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201. In certain cases the General Assembly took no decisions either that the provisions of Chapter XI no longer applied, or that the transmission of information should cease even though the United Nations participated in the processes which led to the cessation of information.

202. Thus in the case of West New Guinea (West Irian) which in 1946 had, together with Indonesia, been listed in resolution 66 (I) under the general designation Netherlands Indies, and on which the Netherlands had continued to submit information, the General Assembly, under resolution 1752 (XVII) of 21 September 1962, took note of an Agreement between the Republic of Indonesia and the Kingdom of the Netherlands concerning West New Guinea (West Irian) and authorized the Secretary-General to carry out the tasks entrusted to him in the Agreement. In accordance with the Agreement, the administration of the Territory was transferred from the Netherlands to a United Nations Temporary Executive Authority established by and under the jurisdiction of the SecretaryGeneral, and its in turn, on 1 May 1963 transferred the administration of the territory to the Republic of Indonesia. Provision was also made in the Agreement for an act of free choice by the people of West New Guinea (West Irian) before the end of 1969, also with United Nations participation, as to whether they wished to remain with Indonesia or sever their ties with it.

203. As from the conclusion of the Agreement between the Republic of Indonesia and the Government of the Netherlands in 1962, the transmission of information under Article 73 e ceased.

204. In the case of Sabah (North Borneo) and Sarawak, the United Nations also participated in the processes whereby the territories were integrated with an independent State, but the General Assembly did not take any formal decision in the matter. The two territories joined the Federation of Malaya, together with Singapore, to become the Federation of Malaysia on 16 September 1963, after a United Nations Malaysia Mission appointed by the Secretary-General at the request of Governments concerned and with the concurrence of the United Kingdom, had reported favour