A/RES/1700(XVI) GA

38 General ABsembly-Sixteenth Session=----------------- sanction, directly or indirectly, discriminatory policies and practices based on racial considerations, the adop- tion of legislative measures making racial discrimina- tion and segregation punishable by law, and the dis- couragement of such practices based on racial consi- derations by all other means possible, including admin- istrative measures; ( b) The immediate extension to all inhabitants of the full exercise of basic political rights, in particular the right to vote, and the establishment of equality among the inhabitants of Non-Self-Governing Ter- ritories; 3. Requests the Secretary-General to take measures for the immediate and large-scale dissemination of the present resolution in the Non-Self-Governing Terri- tories through all the appropriate media of mass com- munication, in the prii;icipal local languages as well as in the languages of the Administering Members; 4. Further requests the Secretary-General to pre- pare, not later than September 1962, a report on the implementation of the present re5olution for the con- sideration of the General Assembly and any other body which the Assembly may appoint to assist it in the implementation of resolution 1514 (XV). 1083rd plenary meeting, 19 December 1961. 1699 (XVI). Non-compliance of the Government of Portugal with Chapter XI of the Charter of the United Nations and with General As- sembly resolution 1542 (XV) The General Assembly, Recalling that by resolution 1542 (XV) of 15 De- cember 1960 it declared that an obligation exists on the part of the Government of Portugal to transmit in- formation under Chapter XI of the Charter of the United Nations concerning Non-Self-Governing Ter- ritories under its administration, and that this obliga- tion should be discharged without further delay, Noting with deep regret that the Government of Portugal has refused and still continues to refuse to submit information on its Non-Self-Governing Terri- tories or to participate in the work of the Committee on Information from Non-Self-Governing Territories, as called for by General Assembly resolution 1542 (XV) and Chapter XI of the Charter, Recalling further the principles set forth in its reso- lution 1514 (XV) of 14 December 1960 entitled "Declaration on the granting of independence to colonial countries and peoples", Considering that the provisions of the said Declara- tion and any decision of the General Assembly con- cerning its implementation are fully applicable to the Territories under Portuguese administration equally with other Non-Self-Governing Territories, Noting the continuing deterioration of the situation in the Territories under Portuguese administration, 1. Cond,emns the continuing non-compliance of the Government of Portugal with its obligations under Chapter XI of the Charter of the United Nations and with the terms of General Assembly resolution 1542 (XV), and its refusal to co-operate in the work of the Committee on Information from Non-Self-Governing Territories; 2. Considers it necessary that, pending the fulfil- ment of these obligations by the Government of Por- tugal, the General Assembly must, for its part, continue to discharge its own obligations and responsibilities to- wards the inhabitants of the Non-Self-Governing Ter- ritories under Portuguese administration; 3. Decides to establish a Special Committee of seven members to be elected by the General Assembly to examine as a matter of urgency, within the context of Chapter XI of the Charter and relevant resolutions of the Assembly, such information as is available con- cerning Territories under Portuguese administration, and to formulate its observations, conclusions and re- commendations for the consideration of the Assembly and any other body which the Assembly may appoint to assist it in the implementation of its resolution 1514 (XV); 4. Requests the Secretary-General, pending the compliance by Portugal with its obligations under Chapter XI of the Charter to transmit information on conditions in the Territories under its administration, to prepare for the us~ of the Special Committee, on the basis of available information, background papers con- taining information on conditions prevailing in the Ter- ritories under the administration of Portugal; 5. Authorizes the Special Committee, in order that information available to it may be as up to date and authentic as possible, to receive petitions and hear petitioners concerning conditions prevailing in Por- tuguese Non-Self-Governing Territories; 6. Requests the Secretary-General to furnish the Special Committee with such necessary secretarial and other assistance as it may require in the performance of its tasks; 7. Requests Member States to use their influence to secure the compliance of Portugal with its obligations under the Charter and the relevant resolutions of the General As!,embly; 8. Further requests Member States to deny Por- tugal any support and assistance which it may use for the suppression of the peoples of its Non-Self-Govern- ing Territories. 1083rd plenary meeting, 19 December 1961. * * * At its 1257th meeting, on 20 December 1961, the Fourth Committee, acting on behalf of the General Assembly, elected the members of the Special Committee established under paragraph 3 of the above resolution. At its 1087th plenary meeting, on 20 December 1961, the General Assembly approved the election. The following Member States were elected: BULGARIA, CEY- LON, COLOMBIA, CYPRUS, GUATEMALA, GUINEA and NIGERIA. 