A/RES/2348(XXII) GA

Resolutions adopted on the reports of the Fourth Committee 51 Having considered the special report of the Trustee- ship Council on its thirteenth special session, 11 1. Notes the formal announcement by the Adminis- tering Authority that, following the resumed talks be- tween representatives of the Nauruan people and of the Administering Authority, it was agreed that Nauru should accede to independence on 31 January 1968 ;12 2. Welcomes the statement made in the Fourth Com- mittee by the representatives of the Governments of Australia. New Zealand and the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland as the Administer- ing Authority that the Administering Authority has complied with the request of the representatives of the Nauruan people for full and unqualified independence; 3. Resolves accordingly, in agreement with the Ad- ministering Authority, that the Trusteeship Agreement for the Territory of Nauru approved by the General Assembly on 1 November 1947 shall cease to be in force upon the accession of Nauru to independence on 31 January 1968; 4. Calls upon all States to respect the independence and the territorial integrity of the independent State of Nauru; 5. Urges the organs of the United Nations concerned and the specialized agencies to render all possible as- sistance to the people of Nauru in their endeavour to build a new nation. * 1641st plenary meeting, 19 December 1967. • • Pursuant to Article 86 of the Charter of the United Nations, NEW ZEALAND will cease to be a member of the Trusteeship Council on the accession of Nauru to independmce on 31 //Jfluary 1968. As from that date the Council will therefore be c<>mposed of the following Member States: AUSTRAUA, CHINA, FRANCE, LIBERIA, UNION OF SOVIET SOCIALIST REPUBLICS, UNITED KINGDOM OF GREAT BRITAIN AND NORTHERN IRELAND and UNITED STATES OF AMERICA. 2348 (XXII). Question of Papua and the Trust Territory of New Guinea The General Assembly, Recalling the provisions of the Charter of the United Nations and General Assembly resolution 1514 (XV) of 14 December 1960, Recalling further its resolutions 2112 (XX) of 21 December 1965 and 2227 (XXI) of 20 December 1966, 1. Reaffirms the inalienable right of the people of Papua and New Guinea to self-determination and in- dependence in accordance with General Assembly re- solution 1514 (XV) ; 2. Reaffirms its previous position as set forth in Gen- eral Assembly resolutions 2112 (XX) and 2227 (XXI); 3. Calls upon the administering Power to take the necessary measures to implement without delay the provisions of the above-mentioned resolutions. 1641st plenary meeting, 19 December 1967. 11 Official Records of the General Assembly, Twenfy-.serond Session, Annexes, agenda item 13, document A/6926. 12 Jbid., document A/6903. 2349 (XXII). Question of the consolidation and integration of the sp~ial educational and training programmes for South West Africa, the sp~ial training programme for Terri- tories under Portuguese administration and the educational and training programme for South Africans The General Assembly, Recalling its resolution 2235 (XXI) of 20 December 1966 concerning the question of the consolidation and integration of the special educational and training pro- grammes for South West Africa, the special training programme for Territories under Portuguese adminis- tration and the educational and training programme for South Africans, Taking note with appreci-ation of the report submitted by the Secretary-General in accordance with para- graph 1 of the said resolution, 13 Considering that a consolidation and integration of the programmes is desirable as a basis for the further development and expansion of assistance for education and training, Taking note of the recommendations of the Confer- ence on African Refugee Problems, held at Addis Ababa in October 1967, and in particular its recommendation for the establishment within the Organization of African Unity of a bureau for the placement and education of refugees, 1. Decides to integrate the special educational and training programmes for South West Africa, the special training programme for Territories under Portuguese administration and the educational and training pro- gramme for South Africans ; 2. Decides further to include in the United Nations Training and Educational Programme assistance to persons from Southern Rhodesia, provided that this is done only in so far as it does not interfere with exist- ing United Nations schemes for educational assistance for such persons and that it is done with due regard to Security Council resolutions 216 ( 1965) of 12 No- vember 1965 and 217 ( 1965) of 20 November 1965 relating to non-recognition of the illegal regime in Southern Rhodesia; 3. Requests the Secretary-General to continue to study the means of promoting the further development and expansion of the Programme and, to this end, to continue his consultations with the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees, the Director-General of the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cul- tural Organization, the heads of other appropriate agencies and organs, and the Administrative Secretary- General of the Organization of African Unity ; 4. Decides that in the implementation of the present resolution the United Nations shall co-operate closely with the bureau for the placement and education of refugees that is being set up within the Organization of African Unity ; 5. Requests the Secretary-General to include in the Programme the granting of subventions to educational and training institutions in Africa in order to enable those institutions to provide places for persons who come under the Programme and to make it possible for those persons to be trained in Africa as far as practicable; 18 Ibid., agenda items 65, 67 and 68, document A/6890.

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