A/RES/2652(XXV) GA

General Assembly-Twenty-fifth Session RESOLUTIONS ADOPTED ON THE REPORTS OF THE FOURTH COMMITTEE CONTENTS Rmltflioti No. Till• 26'2 (XXV) Question of Southern Rhodesia (A/8188) ........................ . 2678 (XXV) Question of Nannoia (A/8186) ................................. . 2679 (XXV) United Nations Fund for Namibia (A/8186) ...................... . 2680 (XXV) Petitions concerning Namibia (A/8186) .......................... . 2700 (XXV) Question of Papua and the Trust Territory of New Guinea (A/8240) 2701 (XXV) Information from Non-Self-Oovernina Territories transmitted under Arti- cle 73 e of the Charter of the United Nations (A/8241) ......... . 2702 (XXV) Question of Oman (A/8242) ................................... . 7.703 (XXV) Activities of foreian economic and other interests which are impeding the implementation of the Declaration on the Grantina of Independence to Colonial Countries and Peoples in Southern Rhodesia, Namibia and Territories under Portuauese domination and in all other Terri- tories under colonial domination and efforts to eliminate colonialism, Jin,, Doi, of odot>no• 64 3 December 1970 62 9 December 1970 62 9 December 1970 62 9 December 1970 13 14 December 1970 61 14 December 1970 66 14 December 1970 Poo• 89 90 91 92 92 93 94 apartheid and racial discrimination in southern Africa (A/8243) . . . . 67 14 December 1970 94 2704 (XXV) Implementation of the Declaration on the Grantina of Independence to Colonial Countries and Peoples by the apecialized qencies and the international institutions associated with the United Nations (A/8244) 68 14 December 1970 95 2705 (XXV) Offers by Member States of study and trainina facilities for inhabitants of Non-Self-Governing Territories (A/8232) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 70 14 December 1970 97 2706 (XXV) United Nations Educational and Trainina Proaramme for Southern Africa (A/8228) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 69 14 December 1970 97 2707 (XXV) Question of Territories under Portuauese administration (A/8187) . . . . 63 14 December 1970 97 2709 (XXV) Question of American Samoa, Antiaua, Bahamas, Bermuda, British Virgin lalands, Brunei, Cayman Islands, Cocos (Keeling) Islands, Dominica, Gilbert and Ellice Islands, Grenada, Guam, Montsenat, New Hebrides, Niue, Pitcairn. St. Helena, St. Kitts-Nevis-Anguilla, St. Lucia, St. Vin- cent, Seychelles, Solomon Islands, Tokelau Islands, Turks and Caicos Islands and the United States Virgin Islands (A/8248) . . . . . . 23 14 December 1970 99 2710 (XXV) Question of Antigua, Dominica, Grenada, St. Kitts-Nevis-Anguilla, St. Lucia and St. Vincent (A/8248) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 23 14 December 1970 100 2711 (XXV) Question of Spanish Sahara (A/8248) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 23 14 December 1970 100 a,,._. deel.lou Implementation of the Declaration on the Granting of Independence to Colonial Coun- triea and Peoples . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 23 14 December 1970 101 Question of Fiji . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 65 13 October 1970 101 2652 (XXV). Question of Southern Rhodesia The General Assembly, Having considered the question of Southern Rhodesia, Having examined the chapter 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 relating to the question of Southern Rhodesia, 1 Bearing in mind the views expressed by representa- tives of national liberation movements, 2 1 Official Records of the GeMral Assembly, Twenty-fifth S•ssion, Supplement No. 23 (A/8023/Rev.1), chapter V. 2 See the refOrt of the A.d Hoe Group established by the Special Committee at its 740th meeting, on 21 April 1970 (Official Records of the General Assembly, Twenty-fifth Ses- llon, Supp~ment No. 23B (A/8023/Rev.1/Add.2), annex Il). 89 RecalUng its resolution 1514 (XV) of 14 December 1960 containing the Declaration on the Granting of Independence to Colonial Countries and Peoples, Recalling further all previous resolutions concerning the question of Southern Rhodesia adopted by the General Assembly and the Special Committee, Recalling also the relevant resolutions of the Security Council, particularly its resolutions 232 (1966) of 16 December 1966, 253 (1968) of 29 May 1968 and 277 (1970) of 18 March 1970, Bearing in mind the relevant provisions of its resolu- tion 2621 (XXV) of 12 October 1970 containing the programme of action for the full implementation of the Declaration, Gravely concerned at the deteriorating situation in Southern Rhodesia, which the Security Council in its resolution 277 (1970) reaffirmed as constituting a threat to international peace and security, resulting 90 General Assembly-Twenty-fifth Session from the introduction by the illegal raci$t minority regime of new measures, including the purported as- sumption of republican status, for the purpose of en- trenching itself as well as repressing the African people in violation of General Assembly resolution 1514 (XV), and at the continued presence of South African forces in the Territory, which poses a threat to the sovereignty and territorial integrity of neighbouring African States, Noting with deep regret that the sanctions adopted by the Security Council have so far failed to put an end to the illegal racist minority regime in Southern Rhodesia, owing primarily to the continued assistance that regime receives from some States, in