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Re..,ladom adopted on the reporll of the Foarth Committee 99 8. Calls upon all States to take all effective measures 15. Requats the Secretary-General to transmit the to put an end to all practices which exploit the Ter- present resolution to all States and to report to the ritoiies under Portuguese domination and the peoples General Assembly at its twenty-sixth session on steps therein and to discourage their nationals and companies taken or envisaF, by States in the implementation of from entering into any activities or arrangements which the various promions contained therein; strengthen Portugal's domination over, and impede the 16. Reqwns the Special Committee on the Situa- implementation of the Declaration with respect to, tion with regard to the Implementation of the Declara- those Territories; tion on the Granting of Independence to Colonial 9. Calls upon the Government of Portugal not to Countries and Peoples to keep the situation in the Ter- use chemical and biological methods of warfare against ritories under review. the peoples of Angola, Mozambique and Guinea (Bissau), contrary to the generally recognized rules of international law embodied in the Protocol for the Prohibition of the Use in War of Asphyxiating, Poison- ous or Other Gases, and of Bacteriological Methods of Warfare, signed at Geneva on 17 June 1925,• and to General Assembly resolution 2603 (XXIV) of 16 De- cember 1969; 10. Welcomes the action taken by the financial ~ps in certain States to withdraw their participation m the Cabora Bassa project, but requests the Govern- ments which have not yet done so to withdraw from the activities relating to the Cabora Bassa project in Mozambique and the Cunene River Basin proJect in Angola and to take all the necessary measures to pre- vent the participation therein of any companies or in- dividuals under their jurisdiction; 11. Invites all States and the specialized agencies and other organizations within the United Nations sys- tem, in co-operation with the Orpnmltion of African Unity, to render to the peoples of the Territories under Portuguese domination the financial and material as- sistance necessary to continue their struggle for the restoration of their inalienable rights; 12. Draws the attention of the Security Council to the grave situation in the Territories of Angola, Mozambique and Guinea (Bissau) created by the con- tinued violation by Portugal of its obligations under the Charter of the United Nations and the growing collaboration between Portugal, the racist Government of South Africa and the illegal racist minority regime in Southern Rhodesia, which constitute a threat to inter- national peace and security; 13. Recommends that the Security Council should continue to give special attention to the problems of Portuguese colonialism in Africa and of the collabora- tion between Portugal and the racist minority regimes of southern Africa, and to take effective measures, in accordance with the relevant provisions of the Charter, to ensure the full implementation of General Assembly resolution 1514 (XV) and its own resolutions relat- ing thereto; 14. Invites the Secretary-General, in the light of General Assembly resolution 2557 (XXIV) of 12 December 1969 and in consultation with the specialized agencies and the Governments of the host countries, to develop and expand training programmes for the indigenous inhabitants of the Territories under Por- tuguese domination, taking into account their needs for qualified administrative, technical and professional per- sonnel to assume responsibility for the public ad- ministration and the economic and social development of their own countries, and to report to the General Assembly at its twenty-sixth session on the progress of these programmes; 29 League of Nations, Treaty Serles, vol. XCIV (1929), No. 2138. 1928th plenary meeting, 14 December 1970. 2'709 (XXV). ()uesdon of Amerlean Samoa, Antigua, Bahamas, Bermuda, British Vlrpl Islands, Brunel, Cayman lalands, C~ (Keeling) hlands, Dominica, Gilbert and EWce laland1, Grenada, Guam, Montaerrat, New Hebrlde1, Niue, Pitcairn, St. Helena, St. K.lt11-Nevu-Anpilla, St. Luela, St. Vincent, Seychelles, Solomon hland1, Tokelau hlands, Turkl and Caleoe hlandl and the United States Virgin hlande The General Assembly, Having considered the question of American Samoa, Antigua, Bahamasista~uda, British Virgin Islands, Brunei, Cayman s, Cocos (Keeling) Islands, Dominica, Gilbert and B1lice Islands, Grenada, Guam, Montserrat, New Hebrides; Niue, Pitcairn, St. Helena, St. Kitts-Nevis-Anguilla, St. Lucia, St. Vmcent, Seychelles, Solomon Islands, Tokelau Islands, Turks and Caicos Islands and the United States Virgin Islands, HavlnR uamined the cha_pters of the report of the ~ Committee on the Situation with regard to the Implementation of the Declaration on the Granting of Independence to Colonial Countries and Peoples re- lating to these Territories, 80 RecalUng its resolution 1514 (XV) of 14 December 1960, containing the Declaration on the Granting of In- dependence to Colonial Countries and Peoples, and otfier relevant resolutions, as well as the relevant pro- viaions of itl resolution 2621 (XXV) of 12 October 1970 containing the programme of action for the full implementation of the Declaration, Deeply concerned 