It was against the backdrop of the aforementioned developments and the refusal of the Dutch to enter into negotiations thereafter that the Indonesian Government deemed it necessary to bring this matter to the General Assembly at its ninth session in 1954. After full consideration of the matter, the First Committee adopted by a two-third majority vote resolution A!C.1/760 which was thereafter submitted to the General Assembly. Regrettably, the General Assembly failed to adopt the resolution despite the support of many member States.
In April 1955, the Asian-African Conference, convened in Bandung and attended by 29 countries, representing two thirds of the world’s population, adopted the following resolution:
The Asian-African Conference in the context of its expressed attitude on the abolition of colonialism, supported the position of Indonesia in the case of West Irian, based on the relevant agreements between Indonesia and the Netherlands.
“The Asian-African Conference urged the Netherlands Government to reopen negotiations as soon as possible to implement their obligations under the above-mentioned agreements, and expressed the earnest hope that the United Nations would assist the parties concerned in finding a peaceful solution to the dispute”
Such unstinted support of the Bandung Conference for a negotiated settlement of the colonial question of West Irian was greatly appreciated by Indonesia as well as all those member States that espoused the purposes and principles of the United Nations Charter. The efforts of the Asian-African Governments proved successful and General Assembly adopted resolution 915 (X) in 1955 on the question of West Iriari. Regrettably, from the years 1954 to 1957 and in 1961, the United Nations General Assembly discussed this item but the adoption of a resolution proved elusive.
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