30 March 2023

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).