A/RES/2704(XXV) GA

Re1olution1 adopted on the reporta of the Fourth Committee 91 the enjoyment of the natural resources of those Ter- ritories tiy the indigenous inhabitants; 4. Declares that any administering Power, by de- priving the colonial peoples of the exercise of their rlpts or by subordinating them to foreign economic and financial interests, violates the obligations it has 181Umed under Chapters XI and XII of the Charter of the United Nations; 5. Condemns the present activities and operating methods of foreisn economic and other interests in the Territories under colonial domination; 6. Condemns in particular the construction of the Cabora Busa project, which is contrary to the vital intmests of the people of Mozambique and represents a plot designed to perpetuate the domination, exploita- tion and oppression of the peoples of this part of Africa by the Government of Portugal and the minority racist r6gimes of South Africa and Southern Rhodesia, and which would lead to international tensions; 1. Requests the colonial Powers and States con- cerned, whose companies are participants in the con- struction of the Cabora Bassa pro1ect, to withdraw their IUPJ?Ort from the scheme and put an end to the participation of their companies in the project; 8. Calls upon the administering Powers to abolish the discriminatory and unjust system of wages applied to the inhabitants of the Territories under their ad- ministration and in all other Territories under colonial and racist regimes, notably in southern Africa, and to apply one system of wages to all the inhabitants without any discrimination; 9. Requests the colonial Powers and States con- cerned to take legislative, administrative and other measures in respect of their nationals who own and operate enterprises in colonial Territories, particularly bi Namibia, Southern Rhodesia and the Territories under Portuguese administration, in order to put a atop to their activities which are detrimental to the interests of the inhabitants of the Territories; 10. Requests all States to take effective measures to atop the supply of funds and other forms of assistance, including military equipment, to colonial regimes that use such assistance to repress the national liberation movements; 11. Requests the colonial Powers and States. con- cerned, whose companies and nationals are CDJaged in such activities, to comply fully with the provISions of General Assembly resolutions 2288 (XXII) of 7 De- cember 1967, 2425 (XXIII) of 18 December 1968 and 2554 (XXIV) of 12 December 1969, and also to acloJ?t effective measures to prevent new investments, particularly in southern Africa, which run counter to the above-mentioned resolutions; 12. Deplores the attitude of the colonial Powers and States concerned which have not taken any action to implement the relevant provisions of the resolutions of the General Assembly; 13. Requests the Special Committee to continue to study this question and to report thereon to the Gen- eral Assembly at its twenty-sixth session; 14. Requests the Secretary-General to use all the facilities at his disposal to render assistance to the Spe- cial Committee in the pursuit of this study. 1928th plenary meeting, 14 December 1970. 2704 (XXV). Implementation of the DeeJaration on the Granting of Independence to Colonial Countries and Peoples by the 1pedalued agencies and the International lmtitutlom auociated with the United Nations The General Assembly, Having considered the item entitled "Imp~men~- tion of the Declaration on the Granting of IDClepelld- ence to Colonial Countries and Peoples bf the spe- cialized agencies and the international mstitutiona associated with the United Nations", Recalling the Declaration on the Granting of In- dependence to Colonial Countries and Peoples, con- tained in its resolution 1514 (XV) of 14 December 1960, and the programme of action for the full im- plementation of the Declaration, contained in its resolu- tion 2621 (XXV) of 12 October 1970, Recalling its resolutions 2311 (XXII) of 14 Decem- ber 1967, 2426 (XXIII) of 18 December 1968 and 2555 (XXIV) of 12 December 1969, and its other relevant resolutions, Taking into account the relevant resolutions of the Security Council on southern Africa, in particular resolution 277 (1970) of 18 March 1970 on the ques- tion of Southern Rhodesia and resolution 283 (1970) of 29 July 1970 on the question of Namibia, Taking into account the relevant reports submitted by the Secretary-General,11 the Economic and Social Council18 and the Special Committee on the Situation with regard to the Implementation of the Declaration on the Granting of Independence to Colonial Coun- tries and Peoples111 concemin_g the implementation of the Declaration by the specialized agencies and the international institutions associated with the United Nations, Noting that, while several of the specialized agencies and the other organizations within the United Nations system have rendered considerable assistance to refugees from the colonial Territories in Africa, many have not extended their full co-operation to the United Nations in the implementation of other aspects of the relevant resolutions, Conscious of the urgent need of the peoples and the national liberation movements of several colonial Ter- ritories, particularly in the liberated areas of some of. these Territories, for assistance from the specialized agencies and the other organizations within tlie United Nations system, especially in the fields of education, training, health and nutrition, Recognizing the need for further and more effective measures to be taken for the speedy implementation of the Declaration and other relevant resolutions of the General Assembly and the Security Council by all the organizations of the United Nations system within their respective spheres of competence, Mindful of the need to keep under continuous review the activities of the organizations within the United Nations system in the implementation of the various United Nations resolutions relating to decolonization, 1. Approves the chapter of the report of the Special Committee on the Situation with regard to the Imple- ' 17 Ibid., Twenty-fifth Session, Annexes, agenda items 68 and 12, document A/8143. 