particular South Africa and PortuJal, in violation of Article 25 of the Charter of the Umted Nations and of the relevant resolutions of the General Assembly and the Security Council, Reaffirming its conviction that the sanctions will not put an end to the illegal racist minority regime in South- ern Rhodesia unless they are comprehensive, manda- tory, effectively supervised, enforced and complied with, particularly by South Africa and Portugal, Bearing in mind that the Government of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, as the administering Power, has the primary responsibility for putting an end to the illegal racist minority regime in Southern Rhodesia and for 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 in conformity with the provisions of General Assembly resolution 1514 (XV) and the legitimacy of their struggle to attain that right by all the means at their disposal; 2. Declares illegal all measures taken by the racist minority regime, including the purported assumption of republican status, to deprive the people of Zim- babwe of their legitimate rigl.ts and to entrench its policies of apartheid in Southern Rhodesia; 3. Affirms that any attempt to negotiate the future of Zimbabwe with the illegal racist minority regime would be contrary to the provisions of resolution 1514 (XV); 4. Condemns the failure and refusal of the Govern- ment of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland to take effective measures to bring down the illegal racist minority regime in Southern Rhodesia and to transfer power to the people of Zimbabwe on the basis of majority rule, in accordance with the relevant resolutions of the General Assembly, and calls upon that Government to take such measures without further delay in fulfilment of its responsibility as the administering Power; 5. Condemns the intervention of South African armed forces in Southern Rhodesia in violation of Security Counoil resolution 277 (1970); 6. Condemns the policies of the Governments of South Africa and Portugal and other Governments that continue to maintain political, economic, military and other relations with the illegal racist minority regime in Southern Rhodesia in contravention of the relevant United Nations resolutions, thus violatin$ their obliga- tions under the Charter of the United Nations, and calls upon those Governments to discontinue all such rela- tions; 7. Deplores the· failure of the Government of the United Kingdom to report to the Special Committee on the Situation with regard to the Implementation of the Declaration on the Granting of Independence to Colonial Countries and Peoples, as requested in para- graph 16 of General Assembly resolution 2508 (XXIV) of 21 November 1969, on action taken in the implementation of that resolution, and calls upon the Government of the United Kingdom to submit the said report to the Special Committee during its next session; 8. Calls upon the United Kingdom, as the ad- ministering Power, to ensure the immediate expulsion of all South African forces from Southern Rhodesia; 9. Calls upon all States to ensure, under the terms of Security Council resolution 277 (1970), the im- mediate interruption of any existing means of transpor- tation to and from Southern Rhodesia; 10. Calls upon all States, specialized agencies and other international organiz.ations concerned, in co- operation with the Organiz.ation of African Unity, to extend all moral and material assistance to the national liberation movements of Zimbabwe; 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 ap- plication to that situation of the Geneva Convention relative to the Treatment of Prisoners of War8 and the Geneva Convention relative to the Protection of Civilian Persons in Time of War,' both dated 12 August 1949; 12. Draws the attention of the Security Council to the gravity of the situation arising from the intensifica- tion of suppressive activities against the people of Zimbabwe and from the armed attacks perpetrated against neighbouring States in violation of international peace and security; 13. Further draws the attention of the Security Council to the urgent necessity of applying the follow- ing measures envisaged under Chapter VII of the Charter: (a) Widening the scope of the sanctions against the illegal racist minority regune to include all the measures laid down in Article 41 of the Charter; ( b) Imposing sanctions against South Africa and Portugal, whose Governments have blatantly refused to carry out the mandatory decisions of the Security Council; 14. Requests the Special Committee to keep the situation in the Territory under review. 1916th plenary meeting, 3 December 1970. 2678 (XXV)., Question of Namibia The General Assembly, Recalling its resolutions 1514 (XV) of 14 December 1960 and 2145 (XXI) of 27 October 1966 and sub- sequent resolutions on the question of Nanu'bia, as well as Security Council resolutions 264 (1969) of. 20 March 1969, 269 ( 1969) of 12 August 1969 and 283 (1970) of 29 July 1970, Recalllng further the relevant provisions of its resolution 2621 (XXV) of 12 October 1970 con- taining the programme of action for the full implemen- tation of the Declaration on the Granting of Independ- ence to Colonial Countries and Peoples, a United Nations, Treaty Series, vol. 75 (1950), No. 972. 4 United Nations, Treaty Series, vol. 75 (1950), No. 973.

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