A/RES/2555(XXIV) GA

70 General Assembly-Twenty-fonrth Session 2555 (XXIV). Implementation of the Declara- tion on the Granting of lndependence to Colonial Countries and Peoples by the spe- clalized agencies and the international insti- tutions associated with the United Nations The General Assembly, Having considered the itero entitled "Implementa- tion of the Declaration on the Granting of Indepen- dence to Colonial Countries and Peoples by the specialized agencies and the intemational institutions associated with the United Nations", Récalling the Declaration on the Granting of Inde- pendence to Colonial Countries and Peoples con- tained in its resolution 1514 (XV) of 14 December . 1960, Recalling its resolutions 2311 (XXII) of 14 De- cember 1967 and 2426 (XXIII) of 18 December 1968 and other relevant General Assembly resolutions, Taking into account the relevant reports submitted by the Secretary-General, 12 the Economic and Social Council18 and the Special ·Committee on the Situation with regard to the lniplemenfation of the Declaration on the Granting of Independence to Colonial Coun- tries and Peoples14 conceming the implementation of the Declaration by the specialized agencies and the inter- national institutions associated with the United Nations, Noting that sorne of the specialized agencies have taken steps, including the establishment of relation- ship agreements or other special arrangements with the Organization of African Unity, designed to increase the scope of their assistance to refugees from the colonial Territories in Africa, and have initiated pro- cedures aimed at facilitating the forrnulation of joint or complementary projects beneficia! to those refugees, Noting with regret that sorne of the specialized agencies and intemational institutions concemed have not extended their full co-operation to the United Nations in the implementation of the relevant General Assembly resolutions, Mindful of the urgent need of the peoples and the national liberation movements of severa! colonial Ter- ritories for assistance from the specialized agencies and intemational institutions concemed, especially in the :fields of education, training, health and nutrition, in their struggle to attain freedom and independence, · Re~ognizing the need for further and more eflective ll!leasures to be taken for the speedy implementation of the Declaration and other relevant General Assembly r~solutions by the specialized agencies and the inter- national institutions associated with the United Nations, Considering that by virtue of the Charter, in par- ticular Chapters IX and X, the United N ations shall make recommendations for the co-ordination of the policies and activities of the specialized agencies, l. Reiterates its appeal to the specialized agencies, tbe Intemational Atomic Energy Agency and the inter'." national institutions associated with the United Nations to extend their full co-operation to the United Nations in the achievement of the objectives and provisions of General Assembly resolution 1514 (XV) aJld other relevant resolutions; ' 1 12 fbid., Twenty-fourth Session, Annexes, agenda items 69 and 12, document A/7725. : 18 /bid., Twenty-fourth Session, Supplement No. 3 (A/7603 and Corr.1), chapter XIII, section C. : 14 Ibid., Supplement No. 23 (A/7623/Rev.1 ), chapter V. 2. Expresses its appreciation to the Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees and to those specialized agencies and the international institutions which have co-operated with the United Nations in the implementation of the relevant General Assembly resolutions; 3. Recommends that the specialized agencies and intemational institutions concerned, as well as the various programmes within the United Nations system, should take measures individually and in collaboration with one another to increase the scope of their assist- ance to refugees from the colonial Territories, including assistance to the Governments concerned in the prepara- tion and execution of projects beneficia! to those refugees; 4. Recommends that the specialized agencies and intemational institutions concemed, as well as the various programmes within the United Nations system, should give all possible assistance to the peoples struggling to liberate themselves from colonial rule and in particular to work out, within the scope of their respective activ:ties and in co-operation with the Organization of African Unity and, through it, with the national liberation movements, concrete pro- grammcs for assisting the oppressed peoples of Southem Rhodesia, Namibia and the Territories under Portuguese administration; 5. Recommends that, in order to assist in the full and speedy implementation of paragraphs 3 and 4 above, all the organizations concemed should establish relationship and other special arrangements with the Organization of African Unity, and should introduce the greatest possible measure of flexibility in their relevant procedures; 6. Urges all the specialized agencies and inter- national institutions, and in particular the Intemational Bank for Reconstruction and Development and the Intemational Monetary Fund, to take a1l the necessary steps to withhold financia!, economic, technical and other assistance from the Governments of Portugal and South Africa until they renounce their policies of racial discrimination and colonial domination; 7. Recommends that all the specialized agencies and international institutions associated with the United N ations, particularly the Intemational Civil A viation Organization, the Intemational Telecommunication Union, the Universal Postal Union and the Inter- Govemmental Maritime Consultative Organization, should work out, within the scope of their respective activities, measures aimed at discontinuing any col- laboration with the Governments of Portugal and South Africa, as well as with the illegal racist minority régime in Southern Rhodesia; 8. Requests all States, through action in the special- ized agencies and international institutions of which they are members, to facilitate the full and speedy implementation of the present resolution and other relevant General