A/RES/2796(XXVI) GA

100 General Assembly-Twenty-sixth Session sions of the Charter of the United Nations, to secure the full and speedy implementation by Portugal of General Assembly resolution 1514 (XV) and of the decisions of the Security Council concerning the Ter- ritories under Portuguese domination; 15. Invites the Secretary-General, within the frame- work of the United Nations Educational and Training Programme for Southern Africa and in consultation with the specialized agencies, the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees, the Governments of the host countries and the Organization of African Unity, to further intensify educational and training pro- grammes for the people of the Territories under Portu- guese domination, taking into account their needs for qualified administrative, 'technical and professional personnel to assume responsibility for the public admin- istration and the economic and social development of their own countries, and to include information on the progress achieved in that regard in the report con- cerning that Programme to be submitted by the Secre- tary-General to the General Assembly at its twenty- seventh session; 16. Notes with satisfaction the intention 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 send a group to visit the liberated areas of Angola, Mozambique and Guinea (Bissau) ; 17. Requests the Secretary-General to transmit the present resolution to all States and to report to the General Assembly at its twenty-seventh session on the steps taken or envisaged by States in the implemen- tation of the various provisions contained therein; 18. Requests the Special Committee to keep the situation in the Territories under review. 2012th plenary meeting, 10 December 1971. 2796 (XXVI). Question of Southern Rhodesia The General Assembly, Having considered the question of Southern Rhode- sia, Having examined the relevant 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,11 Bearing in mind the views expressed by representa- tives of national liberation movements, 12 Having heard the statement of the petitioner,13 Recalling its resolution 1514 (XV) of 14 December 1960, containing the Declaration on the Granting of Independence to Colonial Countries and Peoples, and its resolution 2621 (XXV) of 12 October 1970, con- taining the programme of action for the full imple- mentation of the Declaration, 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 11 Official Records of the General Assembly, Twenty-sixth Session, Supplement No. 23 (A/8423/Rev.1), chaps. V and VI. 12 Ibid., chap. V, annex. 18 Jbid., Twenty-sixth Session, Fourth Committee, 1939th meeting. December 1966, 253 (1968) of 29 May 1968, 277 (1970) of 18 March 1970 and 288 (1970) of 17 November 1970, Gravely concerned at the further deterioration of the situation in Southern Rhodesia, which the Security Council has reaffirmed as constituting a threat to inter- national peace and security, resulting from the failure and refusal of the Government of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland to put an end to the illegal racist minority regime in that Territory and from the racialist and repressive policies pursued by that regime in violation of the relevant resolutions and decisions of the United Nations, Deeply concerned at the continued presence of South African forces in the Territory, which constitutes a threat to the sovereignty and territorial integrity of neighbouring African States, Deploring that certain States, in particular South Africa and Portugal, continue to collaborate with the illegal racist minority regime in violation of the relevant resolutions of the General Assembly and the Security Council, contrary to their specific obligation under Article 25 of the Charter of the United Nations, thereby seriously obstructing the efforts of the inter- national community to put an end to that regime, Bearing in mind that the Government of the United Kingdom, as the administering Power, has the primary responsibility for putting an end to the rebellion of British settlers who organized the illegal racist regime and for transferring effective power to the people of Zimbabwe on the basis of the principle of majority rule, Deploring the intransigent attitude of the Govern- ment of the United Kingdom, as the administering Power, which, in contravention of the provisions of the relevant resolutions of the General Assembly and the Special Committee, persists in its refusal to co- operate with the Special Committee in the discharge of the mandate entrusted to it by the General Assem- bly, Noting with deep regret the decision of the Inter- national Olympic Committee to permit the participa- tion in the XXth Olympic Games of the so-called National Olympic Committee of Rhodesia, 1. Reaffirms the inalienable right of the people of Zimbabwe to self-determination, freedom and inde- pendence and the legitimacy of their struggle to secure by all the means at their disposal the enjoyment of that right as set forth in the Charter of the United Nations and in conformity with the objectives of Gen- eral Assembly resolution 1514 (XV); 2. Strongly deplores the continued refusal of the Government of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland to take effective measures to bring down the illegal racist minority regime in South- ern Rhodesia and to transfer power without any delay to the people of Zimbabwe on the basis of the prin- ciple 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 admin- istering Power; 3. Condemns the continued intervention and pres- ence of South African armed forces in Southern Rhode- sia in violation of Security Council resolutions 277 (1970) and 288 (1970), and calls upon the admin- istering Power to ensure the immediate expulsion of all such forces; Resolutions adopted on the reports of the Fourth Committee 101 4. Condemns the policies of those Governments, particularly the Governments of South Africa and Portugal, which continue to maintain