At the same mc·,·tin~. the C''lllle'il :ll"' lkCiLLd. ;lt the request of the rcprc~:ntativc nt' (iuinc;.-Bi~'au. : tu extend invitations to :-Jr. J,,,c R:tllilh !J,,n:t :md .\lr. Abilio Arauju under rule 3l) ()r tile pr,,,·j.;j,,n:ll ruk' of procedure.
At the same meeting, the Council further decided. at the rcque~t of the r~prcsentative nf l:Jd,,nc.;ia. :-. t'' extend invitatinn-; tn \1r. Gu;;heT:l~<l \Ltri:t Cion'-;'alve:-.. \1r. \1ario Carrascallo and Mr. Jose Martins under rule 39 of the provisional rules of procedure'.
At its 1867th meeting, on 18 December 1975, the Council decided to invite the representatives of Guinea and Guinea-Bissau to participate, \Vithout vote, in the discussion of the question.
Resolution 384 (1975)
of 22 December 1975
The Security Council, Having noted the contents of the letter of the Permanent Representative of Portugal (S/11899), Having heard the statements of the representative'> of Portugal and Indonesia, Having heard representatives of the people of East Timor, Recognizing the inalienable right of the people of East Timor to self-determination and inde-pendence in accordance with the principles of the Charter of the United Nations and the Declaration on the Granting of Independence to Colonial Countries and Peoples, contained in General Assembly resolution 1514 (XV) of 14 December 1960,
3-libid., documentS/ 11911. ;;~·Ibid., document S/ 11 ') 12.

\ otil!'-: that General As·;cnnlv resolution 3-1-85 (:'\:'\:'\) of 12 December ll)75. i;llcr alia, requested tli,· Spe-cial Committee on the Situation with regard to ti:,· lrnp!cme·ntatiun of the Declaration on the Granting uf lndcpcndcnce to Colonial C lUntrie-; ami Peoples t'' .;end a fact-finding mission to East Timor,
Uravcly conccmcJ at the dele rioration of the situatirm in East Timor.
(Jtm·clv conccmcd also at the loss of life and con·<itHh llf the urgent need to avoid further bloodshed in E~t't Iimor. ~
Deploring the intervention of the armed forces of lndonl'sia in East Timor,
R cgretling that the Government of Portugal did not disc' argc fullv its re:;punsibilitics JS administering PO\v·cr 111 the T errit,Jry under Chapter XI of the Charter,
I. Cails upon all States to respect the territorial in!L'grity of East Timor as well a; the inalienable right of its people to self-determination in accordance with General Assembly resolution 1514 (XV);
' Calls upon the Governrr,ent of Indonesia to withdraw without delay all its forces from the Territory;
3. Calls upon the Government of Portugal as administering Power to co-operate fully with the United :\Tations so as to enable the people of East Timor to c'Xercise freely their right tO self-determination;
-1-. Urges all States and other parties concerned to co-operate fully with the efforts nf the United Nations to achie've a peaceful solution to the existing situation and to facilitate the dccolonizatic n of the T crritory;
5. Requests the Secretary-Gc8.eral to send urgently a special representative to East Timor for the purpose of making an on-the-spot asses~.ment of the existing situation and of establishing contact with all the partics in the Territory and all Stat1~s concerned in order to ensure the implementation of the present resolution;
6. Further requests the Secretary-General to follow the implementation of the present resolution and, taking into account the report of 1is special representative. to submit recommendations to the Security Council as soon as possible;
7. Decides to remain seized of the situation.
Au'urred wumimously ar rlze J869th meeting.

QUESTI0;\1 SUBMITTED BY ICELAND
Decision
At its 1866th meeting, on 16 December 1975, the Council decided to invite the representative of Iceland to participate, without vote, in the discussion of the item entitled "Letter dated 12 December 1975 from the Permanent Representative of Iceland to the United Nations addressed to the President of the Security Council (S/11907)".:>u
::·: Ibid., Supplement for October, Sovember and December 1975.
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