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62 General Assembly-Twentieth Session 5. Calls upon the Government of South Africa to co-operate with the Secretary-General in implementing the present resolution; 6. Requests the Secretary-General to disseminate in South West Africa and elsewhere information concern- ing the scholarship programmes ; 7. Further requests the Secretary-General to consult with the Special Committee on the Situation with regard to the Implementation of the Declaration on the Granting of Independence to Colonial Countries and Peoples concerning the implementation of the Pro- gramme and to report thereon to the General Assembly at its twenty-first session. 1400th plenary meeting, 17 December 1965. 2107 (XX). Question of Territories under Por- tuguese administration The General Assembly, Having examined the chapters of the reports 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 re- lating to the Territories under Portuguese adminis- tration,35 Having hrard the statements of the petitioners, Recalling its resolution 1514 (XV) of 14 December 1960 containing the Declaration on the Granting of Independence to Colonial Countries and Peoples, Recalling also Security Council resolutions 163 (1961) of 9 June 1961, 180 (1963) of 31 July 1963, 183 (1963) of 11 December 1963 and 218 (1965) of 23 November 1965, and General Assembly resolutions 1807 (XVH) of 14 December 1962, 1819 (XVII) of 18 December 1962 and 1913 (XVIII) of 3 December 1963, as well as the relevant resolutions of the Special Committee, adopted on 3 July 196436 and 10 June 1965,87 Noting with deep concern that, in spite of the meas- ures laid down by the Security Council in the afore- mentioned resolutions, the Government of Portugal is intensifying the measures of repression and military operations against the African people of these Terri- tories with a view to defeating their legitimate aspira- tions to self-determination, freedom and independence, Further noting with deep concern that the activities of the foreign financial interests in these Territories are an impediment to the African people in the realiza- tion of their aspirations to freedom and independence. Considering that the evidence submitted by the peti- tioners confirmed that the Government of Portugal has continued to use the aid and weapons that it receives from its military allies against the populations of Angola, Mozambique, so-called Portuguese Guinea and other Territories under its administration, Convinced that the attitude of Portugal towards the African population of its colonies and of the neighbour- ing States constitutes a threat to international peace and security, 811 [bid .. Nineteenth Session, Annexes, annex No. 8 (part I) (A/5800/Rev.1), chapter V; ibid., Twentieth Session, An- 11exes, addendum to agenda item 23 (A/6000/Rev.1), chapter V. 36 Ibid., Nineteenth Session, Annexes, annex "Jo. 8 (part I) (A/5800/Rev.1), chapter V, para. 352. 37 Ibid., Twentieth Session, Annexes, addendum to agenda item 23 (A/6000/Rev.1), chapter V, para. 415. 1. Reaffirms the right of the peoples of the African Territories under Portuguese administration to freedom and independence and recognizes the legitimacy of their struggle to achieve the rights laid down in the Charter of the United Nations, the Universal Declaration of Human Rights and the Declaration on the Granting of T ndependence to Colonial Countries and Peoples; 2. Approves the chapters of the reports of 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 relating to the Territories under Portuguese administration and endorses the conclusions and recommendations con- tained therein; 3. Appeals to all States, in co-operation with the Organization of African Unity, to render the people of the Territories under Portuguese administration the moral and material support necessary for the restoration of their inalienable rights ; 4. Condemns the colonial policy of Portugal and its persistent refusal to carry out ;Jw resolutions of the General Assembly and the Security Council ; 5. Condemns the policy of the Government of Por- tugal which violates the economic and political rights of the indigenous population by the establishment, on a large scale, of foreign immigrants in the Territories and hy the exporting of workers to South Africa; 6. Requests all States to prevent such activities on the part of their nationals in the foreign financial in- terests which arc an impcdinwnt to the attainment by the people of their legitimite rights of freedom and independence; 7. Urges Member States to t:1ke the following meas- ures, separately nr collectively: (a) To break off diplomatic and consular relations with the Government of Portugal or rcfrnin from estab- lishing such relations; ( b) To close their ports to :ill vessels flving the Portuguese flag nr in the serYice of Portng;i 1: (c) To prohibit their ships from entering any ports in Portugal and its coloni;il territories: ( d) To refuse landing and transit facilities to all aircraft belonging to or in the service of the Govern- ment of Portug·al and to companies registered under the laws of Portugal: ( e) To boycott all tracle wit! 1 Portugal: 8. Requests all States, and in particular the military allies of Portugal within the framework of the North Atlantic Treaty Organiz;ition. to take the following steps: (a) To refrain forthwith from giving the Portuguese Government any assistance which would enable it to continue its repression of tlw African people in the Territories under its administration; ( q) To take all the necessary measures to prevent the sale or supply of arms and military equipment to the Government of Portugal : ( c) To stop the sale or shipment to the Government of Portugal of equipment ;ind materials for the manu- facture or maintenance of arms and ammunition: 9. Appeals to all the specialized agencies, in particu- lar to the T nternationa 1 nank for Rt"constrnction and Development and the International Monetary Fund. tn refrain from granting Portugal any financial, eco- •rnmic.