A/RES/2878(XXVI) GA

16 General Assembly-Twenty-sixth Session (XXIV) of 20 November 1969 on co-operation be- tween the United Nations and the Organization of African Unity, Noting with satisfaction the increased co-operation between the Organization of African Unity and the United Nations, the specialized agencies and other or- ganizations within the United Nations system, especially in their efforts to solve the grave situation in southern Africa, l. Takes note with satisfaction of the report of the Secretary-General on co-operation between the United Nations and the Organization of African Unity;47 2. Invites the Security Council to consider the request of the Organization of African Unity concern- ing the holding of meetings of the Council in an African capital; 3. Requests the Secretary-General to continue his efforts to intensify co-operation between the United Nations and the Organization of African Unity in accordance with the relevant resolutions of the General Assembly; 4. Invites the specialized agencies and other organ- izations concerned within the United Nations system, particularly the United Nations Development Pro- gramme, to continue their co-operation with the Organization of African Unity; 5. Decides to include in the provisional agenda of its twenty-seventh session the question of co-operation between the United Nations and the Organization of African Unity. 2027th plenary meeting, 20 December I 97 I. 2864 (XXVI). Report of the Security Council The General Assembly l. Takes note of the report of the Security Council to the General Assembly covering the period from 16 June 1970 to 15 June 1971~8 2. Requests the Secretary-General to present in his report to the General Assembly at its twenty-seventh session, due consideration having been given to the views of interested Governments, suggestions concerning ways and means of enhancing the effectiveness of the Security Council in accordance with the principles and provisions of the Charter of the United Nations. 2027th plenary meeting, 20 December 197 I. 2878 (XXVI). Implementation of the Declara- tion on the Granting of Independence to Colonial Countries and Peoples The General Assembly, Recalllng 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 all its previous resolutions concerning the unplementation of the Declaration, in particular resolu- tion 2708 (XXV) of 14 December 1970, 47 A/8386. 48 0-tficial Records of the General Assembly, Twenty-sixth Session, Supplement No. 2 (A/8402). Deeply concerned that eleven years after the adop- tion of the Declaration many Territories are still under colonial domination and that millions of dependent peoples live under conditions of ruthless and un- disguised colonialist and racialist repression, Deeply deploring the continued refusal of the colonial Powers, especially Portugal and South Africa, to implement the Declaration and other relevant resolu- tions on decolonization, particularly those relating to the Territories under Portuguese domination, Namibia and Southern Rhodesia, Strongly deploring the policies of those States which, in defiance of the relevant resolutions of the Security Council, the General Assembly and the Special Com- mittee on the Situation with regard to the Implementa- tion of the Declaration on the Granting of Indepen- dence to Colonial Countries and Peoples, continue to co-operate with the Governments of Portugal and South Africa and with the illegal racist minority regime in Southern Rhodesia, Deeply disturbed at the intransigent attitude of certain administering Powers which, despite the re- peated appeals addressed to them by the General Assem- bly and the Special Committee, refuse to co-operate with the Special Committee in the discharge of the mandate entrusted to it by the General Assembly, Reiterating its view that racial discrimination in dependent Territories can be eradicated fully and with the greatest speed by the faithful and complete imple- mentation of the Declaration, Noting with satisfaction that the Organization of African Unity has decided to convene an international conference against colonialism and apartheid, to be held at Oslo in May and June 1972, 1. Reaffirms its resolutions 1514 (XV) and 2621 (XXV) and all other resolutions on decolonization, and calls upon the administering Powers, in accord- ance with those resolutions, to take all the necessary steps to enable the dependent peoples of the Territories concerned to exercise fully and without further delay their inalienable right to self-determination and inde- pendence; 2. 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 covering its work during 1971,49 including the programme of work envisaged for 1972; 3. Urges all States, in particular the administering ~owers,_ ~d the spec~alized a$encies and other organiza- t10ns w1thm the Umted Nations system to give effect to the relevant provisions of the programme of action contained in General Assembly resolution 2621 (XXV) and to the recommendations contained in the report of the Special Committee for the speedy imple- mentation of the Declaration and the relevant United Nations resolutions; 4. Reaffirms that the continuation of colonialism in all its forms and manifestations-including racism apartheid and activities of foreign economic and othe; inte~ests which ~xploit colonial peoples, as well as the wagmg of colomal wars to suppress national liberation movements in southern Africa-is incompatible with the Charter of the United Nations, the Universal Declaration of Human Rights and the Declaration on 49 Ibid., Supplement No. 23 (A/8423/Rev.1) and Supple- ment No. 23A (A/8423/Rev.1/ Add.I). Resolutions adopted without reference to a Main Committee 17 the Granting of Independence to Colonial Countries and Peoples and poses a threat to international peace and security; 5. Reaffirms its recognition of the legitimacy of the struggle of the colonial peoples and peoples under alien domination to exercise their right to self-deter- mination