A/RES/2945(XXVII) GA

Resolutions adopted on the reports of the Fourth Committee 77 v1s10ns of paragraph 3 above, the Security Council should urgently consider taking all effective s~eps with a view to securing the full and speedy implementation of General Assembly resolution 1514 (XV) and of the related decisions of the Council; 8. Requests the Secretary-General to follow the im- plementation of the present resolution, in particular to provide such assistance as may be necessary with respect to the negotiations referred to in paragraph 3 above, and to report thereon, as appropriate, to the General Assembly and the Special Committee on the Situation with regard to the Implementation of the Declaration on the Granting of Independence to Colo- nial Countries and Peoples; 9. Commends the Special Committee for the work it has accomplished during the year, particularly through the dispatch of the Special Mission to Guinea (Bissau), and requests it to continue to seek the best ways and means of effectively assisting in the achieve- ment by the peoples of the Territories under Portu- guese domination of the goals set forth in the Declara- tion on the Granting of Independence to Colonial Countries and Peoples and the Charter of the United Nations. 2084th plenary meeting 14 November 1972 2945 (XXVII). Question of Southern Rhodesia The General Assembly, Having considered the question of Southern Rho- desia (Zimbabwe), 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 Grant- ing of Independence to Colonial Countries and Peoples,9 Having examined the report of the Secretary-Gen- eral on this item, 10 Having invited, in consultation with the Organiza- tion of African Unity and through it, representatives of the national liberation movements of Zimbabwe to participate in an observer capacity in its considera- tion of the situation in the Territory, and having heard the statements of the representatives of the Zimbabwe African People's Union and the Zimbabwe African National Union,11 Having heard the statement of a petitioner,12 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, as well as all other resolutions relating to the question of Southern Rho- desia (Zimbabwe) adopted by the General Assembly, the Security Council and the Special Committee, 9 Official Records of the General Assembly, Twenty-seventh Session, Supplement No. 23 (A/8723/Rev.1), chaps. II, m and VIII. 10 A/8759 and Add.I. 11 See Official Records of the General Assembly, Twenty- seventh Session, Fourth Committee, 1988th meeting. 12 Ibid., 1990th meeting. Reaffirming the inalienable right of the people of Zimbabwe to self-determination and independence in accordance with resolution 1514 (XV) and the legi- timacy of their struggle to secure the enjoyment of their rights, as set forth in the Charter of the United Nations and in conformity with the objectives of reso- lution 1514 (XV), Bearing in mind that the Government of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, as the administering Power, has the primary responsibil- ity for putting an end to the illegal racist minority regime and for transferring effective power to the people of Zimbabwe on the basis of the principle of majority rule, Noting with satisfaction the rejection by the African population of Zimbabwe of the "proposals for a set- tlement" agreed upon between the Government of the United Kingdom and the illegal regime,13 and mindful that those "proposals for a settlement" had been ne- gotiated without consulting the genuine political leaders of the African population of Zimbabwe, Reaffirming that any attempt to negotiate the future of Zimbabwe with the illegal regime on the basis of independence before majority rule would be in con- travention of the inalienable rights of the people of that Territory and contrary to the provisions of the Charter and of resolution 1514 (XV), Deeply deploring the arbitrary and unlawful impris- onment and detention of, and the denial of funda- mental human rights to, political leaders and other i~d!viduals of Zimbabwe by the illegal racist minority regime, Deploring the persistent refusal of the Government of the United Kingdom to co-operate with the Special Committee on the Situation with regard to the Im- plementation of the Declaration on the Granting of Independence to Colonial Countries and Peoples in the discharge of the mandate entrusted to it by the General Assembly, Deeply disturbed by the continued presence and intervention of South African forces in the Territory, which assists the racist minority regime and seriously threatens the sovereignty and territorial integrity of neighbouring African States, Mindful of the conditions necessary to enable the people of Zimbabwe to exercise freely and fully their right to self-determination and independence, 1. Reaffirms the principle that there should be no independence before majority rule in Zimbabwe, and affirms that any settlement relating to the future of the Territory must be worked out with the full par- ticipation of the genuine political leaders representing the majority of the people of Zimbabwe and must be endorsed freely and fully by the people; 2. Calls upon the Government of the United King- dom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland not to transfer or accord, under any circumstance, to the illegal regime any of the powers or attributes , if sovereignty, and requests that Government to ensl)I, the country's attainment of independence by a demo cratic system of government in accordance w:11; Hw true aspirations of the majority of the population; 13 See Official Records of the Security Council, Twe!l!y-sixtlz Year, Supplement for October, November and Decl'mber 1971, document SI 10405. 