A/RES/2262(XXII) GA

G,nwal Ass,mbly-Twnty-second SesM RESOLUTIONS ADOPTED ON THE REPORTS OF THE FOURTH COMMITTEE 21.62 (XXII) 2270 (XXII) 2288 (XXII) CONTENTS Till• Question of Southern Rhodesia (A/6884) Question of Territories under Portuguese administration (A/6908) Activities of foreign economic and other interests which are impeding the implementation of the Declaration on the Granting of Inde- pendence to Colonial Countries and Peoples in Southern Rhodesia, South West Africa and Territories under Portuguese domination and in all other Territories under colonial domination and efforts to eliminate colonialism, apartheid and racial discrimination in southern Africa (A/6939) . . . . ....................... . 2302 (XXII) Question of Oman (A/6966) ................................... . 2311 (XXII) Implementation of the Declaration on the Granting of Independence to Colonial Countries and Peoples by the specialized agencies and the international institutions associated with the United Nations 2347 (XXII) 2348 (XXII) 2349 (XXII) (A/6954) . . . . . ............................................. . Question of the Trust Territory of Nauru (A/7009) ........ . Question of Papua and the Trust Territory of New Guinea (A/70<:IJ) Question of the consolidation and integration of the special educa- tional and training programmes for South West Africa, the special training programme for Territories under Portuguese administra- tion and the educat:onal and training programme for South Africans (A/7010) .................................................... . 2350 (XXII) Question of Fiji (A/7011) ..................................... . 2351 (XXII) Information from Non-Self-Governing Territories transmitted under Article 73 e of the Charter of the United Nations (A/7012) .... 2352 (XXII) Offers by Member States of study and training facilities for in- 24 70 97 13 13 65, 67 and 68 69 63 habitants of Non-Self-Governing Territories (A/7012) 71 2353 (XXII) Question of Gibraltar (A/7013) . . . . . . . . . . 23 2354 (XXII) Question of Ifni and Spanish Sahara (A/7013) 23 2355 (XXII) Question of Equatorial Guinea (A/7013) . . 23 2356 (XXII) Question of French Somaliland (A/7013) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 23 2357 (XXII) Question of American Samoa, Antigua, Bahamas, Bermuda, British Virgin Islands, Cayman Islands, Cocos (Keeling) Islands, Dominica, Gilbert and Ellice Islands, Grenada, Guam, Mauritius, Montserrat, New Hebrides, Niue, Pitcairn, St. Helena, St. Kitts-Nevis-AniUill&, St. Lucia, St. Vincent, Seychelles, Solomon Islands, Swaziland, Tokelau Islands, Turks and Caicos Islands and the United States Virgin Islands (A/7013) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 23 Orlaer cleci,lona Report of the Trusteeship Council ........................................... . Implementation of the Declaration on the Granting of Independence to Colonial Countries and Peoples . . . . . ................................ . Question of South West Africa (hearing of petitioners) ......... . 13 23 64 Dt11•of atffftilM 3 November 1967 17 November 1967 7 December 1967 12 December 1967 14 December 1967 19 December 1967 19 December 1967 19 December 1967 19 December 1967 19 December 1967 19 December 1967 19 December 1967 19 December 1967 19 December 1967 19 December 1967 19 December 1967 19 December 1967 3 November 1967 5 December 1967 48 49 so 50 51 51 52 52 53 53 53 54 55 55 56 56 57 2262 (XXD). Question· of Southern Rhodella The General Assembly, Having considered the question of Southern Rhodesia, Recalling its resolution 1514 (XV) of 14 December 1960 containing the Declaration on the Granting of Independence to Colonial Countries and Peoples, Recalling further all the resolutions adopted by the General Assembly, the Security Council and the Spe- cial Committee on the Situation with regard to the Implementation of the Declaration on the Granting of Independence to Colonial Countries and Peoples concerning the question of Southern Rhodesia, " 46 General Auembly-Twenty-aeeond S-ion Recalling further that the situation in Southern Rho- desia has been declared by the Security Council in resolution 232 (1966) of 16 December 1966 as consti- tuting a threat to international peace and security, Recalling further that the Government of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland has declared on several occasions that the racist minority regime in Southern Rhodesia is illegal, that it will not negotiate with that regime on the future of South- ern Rhodesia and that it will not grant independence until majority rule is established in the Territory, N otinq that the economic sanctions applied so far have failed to bring down the illegal racist minority regime in Southern Rhodesia, Noting with profound regret that the Government of the United Kingdom has not found it possible to take the measures necessary to bring down the minority regime in Southern Rhodesia, I. Reaffirms the legitimacy of the struggle of the people of Zimbabwe for the restoration of their in- alienable right to freedom and independence; 2. Condemns the policies of oppression, racial dis- crimination and segregation practised in Southern Rho- desia, which constitute a crime against humanity; 3. Reaffirms the obligation of the administering Power to transfer power without further delay to the people of Zimbabwe on the basis of elections conducted according to the principle of "one man, one vote"; 4. Condemns the failure and the refusal of the Gov- ernment of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, in its capacity