A/RES/2517(XXIV) GA

68 General Aaembly-Twenty-fourth SeHion (a) The scope of the sanctions against the illegal racist minority régime should be widened to include a1l the measures laid down in Article 41 of the Charter; ( b) Sanctions should be imposed on South Africa and Portugal, the Governments of which have bla- tantly refused to carry out the mandatory decisions of the Security Council; 15. Requests the Special Committee on the Situa- tion with regard to the Implementation of the Decla- ration on the Granting of lndependence to Colonial Countries and Peoples to keep the situation in the Territory under review; 16. Calls upon the administering Power to report to the Special Committee on its action in the imple- mentation of the present resolution. 1816th plenary meeting, 21 November 1969. 2517 (XXIV). Question of Namibia The General Assembly,_ Recalllng its resolutions 1514 (XV) of 14 Decem- ber 1960, 2145 (XXI) of 27 October 1966, 2248 (S-V) of 19 May 1967, 2498 (XXIV) of 31 October 1969 and its other relevant resolutions on the question of Namibia, as well as Security Council resolution 264 (1969) of 20 March 1969, Recalling further Security Council resolution 269 (1969) of 12 August 1969, in particular paragraph 5 in which the Council called upon the Government of South Africa to withdraw its administration from Na- mibia immediately and in any case before 4 October 1969, . Deeply concerned about the situation in Namibia, which constitutes a threat to intemational peace and security and which has been further aggravated by South Africa's occupation of the Territory and that country's defiant refusal to comply with the relevant resolutions of the General Assembly and the Security Council, · Considering that the basic condition required, on the oiie hand, to enable the Namibian :people to exercise *ir right to self-determination and mdependence and, on tlle other hand, to enable the United Nations to fulfil its responsibilities towards Namibia is the appli- tjltion, of effective measures to bring to an end im- DlC(liately the illegal presence of South Africa in the ']f erritory, Gtavely concerned that the refusal of South Africa to comply with the decisions of the Security Council and the General Assembly seriously undermines and epcroaches on the authority of the United Nations, Mindful ot the obligations of Member States under 4rticle 25 of the Charter of the United N ations, : Noting with appreciation the report of the United llfations Council for Namibia,7 • 1. Reaffirms the inalienable right of the people of Namibia to self-determination and independence, in cpnformity with General Assembly resolution 1514 (?{V), and the legitimacy of their struggle against the '-:>reign occupation of their territory; 2. Expresses solidarity with the people of Namibia i4 their legitimate struggle against foreign occupation abd requests all States to provide increased moral and material assistance to them; · T Official Records of the General Assembly, Twenty-fourth S11sion, Supplement No. 24 (A/7624/Rev.l). 3. Condemns the Government of South Africa for its persistent refusal to withdraw its administration from the Territory and for its policies and actions designed to destroy the national unity and territorial integrity of Namibia, thus persistently violating the principies and obligations of the Charter of the United Nations; 4. Draws the attention of the Security Council to the need for taking appropriate nfoasures in accordance with the relevant provisions of the Charter to solve the grave situation that has arisen as a result of South Africa's refusal to withdraw its administration from Namibia; 5. Commends the report of the United Nations Council for Namibia to all States and to the sub- sidiary organs of the General Assembly and other competent organs of the United Nations, as well as to the specialized agencies and other intemational organizations concerned, for appropriate action, acting in conformity with the relevant resolutions of the Gen- eral Assembly and the Security Council; 6. Requests the United Nations Council for Na- mibia to continue to discharge, by every available means, the functions entrusted to it in the relevant resolutions of the General Assembly; 7. Requests the Secretary-General to continue to provide the necessary assistance and facilities to the United Nations Council for Namibia to discharge its duties and functions; 8. Calls upon all States to co-operate with the United Nations Council for Namibia in carrying out the tasks entrusted to it. 1819th plenary meeting, 1 December 1969. 2518 (XXIV). Petition8 concerning Namibia The General Assembly, Bearing in mind the special responsibilities of the United Nations with regard to Namibia, including in particular those set out in General Assembly resolu- tions 2145 (XXI) of 27 October 1966, 2248 (S-V) of 19 May 1967, 2325 (XXII) of 16 December 1967 and 2403 (XXIII) and 2404 (XXIII) of 16 December 1968, N oting that the Special Committee on the Situation with regard to the Implementation of the Declaration on the Granting of Independence to Colonial Coun- tries and Peoples has received and examined during 1969 ten petitions conceming Namibia, in accordance with paragraph 3 of General Assembly resolution 1805 (XVII) of 14 December 1962 and within the context of the implementation of the Declaration, Noting further that these petitions relate, inter alía, to the general situation and recent developments con- cerning Namibia, to the refusal by South Africa to implement General Assembly resolutions 2145 (XXI) and 2248 (S-V) and, in particular, to the continued implementation by South Africa of the recomm.enda- tions of the Odendaal Commission, 8 including the par- titioning of the Territory into "self-goveming home- lands" and the removal of Africans from their an- cestral lands, ~ s Commission of Enquiry into South West Africa Affairs, established in 1962 by the Government of South Africa under the chairmanship of Mr. F. H. Odendaal.

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