A/RES/2874(XXVI) GA

108 General Assembly-Twenty-sixth Session Reiterating its conviction that any economic or other activity which impedes the implementation of the Declaration and obstructs efforts aimed at the elimina- tion of colonialism, apartheid and racial discrimination in southern Africa and other colonial Territories violates the political, economic and social rights and interests of the people in those Territories and is therefore incompatible with the purposes and principles of the Charter, Noting with deep concern the intensified activities of those foreign economic, financial and other interests in those Territories which contrary to the relevant resolutions of the General Assembly, are directly and indirectly assisting the Governments of South Africa and Portugal, as well as the illegal racist mino!ity regime in Southern Rhodesia, and impeding the realiza- tion by the peoples of the Territories of their legitimate aspirations for self-determination and independence, l. Reaffirms the inalienable right of the peoples of dependent Territories to self-determination and inde- pendence and to the enjoyment of the natural resources of their Territories, as well as their right to dispose of those resources in their best interests; 2. Affirms that the activities of foreign economic, financial and other interests operating at present in the colonial Territories of Southern Rhodesia and Namibia, as well as in those under Portuguese domination, con- stitute a major obstacle to political independence and to the enjoyment of the natural resources of those Territories by the indigenous inhabitants; 3. 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 question; 4. Reiterates its declaration that any administering Power, by depriving the colonial peoples of the exer- cise of their rights or by subordinating them to foreign economic and financial interests, violates the obligations it has assumed under Chapters XI and XII of the Charter of the United Nations; 5. Condemns the present activities and operating methods of those foreign economic and other interests in the Territories under colonial domination which are designed to perpetuate the subjugation of depen- dent peoples; 6. Deplores the support given by the colonial Pow- ers and other States to those foreign economic and other interests engaged in exploiting the natural and human resources of the Territories without regard to the welfare of the indigenous peoples, thus violating the political, economic and social rights and interests of the indigenous peoples and obstructing the full and speedy implementation of the Declaration in respect of those Territories; 7. Condemns the construction of the Cabora Bassa project in Mozambique and the Cunene River Basin project in Angola, which are designed to entrench further colonialist and racialist domination over the Territories of southern Africa and which are a source of international tension; 8. Deplores the policies of those Governments which have not yet prevented their nationals and bodies corporate under their jurisdiction from participating in the Cabora Bassa and the Cunene River Basin projects, and urgently requests the Governments concerned to take all the necessary measures to terminate this parti- cipation and to have them withdraw immediately from all activities related to those projects; 9. Calls upon the administering Powers to abolish every discriminatory and unjust wage system which prevails in the Territories under their administration and to apply in each Territory a uniform system of wages to all the inhabitants without any discrimination; 10. Calls upon 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 in southern Africa, which are detrimental to the inter- ests of the inhabitants of those Territories, in order to put an end to such enterprises and to prevent new investments which run counter to the interests of the inhabitants; 11. Requests all States to take effective measures to end the supply of funds and other forms of assistance, including military equipment, to those regimes which use such assistance to repress the national liberation movements; 12. Requests the Special Committee to continue to study this question, including in particular the efforts being made by non-governmental organizations to acquaint world public opinion with the role of foreign economic and other interests in impeding the imple- mentation of the Declaration, and to report thereon to the General Assembly at its twenty-seventh session; 13. Requests the Secretary-General to render all possible assistance to the Special Committee in the preparation of the study and to give the widest possible publicity to that study when it is completed, as well as to previous studies and any other related aspects of the question. 2028th plenary meeting, 20 December 1971. 2874 (XXVI). Implementation of the Declaration on the Granting of Independence to Colonial Countries and Peoples by the specialized agencies and the international institutions associated with the United Nations The General Assembly, Having considered the item entitled "Implementa- tion of the Declaration on the Granting of Independence to Colonial Countries and Peoples by the specialized agencies and the international institutions associated with the United Nations", Recalling the Declaration on the Granting of Inde- pendence to Colonial Countries and Peoples, contained in its resolution 1514 (XV) of 14 December 1960, and the programme of action for the full implementa- tion of the Declaration, contained in its resolution 2621 (XXV) of 12 October 1970, Recalling further its resolutions 2311 (XXII) of 14 December 1967, 2426 (XXIII) of 18 December 1968, 2555 (XXIV) of 12 December 1969 and 2704 (XXV) of 14 December 1970, as well as other relevant resolutions, Taking into account the relevant resolutions of the Security Council on southern Africa, in particular reso- lution 277 (1970) of 18 March 1970 on the question of Southern Rhodesia and resolution 283 (1970) of 29 July 1970 on the question of Namibia, Taking into account with appreciation the reports submitted on the item by the Secretary-General, 42 the 42 A/8314 and Add.1-6 and A/8480. Resolutions adopted on the reports of the Fourth Committee 109 