps for the bulk of its revenue.” But it said that these factors did not justify any delay in the full and speedy implementation of the process of selfdetermination, in accordance with the United Nation’s 1960 Declaration of Decolonisation.
The report calls on Britain, as the administering Power, to “consult the people of Pitcairn about their views on present constitutional arrangements and the future status of the territory.”
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Press, Volume CXIII, Issue 33230, 21 May 1973, Page 1
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Report on Pitcairn
Press, Volume CXIII, Issue 33230, 21 May 1973, Page 1
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