Assembly resolutions; 9. Recommends that the specialized agencies and the international institutions associated with the United Nations, in order to facilitate the eflorts of Member States to comply fully with paragraph 8 above, sbould examine, on the basis of reports to be submitted by their respective secretariats, all the problems which they might encounter in their eflorts to give eflect to the present resolution and to other General Assembly resolutions; Resolutions adopted on the reports of the Fourth Committee 71 10. Requests the Economic and Social Council to continue to consider, in consultation with the Special Committee on the Situation with regard to the Im- plementation of the Declaration on the Granting of Independence to Colonial Countries and Peoples, appro- priate measures for the co-ordination of the policies and activities of the specialized agencies in implement- ing the relevant General Assembly resolutions; 11. Invites the Secretary-General: (a) To continue to assist the specialized agencies and international institutions concerned in working out appropriate measures for implementing the present resolution and to report thereon to the General Assem- bly at its twenty-fifth session; ( b) To obtain and transmit to the Special Com- mittee for its consideration information on the action taken by the specialized agencies and intemational institutions concerned in accordance with the provisions of the present resolution; 12. Requests the Special Committee to continue to examine the question and to report thereon to the General Assembly at its twenty-fifth session. I 831 st plenary meeting, 12 December 1969. 2556 (XXIV). Offers by Memher States of study and training facilities for inhahitants of Non-Self-Governing Territories The General Assembly, Recalling its resolution 2423 (XXIII) of 18 Decem- ber 1968, Having examined the report of the Secretary-General on offers by Member States of study and training facilities for inhabitants of Non-Self-Governing Ter- ritories16 under General Assembly resolution 845 (IX) of 22 November 1954, l. Takes note of the report of the Secretary- General; 2. Expresses its appreciation to those Member States which have made scholarships available to inhabitants of Non-Self-Governing Territories; 3. Reaffirms its resolution 2423 (XXIII) with respect to the granting of scholarships to inhabitants of Non-Self-Governing Territories; 4. Invites the administering Powers concerned to provide all the necessary facilities to enable students to avail themselves of offers by Member States of study and training facilities; 5. Requests the Secretary-General to report to the General Assembly at its twenty-fifth session on the im- plementation of the present resolution; 6. Draws the attention of the Special Committee on the Situation with regard to the Implementation of the Declaration on the Granting of Independence to Colonial Countries and Peoples to the present resolution. 1831st plenary meeting, 12 December 1969. 111 /bid., Twenty-f ourth Session, Annexes, agenda items 63, 70 and 71, document A/7744. 2557 (XXIV). United Nations Educational and Training Programme for Southern Africa The General Assembly, Recalling its resolution 2349 (XXII) of 19 Decem- ber 1967 by which the special educational and training programmes for South W est Africa, the special training programme for Territories under Portuguese ad- ministration and the educational and training pro- gramme for South Africans were consolidated and integrated, and its resolution 2431 (XXIII) of 18 December 1968 by which, ínter alía, the General Assembly requested the Secretary-General to cstablish an advisory committee of Member States to assist him, among other things, in strengthening and expanding the United Nations Educational and Training Pro- gramme for Southem Africa, Having considered the report of the Secretary- General, 10 Recalling paragraph 14 of its resolution 2507 (XXIV) of 21 November 1969 concerning the question of Territories under Portuguese administration, in which it invited the Secretary-General to develop and expand training programmes for the inhabitants of those Territories, and the relevant section of the report of the United Nations Council for Namibia,17 Noting that, although the financia! situation has im- proved during 1969, available funds are still far from adequate to meet the objectives of the Programme, W elcoming the establishment of the Advisory Com- mittee on the United Nations Educational and Training Programme for Southern Africa18 in accordance with paragraph 2 of resolution 2431 (XXIII), Strongly convinced that the provision of assistance for the education and training of persons from the Territories concerned is essential and that it is therefore desirable further to strengthen and expand the Pro- gramme, l. Expresses its appreciation to all those who have contributed to the United Nations Educational and Training Programme for Southem Africa; 2. Appeals anew to all States, organizations and individuals to make generous contributions to the Programme; 3. Requests the Secretary-General, in consultation with the Advisory Committee on the United Nations Educational and Training Programme for Southern Africa within the terms of paragraph 2 of General Assembly resolution 2431 (XXIII), to take ali possible measures for the promotion of adequate contributions to the Programme; 4. Decides that, as a further transitional measure, provision shall be made, under section 12 of the regular budget for the financia! year 1970, for an amount of $100,000 to ensure the continuity of the Programme pending the receipt of adequate voluntary contribu- tions; 16 /bid., document A/7735. 17 !bid., Twenty-fourtlz Ses.fion, Supplement No. 24 (Al 7624/Rev.l ), paras. 49-56. 18 The Ad:>isory Committee is composed of representatives of the followmg Member Sta~es: Ca!1ada, Dem~cratic Republíc of the Congo, Denmark, India, Umted Repubhc of Tanzania, Venezuela and Zambia (see Official Records of thP General Assembly, Twenty-fourth Session, Annexes, agenda itcms 63. 70 and 71, document A/7496).

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