18 Jbid., Twenty-fifth Session, Supplement No. 3 (A/8003 and Corr.l), chapter XIII, section D. 19 fbid., Supplement No. 23 (A/8023/Rev.l), chapter IV. 96 General Aaaembly-Twenty-fiftb Seuion mentation of the Declaration on the Granting of 8. Urges the specialized agencies and the other <?r- Independence to Colonial Countries and Peoples re- ganizations within the United Nations system to dlS- lating to the item, 19 continue all collaboration with the Governments of Portugal and South Africa as well as with the illegal 2. Expresses its appreciation to the Office of the racist minority regime in Southern Rhodesia in ac- United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees ~nd cordance with the relevant resolutions of the General to those specialized agencies and the other organtza- Assembly and those of the Security Council relating tions within the United Nations system which have co- to the colonial Territories in southern Africa; operated in varying degrees with the United Nations in d h the implementation of the relevant resolutions of the 9. Urges again the specialized agencies an t e General Assembly; other organizations within the United Nations system, in particular the International Bank f?r Reconstruc- 3. Urges the specialized agencies and the organiza- tion and Development and the Internat10nal Monetary tions concerned which have not yet done so to take Fund, to take all the necessary steps to withhold the steps required for the full imp~ementati~n of those financial economic Lechnical and other assistance from provisions of the relevant resolutions relating to as- the Gov'emments ~f Portugal and South Africa until sistance to the national liberation movements and to they renounce their policies of racial discrimination the discontinuance of all collaboration with the Gov- and colonial domination; ernments of Portugal and South Africa, as well as w~th 10. Invites the specialized agencies to examine, in the illegal racist minority regime in Southern RhodeSia; consultation with the Organization of African Unity, 4. Affirms that the recognition by the General As- the possibility of providing for participation, where sembly, the Security Council and other United Natio_ns necessary and appropriate, in conferences, seminars bodies of the legitimacy of the struggle of cololl!al and other regional meetings convened by them, of the peoples to achieve freedom and independence entails, leaders of the liberation movements in the colonial as a corollary, the extension, by the United Nations Territories in Africa, in an appropriate capacity; system of organizations, of all the necess~ry moral 11. Notes with appreciation the action recently and material assistance to the national liberat10n move- initiated by States members of the United Nations ments in those Territories, including especially the Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization for liberated areas of the Territories; the implementation of the Declaration and other 5. Reiterates its urgent appeal to the specialilCd relevant United Nations resolutions, and requests all agencies and the other organizations within the United Governments to intensify their actions in the specialized Nations system to render all possible m?ral and m~- agencies and the other organizations within the United terial assistance to the peoples strugghng for their Nations system of which they are members to ensure liberation from colonial rule and, in particular, to work the full and effective implementation of those resolu- out with the active co-operation of the Organization of tions; African Unity and, through it, of the national liberation 12. Recommends that, in order to facilitate the movements, concrete programmes .f<?r assisting the efforts of member States to comply fully with paragraph peoples of Southern Rhodesia,. ~am1~1a a?d th~ Te~- 11 above, the specialized agencies and the other or- ritories under Portuguese admtrustratton, mcludmg m ganizations within the United Nations system should particular the populations in the liberated areas of those continue to examine, on the basis of reports to be sub- Territories; mitted by their respective secretariats, all the problems 6. Recommends that, taking into consideration the which they might encounter in their efforts to give suggestions contained in the report of the Secretary- effect to the present resolution and other relevant resolu- GeneraI,20 the specialized agencies and the «;>ther ?r- tions of the General Assembly; ganizations within the United Nations system, mcludmg 13. Requests the Economic and Social Council to in particular the United Nations Development Pro- continue to consider, in consultation with the Special gramme and the International Bank for Reconstruc- Committee on the Situation with regard to the Im- tion and Development, should take measures, within plementation of the Declaration on the Granting of their respective spheres of competence, to increase t~e Independence to Colonial Counn:ies . and Peoples,. ~p- scope of their assistance to refugees from the colomal propriate measures for the co-ordmation of the pohc1es Territories, including assistance to the qovernments and activities of the specialized agencies and other concerned in the preparation and execution of pro- organizations within the United Nations system in im- jects beneficial to these refugees,. a!1~ t~ introduce the plementing the relevant resolutions of the General greatest possible measure of flex1b1hty m the relevant Assembly; procedures; 14. Requests the Secretary-General: 1. Invites all the specialized agencies ,md the other (a) To prepare for submission to the relevant bodies international institutions concerned, in particular the concerned with related aspects of the present item, International Civil Aviation Organization, the Uni- with the assistance of the specialized agencies and the versal Postal Union, the International Telecommunica- other organizations within the U~t~d Nations srs~e!D, tion Union and the Inter-Governmental