Declaration
UN General Assembly welcomes Guinea-Bissau's independence, 1973
Seven weeks after the PAIGC's declaration, the UN General Assembly welcomed Guinea-Bissau's accession to independence and condemned continued Portuguese military occupation of parts of the territory — a diplomatic recognition distinct from UN membership.
What happened
On 2 November 1973 the General Assembly adopted resolution 3061 (XXVIII), "welcomes the recent accession to independence of the people of Guinea-Bissau, thereby creating the sovereign State of the Republic of Guinea-Bissau," while "strongly condemn[ing] the policies of the Government of Portugal in perpetuating its illegal occupation of certain sectors of the Republic of Guinea-Bissau" and demanding the withdrawal of Portuguese forces.[1] This welcome was a diplomatic recognition by the General Assembly, not an admission to UN membership, which followed only after Portugal's own recognition of Guinea-Bissau the following year.[1]
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Claim: On 2 November 1973 the General Assembly adopted resolution 3061 (XXVIII), which "welcomes the recent accession to independence of the people of Guinea-Bissau, thereby creating the sovereign State of the Republic of Guinea-Bissau," while "strongly condemn[ing] the policies of the Government of Portugal in perpetuating its illegal occupation of certain sectors of the Republic of Guinea-Bissau" and demanding the withdrawal of Portuguese forces; this diplomatic welcome preceded both Portugal's own recognition and Guinea-Bissau's admission to UN membership.
- United Nations General Assembly, General Assembly resolution 3061 (XXVIII): Illegal occupation by Portuguese military forces of certain sectors of the Republic of Guinea-Bissau and acts of aggression committed by them against the people of the Republic (United Nations, 2 November 1973) link, preamble and operative paras. 1, 3. Source record