A/RES/2507(XXIV) GA

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- Resolutions adopted on the reports of the Fourth Committee 67 tion on the Granting of Independence to Colonial Countries and Peoples to keep the situation in the Territories under review. 1816th plenary meeting, 21 November 1969. 2508 (XXIV). Question of Southern Rhodesia The General Assembly, Having considered the question of Southem Rho- desia, Hav;.ng heard the statement of the petitioner,4 Recalling its resolution 1514 (XV) of 14 Decem- ber 1960 containing the Declaration on the Granting of Independence to Colonial Countries and Peoples, Recalling further all previous resolutions conceming the question of Southem Rhodesia adopted by the General Assembly and 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, Bearing in mind the relevant resolutions of the Security Council, and particularly its resolutions 232 (1966) of 16 December 1966 and 253 (1968) of 29 May 1968, in which the Council determined that the situation constituted a threat to intemational peace and security, Deeply concerned about the deteriorating situation in Southem Rhodesia resulting from the introduction by the illegal racist minority régime of new measures aimed at entrenching itself as well as repressing the African people in violation of resolution 1514 (XV), and about the continued presence of South African forces in the Territory, Deeply concerned also about the persistent threat to the sovereignty and territorial integrity of neighbour- ing African States resulting from the existing situation in Southem Rhodesia and the presence of South African forces in the Territory, Bearing in mind that the Govemment of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northem lreland, as the administering Power, has the primary responsibility far putting an end to the illegal racist minority régime in Southern Rhodesia and transferring effective power to the people of Zimbabwe on the basis of majority rule, 1. Reaffirms the inalienable right of the people of Zimbabwe to freedom and independence and the legiti- macy of their struggle to attain that right in conformity with the provisions of General Assembly resolution 1514 (XV); 2. Declares illegal all measures taken by the racist minority régime to deprive the people of Zimbabwe of their legitimate rights and to entrench its policies of apartheid in Southem Rhodesia; 3. Condemns the failure and refusal of the Gov- ernment of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, as the administering Power, to take effective measures to bring down the illegal racist minority régime in Southern Rhodesia and to transfer power to the people of Zimbabwe on the basis of majority rule in accordance with all the relevant reso- lutions of the General Assembly; 4 /~id., Twenty-fourth Session, Fourth Committee, 1822nd meetmg. 4. Condemns the intervention of South African armed forces in Southem Rhodesia, which constitutes an act of aggression against the people and territorial integrity of Zimbabwe, and calls upan the United Kingdom, as the administering Power, to ensure the immediate expulsion of all South African forces from Southem Rhodesia; 5. Condemns the policies of the Governments of South Africa and Portugal and other Govemments which continue to have political, economic, military and other relations with the illegal racist minority régime in Southern Rhodesia in contravention of the relevant United Nations resolutions, thereby violating their obligations under the Charter of the United Nations; 6. Condemns the policies of those Statcs which make it possible far their nationals to emigrate to Southern Rhodesia in violation of Security Council resolution 253 (1968); 7. Calls upon the Government of the United King- dom, in fulfilment of its responsibility as the admin- istering Power, to take effective measures. including the use of force, to put an immediate end to the illegal racist minority régime in Southern Rhodesia and to transfer all powers to the people of Zimbabwe on the basis of majority rule; 8. Calls upon the administering Power to ensure the immediate release of the African nationalists who are in detention and to prevent further assassination and imprisonment of African nationalists in Southem Rhodesia; 9. Calls upon all States which continue to maintain political, economic, military and othcr relations with the illegal racist minority régime in Southern Rhodesia to bring them to an immediate end; 10. Calls upon all States, specialized agencies and other international organizations concerned to extend ali moral and material assistance to the national libera- tion movements of Zimbabwe, in co-operation with the Organization of African Unity; 11. Calls upon the Government of the United King- dom, in view of the armed conflict in the Territory and the inhuman treatment of prisoners, to ensure the application to that situation of the Geneva Convention relative to the Treatment of Prisoners of War11 and of the Geneva Convention relative to the Protection of Civilian Persons in Time of War,6 both dated 12 August 1949; 12. Draws the attention of the Security Council to the gravity of the situation arising from the inten- sification of suppressive activities against the people of Zimbabwe and from armed attacks perpetrated against neighbouring States in violation of intema- tional peace and security; 13. Reaf]irms its conviction that the sanctions will ~ot put an end to _the illegal racist minority régime m Southern Rhodes1a unless they are comprehensive, mandatory, effectively supervised, enforced and com- plied with, particularly by South Africa and Portugal; 14 .. Further draws the at~ention of the Security Co~ncil to the urge!}t necess1ty of applying the fol- lowmg measures env1saged under Chapter VII of the Charter: 6 United Nations, Treaty Series, vol. 75 (1950), No. 972. 6 United Nations, Treaty Series, vol. 75 (1950), No. 973.

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