A/RES/2498(XXIV) GA

General Assembly-Twenty-fourth Session RESOLUTIONS ADOPTED ON THE REPORTS OF THE FOURTH COMMI'ITEE CONTENTS Reso/utioK No. Tille 2498 (XXIV) Question of Namibia (A/7736) 2507 (XXIV) Question of Territories under Portuguese administration (A/7768) 2508 (XXIV) Question of Southern Rhodesia (A/7759) .. 2517 (XXIV) Question of Namibia (A/7736/Add.l) ..... 2518 (XXIV) Petitions concerning Namibia (A/7736/Add.1) 2554 (XXIV) Activities of foreign economic and other interests which are impeding the implementation of the Declaration on the Granting of Independence to Colonial Countries and Peoples in Southern Rhodesia, Namibia and Territories under Portu- guese domination and in all other Territories under colonial domination and efforts to eliminate colonialism, apartheid and racial discrimination in southern Africa (A/7858) .. 2555 (XXIV) Implementation of the Declaration on the Granting of Inde- pendence to Colonial Countries and Peoples by the specialized agencies and the international institutions associated with the United Nations (A/7871) ............ . 2556 (XXIV) Offers by Member States of study and training facilities for inhabitants of Non-Self-Governing Territories (A/7872) 2557 (XXIV) United Nations Educational and Training Programme for South- ern Africa (A/7872) .... 2558 (XXIV) Information from Non-Self-Governing Territories transmitted under Article 73 e of the Charter of the United Nations (A/7872) .............................. . 2559 (XXIV) Question of Ornan (A/7874) ...... . 2590 (XXIV) Question of Papua and the Trust Territory of New Guinea (A/7895) 2591 (XXIV) 2592 (XXIV) 2593 (XXIV) Other deciaiona Question of Spanish Sahara (A/7896) .. Question of American Samoa, Antigua, Bahamas, Bermuda, British Virgin Islands, Brunei, Cayman Islands, Cocos (Keel- ing) lslands, Dominica, Gilbert and Ellice Islands, Grenada, Guam, Montserrat, New Hebrides, Niue, Pitcairn, St. Helena, St. Kitts-Nevis-Anguilla, St. Lucia, St. Vincent, Seychelles, Solomon Islands, Tokelau Islands, Turks and Caicos Islands and the United States Virgin Islands (A/7896) .. Question of Antigua, Dominica, Grenada, St. Kitts-Nevis- Anguilla, St. Lucia and St. Vincent (A/7896) Implementation of the Declaration on the Granting of Independence to Colonial Countries and Peoples ........ . Question of Fiji Item 64 65 102 64 64 68 69 71 70 63 67 13 23 23 23 23 66 Date of adoption 31 October 1969 21 November 1969 21 November 1969 1 December 1969 l December 1969 12 December 1969 12 December 1969 12 December 1969 12 December 1969 12 December 1969 12 December 1969 16 December 1969 16 December 1969 16 December 1969 16 December 1969 16 December 1969 12 December 1969 Poqe 65 66 67 68 68 69 70 71 71 72 72 73 73 74 15 15 15 2498 (XXIV). Question of Namibia The General Assembly, Recalling its resolution 1514 (XV) of 14 December 1960, Bearing in mind the particular responsibilities of the United Nations towards Namibia, Recalling f urther Security Council resolution 269 (1969) of 12 August 1969, in particular paragraph S in which the Council called upon the Government of South Africa to withdraw its administration from Namibia immediately and in any case before 4 October 1969, Recalling Security Council resolution 246 ( 1968) of 14 March 1968, in particular the last preambular paragraph in which the Council took cognizance of its special responsibility towards the people and the Ter- ritory of Namibia, 65 N oting the report of the Secretary-General1 sub- mitted in pursuance of Security Council resolution 269 (1969) conceming the situation in Namibia, 1. Reaffirms the inalienable right of the people of Namibia to self-determination and independence, in 1 S/9463 and Add.1. 66 General Assembly-Twenty-fourth Session conformity with General Assembly resolution 1514 (XV), and the legitimacy of their struggle against the foreign occupation of their country; 2. Condemns the Govemment of South Africa for its persistent refusal to withdraw its administration from Namibia and, in particular, for its defiance of paragraph 5 of Security Council resolution 269 ( 1969) ; 3. Draws the attention of the Security Council to the deteriorating situation which has arisen as a result of the refusal of South African authorities to comply with Council resolution 269 ( 1969). 1797th plenary meeting, 31 October 1969. 