A/RES/2592(XXIV) GA

74 General Assembly-Twenty-fourth Session (a) To create a favourable climate for the refer- endum to be conducted on an entirely free, democratic and impartial basis by permitting, inter alia, the retum of exiles to the Territory; ( b) To take all the necessary steps to ensure that only the indigenous people of the Territory participate in the referendum; (e) To comply with the resolutions of the General Assembly on the activities of foreign economic and other interests operating in colonial countries and Territories and to refrain from any action likely to delay the process of the decolonization of the so-called Spanish Sabara; (d) To provide all the necessary facilities to a United Nations mission so that it may be able to par- ticipate actively in the organization and holding of the referendum; 5. Requests the Secretary-General, in consultation with the administering Power and the Special Com- mittee, to appoint immediately the special mission provided for in paragraph 5 of General Assembly resolution 2229 (XXI) and to expedite its dispatch to the so-called Spanish Sabara for the purpose of recommending practica! steps for the full implementa- tion of the relevant General Assembly resolutions, and in particular for determining the extent of United Nations participation in the preparation and supervision of the referendum and submitting a report to the Secre- tary-General for transmission to the General Assembly at its twenty-fifth session; 6. Requests the Special Committee to continue its consideration of the situation in the Territory of the so-called Spanish Sabara and to report thereon to the General Assembly at its twenty-fifth session. 1835 th plenary meeting, 16 December 1969. 2592 (XXIV). Question of American Samoa, An- tigua, Bahamas, Bermuda, British Virgin Islands, Brunei, Cayman Islands, Cocos (Keeling) lslands, Dominica, Gilbert and Ellice Islands, Grenada, Guam, Montserrat, New Hebrides, Niue, Pitcairn, St. Helena, St. Kitts-Nevis-Anguilla, St. Lucia, St. Vin- cent, Seychelles, Solomon lslands, Tokelau Islands, Turks and Caicos Islands and the United States Virgin Islands The General Assembly, Having considered the question of American Samoa, Antigua, Bahamas, Bermuda, British Virgin Islands, Brunei, Cayman Islands, Cocos (Keeling) Islands, Dominica, Gilbert and Ellice Islands, Grenada, Guam, Montserrat, New Hebrides, Niue, Pitcairn, St. Helena, St. Kitts-Nevis-Anguilla, St. Lucia, St. Vincent, Sey- chelles, Solomon Islands, Tokelau lslands, Turks and Caicos Islands and the United States Virgin Islands, Having examined the chapters of the report 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 relat- ing to these Territories, 27 Recalling its resolution 1514 (XV) of 14 December 1960 containing the Declaration on the Granting of 21 /bid., chaptcrs IX, XV to X.VIII, XX, XXI and XXIII to XXX. Independence to Colonial Countries and Peoples, and other relevant resolutions, Deeply concerned at the policy of sorne of the ad- rninistering Powers in establishing and maintaining military bases in sorne of the Territories under their administration, in contravention of the relevant Gen- eral Assembly resolutions, Deploring the attitude of those administering Powers which continue to refuse to allow United Nations visit- ing missions to visit the Territories under their adminis- tration, Reaffirming the vital importance of visiting missions as a means of securing adequate and first-hand infor- mation regarding political, economic and social condi- tions in the Territories and the views, wishes and aspirations of the people in those Territories, Conscious that these Territories require the continued attention and assistance of the United Nations in the achievement by thcir peoples of the objectives em- bodied in the Charter of the United N ations and in the Declaration on the Granting of Independence to Colonial Countries and Peoples, A ware of the special circumstances of the geographi- cal location and economic conditions of these Terri- tories, I. Approves the chapters of the report 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 relat- ing to these Territories; 2. Reaffirms the inalienable right of the peoples of these Territories to self-determination and indepen- dence in accordance with the Declaration on the Grant- ing of Independence to Colonial Countries and Peo- ples, contained in General Assembly resolution 1514 (XV); 3. Calls u pon the administering Powers to imple- ment without delay the relevant resolutions of the General Assembl y; 4. Expresses its conviction that the questions of territorial size, geographical isolation and limited re- sources should in no way delay the implementation of the Declaration on the Granting of Independence to Colonial Countries and Peoples with respect to these Territories; 5. Reiterates its declaration that any attempt aimed at the partial or total disruption of the national unity and the territorial integrity of colonial Territories and the establishment of military bases and installations in these Territories is incompatible with the purposes and principies of the Charter of the United Nations and of resolution 1514 (XV); 6. Strongly urges the administering Powers to re- consider their attitude towards the receiving of visiting missions to the above-mentioned Territories and to per- mit access by such visiting missions to Territories under their administration; 7. Decides that the United Nations should render all help to the peoples of these Territories in their efforts freely to decide their future status; 8. Requests the Special Committee to continue to pay special attention to these Territories and to report to the General Assembly at its twenty-fifth session on the implementation of the present resolution. 1835th plenary meeting, 16 December 1969.

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