Economic and Social Council43 and the Special Com- mittee on the Situation with regard to the Implementa- tion of the Declaration on the Granting of Independence to Colonial Countries and Peoples, 44 Conscious of the urgent need of the peoples and the national liberation movements of several colonial Terri- tories, particularly in the liberated areas of some of those Territories, for assistance from the specialized agencies and other organizations within the 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 1and other relevant resolutions of the General Assembly, the Security Council and the Special Committee by all the organizations of the United Nations system within their respective spheres of competence, Noting with deep concern that, while several of the specialized agencies and organizations within the United Nations system have provided considerable assistance to refugees from the colonial Territories in Africa, many of them have not extended their full co-operation to the United Nations in the implementa- tion of the provisions of the relevant resolutions relat- ing to providing assistance to the national liberation movements and to discontinuing all collaboration with the Governments of Portugal and South Africa, as well as with the illegal regime in Southern Rhodesia, Noting with appreciation that some of the organiza- tions have embarked on or are taking steps to formulate, in consultation with the Organization of African Unity, concrete programmes for providing assistance within their spheres of competence, to the peoples' of the coloniai Territories striving to liberate themselves from colonial domination, Mindful of the necessity to keep under continuous review the activities of the specialized agencies and other organizations within the United Nations system in the implementation of the various United Nations decisions relating to decolonization, 1. Approves the chapter of the report of the Special Committee on the Situation with regard to the Imple- mentation of the Declaration on the Granting of Independence to Colonial Countries and Peoples relat- ing to the item;411 2. Reaffirms that the recognition by the General Assembly, the Security Council and other United Nations bodies of the legitimacy of the struggle of colonial peoples to achieve freedom and independence entails, as a corollary, the extension by the United Nations system of organizations of all necessary moral and material assistance to the national liberation move- ~ents in those Territories, including especially the liberated areas of the colonial Territories; 3. Expresses its appreciation to the Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees, to the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cul- tural Organization and to those other specialized agen- cies and organizations within the United Nations system which have co-operated in varying degrees with the United Nations in the implementation of the relevant resolutions of the General Assembly; 48 Official Records of the General Assembly, Twenty-sixth Session, Supplement No. 3A (A/8403/Add.1), chap. VII. 44 Ibid., Supplement No. 23 (A/8423/Rev.1 ), chaps. III andV. 411 Jbid., chap. m. 4. Reiterates its urgent appeal to the specialized agencies and other organizations within the United Nations system to render all possible moral and mate- rial assistance to the peoples in Africa struggling for their liberation from colonial rule and, in particular, to work out, with the active co-operation of the Organiza- tion of African Unity and, through it, of the national liberation movements, concrete programmes for assist- ing the peoples of Southern Rhodesia, Namibia and the Territories under Portuguese administration, includ- ing in particular the populations in the liberated areas of those Territories; 5. Reiterates its request that the specialized agen- cies and other organizations within the United Nations system, including in particular the United Nations Development Programme and the International Bank for Reconstruction and Development, should take meas- ures, within their respective spheres of competence, to increase the scope of their assistance to refugees from colonial Territories, including assistance to the Governments concerned in the preparation and execu- ?-on of projects beneficial to these refugees, and to mtrcxluce the greatest possible measure of flexibility in the relevant procedures; 6. Requests the specialized agencies and other or- ganizations within the United Nations system to discon- tinue all collaboration with the Governments of Por- tugal and South Africa as well as with the illegal regime in Southern Rhodesia, in accordance with the relevant resolutions of the General Assembly and those of the Security Council relating to colonial Territories in southern Africa; 7. Urges once again the specialized agencies and other organizations within the United Nations system, in particular the International Bank for Reconstruction and Development and the International Monetary Fund, to take all necessary measures to withhold finan- cial, economic, technical and other assistance from the Governments of Portugal and South Africa until they renounce their policies of racial discrimination and colonial domination; 8. Urges all the specialized agencies and other inter- national institutions concerned, in particular the Inter- national Bank for Reconstruction and Development, the International Monetary Fund, the International Civil Aviation Organization, the Universal Postal Union, the International Telecommunication Union and the Inter-Governmental Maritime Consultative Organization, to intensify their efforts aimed at facilitat- ing the effective implementation, without further delay, of the relevant provisions of the various Security Coun- cil resolutions on colonial Territories in southern Africa, especially paragraphs 9 ( b), 11 and 23 of resolution 277 (1970) and paragraph 14 of resolution 283 (1970); 9. Invites the specialized agencies to continue to examine, in consultation with the Organization of Afri- can Unity, procedures for the participation, where necessary and appropriate, in conferences, seminars and other regional meetings convened by the specialized agencies, of representatives