A/RES/2701(XXV) GA

Resolutions adopted on the reporta of the Fourth Committee 9S Having heard the statement of the representative of the administering Power,13 Having heard the statements of the petitioners, 13 Taking into account the observations of the Special Committee and the Trusteeship Council regarding de- velopments in Papua and the Trust Territory of New Guinea, Mindful of the responsibility of the United Nations to render all help to the people of Papua and the Trust Territory of New Guinea in their efforts freely to decide their own future, 1. Reaffirms the inalienable right of the people of Papua and the Trust Territory of New Guinea to self- determination and independence in accordance with General Assembly resolution 1514 (XV) and the Trusteeship Agreement of 13 December 1946; 2. Reaffirms further its previous resolutions regard- ing Papua and the Trust Territory of New Guinea; 3. Takes note of the arrangements made by the Trusteeship Council, in accordance with paragraph 5 of resolution 2590 (XXIV) and in consultation with the Special Committee on the Situation with regard to the Implementation of the Declaration on the Grant- ing of Independence to Colonial Countries and Pec>J>les, concerning the composition of its forthcoming pencxlic visiting mission to the Trust Territory of New Guinea in 1971; 4. Invites the administering Power to co-operate fully with the visiting mission and to provide it with all the necessary facilities and assistance in the per- formance of its tasks; 5. Calls upon the administering Power to prescribe, in consultation with the freely elected representatives of the people, a specific time-table for the free exercise by the people of Papua and the Trust Territory of New Guinea of their right to self-determination and in- dependence, and to report to the Trusteeship Council and to the Special Committee on the action taken in that regard; 6. Requests the administering Power to intensify and accelerate the education and technical and ad- ministrative training of the indigenous peoples of the Territories and the localization of the public service; 1. Requests the Trusteeship Council and the Special Committee to continue to examine this question and to report thereon to the General Assembly at its twenty-sixth session. 1928th plenary meeting, 14 December 1970. 2701 (XXV). Information from Non-Sell-Govern• ing Territories transmitted under Article 73 e of the Charter of the United Nations The General Assembly, Recalling its resolution 1970 (XVIII) of 16 De- cember 1963, in which it requested the Special Com- mittee on the Situation with regard to the Implemen- tation of the Declaration on the Granting of Independence to Colonial Countries and Peoples to study the information transmitted to the Secretary- 13 Ibid., Twenty-fifth Session, Fourth Committee, 1905th meeting. General in accordance with Article 73 e of the Charter of the United Nations and to take such information fully into account in examining the situation with re- gard to the implementation of the Declaration, Rec.-..lling also its resolution 2422 (XXIII) of 18 December 1968 by which the General Assembly, inter alia, requested the Special Committee to continue to discharge the functions entrusted to it under resolu- tion 1970 (XVIII), in accordance with the procedures approved by the Assembly in its resolution 2109 (XX) of 21 December 1965, Recalling further the provisions of paragraph 6 of its resolution 2558 (XXIV) of_ 12 December 1969, in which it once again urged the administerini Powers concerned to transmit, or continue to transmit, to the Secretary-General the information prescribed in Article 73 e of the Charter, as well as the fullest possible in- formation on political and constitutional developments in the Territories concerned, Having examined the chapter of the report of the Special Committee dealing with the transmittal of in- formation under Article 73 e of the Charter and the action taken by it in respect of that information, 14 Having also examined the report of the Secretary- General on this item, 1G 1. Approves the chapter of the report of 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 re- lating to the information from Non-Self-Governing Ter- ritories transmitted under Article 73 e of the Charter of the United Nations; 2. Deeply deplores that, despite the repeated rec- ommendations of the General Assembly and the Special Committee, some Member States having responsibilities for the administration of Non-Self-Governing Ter- ritories still have not seen fit to transmit information under Article 73 e of the Charter, have transmitted insufficient information or have transmitted informa- tion too late; 3. Condemns the Government of Portugal for its continued refusal to transmit information under Article 73 e of the Charter with regard to ,the colonial Ter- ritories under its domination, despite repeated requests by the General Assembly; 4. Considers that, in the absence of a decision by the General Assembly itself that the Territories of An- tigua, Dominica, Grenada, St. Kitts-Nevis-Anguilla, St. Lucia and St. Vincent have attained a full measure of self-government in terms of Chapter XI of the Charter, the Government