and independence by all the necessary means at their disposal, and notes with satisfaction the progress made in the colonial Territories by the national liberation movements, both through their struggle and through reconstruction programmes; 6. Condemns the policies, pursued by certain colonial Powers in the Territories under their domina- tion, of imposing non-representative regimes and consti- tutions, strengthening the position of foreign economic and other interests, misleading world public opinion and encouraging the systematic influx of foreign immi- grants while evicting, displacing and transferring the indigenous inhabitants to other areas, and calls upon those Powers to desist forthwith from such policies; 7. Urges all States and the specialized agencies and other organizations within the United Nations system to provide, in consultation, as appropriate, with the Organization of African Unity, moral and material assistance to all peoples struggling for their freedom and independence in the colonial Territories and, in particular, to the national liberation movements of the Territories in southern Africa, and in that connexion draws the attention of all States to the Assistance Fund for the Struggle against Colonialism and Apartheid of the Organization of African Unity;50 8. Requests all States, directly and through their action in the specialized agencies and other organiza- tions within the United Nations system, to withhold or continue to withhold assistance of any kind from the Governments of Portugal and South Africa and from the illegal racist minority regime in Southern Rhodesia until they renounce their policy of colonial domination and racial discrimination; 9. Requests the colonial Powers to withdraw imme- diately and unconditionally their military bases and installations from colonial Territories and to refrain from establishing new ones; 10. Requests the Special Committee to continue to seek suitable means for the immediate and full implementation of General Assembly resolutions 1514 (XV) and 2621 (XXV) in all Territories which have not yet attained independence and, in particular, to formulate specific proposals for the elimination of the remaining manifestations of colonialism and report thereon to the General Assembly at its twenty-seventh session; 11. Requests the Special Committee to make con- crete suggestions which could assist the Security Coun- cil in considering appropriate measures under the Charter with regard to developments in colonial Terri- tories which are likely to threaten international peace and security, and recommends that the Council take such suggestions fully into consideration; 12. Requests the Special Committee to undertake a special study on the compliance of Member States with the Declaration and with other relevant resolu- tions on decolonization, particularly those relating to the Territories under Portuguese domination, Namibia and Southern Rhodesia, and to report thereon to the General Assembly at its twenty-seventh session; 50 Ibid., Supplement No. 23 (A/8423/Rev.1), chap. V, annex, appendix V. 13. Requests the Special Committee to intensify its consideration of the small Territories and to recom- mend to the General Assembly the most appropriate methods and also the steps to be taken to enable the populations of those Territories to exercise fully and without further delay their right to self-determination and independence; 14. Endorses the proposal of the Special Com- mittee to take steps, in consultation with the Organiza- tion of African Unity, to enable representatives of national liberation movements in the colonial Ter- ritories in southern Africa to participate, whenever necessary and in an appropriate capacity, in its delibera- tions relating to those Territories; 15. Requests the administering Powers to co-operate with the Special Committee in the discharge of its mandate and, in particular, to participate in the work of the Committee relating to the Territories under their administration; 16. Calls upon the administering Powers to co- operate fully with the Special Committee by permitting the access of visiting groups to the colonial Territories in order to secure first-hand information concerning the Territories and to ascertain the wishes and aspira- tions of the inhabitants of those Territories under their administration; 17. Requests the Special Committee to assist the Economic and Social Council in the study envisaged in Council resolution 1651 (LI) of 29 October 1971, bearing in mind the need to enlist the support of non-governmental organizations in consultative status with the Council in the achievement of the objectives of the Declaration and in the implementation of the relevant resolutions of the United Nations; 18. Requests the Secretary-General to provide the Special Committee with the facilities and personnel necessary for the implementation of the present resolu- tion as well as the various resolutions on decoloniza- tion adopted by the General Assembly and the Special Committee. 2028th plenary meeting, 20 December 1971. 2879 (XXVI). Dissemination of information on decolonization The General Assembly, Having examined the 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 relating to the question of publicity for the work of the United Nations in the field of decolonization,~1 Recalling its resolution 1514 (XV) of 14 Decem- ber 1960, containing the Declaration on the Granting of Independence to Colonial Countries and Peoples, and its resolution 2621 (XXV) of 12 October 1970, containing the programme of action for the full imple- mentation of the Declaration, Conscious of the urgent need to intensify widespread and continuous dissemination of information on the work of the United Nations in the field of decoloniza- tion, on the situation in the colonial Territories and on the continuing struggle for liberation being waged 51 /bid., chap. I, paras. 86-101, and chap. V.

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