as the administering Power, to take effective measures to bring down the illegal racist minority regime in Southern Rhodesia and to transfer power to the people of Zimbabwe; 5. Affirms its conviction that the sanctions adopted so far will not put an end to the illegal racist minority regime and that sanctions, in order to achieve their objective, will have to be comprehensive and manda- tory and hacked by force : 6. Further reaffirms that the only effective and speedy way for the administering Power to put down the rebelJion in the Territory is through the use of force: 7. Calls once again upon the Government of the United Kingdom to take immediately all the necessary measures, including the use of force, to put an end to the illegal racist minority regime in Southern Rho- desia and to ensure the immecliate application of Gen- eral Assembly resolution 1514 (XV) and other relevant resolutions; 8. Considers that any future consultations under- taken by the administering Power to determine the fu- ture of Southern Rhodesia must he with the repre- sentatives of all the political parties and not with the illegal regime, and calls upon the administering Power to enter immediately into consultations with the representatives of the political parties favouring majority rule; 9. Condemns the activities of all those States which, contrary to the resolutions of the General Assembly and the Security Council, are still trading with the illegal racist minority regime in the Territory, and calls upon such States to sever immediately all economic and other relations with that regime, in accordance with those resolutions; 10. Condemns the activities of those foreign finan- cial and other interests which, by supporting :tnd as~ sisting the illegal racist minority regime in Southern Rhodesia, and by their exploitation of the human and material re§ources of the Territory, are under- mining the effective implementation of the sanctions imposed so far and are impeding the African people of Zimbabwe from attaining freedom and independence in accordance with General Assembly resolution 1514 (XV), and calls upon the Governments of the States concerned to take all the necessary measures to bring such activities to an end; 11. Condemns in the strongest terms the policies of the Governments of South Africa and Portugal of con- tinued support for the illegal racist minority regime in blatant defiance of General Assembly and Security Council resolutions ; 12. Further condemns the presence of South Af- rican armed forces in Southern Rhodesia and the arms aid extended by the authorities of South Africa to the illegal racist minority regime in Southern Rhodesia for the purpose of suppressing the legitimate struggle of the people of Zimbabwe to achieve their freedom and independence ; 13. Expresses grave concern at the serious threat constituted by the forces referred to in paragraph 12 above to the territorial integrity and sovereignty of independent African States in the area; 14. Calls u.pon the administering Power to ensure the immediate expulsion of all South African armed forces from the colony of Southern Rhodesia and to prevent all armed assistance to the rebel regime ; 15. Strongly condemns the detention and imprison- ment of African nationalists in Southern Rhodesia and invites the administering Power to secure their immediate and unconditional release; 16. Urges all States, as a matter of urgency, to render all moral and material assistance to the national liberation movements of Zimbabwe, either directly or through the Organization of African Unity; 17. Draws the attention of the Security Council to the need for applying the necessary measures envisaged under Chapter VII of the Charter of the United Nations, in view of the deterioration of the grave situa- tion in Southern Rhodesia; 18. Appeals to the specialized agencies concerned and to other international assistance organizations to aid and assist the refugees from Zimbabwe and those who are suffering from oppression by the illegal racist minority regime in Southern Rhodesia, in consultation with the Organization of African Unity and, through it, with the national liberation movements in the colo- nial Territory of Southern Rhodesia; 19. Rl'quests the Secretary-General to promote through the various organs and agencies of the United Nations the continuous and large-scale publicizing of the work of the United Nations concerning this ques- tion, in order that world public opinion may be suf- ficiently aware of the grave situation in the colonial Territory of Southern Rhodesia and of the continu- ing struggle for liberation waged by the people of Zimbabwe; 20. Requests the Special Committee on the Situa- tion with regard to the Implementation of the Declara- tion on the Granting of Independence to Colonial Countries and Peoples to continue to keep the situa- tion in the Territory under review and invites the Secretary-General to report to the Special Committee on the extent of the implementation by Member States Reaolutiom adopted on the reporta of the Fourth Committee 47 of the resolutions of the United Nations relevant to the Territory; 21. Calls upon the administering Power to report to the Special Committee on its actions in the imple- mentation of the present resolution ; 22. Decides to keep the question of Southern Rho- desia on its agenda. 1594th plenary meeting, 3 November 1967. 