2507 (XXIV). Question of Territories under Portuguese administration The General Assembly, Having considered the question of Territories under Portuguese domination, Having heard the statements of the petitioners,2 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 of the General Assembly, as well as those adopted by the Special Committee on the Situation with regard to the Implementation of the Declaration on the Granting of Independence to Colonial Countries and Peoples and by the Security Council on the question, Expressing its deep concern over the persistent re- fusal of the Govemment of Portugal to recognize the inalienable right of the African peoples under its domination to self-determination and independence and to co-operate with the United N ations in seeking solu- tions that would bring colonialism rapidly to an end, Deeply disturbed by the continued and intensified activities of economic, financia! and other interests which impede the realization by the African peoples of those Territories of their legitimate aspirations for self-determination and independence, Deploring the aid which the Govemment of Portugal continues to receive from its allies in the North Atlantic Treaty Organization and from other countries, which enables it to pursue its military operations against the African population of those Territories, Recalling the Manifesto on Southem Africa,3 adopted by the Assembly of Heads of State and Govemment of the Organization of African Unity at its sixth ordinary session, 1. Reaffirms the inalienable right of the peoples of Angola, Mozambique and Guinea (Bissau) and of other Territories under Portuguese domination to self- determination and independence in accordance with General Assembly resolution 1514 (XV); 2. Reaffirms the legitimacy of the struggle by the peoples of those Territories for their independence and freedom; 3. Condemns the persistent refusal of the Govem- ment of Portugal to implement resolution 1514 (XV) and all other relevant resolutions of the General Assem- bly and of the Security Council; 2 See Official Records of the General Assembly, Twenty- fourth Session, Fourth Committee, 1827th and 1828th meetings. 3 /bid., Twenty-fourth Session, Annexes, agenda item 106, document A/7754. ------------~-·-------------- 4. Condemns Portugal's policy of using the Terri- tories under its domination for violations of the terri- torial integrity and sovereignty of independent African States, as in the recent case in the Republic of Guinea; 5. Condemns the colonial war which is being waged by the Government of Portugal against the peoples of the Territories under its domination; 6. Condemns the collaboration between Portugal, South Africa and the illegal racist minority régime in Southern Rhodesia, which is designed to perpetuate colonialism and oppression in southern Africa; 7. Condemns the intervcntion of South African forces against the peoples of the Territories under Portuguese domination; 8. Deplores the policy of the Government of Por- tugal, which violates thc economic and political rights of the indigenous population by the arbitrary eviction of the African population and the settlement of immi- grants in the Territories, and calls upon Portugal to cease those practices immediately; 9. Deplores the activities of the financia! interests which obstruct the struggle of the peoples under Por- tuguese domination far self-determination, freedom and independence and which strengthen the military efforts of Portugal; 10. Calls upon the Government of Portugal to adopt immediate measures far the implementation of reso- lution 1514 (XV) in the Territories under its domina- tion; 1 1. Calls upan all States, the specialized agencies and all the international organizations concerned to increasc, in co-operation with the Organization of African Unity, thcir moral and material assistance to the peoples of the Territorics under Portuguese domi- nation who are struggling for their freedom and inde- pendence; 12. Recommends that the Security Council, with a view to the immediate implementation of resolution 1514 (XV) in the Territories under Portuguese domi- nation, should take effective steps in conformity with the relevant provisions of the Charter of the United Nations and in view of the determination of the inter- national community to put an end to colonialism and racial discrimination in Africa; 13. Urges all States, and particularly the States members of the North Atlantic Treaty Organization, to withhold or dcsist from giving further military and other assistance to Portugal which enables it to pursue the colonial war in the Territories under its domina- tion; 14. Invites the Sccretary-General, in the light of General Assembly rcsolution 2431 ( XXIII) of 18 December 1968 and in consultation with the special- ized agencies and the host Governments, to develop and expand training programmes for the indigenous inhabitants o[ the Tcrritories under Portuguese domi- nation, taking into account their needs for qualified administrativc, technical and professional personnel to assumc rcsponsibility for the public administration and the economic and social development of their own countries; 15. Requests the Secretary-General to assist in the implementation of the present resolution and to report thereon to the General Assembly at its twenty-fifth scssion; 16. Requests the Special Committee on the Situa- tion with regard to the lmplementation of the Declara-

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