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Resolutions adopted without reference to a Main Conunittee 3 ference on the Peaceful Uses of Atomic Energy, held at Geneva from 6 to 16 September 1971 ;11 5. Requests the Secretary-General to transmit to the Director-General of the Intemational Atomic En- ergy Agency the records of the twenty-sixth session of the General Assembly relating to the Agency's ac- tivities; 6. Invites the Intemational Atomic Energy Agency to take these records into account in its future work. 1979th plenary meeting, 8 November 1971. 2782 (XXVI). Proclamation of United Nations Day as an international holiday The General Assembly, Conscious of the need to enhance the purposes and principies of the Charter of the United Nations, Mindful that in its resolution 168 (11) of 31 October 1947 the General Assembly declared 24 October, the anniversary of the coming into force of the Charter, as "United Nations Day", Believing that the anniversary of the United Nations should be an occasion for Governments and peoples to reaffirm their faith in the purposes and principies of the Charter, Declares that 24 October, United Nations Day, shall be an international holiday and recommends that it should be observed as a public holiday by all States Members of the United Nations. 2000th plenary meeting, 6 December 1971. 2793 (XXVI). Question considered by the Se- curity Council at its 1606th, 1607th and 1608th meetings on 4, 5 and 6 December 1971 The General Assembly, Noting the reports of the Secretary-General of 3 and 4 December 197112 and the letter from the President of the Security Council13 transmitting the text of Coun- cil resolution 303 (1971) of 6 December 1971, Gravely concemed that hostilities have broken out between India and Pakistan which constitute an im- mediate threat to international peace and security, Recognlzing the need to deal appropriately at a subsequent stage, within the framework of the Charter of the United Nations, with the issues which have given rise to the hostilities, Canvinced that an early political solution would be necessary for the restoration of conditions of normalcy in the area of conflict and for the return of the refugees to their homes, Mindful of the provisions of the Charter, in partic- ular of Article 2, paragraph 4, Recalling the Declaration on the Strengthening of Intemational Security, particularly paragraphs 4, 5 and 6, 11 See A/8487. 12 Official Records of the Security Council, Twenty-sixth Year, Supplement for October, November and December 1971, documents S/10410 and Add.l and S/10412. 13 Official Records of the General Assembly, Twenty-sixth Session, Annexes, agenda itero 102, document A/8555. Recagnizing f urther the need to take immediate measures to bring about an immediate cessation of hostilities between India and Pakistan and effect a withdrawal of their armed forces to their own side of the India-Pakistan borders, Mindful of the purposes and principies of the Char- ter and of the General Assembly's responsibilities under the relevant provisions of the Charter and of Assembly resolution 377 A (V) of 3 November 1950, 1. Calls upan the Govemments of India and Paki- stan to take forthwith all measures for an immediate cease-fire and withdrawal of their armed forces on the territory of the other to their own side of the India- Pakistan borders; 2. Urges that efforts be intensified in order to bring about, speedily and in accordance with the purposes and principies of the Charter of the United Nations, conditions necessary for the voluntary return of the East Pakistan refugees to their homes; 3. Calls for the full co-operation of all States with the Secretary-General for rendering assistance to and relieving the distress of those refugees; 4. Urges that every effort be made to safeguard the lives and well-being of the civilian population in the area of conflict; 5. Requests the Secretary-General to keep the Gen- eral Assembly and the Security Council promptly and currently informed on the implementation of the pres- ent resolution; 6. Decides to follow the question closely and to meet again should the situation so demand; 7. Calls upan the Security Council to take ap- propriate action in the light of the present resolution. 2003rd plenary meeting, 7 December 1971. 2794 (XXVI). Admission of the United Arab Emirates to membership in the United Nations The General Assembly, Having received the recommendation of the Security Council of 8 December 1971 that the United Arab Emirates should be admitted to membership in the United Nations,14 Having considered the application for membership of the United Arab Emirates,15 Decides to admit the United Arab Emirates to mem- bership in the United Nations. 2007th plenary meeting, 9 December 1971. 2799 (XXVI). The situation in the Middle East The General Assembly, Deeply cancerned at the continuation of the grave situation prevailing in the Middle East, particularly since the conflict of June 1967, which constitutes a serious threat to international peace and security, 14 lbid., agenda item 25, document A/8561. 16 A/8553. For the printed text of this document, see Official Records of the Security Council, Twenty-sixth Year, Supple- ment far October, November and December 1971, document S/10420. 