UN General Assembly
1982

unresolved. Some of these are of particular significance for the preservation of the South Tyrolean ethnic group; in particular, the language question and the autonomous section in Bozen of the Administrative Court. Last year Prime Minister Spadolini gave assurances that have not yet been carried out. The Austrian Federal Government wishes to express its firm expectation that the measures already agreed upon in 1969 and not yet implemented will be carried out as early as possible and in close consultation with the South Tyroleans. We do so in view of the quality of Austro-Italian relations, the positive outcome of my talks with Foreign Minister Colombo on 27 July of this year in Venice and the latest statement of the Italian Government, which has declared its determination to seek solutions acceptable to the ethnic minorities and to bring the entire matter to an early conclusion. We hope that this will not remain a dead letter and that a settlement will be achieved in the very near future. We cannot ignore the fact that such a settlement has also