Maritime a comprehensive report descnbmg the act1v1hes Consultative Organization, to proceed to the urgent con- hitherto undertaken by the specialized agencies and the sideration of measures aimed at facilitating the effect•ve organizations concerned in regard to the implementa- implementation of the relevant prov,sions of the various tion of the various resolutions of the General Assembly Security Council resolutions on colonial Territories in relating to the present item; southern Africa, especially paragraphs 9 ( b)' 11 and ( b) To continue to assist the specialized agencies 23 of resolution 277 (1970) and paragraph 14 of and the other organizations within the ,United Nations resolution 283 0 97o); system in working out appropriate measures for im- 20 Ibid., Twenty-fifth Session, Annexes, agenda items 68 and plementing the present resolu~ion and to _report t~ereon 12, document A/8143. to the General Assembly at its twenty-sixth session; Resolutions adopted on the reporta of the Fourth Committee 97 15. Requests the Special Committee to continue to examine the question and to report thereon to the General Assembly at its twenty-sixth session. 1928th plenary meeting, 14 December 1970. 2705 (XXV). Offers by Member States of study and training facilities for inhabitants of Non-Self-Governing Territorietl The General Assembly, Recalling its resolution 2556 (XXIV) of 12 De- cember 1969, Having examined the report of the Secretary-Gen- eral on offers by Member States of study and training facilities for inhabitants of Non-Self-Governing Ter- ritories,21 prepared under the terms of General As- sembly resolution 845 (IX) of 22 November 1954, Mindful of the need to provide increased educational and training facilities, at all levels, for the inhabitants of Non-Self-Governing Territories, 1. Takes note of the report of the Secretary-Gen- eral; 2. Expresses its appreciation to those Member States which have made scholarships available to the inhabitants of Non-Self-Governing Territories; 3. Invites Member States to make generous offers of study and training facilities to inhabitants of Non- Self-Governing Territories; 4. Requests those Member States offering scholar- ships and those which might subsequently do so to inform the Secretary-General of the details of the offers made under this programme and, if possible, to pro- vide travel funds to prospective students; 5. Requests the administering Powers concerned to give widespread publicity in Territories under their administration to offers of study and training facilities made by Member States and to provide all the neces- sary facilities to enable students to avail themselves of such offers; 6. Requests the Secretary-General to report to the General Assembly at its twenty-sixth session on the implementation of the present resolution; 1. 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 resolu- tion. 1928th plenary meeting, 14 December 1970. 2706 (XXV). United Nations Educational and Training Programme for Southern Mrica The General Assembly, Recalling its resolutions 2349 (XXII) of 19 De- cember 1967, 2431 (XXIII) of 18 December 1968 and 2557 (XXIV) of 12 December 1969 concerning the United Nations Educational and Training Pro- gramme for Southern Africa, Having considered the report of the Secretary-Gen- eral, 22 21 Ibid., agenda item 70, document A/8162. 22 A/8151. Referring to paragraph 14 of its resolution 2707 (XXV) of 14 December 1970 concerning the question of Territories under Portuguese administration, in which the Secretary-General is invited to develop and expand training programmes for the inhabitants of those Ter- ritories, Recalling its resolution 2679 (XXV) of 9 December 1970 by which it decided to establish a comprehensive United Nations Fund for Namibia, Noting that the financial situation has improved only slightly during 1970 and that available funds are there- fore still far from adequate to meet the objectives of the Programme, Welcoming the information that the Advisory Com- mittee on the United Nations Educational and Train- ing Programme for Southern Africa, established in accordance with paragraph 2 of resolution 2431 (XXIII), has commenced its work during 1970, Strongly convinced that the provision of assistance for the education and training of persons from the Territories concerned is as essential as ever and that it is therefore highly desirable further to strengthen and expand the Programme, 1. Expresses its appreciation to all those who have contributed to the United Nations Educational and Training Programme for Southern Africa; 2. Strongly appeals 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 and within the terms of paragraph 2 of General Assembly resolution 2431 (XXIII), to take all ~s- sible measures for the promotion of adequate contnbu- tions to the Programme; 4. Decides that, as a further transitional measure, provision shall be made, under section 12 of the regular budget of the United Nations for the financial year 1971, for an amount of $100,000 to ensure the con- tinuity of the Programme pending the receipt of adequate voluntary contributions; 5. Notes with approval that co-operation between the Programme and the Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees has been further strengthened and that it is the intention of the Secre- tary-General to undertake consultations with the Or- ganization of African Unity, the United Nations Edu- cational, Scientific and Cultural Organization and the International Labour Organisation with a view to further strengthening co-operation with them; 6. Requests the Secretary-General to report to the General Assembly at its twenty-sixth session on the progress of the Programme. 1928th plenary meeting, 14 December 1970. 2707 (XXV). Question of Territories under Portuguese administration The General Assembly, Having considered the question of Territories under Portuguese domination, Having heard the statements of the petitioners,23 23 Official Records of the General Assembly, Twenty-fifth Session, Fourth Committee, 1888th, 1889th, 1892nd and 1897th meetings.

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