78 General Assembly-Twenty-seventh Session 3. Urges the United Kingdom, as the administer- ing Power, to convene as soon as possibl~ a nat[~nal constitutional conference where the genume political representatives of the people of Zimbabwe would be able to work out a settlement relating to the future of the Territory for subsequent endorsement by the people through free and democratic processes; 4. Calls upon the Government of the United King- dom to bring about the conditions necessary to enable the people of Zimbabwe to exercise freely and fully their right to self-determination and independence, in- cluding: (a) The unconditional release of all political pris- oners, detainees and restrictees; ( b) The repeal of all repressive discriminatory legis- lation; ( c) The removal of all restrictions on political activity and the establishment of full democratic free- dom and equality of political rights; 5. Condemns the continued presence and interven- tion of South African forces in the Territory in viola- tion of the decisions of the Security Council and calls upon the administering Power to effect the immediate expulsion of all such forces from the Territory; 6. Further calls upon the Government of the United Kingdom to ensure that, in any exercise to ascertain the wishes and aspirations of the people of Zimbabwe as to their political future, the procedure to be followed should be in accordance with the principle of universal adult suffrage and by secret ballot on the basis of one- man one-vote, without regard to race, colour or educational, property or income considerations; 7. Requests all Governments, the specialized agen- cies 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; 8. Calls upon the Government of the United King- dom to comply with the provisions of the present res- olution and to report thereon to the Special Commit- tee on the Situation with regard to the Implementation of the Declaration on the Granting of Independence to Colonial Countries and Peoples and to the General Assembly at its twenty-eighth session; 9. Requests the Special Committee to keep the situation in the Territory under review. 2102nd plenary meeting 7 December 1972 29:1,6 ( XXVII). Question of Southern Rhodesia The General Assembly, Having considered the question of Southern Rho- desia (Zimbabwe), Gravely disturbed by the further deterioration of the situation in Zimbabwe, which the Security Coun- c'i, in its resolution 277 (1970) of 18 March 1970, r ,.:affirmed as constituting a threat to international peace- and security, Deploring the fact that measures taken so far have failed to brjng the rebellion in Zimbabwe to an end, owing primarily to the continued and increasing col- laboration which certain States, in particular Portugal and South Africa, in violation of Article 25 of the Charter of the United Nations and of the relevant decisions of the United Nations, maintain with the illegal regime, thereby seriously impeding the effective application of sanctions against the illegal regime, Gravely concerned that, despite the appeals addres- sed to the Government of the United States of Amer- ica in General Assembly resolution 2765 (XXVI) of 16 November 1971, that Government continues to permit the importation of chrome and nickel into the United States from Southern Rhodesia, in violation of the relevant provisions of Security Council resolu- tions 253 (1968) of 29 May 1968, 277 (1970) of 18 March 1970, 288 (1970) of 17 November 1970 and 314 (1972) of 28 February 1972, Reaffirming 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, particularly by Portugal and South Africa, l. Deeply deplores the continued refusal of the Government of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland to take effective measures, in accordance with the relevant decisions of the United Nations, to put an end to the illegal racist minority regime in Zimbabwe, and calls upon that Government to take forthwith all effective measures to bring down the rebellious minority regime; 2. Strongly condemns the policies of the Govern- ments, particularly those of Portugal and South Africa, which, in violation of the relevant resolutions of the United Nations and contrary to their specific obliga- tions under Article 25 of the Charter of the United Nations, continue to collaborate with the illegal racist minority regime in its racialist and repressive domina- tion of the people of Zimbabwe, and calls upon those Governments to cease forthwith all such collaboration; 3. Condemns all violations of, as well as the failure of certain States to enforce strictly, the mandatory sanc- tions imposed by the Security Council, as being con- trary to the obligations assumed by them under Article 25 of the Charter; 4. Condemns the continued importation by the Government of the United States of America of chrome and nickel from Zimbabwe in open contravention of the provisions of Security Council resolutions 253 (1968), 277 (1970), 288 (1970) and 314 (1972) and contrary to the specific obligations assumed by that Government under Article 25 of the Charter, and calls upon the United States Government to desist forthwith from further violations of the sanctions and to observe faithfully and without exception the provi- sions of the above-mentioned resolutions; 5. Requests all Governments which so far have not done so to take more stringent enforcement measures to ensure strict compliance by all individuals and bodies corporate under their jurisdiction with the sanctions imposed by the Security Council, and urges all Gov- ernments to refrain from taking any action which might confer a semblance of legitimacy on the illegal racist minority regime; 6. Draws the attention of the Security Council, in view of the further deterioration of the situation resulting from the intensified repressive measures taken by the illegal racist minority regime against the people of Zimbabwe, to the urgent need to widen the scope of sanctions against the illegal regime to include all

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