France continues to violate UN Charter on French Polynesia

 

A Decade of Violations of the United Nations Charter by the French Republic with respect to non-compliance of Article 73(e)
of the United Nations Charter (2013-2023)

Article 73

Members of the United Nations which have or assume responsibilities for the administration of territories whose peoples have not yet attained a full measure of self-government recognize the principle that the interests of the inhabitants of these territories are paramount, and accept as a sacred trust the obligation to promote to the utmost, within the system of international peace and security established by the present Charter, the well-being of the inhabitants of these territories, and, to this end:

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e) to transmit regularly to the Secretary-General for information purposes, subject to such limitation as security and constitutional considerations may require, statistical and other information of a technical nature relating to economic, social, and educational conditions in the territories for which they are respectively responsible other than those territories to which Chapters XII and XIII app

Dates of non-transmission of information by France under Article 73 e of the United Nations (UN) Charter with respect to  Ma'ohi Nui/French Polynesia

2013 – 2023

 Administering Power         Year                            Transmission of Information

France	2013	No information transmitted
France	2014	No information transmitted
France	2015	No information transmitted
France	2016	No information transmitted
France	2017	No information transmitted
France	2018	No information transmitted
France	2019	No information transmitted
France	2020	No information transmitted
France	2020	No information transmitted
France	2021	No information transmitted
France	2022	No information transmitted
France	2023	No information transmitted

According to its resolution 67/265, the General Assembly recognizes that, in the light of the provision of Chapter XI of the Charter of the UN General Assembly resolution 1514 (XV), French Polynesia remains a Non-Self-Governing Territory within the meaning of the Charter.” (U.N. Document A/78/63  of 11 January 2023).