2270 (XXD). QueBtion of Territories under Portuguese admini8tration The General Assembly, Having examined the question of Territories under Portuguese domination, Having heard 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 all the relevant resolutions concerning the Territories under Portuguese domination adopted by the General Assembly, the Security Council and the Special Committee on the Situation with regard to the Implementation of the Declaration on the Granting of Independence to Colonial Countries and Peoples, Taking note of the report of the International Semi- nar on Apartheid, Racial Discrimination and Colonial- ism in Southern Africa, held at Kitwe, Zambia, from 25 July to 4 August 1967,1 Deeply disturbed by the negative attitude of the Gov- ernment of Portugal and its persistent refusal to im- plement the relevant United Nations resolutions, Gravely concerned about the critical and explosive situation which is threatening international peace and security owing to the methods of oppression and the military operations which continue to be used against the African peoples of the Territories under Portu- guese domination, Noting once more with deep concern that the activi- ties of the foreign economic and financial interests in those Territories are heing pursued as intensively as ever and continue to impede the realization of the legiti- mate aspirations of the Afr:can peoples, Noting further with profound concern that Portugal continues to receive aid and weapons from certain States, and in particular from its military allies, which it uses against the population of those Territories, Noting with satisfaction the progress tcw::irds na- tional independence and freedom made b:,· the libera- tion movements hoth through their stru<;gle and through a reconstruction programme, Taking note of the report of the Secretary-General relating to his consultations with the International Bank for Reconstruction and Development in pursuance of General Assembly resolutions 2184 (XXI) of 12 De- cember 1966 and 2202 (XXI) of 16 December 1966,2 1. Reaffirms the inalienable r:i::-ht of the peoples of the Territories under Portugue~ ~ clo:nination to achieve freedom and independence, ir 1c\'.r;r<lance with General Assembly resolution 1514 (A ✓), ;ind !he iegitimacy of their struggle to achieve this right ; l A/6818 and Corr.I. 2 Official Records of the Gm,,-al Asmnbly, Twenty-second Session, Annexes, agenda item 66, document A/6825. 2. Approves the chapter of the report of the Special Committee on the Situation with regard to the Im- plementation of the Declaration on the Granting of Independence to Colonial Countries and Peoples relat- ing to the Territories under Portuguese domination8 and endorses the conclusions and recommendations con- tained therein; 3. Strongly condemns the persistent refusal of the Government of Portugal to implement the relevant resolutions adopted by the General Assembly, the Secu- rity Council and the Special Committee, as well as that Government's actions which are designed to perpetuate its oppressive foreign rule ; 4. Strongly condemns the colonial war being waged by the Government of Portugal against the peaceful peo- ples of the Territories under its domination, which constitutes a crime against humanity and a grave threat to international peace and security; 5. Condemns the policy of the Government of Portu- gal, which violates the economic and political rights of the indigenous population by the settlement of foreign immigrants in the Territories and by the forcible export- ing of African workers to South Africa, and calls upon that Government to stop immediately the systematic influx of foreign immigrants into these Territories and the forcible exporting of African workers to South Africa; 6. Strongly condemns the activities of the financial interests operating in the Territories under Portuguese domination, which exploit the human and material re- sources of the Territories and impede the progress of their peoples towards freedom and independence ; 7. Urges the Government of Portugal to apply with- out delay to the peoples of the Territories under its domination the principle of self-determination in ac cordance with General Assemhly resolution 1514 (XV) and other relevant resolutions of the General As- sembly and the Security Council, and, in particular, to take the following action : (a) To recognize solemnly the right of the peoples under its domination to self-determination and inde- pendence; ( b) To desist forthwith from all acts of repression and to withdraw all military and other forces which it is using for that purpose ; ( c) To proclaim an unconditional political amnesty and create the conditions which will enable authority to be transferred to freely elected institutions repre- sentative of the populations, in accordance with General Assembly resolution 1514 (XV) ; 8. Once again requests all States, particularly the military allies of Portugal in the North Atlantic Treaty Organization, to take the following measures : (a) To desist forthwith from giving the Government of Portugal any assistance, including the training of Portuguese military personnel within or outside the framework of the North Atlantic Treaty Organization, which encourages that Government to continue its re- pression of the African people in the Territories under its domination ; ( b) To prevent any sale or supply of weapons and military equipment to the Government of Portugal ; ( c) To stop the sale or shipment to the Government of Portugal of equipment and materials for the manu- facture or maintenance of weapons and ammunition : 1 Ibid., addendum to agenda item 23 ( A/6700/Rev.1), chapter V.

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