'at the' policy of SODJ.f' administer- ing Powers in establishin and maintaining mill bases in some of the f erritories under their 1:1- ministration, in contravention of the relevant resolu- tions of the General Assembly, Deploring the attitude of those administering Powers which continue to refuse to allow United Nations visit- inir missions to visit the Territories under their ad- ministration, Reaffirming the vital importance of visiting missions as a means of securinJ adequate and first-hand informa- tion in regard to political, economic and social condi- tions in the Territories and to the views, wishes and aspirations of the people in these Territories, Conscious that these Territories require the con- tinued attention and assistance of the United Nations in the achievement by their peoples of the objectives embodied in the Charter of the United Nations and lo Official Records of the General ..4uembly, Twenty-fifth Session, Supplement No. 23 (A/8023/Rev.1), chapters XVlI anc1 xvm. 100 General AHembly-Twenty-fifth See,ion in the Declaration on the Granting of Independence to the Implementation of the Declaration on the Grant- to Colonial Countries and Peoples, ing of Independence to Colonial Countries and Peo- ples,a1 Aware of the special circumstances of the geograph- 1. Takes note of the chapter of the report of the ical location and economic conditions of these Ter- Special Committee on the Situa~on with regard ~o the ritorieS, Implementation of the Declaration on the Grantmg of 1. Approves the chapters of the report of the Special Independence to Colonial Countries and P~oples ~e- Committee on the Situation with regard to the Im- lating to Antigua, Dominica, Grenada, St. Kitts-Nevis- plementation of the Declaration on the Granting of Anguilla, St. Lucia and St. Vincent; Independence to Colonial Countries and Peoples re- 2. Requests the Special Committee to give urgent lating to these Territories; consideration to all aspects of this question in accord- 2. Reaffirms the inalienable right of the peoples of ance with General Assembly resolution 2593 (XXIV) these Territories to self-determination and indepen- and to report thereon to the Assembly at its twenty- dence in accordance with the Declaration on the sixth session. Granting of Independence to Colonial Countries ~d 1929th plenary meeting, Peoples, contained in General Assembly resolution 14 December 1970. 1514 (XV); 3. Calls upon the administering Powers to im- plement with respect to these Territories, and without further delay, resolution 1514 (XV) and other relevant resolutions of the General Assembly; 4. Expresses its conviction that the questions of ter- ritorial size, geographical isolation and limited resources 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 principles of the Charter of the United Nations and 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 permit access by such visiting missions to Territories under their administration; 1. 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-sixth session on the implementation of the present resolution. 1929th plenary meeting, 14 December 1970. 2710 (XXV). Question of Antigua, Dominica, Grenada, St. Kitts-Nevis-Anguilla, St. Lucia and St. Vincent The General Assembly, 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, Recalling also its resolution 2593 (XXIV) of 16 December 1969 concerning Antigua, Dominica, Grenada, St. Kitts-Nevis-Anguilla, St. Lucia and St. Vincent, Having examined the relevant chapter of the report of the Special Committee on the Situation with regard 2711 (XXV). Question of Spanish Sahara The General Assembly, 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 re- lating to the Territory of Spanish Sahara, 82 Recalling its resolution 1514 (XV) of 14 Decem- ber 1960 containing the Declaration on the Granting of Independence to Colonial Countries and Peoples, Recalling also 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, Taking into consideration the resolutions adopted, respectively by the Assembly of Heads of State and Government of the Organization of African Unity at its seventh ordinary session, held at Addis Ababa from 1 to 3 September 1970, and by the Third Conference of Heads of State or Government of Non-Aligned Countries, held at Lusaka from 8 to 10 September 1970, Reaffirming its resolutions 2072 (XX) of 16 Decem- ber 1965 2229 (XXI) of 20 December 1966, 2354 (XXII) ~f 19 December 1967, 2428 (XXIII) of 18 December 1968 and 2591 (XXIV) of 16 December 1969, 1. Reaffirms the inalienable right of the people of the Sahara to self-determination in accordance with General Assembly resolution 1514 (XV); 2. Approves the chapter of the report of the Spe- cial 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 Territory of Spanish Sahara; 3. Expresses its regret that it has not yet been pos- sible for the consultations to take place which the ad- ministering Power was to conduct with the Govern- ments concerned in connexion with the holding of a referendum in the Territory; 4. Declares that the continued existence of a colonial situation in the Territory retards stability and harmony in north-west Africa; 5. Regrets the incidents of bloodshed which oc- curred in the Territory in June 1970 and calls upon 3t Ibid., chapter XVII. s2 Ibid., chapter IX

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