A/38/PV.86 General Assembly

106.  Offers by Member States of study and training facilities for inhabitants of Non-Self-Governing Territories: report of the Secretary-Genera! 1. Mr. YOSSIPHOV (Bulgaria), Rapporteur of the Fourth Committee: I have the honour to present to the General Assembly for its consideration six reports of the Fourth Committee, relating respectively to items 18, 102, 103, 104 and 12, 105 and 106 of the agenda. As these reports are self-explanatory, I shall simply point out the key elements which are included in some of the recom- mendations of the Committee. 2. The report on agenda item 18 is contained in docu- ment A/38/612. Paragraphs 26, 27 and 28 of the report contain nine draft resolutions, four draft consensuses and three draft decisisions. The recommendations of the Fourth Committee relate to: Western Sahara, the Cocos (Keeling) Islands, Tokelau, Pitcairn, Saint Heleria, American Samoa, Guam, Bermuda, the British Virgin Islands, the Cayman Islands, Montserrat, the Turks and Caicos Islands, the United States Virgin Islands, Gibral- ter, Brunei and Anguilla. 3. Although most of the above-mentioned Territories are small in size and population, as well as geographically isolated and with limited resources, the majority of the members of the Fourth Committee expressed the view in support of the basic provisions of the Declaration that these factors should not impede the territories from exer- cising in any way their inalienable right to self-deter- mination and independence. Accordingly, the General Assembly would reaffirm the full application of the Dec- laration on the Granting of Independt:.llce to Colonial Countries and Peoples [resolution 1514 (XV)] and the right 0"- the population of these Territories to be allowed to decide their own future political status in accordance with the Declaration. The Assembly would also urge the specialized agencies and other organizations of the United Nations system to intensify their efforts to accelerate progress in the sodal and economic life in the Territories. 4. With respect to Western Sahara, members expressed their deep appreciation to the Chairman of the Fourth Committee for his constructive efforts and the extensive consultations he had undertaken, as well as for the co- operation extended to the Chairman by the parties con- cerned, which enabled the Committee to arrive at a con- sensus text 011 the Territory, as set out in the report as draft resolution I and the corrigenda thereto. 5. With regard to the military bases and installations in Guam, Bermuda, the Turks and Caicos Islands and St. Helena, the General Assembly would reaffirm its strong conviction that the administering Powers must ensure that these military bases and installations do not hinder the population of the Territories from exercising their right d~~, E~ypt, El Salvador, Equ~torial Guinea, Ethiopia, FIJI, Fmland, Gabon, GambIa, German Democratic Republic, Germany, Federal Republic of, Ghana, Greece, Guatemala, Guinea, Guinea-Bissau, Guyana, Haiti, Hon- duras, Hungary, Iceland, India, Indonesia, Iran (Islamic Republic 00, Iraq, Ireland, Israel, Italy, Ivory Coast, Jamaica, Japan, Jordan, Kenya, Kuwait, Lao People's Democratic Republic, Lebanon, Lesotho, Liberia, Libyan Arab Jamahiriya, Luxembourg, Madagascar, Malawi, Malaysia, Maldives, Mali, Malta, Mauritania, Mauritius Mexico, Mongolia, Mozambique, Nepal, Netherlands: New Zealand, Nicaragua, Niger, Nigeria, Norway, Oman, P.akistan, Panama, Papua New Guin~a, Peru, Philip- pmes, Poland, Portugal, Qatar, Romama, Rwanda, Saint Christopher and Nevis, Saint Lucia, Saint Vincent and the Grenadines, Samoa, Sao Tome and Principe, Saudi Ara- bia, Senegal, Sierra Leone, Singapore, Solomon Islands, Somalia, Spain, Sri Lanka, Sudan, Suriname, Swaziland, Sweden, Thailand, Togo, Trinidad and Tobago, Tunisia, Turkey, Uganda, Ukrainian Soviet Socialist Republic, Union of Soviet Socialist Republics, United Arab Emir- ates, United Republic of Cameroon, United Republic of Tanzania, Upper Volta, Uruguay, Vanuatu, Venezuela, Viet Nam, Yemen, Yugoslavia, Zaire, Zambia, Zimbabwe. Against: None. Abstaining: France, Paraguay, United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, United States of America. The draft resolution was adopted by 147 votes to none, with 4 absentions (resolution 38/49).2 41. The PRESIDENT (interpretation from Spanish): We shall now turn to the report of the Fourth Committee on agenda item 103. 42. The Assembly will first take a decision on the draft resolution entitled "Activities of foreign economic and other interests which are impeding the implementation of the Declaration on the Granting of Independence to Colonial Countries and Peoples in Namibia and in all other Territories under colonial domination and efforts to eliminate colonialism, apartheid and racial discrimina- tion in southern Africa", recommended for adoption by the Fourth Committee in paragraph 9 of the report [A/38/582]. A recorded vote has been requested. A recorded vote was taken. In favour: Afghanistan, Albania, Algeria, Angola, Argentina, Australia, Bahamas, Bahrain, Bangladesh, Barbados, Belize, Benin, Bhutan, Bolivia, Botswana, Brazil, Bulgaria, Burma, Burundi, Byelorussian Soviet Socialist Republic, Cape Verde, Central African Repub- lic, Chad, Chile, China, Colombia, Comoros, Congo, Costa Rica, Cuba, Cyprus, Czechoslovakia, Democratic Kampuchea, Democratic Yemen, Djibouti, Dominica, Dominican Republic, Ecuador, Egypt, El Salvador, Equa- torial Guinea, Ethiopia, Fiji, Gabon, Gambia, German Democratic Republic, Ghana, Guatemala, Guinea, Guin- ea-Bissau, Guyana, Haiti, Honduras, Hungary, India,