A/RES/2983(XXVII) GA

_8_4 ______________ G_eneral Asselllbly-Twenty-seventh Session prepared under General Assembly resolution 845 (IX) of 22 November 1954, Bearing in mind the need to provide increased edu- cational and training facilities, at all levels, for the inhabitants of Non-Self-Governing Territories, l. Takes note of the report of the Secretary-General; 2. Expresses its appreciation to those Member States which have made scholarships available to the inhabi- tants of Non-Self-Governing Territories; 3. Invites all States to make or continue to make generous offers of study and training facilities to the inhabitants of Non-Self-Governing Territories; 4. Requests those States offering scholarships to inform the Secretary-General of the details of the offers made under this programme and, whenever possible, to provide travel funds to prospective students; 5. Requests the administering Powers concerned to intensify widespread and continuous dissemination in the Territories under their administration of informa- tion relating to offers of study and training facilities made by States and to provide all the necessary facilities to enable students to avail themselves of such offers; 6. Requests the Secretary-General to report to the General Assembly at its twenty-eighth session on the implementation of the present resolution; 7. Draws the attention 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 the present reso- lution. 2 I I 0th plenary meeting 14 December 1972 2983 (XXVII). Question of Spanish Sahara The General Assembly, Having examined the chapter 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 re- lating to the Territory of Spanish Sahara,31 Recalling its resolution 1514 (XV) of 14 December 1960 containing the Declaration on the Granting of Independence to Colonial Countries and Peoples, Recalling also the relevant provisions of its resolu- tion 2621 (XXV) of 12 October 1970 containing the programme of action for the full implementation of the Declaration, Taking into consideration the relevant resolutions adopted by the Ninth Assembly of Heads of State and Government of the Organization of African Unity, held at Rabat, Morocco, from 12 to 15 June 1972, and by the Conference of Foreign Ministers of Non-Aligned Countries, held at Georgetown, Guyana, from 8 to 12 August 1972, Having regard to the decision of the Heads of State of the countries concerned, adopted at the Conference held at Nouadhibou, Mauritania, on 14 September 1970, to intensify their co-operation in a positive man- ner in order to hasten the liberation of so-called Spanish Sahara, 3 1 Official Records of the Genrral Assembly Twenty-seventh Session, Supplement No. 23 (A/8723/Rev.l ),' chap. XII. Reaffirming its resolutions 2072 (XX) of 16 De- cember 1965, 2229 (XXI) of 20 December 1966, 2354 (XXll) of 19 December 1967, 2428 (XXIII) of 18 December 1968, 2591 (XXIV) of 16 December 1969 and 2711 (XXV) of 14 December 1970, Deploring that the administering Power has not pro- vided suflicicntly clear information on the conditions and time-table it intends to apply in bringing about the complete decolonization of the Territory, 1. Reaffirms the inalienable right of the people of the Sahara to self-determination and indcpcndence in accordance with General Assembly rcsolution I 514 (XV); 2. Reaffirms the legitimacy of the struggle of co- lonial peoples and its solidarity with, and support for, the people of the Sahara in the struggle they are waging in order to exercise their right to self-determina- tion and independence, and requests all States to give them all necessary moral and material assistance in that struggle; 3. Declares that the continued existence of a colonial situation in the Territory is endangering stability and harmony in north-west Africa; 4. Expresses its support for, and solidarity with, the people of the Sahara, and calls upon the Govern- ment of Spain, in conformity with its obligations and its responsibility as the administering Power, to take effective measures to create the necessary conditions for the free exercise of their right to self-determination and independence; 5. Repeats its invitation to the administering Power to determine, in consultation with the Governments of Mauritania and Morocco and any other interested party, the procedures for the holding of a referendum under l!nited Nations auspices to enable the indigenous populat10n of the Sahara to exercise freely its right to self-determination and independence and to this end invites the Government of Spain: ' ' (a) To create a favourable political climate for the referendum to be conducted on an entirely free, dem- ocratic and impartial basis by permitting, intl'r alia, the return of political exiles to the Territory; ( b) To take all the necessary steps to ensure that only the indigenous inhabitants exercise their right to self-determination and independence, with a view to the decolonization of the Territory; . (c~ To receive a United Nations mission and pro- vide rt with all the necessary facilities so that it can participate actively in the implementation of measures making it possible to put an end to the colonial situa- tion in the Territory; 6. Invites all States to comply with the resolutions of the ~eneral Asse~bly on the activities of foreign economic and financial mterests and to refrain from helping to perpetuate the colonial situation in the Terri- tory by means of investments; 7. Reaffirms the responsibility nf the Unitecl Na- tions in all consultations intended "'• lead to the free expression of the wishes of the p..:orlc; . 8. Urges the administering Power to respect and to implement scrupulously, under the auspices and guar- antee of the United Nations, the provisions ( ,f the relevant resolutions of the General Assembly relating to the decolonization of so-called Spanish Sahara; . 