of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland should continue to trans- mit information under Article 73 e of the Charter with respect to those Territories; 5. Once again urges the administering Powers con- cerned to transmit, or continue to transmit, to the Secretary-General the information prescribed in Article 73 e of the Charter, as well as the fullest possible in- formation on political and constitutional developments in the Territories concerned; 6. Reiterates its request that the administering Powers concerned transmit such information as early 14 Ibid., Twenty-fifth Session, Supplement No. 23 (A/8023/ Rev.1), chapter XXI. u Ibid., Twenty-fifth Session, Annexes, agenda item 61, documents A/8134 and Add.I. H General Aaeembly-Twenty-fifth Seesion as possible and, at the latest, within a maximum period of six months following the expiration of the ad- ministrative year in the Non-Self-Governing Ter- ritories concerned; 1. Requests the Special Committee to continue to diacharge the functions entrusted to it under General Auombly resolution 1970 (XVIII), in accordance with established procedures. 1928th plenary meeting, 14 December 1970. 2702 (XXV), Question of Oman The General Assembly, Having considered the question of Oman, Recalling its resolution 1514 (XV) of 14 December 1960, containing the Declaration on the Granting of Independence to Colonial Countries and Peoples, and all other relevant resolutions, 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, ConcerMd about the situation in the Territory of Oman, Deploring the refusal of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland to implement the relevant resolutions of the General Assembly concern- ing the Territory, 1. Reaffirms its resolutions 2238 (XXI) of 20 December 1966, 2302 (XXII) of 12 December 1967, 2424 (XXIII) of 18 December 1968 and 2559 (XXIV) of 12 December 1969; 2. Reafjirms the inalienable right of the people of Oman to self-determination and to the natural re- sources of their Territory, as well as their right to dis- pose of those resources in their best interests; 3. Urges the Government of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland to implement fully General Assembly resolution 1514 (XV) and other relevant resolutions; 4. Recommends that the specialized agencies and m.temational institutions concerned should stud¥, within the scope of their activities and in co-operation. with the reponal organization concerned and through it, the possibilities of extending assistance to meet the educational, technical and health requirements of the people of the Territory; S. Requests the Secretary-General to intensify, in consultation with the Special Committee on the Situa- tion with regard to the Implementation of the Declara- tion on the Granting of Independence to Colonial Countries and Peoples, the wide dissemination of in- formation about conditions in the Territory; 6. Requests the Special Committee to follow closely developments regardmg the colonial situation in the Territory and to ~ thereon to the General As- sembly at its twenty-sixth session. 1928th plenary meeting, 14 December 1970. 2703 (XXV), Activities of foreign economic and other interests which are impeding the Im- plementation of the Declaration on the Granting of Independence to Colonial Coun- tries and Peoples in Southern Rhodeeia, Namibia and Territories under PortUfJUeae domination and in all other Terrltoriea under colonial domination and efforts 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 Territories under Portuguese domination and in all other Ter- ritories under colonial domination and efforts to eliminate colonialism, apartheid and racial discrimina- tion in southern 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 Independ- ence to Colonial Countries and Peoples relating to this question, 19 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, Recalling further 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, Convinced that any economic or other activity which impedes the implementation of resolution 1514 (XV) and obstructs efforts aimed at the elimination of colonialism, apartheid and racial discrimination in southern Africa and other colonial Territories violates the political, economic and social rights and interests of the ~pie in those Territories and is therefore in- compatible with the purposes and principles of the Charter of the United Nations, 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 J.><>Pulation and the natural resources of those Ter- ritones against abuses, in accordance with Chapters XI and xn of the Charter, 1. Approves 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 this ques- tion; 2. Reaffirms the inalienable right of the peoples of dependent Territories to self-determination and in- dependence and to the natural resources of their Ter- ritories, as well as their right to dispose of those re- sources in their best interests; 3. Affirms that foreign economic, financial and other interests operating in colonial Territories constitute a major obstacle to political independence as well as to 18 /bid., Twenty-fifth Session, Supplement No. 2.JA. (A/8023/Rcv.l/ Add.I).

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