political, eco- nomic, military and other relations with the illegal racist minority regime, in contravention of the relevant resolutions of the United Nations and contrary to their obligations under the Charter, and calls upon those Governments to cease forthwith all such relations; 5. Reaffirms its conviction that the sanctions will not put an end to the illegal racist minority regime unless they are comprehensive, mandatory, effectively supervised, enforced and complied with by all States, particularly by South Africa and Portugal; 6. Strongly urges all States to take more stringent measures in order to prevent any circumvention by all individuals and bodies corporate of their nationality, or under their jurisdiction, of the sanctions prescribed by the Security Council, and to refrain from any action which might confer a semblance of legitimacy on the illegal racist minority regime; 7. Strongly deplores the imprisonment and deten- tion of freedom fighters of Zimbabwe by the illegal racist minority regime and calls upon the administering Power to effect the immediate and unconditional release of those persons; 8. Calls upon all States to take all appropriate steps to ensure the exclusion of the so-called National Olym- pic Committee of Rhodesia from participating in the XXth Olympic Games and requests the Secretary- General to draw the attention of the President of the International Olympic Committee to the relevant provi- sions of Security Council resolution 253 (1968) for appropriate action; 9. Calls upon all States, the specialized agencies and other organizations within the United Nations system, in consultation with the Organization of African Unity, to extend all moral and material assistance to the people of Zimbabwe; 10. 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 application to that situation of the Geneva Convention relative to the Treatment of Prisoners of War14 and the Geneva Convention relative to the Protection of Civilian Persons in Time of War,16 both dated 12 Au- gust 1949; 11. Calls upon the Government of the United King- dom to report on the implementation of the present resolution to the Special Committee on the Situation with regard to the Implementation of the Declaration on the Granting of Independence to Colonial Coun- tries and Peoples and to the General Assembly at its twenty-seventh session; 12. Draws the attention of the Security Council, in view of the gravity of the situation arising from the further intensification of repressive activities against the people of Zimbabwe, to the urgent necessity of taking further steps to ensure the full and strict com- pliance by all States with the decisions of the Council, in accordance with Article 25 of the Charter, and to the need to widen the scope of the sanctions against the illegal racist minority regime and to impose sanc- tions against South Africa and Portugal, whose Gov- ernments persist in their refusal to carry out the mandatory decisions of the Council; 14 United Nations, Treaty Series, vol. 75 (1950), No. 972. 111 United Nations, Treaty Series, vol. 75 (1950), No. 973. 13. Requests the Secretary-General to report to the General Assembly at its twenty-seventh session on the implementation of the present resolution; 14. Requests the Special Committee to keep the situation in the Territory under review. 2012th plenary meeting, 10 December 1971. 2865 (XXVI). Question of Papua New Guinea The General Assembly, Recalling the provisions of the Charter of the United Nations and General Assembly resolution 1514 (XV) of 14 December 1960, containing the Declaration on the Granting of Independence to Colonial Countries and Peoples, Recalling its previous resolutions concerning Papua and the Trust Territory of New Guinea, in particular resolutions 2590 (XXIV) of 16 December 1969 and 2700 (XXV) of 14 December 1970, Having considered the report of the Trusteeship Council covering the period from 20 June 1970 to 18 June 197116 and the relevant chapters of the report of the Special Committee on the Situation with regard to the Implementation of the Declaration on the Grant- ing of Independence to Colonial Countries and Peo- ples, 17 Having heard the statement of the representative of the administering Power,18 Taking into account the conclusions and recom- mendations of the Special Committee and the Trustee- ship Council regarding developments in Papua and the Trust Territory of New Guinea, Noting in particular the express desire of the people of Papua and the Trust Territory of New Guinea for national unity and independence as a single political and territorial entity, Taking note of the decision of the House of Assem- bly of Papua and the Trust Territory of New Guinea that the Territory formed from the administrative union of those two Territories should be named Papua New Guinea, Bearing in mind the decisions taken during 1971 by the House of Assembly of Papua and the Trust Territory of New Guinea and the administering Power with regard to the attainment of full internal self- government during the period 1972-1976, and the affirmation by the Government of Australia, as the administering Power, that the interval between the attainment of full self-government and independence will be a matter to be determined by the then Govern- ment of Papua and the Trust Territory of New Guinea, Noting further the decision of the Government of Australia to invite a special mission of the Trusteeship Council, including two members of the Special Com- mittee, to observe the elections to the Third House of Assembly of Papua and the Trust Territory of New Guinea in 1972, Mindful of the responsibility of the United Nations to render all help to the people of Papua and the 16 Official Records of the General Assembly, Twenty-sixth Session, Supplement No. 4 (A/8404). 17 Ibid., Supplement No. 23 (A/8423/Rev.1), chaps. IV and XIX. 18 Ibid., Twenty-sixth Session, Fourth Committee, 1956th meeting.

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