A/RES/3061(XXVIII) GA

2 General A1111embly-Twenty-eighth SeHion 1 8 Other decision, (continued) Itnn Date of adoption Appointments to fill vacancies in the Committee on Relations with the Host Country 99 14 December 1973 12 12 Restoration of the lawful rights of the Royal Government of National Union of Cambodia in the United Nations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 106 5 December 1973 Illegal occupation by Portuguese military forces of certain aecton of the Republic of Guinea-Bissau and acts of aggression committed by them against the people of the Republic . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 107 18 December 1973 12 3050 (XXVIII). Admission of the German Demo- cratic Republic and the Federal Republic of Germany to membership in the United Nations The General Assembly, Having received the recommendation of the Security Council of 22 June 1973 that the German Democratic Republic and the Federal Republic of Germany should be admitted to membership in the United Nations,1 Having considered separately the application for membership of the German Democratic Republic2 and the application for membership of the Federal Re- public of Germany,8 I. Decides to admit the German Democratic Re- public to membership in the United Nations; 2. Decides to admit the Federal Republic of Ger- many to membership in the United Nations. 2117th plenary meeting 18 September 1973 3051 (XXVIII). Admiseion of the Commonwealth of the Bahamas to membership in the United Nations The General Assembly, Having received the recommendation of the Security Council of 18 July 1973 that the Commonwealth of the Bahamas should be admitted to membership in the United N ations,4 Having considered the application for membership of the Commonwealth of the Bahamas, 11 Decides to admit the Commonwealth of the Bahamas to membership in the United Nations. 2117th plenary meeting 18 September 1973 3056 (XXVIII). Report of the International Atomic Energy Agency The General Assembly, Having received the report of the International Atomic Energy Agency to the General Assembly for the year 1972/1973,6 1 Official Records of the General Assembly, Twenty-eighth Session, Annexes, agenda item 27, document A/9080. 2 A/9069-S/10945. For the printed text, see Official Records of the Security Council, Twenty-eighth Year, Supplement for April, May and June 1973. 3 A/9070-S/ 10949. For the printed tex1, see Official Records of the Security Council, Twenty-eighth Year, Supplement for April, May and June 1973. 4 Official Records of the General Assembly, Twenty-eighth Session, Annexes, agenda item 27, document A/9097. Aware that the statement of the Director-General of the International Atomic Energy Agency of 29 October 1973 7 provides additional information on the main developments in the Agency's activities, I. Takes note of the report of the International Atomic Energy Agency; 2. Acknowledges the action taken to expand· the membership of the Board of Governors, providing for increased representation of the developing countries; 3. Observes with appreciation that there has been a further increase in the technical co-operation activities of the International Atomic Energy Agency and in the number of large-scale projects that the Agency is exe- cuting for the United Nations Development Pro- gramme; 4. Notes with appreciation the work carried out by the International Atomic Energy Agency in surveying present and future nuclear energy requirements in developing countries and the Agency's aim of carrying out such surveys as an ongoing activity of the Agency; 5. Commends the International Atomic Energy Agency for the progress it has made in meeting its safe- guards responsibilities and in negotiating agreements for the application of safeguards with non-nuclear- weapon States, in particular the agreements arrived at with the European Atomic Energy Community and the non-nuclear-weapon States of that organization; 6. Requests the Secretary-General to transmit to the Director-General of the International Atomic Energy Agency the records of the twenty-eighth session of the General Assembly relating to the Agency's activities. 2159th plenary meeting 29 October 1973 3061 (XXVIII). Illegal occupation by Portuguese military forces of certain sectors of the Re- public of Guinea-Bissau and acts of aggres- sion committed hy them against the people of the Republic 8 The General Assembly, Recognizing the inalienable right of all peoples to self-determination and independence in accordance with the principles of the Charter of the United Nations and the Declaration on the Granting of Independence t9 Colonial Countries and Peoples, Deeply concerned at the explosive situation resulting from the continued illegal occupation by the armed 5 A/9088-S/ 10966. For the printed text, see Official Records of the Security Council, Twenty-eighth Year, Supplement for July, August and September 1973. 6 International Atomic Energy Agency, .Annual Report, I July 1972-30 June J973 (Vienna, July 1973) and corrigen- dum; transmitted to the members of the General Assembly by a note of the Secretary-General (A/9125 and Corr.1). 7 See Official Records of the General Assembly, Twenty- eighth Session, Plenary Meetings. 2159th meeting, paras. 2-28. 