A/RES/1760(XVII) GA

38 General AHembly-Seventeenth Session ( b) The immediate lifting of the ban on the Zim- babwe African Peoples Union; 2. Requests the Government of the United Kingdom to inform the General Assembly at its seventeenth session regarding the implementation of the present resolution. 1152nd plenary meeting, 12 October 1962. 1760 (XVII). Question of Southern Rhodesia The General, Assembly, Recalling its resolution 1514 (XV) of 14 December 1960, the provisions of which are fully applicable to the Territory of Southern Rhodesia, Recalling its resolution 1747 (XVI) of 28 June 1962, by which the General Assembly affirmed that the Terri- tory of Southern Rhodesia is a Non-Self-Governing Territory within the meaning of Chapter XI of the Charter of the United Nations, Confirming the inalienable rights of the people of Southern Rhodesia to self-determination and to form an independent African State, Having considered the report of the Special Com- mittee on the Situation with regard to the Implementa- tion of the Declaration on the Granting of Independence to Colonial Countries and Peoples,1 Having adopted resolution 1755 (XVII) of 12 Octo- ber 1962, Having heard the petitioners, Noting with deep regret that the administering Power has not yet taken steps to carry out the request, con- tained in resolution 1747 (XVI), to undertake urgently the convening of a constitutional conference, in which there shall be full participation of representatives of all political parties, for the purpose of formulating a con- stitution for Southern Rhodesia, in place of the Constitu- tion of 6 December 1961, which would ensure the rights of the majority of the people, on the basis of "one man, one vote", in conformity with the principles of the Charter of the United Nations and the Declaration on the granting of independence to colonial countries and peo- ples, embodied in resolution 1514 (XV), 1. Reaffirms its resolution 1747 (XVI); 2. Considers that the attempt to impose the Constitu- tion of 6 December 1961, which has been rejected and is being vehemently opposed by most of the political parties and the vast majority of the people of Southern Rhodesia, and to hold elections under it will aggravate the existing explosive situation in that Territory; 3. Requests the Government of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland to take the neces- sary measures to secure : (a) The immediate implementation of resolutions 1747 (XVI) and 1755 (XVII); ( b) The immediate suspension of the enforcement of the Constitution of 6 December 1961 and cancellation of the general elections scheduled to take place shortly under that Constitution; ( c) The immediate convening of a constitutional con- ference, in accordance with resolution 1747 (XVI), to formulate a new constitution for Southern Rhodesia; ( d) The immediate extension to the whole popula- tion, without discrimination, of the full and uncondi- 1 Official Records of the Ge11c,-al Assenwly, Seventeenth Session, Annexes, agenda item 25, document A/5238. tional exercise of their basic political rights, m particular the right to vote, and the establishment of equality among all inhabitants of the Territory; 4. Requests the Acting Secretary-General to lend his good offices to promote conciliation among the vari- ous sections of the population of Southern Rhodesia by initiating prompt discussions with the United King- dom Government and other parties concerned, with a view to achieving the objectives set out in this and all the other resolutions of the General Assembly on the question of Southern Rhodesia, and to report to the Assembly at its present session as well as to the Special Committee on the Situation with regard to the Imple- mentation of the Declaration on the Granting of Inde- pendence to Colonial Countries and Peoples ;2 5. Decides to keep the item entitled "Question of Southern Rhodesia" on the agenda of its seventeenth session. 1163rd plenary meeting, 31 October 1962. 1804 (XVII). Petitions and communications re- lating to the Territory of South West Africa The General, Assembly, Having accepted the advisory opinion of 11 July 1950 of the International Court of Justice on the question of South West Africa,3 Having authorized the Special Committee for South West Africa, by paragraph 3 of resolution 1702 (XVI) of 19 December 1961, to examine petitions as far as pos- sible in accordance with the Mandates procedure of the League of Nations, Draws the attention of the petitioners concerned to the report of the Special Committee for South West Africa to the General Assembly at its seventeenth session4 and to the report of the Chairman and Vice-Chairman of the Special Committee on their visit to South Africa and South West Africa/' as well as to the resolutions on the question of South West Africa adopted by the Assembly at its seventeenth session. 1194th plenary meeting, 14 December 1962. 1805 (XVII). Question of South West Africa The General Assembly, Recalling its resolution 1514 (XV) of 14 December 1960 entitled "Declaration on the granting of inde- pendence to colonial countries and peoples", Recalling further its previous resolutions on the ques- tion of South West Africa and in particular resolution 1702 (XVI) of 19 December 1961, Considering its resolution 1761 (XVII) of 6 N ovem- ber 1962, Noting with appreciation the report of the Special Committee for South \Vest Africa 4 and chapter IX of the report of the Special Committee on the Situation with regard to the Implementation of the Declaration on the Granting of Independence to Colonial Countries and Peoples,1 2 See note on item 56, p. ++. 3 Intcmational statlls of South-1/"est Africa, Adviso,-y Opin- ion: I.CJ. Reports 1950, p. 12R. 4 Official Records of the Gcnrral Asscntbly, SevcHtec11th Ses- sion. Suj,j,lemcnt .\" o. 12 (A/5212), and document A/5212/Add.1 and 2, 5 Ibid., Supplement 1\" o. 12 (A/5212). part TI.

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