UN General Assembly
1973

12. An example of this is the treatment of the question of South Tyrol, which was the subject matter of General Assembly resolutions 1497 (XV) and 1661 (XVI). Three years ago, I was able to inform the General Assembly that Austria and Italy had agreed on a proposal for a solution which made provision for an extension of the autonomy of South Tyrol and a relevant time-table agreed to by both States. 13. I am happy to be able to state that the implementation of the proposal for a settlement of this question has made further progress since the last session of the General Assembly, and that the major part of the measures have been implemented through appropriate legislative and administrative instruments. A certain part of those measures is, however, still open. May I express the hope that the developments now in progress will continue to advance in a satisfactory way, which, in turn, will lead to an even better relationship between the two neighbouring countries.