A/RES/2554(XXIV) GA

Reaolutions ndopted on the reporta of the Fourth 'Committee 69 l. Notes that the Special Committee on the Situa- tion with regard to the Implementation of the Decla- ration on the Granting of Independence to Colonial Countries and Peoples has taken these petitions into account in its consideration of the situation in Namibia within the context of the implementation of the Decla- ration; 2. Notes further that those petitions which raised matters of concern to the United Nations Council for Namibia have been brought to the latter's attention by the Secretariat and have been taken into considera- tion by the Council in the performance of the func- tions as~igned to it by the General Assembly in resolu- tions 2248 (S-V), 2325 (XXII) and 2403 (XXIII); 3. Draws the attention of the petitioners concerned to the report on the Territory submitted by the Special Committee9 and to the resolutions on the question of Namibia adopted by the General Assembly at its twenty-fourth session, as well as to the report of the United Nations Council far Namibia. 10 1819th plenary meeting, 1 December 1969. 2554 (XXIV). Activities of foreign economic and other interests whirh are impeding the im- plementation of the Declaration on the Granting of Independence to Colonial Coun- tries and Peooles in Southern Rhodesia, Namibia and Territories under Portuguese domination and in ali other Territories under colonial domination and e:fforts to eliminate colonialism, apartheid and racial discrimination in southern Africa The General Assembly, Having considered the item entitled "Activities of foreign economic and other interests which are im- peding the implementation of the Declaration on the Granting of Independence to Colonial Countries and Peoples in Southern Rhodesia, Namibia and Terri- tories under Portuguese domination and in all other Territories under colonial domination and efforts to eliminate colonialism, apartheid and racial discrimi- nation in southem Africa", Having examined the report of the Special Com- mittee on the Situation with regard to the Implemen- tation of the Declaration on the Granting of Inde- pendence to Colonial Countries and Peoples relating to this question, 11 Recalling its resolution 1514 (XV) of 14 Decem- ber 1960 containing the Declaration on the Granting of Independence to Colonial Countries and Peoples, in particular the eighth preambular paragraph thereof, and its resolution 2425 (XXIII) of 18 December 1968, Convinced that any economic or other activity which impedes the implementation of resolution 1514 (XV) and which obstructs efforts aimed at the elimination of colonialism, apartheid and racial discrimination in southem Africa and other colonial Territories violates the political, economic and social rights and interests of the people in these Territories and is therefore in- e Offecial Records of the General Assembly, Twenty-fourth Session, Supplement No. 23 (A/7623/Rev.1), chapter VII. 1-0 lbid., Supplement No. 24 (A/7624/Rev.1 ). 11 lbid., Supplement No. 23A (A/7623/Rev.1/ Add.l ). compatible with the purposes and principies of the Charter of the United N ations, Recalling that the administering Powers have the obligation to ensure the political, economic, social and educational advancement of the inhabitants of the Territories under their administration and to protect the population and the natural resources of these Ter- ritories against abuses, in accordance with Chapters XI and XII of the Charter, 1. Approves the report of the Special Comrnittee on the Situation with regard to the Implementation of the Declaration on the Granting of lndependence to Colonial Countries and Peoples relating to this ques- tion; 2. Reafjirms the inalienable right of the peoples of dependent Territories to self-determination and inde- pendence and to the natural resources of their Terri- tories, as well as their right to dispose of these re- sources in their best interest in the light of the eighth preambular paragraph of General Assembly resclution 1514 (XV); 3. Af]irms that foreign economic and other in- terests operating in colonial Territories which are ex- ploiting those Territories constitute a major obstacle to political independence as well as to the enjoyment of the natural resources of these Territories by the indigenous inhabitants; 4. Declares that any adrninistering Power, by depriv- ing the colonial peoples of the exercise of their rights or by subordinating them to foreign economic and financia! interests, violates the obligations it has assumed under Chapters XI and XII of the Chartcr of the United Nations and impedes the implementation of resolution 1514 (XV); 5. Condemns the exploitation of the colonial Terri- tories and peoples and the methods practised in the Territories under colonial domination by those foreign economic, financia! and other interests which are de- signed to perpetuate colonial rule; 6. Deplores the attitude of the colonial Powers and States concemed which have not taken any action to implement the relevant provisions of General Assem- bly resolutions; 7. Requests the administering Powers and States concemed whose companies and nationals are en- gaged in such activities to take immediate measures to put an end to all practices which exploit the Ter- ritories and peoples under colonial rule, in conforrnity with General Assembly resolutions 1514 (XV) of 14 December 1960, 2288 (XXII) of 7 December 1967 and 2425 (XXIII) of 18 December 1968, in par- ticular by preventing new investments, especially in southern Africa, which ron counter to the objectives of the above-mentioned resolutions; 8. Requests all States to take effective measures to cease forthwith the supply of funds or other forms of economic and technical assistance to colonial Powers which use such assistance to repress the national libera- tion movements; 9. Requests the Special Comrnittee to continue to study this question and to report thereon to the Gen- eral Assembly at its twenty-fifth session; 1 O. Requests the Secretary-General to use ali the facilities at bis disposal to render assistance to the Special Committee in the pursuit of this study. 1831st plenary meeting, 12 December 1969.

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