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64 General .A.1embl;r-Sixteenth Session who died with him in the service of the United Nations as a result of the air crash : Mr. Heinrich A. Wieschhoff, Mr. Vladimir Fabry, Mr. William Ranallo, Miss Alice Lalande, Mr. Harold M. Julien, Mr. Serge L. Barrau, Mr. Francis Eivers, Mr. S. O. Hjelte, Mr. P. E. Persson, Mr. Per Hallonquist, Mr. Nils-Eric Aahréus, Mr. Lars Litton, . Mr. Nils Goran Wilhelmsson, Mr. Harold Noork, Mr. Karl Erik Rosén; 2. Ofjers its sincere condolences and deep sympathy to the families of Mr. Hammarskjold and the other victims; 3. Decides that an investigation of an international character, under the auspices of the United Nations, should be held immediately into all the conditions and circumstances surrounding this tragedy, and more par- ticularly as to: (a) Why the flight had to be undertaken at night without escort ; ( b) Why its arrival at N dola was unduly delayed, as reported ; ( c) Whether the aircraft, after having established contact with the tower at N dola lost that contact, and the fact of its having crashed did not become known until severa! hours afterwards, and if so, why; (d) Whether the aircraft, after the damage it was reported to have suffered earlier from firing by aircraft hostile to the United Nations, was in a proper condition for use; 4. Further decides to appoint a Commission of five eminent persons to carry out such an investigation, and request the Commission to report its findings to the President of the General Assembly within three months of its appointment; 5. Requests all Governments and parties concerned and the appropriate specialized agencies of the United Nations to extend their full co-operation and assistance to the said Commission in making this investigation; 6. Decides to consider, in the appropriate Committee during the current session, the question of offering suitable remuneration to the families of the victims of this grave tragedy. * 1042nd plenary meeting, 26 October 1961. * * At its 1074th plenar:::,, meeting, on 8 December 1961, the Gen- eral Assembly, on the recommendation of the President of the Assembly, appointed the members of the Commission established under paragraph 4 of the above resolution. The Commission is composed as follows: Mr. S. B. J ones (Sierra 'Leone), Mr. Raúl Quijano (Argentina), Mr. Alfred Emil Sandstrom (Sweden), Mr. Rishikesh Shaha (Nepal) and Mr. Nikola Srzentié (Yugoslavia). 1630 (XVI). Admission of the Mongolian People'a Republic to memhership in the United Nations The General Assembly, H aving received the recommendation of the Security Council of 25 October 1961 that the Mongolian Peo- ple's Republic should be admitted to membership in the United Nations,3 . H aving considered the application for membership of the Mongolian People's Republic,4 Decides to admit the Mongolian People's Republic to membership in the United Nations. 1043rd plenary meeting, 27 October 1961. 1631 (XVI). Admission of the Islamic Repuhlic of Mauritania to membership in the United Nations The General Assembly, H aving received the recommendation of the Security Council of 25 October 1%1 that the Islamic Republic of Mauritania should be admitted to membership in the United Nations,6 Having considered the application for membership of the Islamic Republic of Mauritania,6 Decides to admit the Islamic Republic of Mauritania to membership in the United Nations. 1043rd plenary meeting, 27 October 1961. 1640 (XVI). Appointment of an acting Secretary-General The General Assembly, Acting in accordance with the recommendation of the Security Council of 3 November 1961,7 Appoints His Excellency U Thant as Acting Secre- tary-General of the United Nations for a term of office ending on 10 April 1963. 1046th plenary meeting, 3 November 1961. 1650 (XVI). The status of Algerians imprisoned in France The General Assembly, Deeply concerned at the grave international repercus- sions and the serious threat to the prospects of a nego- tiated, peaceful settlement of the Algerian question in consequence of the hunger strike of thousands of Al- gerians imprisoned in France, • !bid., document A/4940. 'See documents A/687 and Add.1; Official Records of the Security Council, First Year, Second Series, Supplement No. 4, annex 6, document S/95, and !bid., Twelfth Y ear, Supplemenl for Ju/y, August and September 1957, documents S/3873 and Add.1. • Official Records of the General Assembly, Sixteenth Se.<sion, Annexes, agenda item 92, document A/4941. • !bid., document A/4604. • !bid., Annexes, separate fascicle (Appointment of an acting Secretary-General), document A/4953. Resolutions adop,ted without reíerence to a Committee 65 Recalling its resolution 1573 (XV) of 19 December 1960, by which it recognized its responsibility to con- tribute towards a just solution of the Algerian question, Recalling further its resolution 1514 (XV) of 14 December 1960, which emphasized in paragraph 4: "AH armed action or repressive measures of all kinds directed against dependent peoples shall cease in order to enable them to exercise peacefully and freely their right to complete independence ... ", Appeals to the Government of France, in accordance with established international practice and humanitarian principles, to redress the legitimate grievances of t1:e Algerian prisoners in recognízing their status as poh- tical prisoners with a view to making possible the im- mediate termination of the hunger strike. 