4 General Assembly-Twenty-sixth Session Convinced that Security Council resolution 242 (1967) of 22 November 1967 should be implemented immediately in all its parts in order to achieve a just and lasting peace in the Middle East in which every State in the area can live in security, Determined that the territory of a State shall not be the object of occupation or acquisition by another State resulting from the threat or use of force, which is con- trary to the Charter of the United Nations and to the principles enshrined in Security Council resolution 242 (1967) as well as in the Declaration on the Strength- ening of International Security adopted by the General Assembly on 16 December 1970, Expressing its appreciation of the efforts of the Com- mittee of African Heads of State undertaken in pur- suance of the resolution adopted on 23 June 1971 by the Assembly of Heads of State and Government of the Organization of African Unity at its eighth ordi- nary session, Gravely concerned at the continuation of Israel's occupation of the Arab territories since 5 June 1967, Having considered the ítem entitled "The situation in the Middle East", 1. Reaffirms that the acquisition of territories by force is inadmissible and that, consequently, territories thus occupied must be restored; 2. Reaffirms that the establishment of a just and lasting peace in the Middle East should include the application of both the following principies: (a) Withdrawal of Israeli armed forces from terri- tories occupied in the recent conflict; ( b) Termination of all claims or states of belliger- ency, and respect for and acknowledgment of the sov- ereignty, territorial integrity and political independence of every State in the area and its right to live in peace within secure and recognized boundaries free from threats or acts of force; 3. Requests the Secretary-General to take the neces- sary measures to reactivate the mission of the Special Representative of the Secretary-General to tbe Middle East in order to promote agreement and assist efforts to reach a peace agreement as envisaged in tbe Special Representative's aide-mémoire of 8 February 1971;16 4. Expresses its full support for all the efforts of the Special Representative to implement Security Coun- cil resolution 242 (1967); 5. Notes with appreciation the positive reply given by Egypt to the Special Representative's initiative for establishing a just and lasting peace in the Middle East; 6. Calls upon Israel to respond favourably to the Special Representative's peace initiative; 7. Further invites the parties to the Middle East con- flict to give their full co-operation to the Special Repre- sentative in order to work out practica! measures for: (a) Guaranteeing freedom of navigation through intemational waterways in the area; ( b) Achieving a just settlement of the refugee prob- lem; (e) Guaranteeing the territorial inviolability and political independence of every State in the area; B. Requests the Secretary-General to report to the Security Council and to the General Assembly, as ap- 16 A/8541. Por the printed text of this document, see Official Records of the Security Council, Twenty-sixth Year, Supple- ment for October, November and December 1971, document S/10403, annex l. propriate, on the progress made by the Special Repre- sentative in the implementation of Security Council resolution 242 (1967) and of the present resolution; 9. Requests the Security Council to consider, if necessary, making arrangements, under the relevant Articles of the Charter of the United N ations, with regard to the implementation of resolution 242 (1967). 2016th plenary meeting, 13 December 1971. 2817 (XXVI). Scientific work on peace research The General Assembly, Considering that the fundamental purpose of the United Nations is to save mankind from the scourge of war and to maintain international peace and security, Considering that scientific research on the problems of war and peace has expanded and that many national and international institutions have made them the sub- ject of their studies, Noting with interest the work undertaken in this field by the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cul- tural Organization and the United Nations lnstitute for Training and Research, Conscious of the importance tbat States attach to the study of the means and recourses to implement the relevant provisions of the Charter of the United Nations in order to build peace, security and co-opera- tion in the world, Considering it desirable to bring to the notice of the international community the work done in the field of peace research by national and intemational institu- tions and to promote on a permanent basis, in the light of the purposes and principies of the Charter, a record- ing of the studies devoted to this subject, 1. Requests the Secretary-General to prepare every other year an informative report on scientific works produced by national and intemational, governmental and non-governmental, public and private institutions in the field of peace research; 2. Invites the Governments of Member States and the institutions referred to in paragraph 1 above to provide the Secretary-General, to the best of their ability and competence, with all the information he may require; 3. Requests the United Nations Institute for Train- ing and Researcb and those specialized agencies which are active in the field of peace research to lend their assistance in the drafting of the report referred to above; 4. Requests the Secretary-General to submit to the General Assembly, at the beginning of its twenty-eighth session, the first report prepared under paragraph 1 above. 2018th plenary meeting, 14 December 1971. 2833 (XXVI). World Disarmament Conference The General Assembly, Conscious of the responsibility of the United Nations under the Charter for disarmament and the consolida- tion of peace, Convinced that all peoples of tbe world have a vital interest in the success of disarmament negotiations,

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