particular: •••toformulate specific proposals fortheelimination ofthe remaining manifestations ofcolonialism andtoreportthereon totheGeneral Assembly atitsthirty-sixth session". 'rheCommittee alsotookintoaccount General Assembly decision 35/413of11November 1980.Further, theCommittee took intoaccount therelevant provisions ofGeneral Assembly resolution 35/118 of11December 1980containing thePlanofActionfortheFUllImplementation of theDeclaration ontheGranting ofIndependence toColonial Countries andPeoples. 3.Atthel202ndmeeting, on21August, theChairman madethefollowing statement (A/AC.l09/pV.1202) inconnexion withtheaccession toindependence ofAntigua on1November 1981: "TheSpecial Committee notesitssatisfaction thatAntiguawillachieve independence astheStateofAntigua andBarbuda on1November 1981.The Special Committee warmlycongratulates theGovernment andthepeopleof Antigua ontheirdecision andextends tothemitsbestwishesforafutureof peace,happiness andprosperity. ,"Innotingwithappreciation theintention ofthenewStatetoseek membership inth~UnitedNations andotherinternational andregional organizations, theSpecial Committee looksforward toworking closely withthe newmemberinthedischarge ofthemandate entrusted toitbytheGeneral Assembly." B.Decision oftheSpecial Committee 4.Atitsl200thmeeting, on19August1981,following astatement bythe Chairman (A/AC.109/PV.1200), theSpecial Committee decided, without objection, to giveconsideration totheitematitsnextsession, subject toanydirectives which theGeneral Assembly mightgiveinthatconnexion atitsthirty-sixth session and, inorde~tofacilitate consideration oftheitembytheFOurthCommittee, to authorize itsRapporteur totransmit therelevant documentation directly tothe General Assembly. *Previously issuedaspartofA/36/23 (PartVI). -162-j:"I) i' !'~i I-I!. I I:ilii iI H j j "{ .J- CHAPTER XXVI* BELIZEa4 Irisand ~ntthe cular ionQn ph12of suitable ion in l t eetook :>nof ~oples. tatement la chieve Ibe E tureof rl1ththe ~al )n,to ~swhich >nand, ) theConsideration bytheSpecial Committee 1.~eSpacial COmmittee considered thequestion ofBelizeatits1200thand 1202ndmeetings, on19and21August1981. 2.Initsconsideration oftheitem,theSpecial committee tookintoaccount the provisions oftherelevant General Assembly resolutions, including inparticular resolution 35/119of11December 1980ontheimplementation oftheDeclaration on theGranting ofIndependence toColonial Countries andPeoples. Byparagraph 12of thatresolution, theAssembly requested theCommittee "tocontinue toseeksuitable meansfortheimmediate andfullimplementation ofGeneral Assembly resolution 1514(XV)inallTerritories whichhavenotyetattained independence andin particular: •••toformulate specific proposals fortheelimination ofthe remaining manifestations ofcolonialism andtoreportthereon totheGeneral Assembly atitsthirty-sixth session". TheCommittee alsotookintoaccount General Assembly resolution 35/20of11November 1980concerning Belize, bywhich theAssembly declared that"Belize shouldbecomeanindependent Statebeforethe conclusion ofthethirty-sixth sessionoftheGeneral Assembly" andrequested the Special Committee "toremainseizedofthequestion andtoassistthepeopleof Belizeintheearlyexercise oftheirinalienable rights". FUrther, thecommittee tookintoaccount therelevant provisions ofGeneral Assembly resolution 35/118of 11December 1980containing thePlanofActionfortheFUllImplementation ofthe Declaration ontheGranting ofIndependence toColonial COuntries andPeoples. 3.Duringitsconsideration oftheitem, ~.eSpecial committee hadbeforeita working paperprepared bytheSecretariat (A/AC.109/672), andthefollowing communications addressed totheSecretary-Generals (a)Letterdated24March1981fromtherepresentatives ofBarbados, Grenada,