Constitutional change
Greenland’s integration into the Kingdom of Denmark, 1953
A Danish constitutional amendment ended Greenland’s colonial status and made it an integral part of the Realm; the UN accepted this in 1954.
What happened
Denmark told the United Nations that under a constitutional amendment of 5 June 1953 Greenland had become an integral part of the Danish Realm with equal constitutional status.[1] In November 1954 the General Assembly accepted that Greenlanders had freely exercised self-determination through their elected representatives and that reporting on Greenland as a non-self-governing territory should end.[2]
Sources for this page
Each number marks a specific claim. Notes give the source, its locator and how it relates to the claim.
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Claim: Denmark informed the United Nations that, under a constitutional amendment of 5 June 1953, Greenland had become an integral part of the Danish Realm with equal constitutional status.
- United Nations General Assembly, Resolution 849 (IX): Cessation of the transmission of information under Article 73 e of the Charter in respect of Greenland (United Nations, 22 November 1954) link, preamble. Source record
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Claim: In resolution 849 (IX) of 22 November 1954 the UN General Assembly took the view that Greenlanders, through elected representatives, had freely exercised their right to self-determination in integrating with Denmark, and that reporting on Greenland as a non-self-governing territory should cease. Attributed to UN General Assembly (1954)
- United Nations General Assembly, Resolution 849 (IX): Cessation of the transmission of information under Article 73 e of the Charter in respect of Greenland (United Nations, 22 November 1954) link, operative paras. 4, 5 and 8. Source record