- or technic;il assistance so long as the Government Resolutions adopted on the reports of the Fourth Committ~ 6S of Portugal fails to implempnt (---;enPral AssPmhly reso · lution 1514 (XV); 10. Requests the United Nations High Commis- sioner for Refugees, the specialized agencies concerned and other international relief organizations to increase their assistance to the refugees from the Territories under Portuguese administration and to the people who have suffered from military operations; 11. Requests the Security Council to con?ider put- ting into effect against Portugal the appropriate meas- ures laid down in the Charter, for the purpose of carrying out its resolutions concerning the Territories under Portuguese domination; 12. Decides to include the question of the Territories under Portuguese administration in the provisional agenda of its twenty-first session. 1407th plenary meeting, 21 December 1965. 2108 (XX). Speaal training programme for Territories under Portuguese administration The General Assembly, Recalling its resolutions 1808 (XVII) of 14 Decem- ber 1962 and 1973 (XVIII) of 16 December 1963, by which it established a special trainin~ P:ogramme for the indigenous people of the Terntones under Portuguese administration, Having considered the reports of the Secretary- General submitted in accordance with paragraph 9 of resolution 1973 (XVIII) ,38 Noting with deep regret that, notwithstanding para- graph 10 of resolution 1808 (XVII) and paragraph 8 of resolution 1973 (XVIII), the (',overnment of Por- tugal has not co-operated in the implementation of the special training programme, Noting iuith satisfaction that several Member States have extended offers of scholarships to students from Territories under Portuguese administration, Noting that only a few applicants from Territories under Portuguese administration have the necessary qualifications to enable them to enter institutions of higher education, Noting further that many of the scholarships offered by Member States are for higher education only and, consequently, are not accessible to most applicants from Territories under Portuguese administration, whose qualifications cannot meet the requirements set for the use of such scholarships, 1. Requests the Secretary-General to take all ap- propriate measures with a view to making the benefits of the special training programme available to as many indigenous inhabitants nf the Territories under Por- tuguese administration as possible; 2. Invites the United Nations programmes of tech- nical assistance and the specialized agencies to continue to co-operate in the implementation of the special training programme mentioned above, by offering every possible assistance and such facilities and resources as they may be able to provide to the recipients and the Governments participating in the programme; 3. Expresses its appreciation to Member States which have extended offers of scholarships to students from Territories 1mder Portuguese administration ; 38 Ibid., agenda item 71, documents A/5783 and Add.1, am! A/6076 and Add.1 and 2. 4. Tnvites the Member States which have offered scholarships, and those which plan to do so, to consider ofTeri11g in the first place scholarships for secondary <'duration nnd for vocationnl and technical training; 5. Requests Member States to inform the Secretary- General of any scholarships offered and of awards made and utilized; 6. Further requests Member States to facilitate the travel of students from Territories under Portuguese administration who are seeking to avail themselves of the educational opportunities offered ; 7. Reiterates its request to the Government of Por- tugal to co-operate in the implementation of the special training programme for inhabitants of Territories under its administration ; 8. Requests the Secretary-General to report on this question to the General Assembly at its twenty-first session. 1407th plenary meeting, 21 December 1965. 2109 (XX). Information from Non-Self-Governing Territories transmitted under Article 73 e of the Charter of the United Nations The General Assembly, Recalling its resolution 1970 (XVIII) of 16 Decem- ber 1963, in which it dissolved the Committee on Information from Non-Self-Governing Territories and, inter a1ia, requested the Special Committee on the Situation with regard to the Implementation of the Declaration on the Granting of Independence to Colo- nial Countries and Peoples to study the information transmitted to the Secretary-General in accordance with Article 73 e of the Charter of the United Nations and to take it fullv into account in examining the situation with regard to the implementation of the Drclaration, Noting the procedures suggested by the Secretary- General89 and adopted by the Special Committee whereby the latest information transmitted by Ad- ministering Members is taken into account by the Com- mittee in its consideration of the Territories concerned and is reflected in the relevant chapters of the Com- mittee's reports on each Territory, Having studied those chapters of the reports of the Special Committee dealing with the transmittal of in- formation under Article 73 e of the Charter and the action taken by it in respect of that information,•0 Having also examined the reports of the Secretary- Gf'neral on the said information.41 l. Approves the reports and the procedures adopted by the Special Committee on the Situation with regard to the Implementation of the Declaration on the Grant- ing of Independence to Colonial Countries and Peoples for the discharge of its functions under General As- sembly resolution 1970 (XVIII); ~- Fxpresses its regret that not all Member States having responsihilities for the administration of Non- 39 Jbid., Nineteenth Session, Annexes, annex No. 8 (part I) (A/5800/Rev.1), chapter II, appendix I. 40 Ibid., chapter II; ibid., Twentieth Session, Annexes, ad- dendum to agenda item 23 ( A/6000/Rev.1), chapter XXVI. 41 Ibid., Twentieth Session, Annexes, agenda items 68 and 72, documents A/5843 and A/6038.

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