1700 (XVI). Question of the renewal of the Com- mittee on Information from Non-Self-Gov- erning Territories The General Assembly, Having recognized the usefulness and value of the work of the Committee on Information from Non-Self- Governing Territories in the interests of the advance- ment of peoples of Nop-Self-Governing Territories and of the attainment of the objectives set forth in Chapter XI of the Charter of the United Nations, Resolutiont1 adopted on the reports of the Fourth Committee 39 Ke,eping in mind the principles and purposes con- tained in its resolution 1514 (XV) of 14 December 1960 entitled "Declaration on the granting of independ- ence to colonial countries and peoples", Considering that by resolution 1654 (XVI) of 27 November 1%1 the General Assembly established a Special Committee of seventeen members on the ap- plication of the Declaration on the granting of independ- ence to colonial countries and peoples, Considering further that in paragraph 8 of that reso- lution the General Assembly requested the Committee on Information from Non-Self-Governing Territpries to assist the Special Committee in its work, 1. Decides to continue the Committee on Informa- tion from Non-Self-Governing Territories on the same basis ~s hitherto until such time as the General As- sembly has decided that the principles embodied in Chapter XI of the Charter of the United Nations and in the Declaration on the granting of independence to colonial countries and peoples have been fully imple- mented; 2. Decides further that the Committee on Informa- tion from Non-Self-Governing Territories shall examine the political and constitutional information transmitted by the Administering Members as well as information relating to functional fields, and submit its reports to the General Assembly with its observations and con- clusions thereon ; 3. Instructs the Committee on Information from Non-Self-Governing Territories to undertake intensive studies of political, educational, economic and social conditions and problems of Territories located in the same area or region, except where circumstances re- quire individual consideration; 4. Recalls its resolution 1542 (XV) of 15 Decem- ber 1960 and instructs the Committee on Information from Non-Self-Governing Territories to invite the co- operation of the Special Committee of seven members established by General Assembly resolution 1699 (XVI) of 19 December 1961; 5. Requests the Committee on Information from Non-Self-Governing Territories to transmit to the Special Committee on the application of the Declaration on the granting of independence to colonial countries and peoples the reports referred to in paragraph 2 above, and to provide it with pertinent material avail- able. to the Committee on Information including such studies prepared for its consideration as may be re- quired for the discharge of the Special Committee's functions. * 1083rd plenary meeting, 19 December 1961. * * At its 1253rd meeting, on 18 December 1961, the Fourth Committee, acting on behalf of the General Assembly, elected four members to the Committee o~ Information from Non- Self-Governing Ten:itories for a period of three years to fill the vacancies created by the expiration of the terms of office of the Dominican Republic, Ghana, India and /raq.1• At its 1083rd plenary meeting, on 19 December 1961, the Assembly confirmed this election. The following States were elected: ECUADOR, PAKISTAN, PHILIPPINES and UPPER VOLTA. 18 Ibid., Sixteenth Session, Annexes, agenda item 46, docu- ment A/5048, para. 2. 1701 (XVI). Report of the Trusteeship Council The General Assembly, Having received the report of the Trusteeship Coun- cil covering the period from 1 July 1960 to 19 July 1961,17 1. Takes note of the report of the Trusteeship Council; 2. Recommends that the Administering Authorities take account of the recommendations and observations contained in the report; 3. Recommends that the Trusteeship Council should consider at its n\·c11ty-eighth session the com111,:11ts and suggestions which'were made, d1.1ring the discussion of the repl0rt at the sixteenth session of the General As- sembly, regarding the remaining Territories nuder trusteeship, as well as the Council's methods of work and procedure, in order to bring them into accordance with the requirements of the new sitnation in the field of the International Trusteeship System. 1083rd plenary meeting, 19 December 1961. 1702 (XVI). Question of South West Africa The G§neral Assembly, Recalling its resolution 1514 (XV) _of 14 pecemlJ!!r 1960 entitled "Declaration on the grantmg of mdepend- ence to colonial countries and peoples", and its reso- lution 1654 (XVI) of 27 November 1961 establishing a Special Committee of seventeen members on the ap- plication of the Declaration, Recalling its resolutions 1568 (XV) of 18 Decem1.)er 1960 and 1596 (XV) of 7 April 1961, Noting with approval the special report of the Com- mittee on South West Africa,18 Bearing in mind the findings, conclusions and recom- mendations of the special report of the Committee on South West Africa on the measures to be taken to ensure the institution of the rule of law and such demo- cratic processes, reforms and programmes of assistance as will enable the Mandated Territor,y of South West Africa to assume the full responsibilities of sovereignty and independence within the shortest possible time, Noting 'Wi,th deep regret that the Government of the Republic of South Africa has prevented the Committee on South West Africa, with threats, from entering the Territory, Noting with increased disquiet the progressive de- terioration of the situation in South West Africa as a result of the ruthless intensification of the policy of apartheid, the deep emotional resentments of all African peoples, accompanied by the rapid expansion of South Africa's military forces, and the fact that Europeans, both soldiers and civilians, are being armed and mili- tarily reinforced for tl1e purpose of oppressing the in- digenous people, all of which create an increasingly explosive situation which, if allowed to continue, will endanger international peace and security, Considering that the Government of South Africa has persistently failed in its international obligations "Ibid., Sixteenth Session, Supplement No. 4 (A/4818). 18 Ibid., Supplement No. 12A (A/4926).

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