UN General Assembly
1963

70. This whole policy and programme is designed to place in the hands of the people of these territories adequate and modern instruments for the expression and the realization of their own will and desires. The Australian Government recognizes this popular will as the only factor which will ultimately determine the form of New Guinea's independence. The voice of the people can be heard and will be heard with increasing vigour through their own elected Parliament which, as I have said, will itself be constituted by the voices of every individual within the Territory on the basis of a common roll and universal franchise.