1055th plenary meeting, 15 N ovember 1961. 1651 (XVI). Report of the lnternational Atomic Energy Agency The General Assembly, Takes note of the report of the International Atomic Energy Agency to the General Assembly for the year 1960-1961.8 1062nd plenary meeting, 23 November 1961. 1654 (XVI). The situation with regard to the im• plementation of the Declaration on the granting of independence to colonial coun• tries and peoples The General Assembly, Recalling the Declaration on the granting of inde- pendence to colonial countries and peoples contained m its resolution 1514 (XV) of 14 December 1960, Bearing in mind the purposes and principles of that Declaration, Recalling in partic.ular paragraph S of the Declaration providing that: "Immediate steps shall be taken, in Trust and Non- Self-Governing Territories or all other territories which have not yet attained independence, to transfer all powers to the peoples of those territories, without any conditions or reservations, in accordance with their freely expressed will and desire, without any distinction as to race, creed or colour, in arder to enable them to enjoy complete independence and freedom", N oting with regret that, with a few exceptions, the provisions contained in the aforementioned paragraph of the Declaration have not been carried out, N otin,g that, contrary to the provisions of paragraph 4 of the Declaration, armed action and repressive meas- ures continue to be taken in certain areas with increas- ing ruthlessness against dependent peoples, depriving them of their prerogative to exercise peacefully and freely their right to complete independence, Deeply concerned that, contrary to the provisions of paragraph 6 of the Declaration, acts aimed at the partial • Annual report of the Board of Governors to the General Conference, 1 luly 1960-30 ]une 1961, Vienna, July 1961, and supplementary report ( A/ 4883 and Add.1) . or total disruption of national unity and territorial in- tegrity are still being carried out in certain countries in the process of decolonization, Convinced that further delay in the application of the Declaration is a continuing source of international con- flict and disharmony, seriously impedes international co-operation, and is creating an increasingly dangerous situation in many parts of the world which may threaten international peace and security, Emphasizing that inadequacy of political, economic, social or educational preparedness should never serve as a pretext for delaying independence, l. Solemnly reiterates and reaffirms the objectives and principles enshrined in the Declaration on the grant- ing of independence to colonial countries and peoples contained in its resolution 1514 (XV) of 14 December 1960; 2. Calls upan States concerned to take action with- out further delay with a view to the faithful application and implementation oí the Declaration; 3. Decides to establish a Special Committee of seventeen members to be nominated by the President of the General Assembly at the present session; 4. Requests the Special Committee to examine the application of the Declaration, to make suggestÍons and recommendations on the progress and extent oí the im- plementation of the Declaration, and to report to the General Assembly at its seventeenth session; 5. Directs the Special Committee to carry out its task by employment of all means which it will have at its disposal within the framework of the procedures and modalities which it shall adopt for the proper discharge of its functions ; 6. Authorizes the Special Committee to meet else. where than at United Nations Headquarters, whenever and wherever such meetings may be required for the effective discharge of its functions, in consultation with the appropriate authorities; 7. Invites the authorities concerned to afford the Special Committee their fullest co-operation in carrying out its tasks; 8. Requests the Trusteeship Council, the Committee on Information from Non-Self-Governing Territories and the specialized agencies concerned to assist the Special Committee in its work within their respective fields; 9. Reqttests the Secretary-General to provide the Special Committee with all the facilities and the per- sonnel necessary for the implementation of the present resolution. * 1066th plenary meeting, 27 November 1961. * * The President of the General Assembly, in pursuance of the above resolution, appointed the members of the Special Com- mittee established under paragraph 3 .of that resolution. At its 1094th plenary meeting, on 23 January 1962, the General As- sembly took note of that appointment. The Special Committee is composed as follows: AusTRALIA, CAMBOD1A, ETHIOPIA, INDIA, ITALY, MADAGASCAR, MALI, Po- LAND, SYRIA, TANGANYIKA, TUNISIA, UNION OF SOVIET SOCIAL- IST REPUBLICS, UNITED KINGDOM OF GREAT BRITAIN AND NORTHERN lRELAND, UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, URUGUAY, VENEZUELA and YUGOSLAVIA,

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