8 See also "Other decisions", p. 12. Resolutions adopted without reference to a Main Committee 3 forces of Portugal of certain sectors of the Republic of Guinea-Bissau and the intensified acts of aggression committed by them against the people of Guinea- Bissau, Mindful that all States should, in conformity with Article 2, paragraph 4, of the Charter, refrain in their international relations from the threat or me of force against the territorial integrity or national independence of any State or from taking any action inconsistent with the purposes and principles of the Charter, Noting with satisfaction that the State of Guinea- Bissau assumes the sacred duty to expel the forces of aggression of Portuguese coloniali:;m from that part of the territory of Guinea-Bis.,;au which they still occupy and to intensify the strugf!le in the Cape Verde Islands, which form an integral and inalienable part of the national territory of the people of Guinea- Bissau and Cape Verde, A ware of the urgent need of the people of the newly established State of Guinea-Bissau for all possible in- ternational assistance in its naticmal reconstruction pro- grammes, 1. Welcomes the recent accession to independence of the people of Guinea-Bissau, thereby creating the sovereign State of the Republic of Guinea-Bi~sau; 2. Strongly condemns the policies of the Govern- ment of Portugal in perpetuating its illegal occupation of certain sectors of the Republic of Guinea-Bissau and the repeated acts of aggression committed by its armed forces against the people of Guinea-Bissau and Cape Verde; 3. Demands that the Government of Portugal de- s1st forthwith from further violation of the sovereignty and territorial integrity of the Republic of Guinea- Bissau and from all acts of aggression against the people of Guinea-Bissau and Cape Verde by imme- diately withdrawing its armed forces from those terri- tories; 4. Draws the attention of the Security Council, in conformity with AJticle 11, paragraph 3, of the Char- ter of the United Nations, to the critical situation re- sulting from the illegal presence of Portugal in Guinea- Bissau and to the urgent need for taking, as a matter of priority, all effective steps to restore the territorial integrity of the Republic; 5. Invites all Member States, the specialized agen- cies and other organizations within the United Nations system to render all necessary assistance to the Govern- ment of Guinea-Bissau in its national reconstruction and development programmes; 6. Decides to keep the situation under continuous review. 2 J 63rd plenary meeting 2 November 1973 3065 (XXVIII). Scientific work on peace research The General Assembly, Recalling its resolution 2817 (XXVI) of 14 De- cember 1971 relating to scientific work on peace re- search, Having considered with interest and appreciation the first informative report on scientific works produced by national and international, governmental and non- governmental, public and private institutions with re- gard to peace research, 9 which was submitted by the Secretary-General to the General Assembly in pur- suance of paragraph 1 of the above-mentioned resolu- tion, Conscious of the fact that, in such new and delicate research, the bounds of information have by no means yet been reached, and that it is necessary, in such a wide and important field, to pursue research in spite of its difficulties and short-comings, in order to open the way to progress, Considering that fundamental research on th· foun- dations of and conditions for peace, and on the origins, motivations and spreading of conflicts. can contribute considerably to the peace mission of the United Na- tions, Considering it desirable further to promote the re- cording of the studies devoted to this subject, in pur- suance of paragraph 1 of resolution 2817 ( XXVI), 1. Takes note of the first informative report sub- mitted by the Secretary-General; 2. Requests the Secretary-General to draw once more the attention of Member States to the invitation extended by the General Assembly in paragraph 2 of its resolution 2817 (XXVI) and to submit to the Assembly, at its thirtieth session, a second informative report containing, in addition to the titles of the studies carried out, a brief summary of their contents; 3. Decides to include in the provisional agenda of its thirtieth session the item entitled "Scientific work on peace research". 2164th plenary meeting 9 November 1973 3066 (XXVIII). Co-operation between the Unite1l Nations anrl the Organization of African Unity The General Assembly, Recalling its resolutions 2011 (XX) of 11 October 1965, 2193 (XXI) of 15 December 1966, 2505 (XXIV) of 20 November 1969, 2863 (XXVI) of 20 December 1971 and 2962 (XXVII) of 13 Decem- ber 1972 on co-operation between the United Nat ions and the Organization of African Unity, Noting with satisfaction the efforts of the Organiza- tion of African Unity and the United Nations, the specialized agencies and other organizations within the United Nations system to help to solve the serious problemg which principally affect southern Africa, Recalling in particular the urgent need to give effec-- tive assistance to the victims of colonialism, racial discrimination and apartheid resulting from political and criminal acts of repression by the Governments of Portugal and South Africa and the illegal racist minor- ity regime in Southern Rhodesia, 1. Takes note with sati~faction of the report of the Secretary-General on co-operation between the Unitc{l Nations and the Organization of African Unity 10 and commends his efforts in promoting such co-operation· 2. Reiterates the firm intention of the United N:1 tions, in co-operation with the Organization of African Unity, to intensify its efforts to find a solution to th:: present grave situation in southern Africa; o A/9130 and Add. I. 10 A/9162.

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