A/RES/2372(XXII) GA

RESOLUTIONS ADOPTED WITHOUT REFERENCE TO A MAIN COMMITIEE CONTENTS Resolution No. Title Item Date of adoption p- 2371 (XXII) Admission of Mauritius to membership in the United !',ations (A/L.545 and Add.I and 2) 99 64 24 April 1968 1 2372 (XXII) 2374 (XXII) Question of South West Africa (A/L.546/Rev.1) ..... 12 June 1968 Credentials of representatives to the twenty-second session of the General Assembly (A/6990/ Add.l) 3 (/;) 12 June 1968 2 2375 (XXII) Credentials of representatives to the twenty-second session of the General Assembly (A/6990/ Add.l) 3 (b) 23 September 1968 2 Other decisions Question of the consolidation and integration of the special educational and training programmes for South West ;Af•rica,_ the special trainin~ programme to.r Terri- tories under Portuguese admm1stration and the educational and trammg pro- gramme for South Africans ...... . The situation in the Middle East 2371 (XXII). Admission of Mauritius to member- ship in the United Nations The General Assembly, Having received the recommendation of the Security Council of 18 April 1968 that Mauritius should be admitted to membership in the United Nations,1 Having considered the application for membership of Mauritius,2 Decides to admit Mauritius to membership in the United Nations. 1643rd plenary meeting, 24 April 1968. 2372 (XXII). Question of South West Africa The General Assembly, Haming considered the report of the United Nations Council for South West Africa,3 Recalling its resolutions 1514 (XV) of 14 December 1960, 2145 (XXI) of 27 October 1966, 2248 (S-V) of 19 May 1967 and 2324 (XXII) and 2325 (XXII) of 16 December 1967, Noting with grave concern that the refusal of the Government of South Africa ,to withdraw its adminis- tration from the Territory of South West Africa has obstructed the attainment of independence hy the Territory in accordance with the relevant United Nations resolutions, Mindful of the serious consequences of the continued foreign occupation by South Africa of the Territory 1 Official Records of the General Assrmb/.\', Twrnty-second Session, Annexes, agenda item 99, document A/7083. 2 A/7073. For the printed text of this document. see Official Records of the Security Council, Twenty-third Y car, Supple- ment for January, February and March 1968. d0cument S/8466. 3 0 fficial Records of the General Assembly, Twenty-second Session, Annexes, agenda item 64, document A/7088. I 68 94 23 September 1968 23 September 1968 3 3 of South Vv est Africa, which constitutes a grave threat to international peace and security, Concerned that the continued refusal of the Govern- ment of South Africa to comply with its obligations to the United Nations and to the international com- munity as a whole, making it impossible for the United Nations Council for South West Africa to perform effectively the functions that were entrusted to it by the General Assembly, constitutes a flagrant defiance of the authority of the United Nations, Deploring the defiance bv the Government of South Africa of General Assembly resolution 2324 (XXII) and Security Council resolutions 245 ( 1968) of 25 January 1968 and 246 (1968) of 14 March 1968 concerning the illegal arrest, deportation, trial and conviction of South Vv es,t African patriots engaged in the struggle for independence, C onsrious of the special and direct responsibility of the United Nations towards the people and the Terri- tory of South \Vest Africa, in accordance with the provisions of General Assembly resolutions 2145 (XXI) and 2248 (S-V), Recalling Security Council resolution 246 (1968), in particular its last preambular paragraph, in which the Security Council took cognizance of its special respon- sibility towards the people and the Territory of South West Africa, Ta!?ing into account the views expressed hy repn·sen- tatives of the people of South West Africa in their consultations with the United Nations Council for South \Vest Africa, 1. Proclaims that. in accorclance with the desires of its people. South \Vest Africa shall henceforth be known as "N amihia" : 2. Tal::cs note of the report of the United Nations Council for South \Vest Africa and expresses its appreciation for the Council's efforts to discharge the responsibilities and functions entrusted to it; 2 Resolutions adopted without reference to a Main Committee 3. Decides that the United Nations Council for South West Africa shall be called "United Nations Council for Namibia" and that the United Nations Commissioner for South West Africa shall he called "United Nations Commissioner for Namibia"; 4. Decides that, taking into account the provisions of General Assembly resolution 2248 (S-V). the United Nations Council for Namibia shall perform, as a matter of priority, the following functions: (a) In consultation and co-operation with the spe- cialized agencies and other appropriate organs of the United Nations, which under section III, paragraph 2, of resolution 2248 (S-V) were requested to render technical and financial assistance to N amihia, the Council shall assume responsibility for establishing a co-ordinated emergency programme for rendering such assistance, in order to meet the exigencies of the present situation; ( b) The Council shall organize a training pro- gramme for Namibians, in consultation with those Governments which indicate their interest and concern, so that a cadre of civil servants and of technical and professional personnel may be developed who would be in a position to undertake the public administration and the social, political and economic development of the State; ( c) The Council shall continue with a sense of urgency its consultations on the question of issuing to Namibians travel documents enabling them to travel abroad; 5. Reaffirm.s the inalienable right of the Namibian people to freedom and independence and the legitimacy of their struggle against foreign occupation : 6. Condemns the Government of South Africa for its persistent refusal to comply with the resolutions of the General Assembly and the Security Council, its refusal to withdraw from Namibia and its obstruction of the efforts of the United Nations Council for Namibia to proceed to Namibia; 7. Condemns the action of the Government of South Africa designed to consolidate its illegal control over Namibia and to destroy the unity of the people anrl the territorial integrity of Namibia ; 8. C ondem,ns the actions of those States which hy their continued political, military and economic col- laboration with the Government of South Africa have encouraged that Government to defy the authority of the United Nations and to obstruct the attainment of independence by N amihia ; 9. Calls upon all States to desist from those dealings with the Government of South Africa which would have the effect of perpetuating South Africa's illegal occupation of Namibia and to take effective economic and other measures with a view to securing the im- * mediate withdrawal of the South African administra- tion from Namibia; 10. Further calls upon all States to provide the necessary moral and material assistance to the N ami- bian people in their legitimate struggle for independence and to assist the United Nations Council for Namibia in the discharge of its mandate; 11. Considers that the continued foreign occupation of Namibia hv South Africa in defiance of the relevant 1;nited Nati;ms resolutions and of the Territory's established international status constitutes a grave threat to international peace and security: 12. Reiterates its demand that the Government of Sr)ttth Afric'l withdraw from Namibia, immediately and unconditionally, all its military and police forces and its administration; 13. Rermnmends the Security Council urgently to take all appropriate steps to secure the implementation of the present resolution and to take effective measures in accordance with the provisions of the Charter of the United Nations to ensure the immediate removal of the South African presence from Namibia and to secure for Namibia its independence in accordance with General Assembly resolution 2145 (XXI) ; 14. Requests the Secretary-General to continue to provide all possible assistance to enable the United Nations Council for Namibia to perform its duties : 15. Requests the Secretary-General to report to the General Assembly and to the Security Council on the implementation of the present resolution. 1671st plenary meeting, 12 June 1968. 237 4 (XXII). Credentials of representatives to the twenty-second session of the General Assembly The General Assembly Approves the second report of the Credentials Com- mittee.4 1672nd plenary meeting, 12 June 1968. 2375 (XXII). Credentials of representatives to the twenty-second session of the General Assembly The General Assembly Appmves the third report of the Credentials Com- mittee.5 1673rd plenary meeting, 23 Septembrr 1968. 4 Ibid., addendu_m to agenda item 3, document A/6990/ Add.1. 5 Ibid., addendum 2 to agenda item 3, document A/6990/ Add.2. * *

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