9. Requests th~ Secretary-General, in consultation with the administering Power and the Special Com- mittee on the Situation iih ,·egard ,,) the Jmplementa- Resolutions adopted on the reports of the Fourth Committee 85 tion of the Declaration on the Granting of Indepen- dence to Colonial Countries and Peoples, to appoint immediately the special mission provided for in para- graph 5 of General Assembly resolution 2229 (XXI) and to expedite its dispatch to the Sahara in order to recommend practical steps for the full implementation of the relevant resolutions, and, in particular, to con- firm United Nations participation in the preparation and supervision of the referendum and to submit a report to the Secretary-General for transmission to the Assembly at its twenty-eighth session; 10. Calls upon the Special Committee to continue its consideration of the situation in the Territory and to report thereon to the General Assembly at its twenty-eighth session. 2110th plenary meeting 14 December 1972 2984 (XXVII). Question of American Samoa, Bahamas, Bermuda, British Virgin Islands, Brunei, Cayman Islands, Cocos (Keeling) Islands, Gilbert and Ellice Islands, Guam, Montserrat, New Hebrides, Pitcairn, St. He- lena, Seychelles, Solomon Islands, Turks and Caicos Islands and United States Virgin Islands The General Assembly, Having considered the question of American Samoa, Bahamas, Bermuda, British Virgin Islands, Brunei, Cayman Islands, Cocos (Keeling) Islands, Gilbert and Ell1ce Islands, Guam, Montserrat, New Hebrides, Pit- cairn, St. Helena, Seychelles, Solomon Islands, Turks and Caicos Islands and United States Virgin Islands, 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,a2 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 its previous resolutions relating to those Territories, in particular resolution 2869 (XXVI) of 20 December 1971, Deploring the intransigent attitude of the Govern- ments of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland and France, in contravention of the provisions of the relevant resolutions of the General Assembly, and their persistence in refusing to co-operate with the Special Committee in its examination of the Territories under their administration, Deeply deploring the policy of those administering Powers which continue to maintain military bases in some of the Territories under their administration, in contravention of the relevant resolutions of the General Assembly, Deeply deploring also the attitude of those admin- istering Powers which continue to refuse to allow United Nations missions to visit the Territories under their administration, 82/bid., chaps. XI, XV, XVII, XVIII and XX to XXIII. Bearing in mind in particular the positive results achieved as a consequence of the visits by United Nations missions to other colonial Territories and reiterating its conviction that the dispatch of visiting missions to the above-mentioned Territories is indis- pensable for securing adequate and first-hand informa- tion in regard to political, economic and social condi- tions in the Territories and to the views, wishes and aspirations of the peoples therein, Deeply concerned about the adverse effects of con- tinued nuclear atmospheric testing in the South Pacific on the life, welfare and environment of the peoples of the Non-Self-Governing Territories situated therein, and affirming that those peoples have the right to be free of the hazards to their lives, welfare and environ- ment caused by such tests, Mindful that the Territories listed above require the continued attention and assistance of the United Na- tions in the achievement by their peoples of the objec- tives embodied in the Charter of the United Nations and in the Declaration on the Granting of Indepen- dence to Colonial Countries and Peoples, A ware of the special circumstances of the geograph- ical location and the economic conditions of those Territories, 1. Approves the chapters of the report of the Spe- cial Committee on the Situation with regard to the Implementation of the Declaration on the Granting of Independence to Colonial Countries and Peoples re- lating to the Territories listed above; 2. Reaffirms the inalienable right of the peoples of those Territories to self-determination and indepen- dence in accordance with the Declaration on the Grant- ing of Independence to Colonial Countries and Peoples; 3. Calls upon the administering Powers concerned to take all the necessary steps, without further delay, to ensure the full and speedy attainment of the goals set forth in the Declaration with respect to the Terri- tories and, in that regard, to establish, in consultation with the freely elected representatives of the people, a specific time-table for the free exercise by the peoples of those Territories of their right to self-determination and independence; 4. Reaffirms its conviction that the questions of territorial size, geographical isolation and limited re- sources should in no way delay the implementation of the Declaration with respect to the Territories con- cerned; 5. Strongly deprecates any attempt aimed at the partial or total disruption of the national unity and territorial integrity of colonial Territories and the establishment of military bases and installations in those Territories, as being incompatible with the pur- poses and principles of the Charter of the United Na- tions and of General Assembly resolution 1514 (XV); 6. Once again calls upon the administering Powers concerned to reconsider their attitude towards the re- ceiving of United Nations visiting missions to the above- mentioned Territories and to permit access by such missions to Territories under their administration: 7. Calls upon the administering Powers concerned to participate in the relevant proceedings of the Special Committee relating to the Territories under their administration and, in particular, to report to the Spe- cial Committee on the implementation of the present resolution;

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