of the national liberation movements in the colonial Territories in Africa in an appropriate capacity and, in order to facilitate ex- amination of this matter by the specialized agencies, requests the Economic and Social Council, in consulta- tion with the Special Committee and taking into account the ':iews of t~e Organization of African Unity, to submit appropnate recommendations; llO General Assembly Twenty-sixth Session 1 O. Recommends that all Governments intensify their efforts in the specialized ag~ncies and other org~n- izations within the United Nations system of which they are members in order to ensure. the full and effective implementation of the Declara~10n and other relevant resolutions of the United Nations; 11. Recommends that, in order to facilita~e . im- plementation of paragraph_ 1q abov~, ~he speciah_zed agencies and other orgamzations_ within . the Umted Nations system should request their. executive h~ads. to present to their ~espective govern~ng and legislative organs, in a specific and systematic manner, recom- mendations on decolonization adopted by competent United Nations bodies, together with a full analysis of the issues and problems involved, if any, and concrete suggestions for the implementation of these recom- mendations; 12. Requests the Economic and Social Council to continue to consider, in consultation with the Special Committee, appropriate measures for co-ordination of the policies and activities of the specialized agencies and other organizations within the Unit~d Nations system in implementing the relevant resolut10ns of the General Assembly; 13. Requests the Secretary-General: (a) To prepare for submission to the relevant b?dies concerned with related aspects of the present item, with the assistance of the specialized agencies and other organizations within the United Nations system, a report on the action taken since the circulation of his comprehensive report,46 or envisaged by those or- ganizations in implementation of the relevant United Nations resolutions, including the present resolution; ( b) To continue to assist the specialized agencies and other organizations within the United Nations system in working out appropriate measures for imple- menting the present resolution and to report thereon to the General Assembly at its twenty-seventh session; 14. Requests the Special Committee to continue to examine the question and to report thereon to the General Assembly at its twenty-seventh session. 2028th plenary meeting, 20 December 1971. 2875 (XXVI). United Nations Educational and Training Programme for Southern Mrica The General Assembly, Recalling its resolution 2349 (XXII) of 19 De- cember 1967, whereby it established an inte_g~ated educational and training programme for Namibians, South Africans, Southern Rhodesians and persons from Territories under Portuguese administration, Taking note of the report of the Secretary-General on the United Nations Educational and Training Pro- gramme for Southern Africa,47 Recalling its decision, contained in paragraph 7 of resolution 2349 (XXII), that the Programme should be financed from a trust fund made up of voluntary contributions, Further recalling that, by paragraph 8 of reso- lution 2349 (XXII), it authorized the Secretary- General to appeal to States Members of the United Nations or members of specialized agencies for funds 46 A/8314 and Add.1-6. 47 A/8485 and Add.1 and 2. to achieve a target of $US 3 million in the period from 1968 to 1970, Noting that the voluntary contributions received in the four-year period from 1968 to 1971 have fallen far short of the original three-year target, Noting further that such funds as have been m~de available have been expended annually to provide assistance in the form of individual awards to persons from the Territories concerned to further their educa- tion and that, consequently, addi~iona~ funds . are required if the Programme is to contmue m operat10n, Expressing its firm conviction that the provision of assistance for the education and training of persons from the Territories concerned is as essential as ever and should not only continue, but also be expanded, 1. Expresses its appreciation to all those who have made voluntary contributions to the United Nations Educational and Training Programme for Southern Africa since its inception; 2. Urgently appeals to all States, organizations and individuals to make generous contributions to the trust fund for the Programme so that it might not only be continued, but also strengthened and expanded; 3. 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 1972, for an amount of $100,000 to ensure continuity of the Programme pending the receipt of adequate vol- untary contributions; 4. Expresses its appreciation to the Secretary- General and to the members of the Advisory Com- mittee on the United Nations Educational and Training Programme for Southern Africa, established in pur- suance of paragraph 2 of General Assembly resolu- tion 2431 (XXIII) of 18 December 1968, for the work they have accomplished during the period under review in connexion with the Programme; 5. Takes note with approval of the efforts made during the period under review to strengthen co- operation between the Programme and the Uni~ed Nations High Commissioner for Refugees, the special- ized agencies and the Organization of African Unity, and hopes that these efforts will be continued with a view to further co-ordination of their activities in the field of education and training for persons from the Territories concerned; 6. Requests the Secretary-General to report to the General Assembly at its twenty-seventh session on the progress of the Programme. 2028th plenary meeting, 20 December 1971. 2876 (XXVI). Offers by Member States of study and training facilities for inhabitants of Non-Self-Governing Territories The General Assembly, Recalling its resolution 2705 (XXV) of 14 De- cember 1970, Having examined the report of the Secretary-General on offers by Member States of study and training facilities for inhabitants of Non-Self-Governing Terri- tories, 48 prepared under the terms of General Assembly resolution 845 (IX) of 22 November 1954, 48 A/8530.

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