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26 General Assembly-Thirty-first Session organizations within the United Nations system to give effect to the recommendations contained in the report of the Special Committee for the speedy impl_cmcntation of the Declaration and the relevant resolutions of the United Nations; 7 Condemns the intensified activities of foreign eco~omic and other interests which are impeding the implementation ?f the D_eclaratio? with respect ~o ~he colonial Territones, particularly m southern Afnca, 8. Strongly condemns all collaboration in both the nuclear and military fields with the Government of South Africa and calls upon all States concerrl:ed to refrain from extending to that Govern1;1ent, ~uec_tly or indirectly, any faciliti~~ or collab?rat10n which In- crease its nuclear and military potential; 9. Requests all States, directly and through t~eir action in the specialized agencies and other or~aniza- tions within the United Nations system, to withhold assistance of any kind from the _Gov~rnm_ent ~f. Sou!h Africa and from the illegal racist mmonty regime m Southern Rhodesia until they restore to the peoples of Namibia and Zimbabwe their inalienable right. to self- determination and independence and to refram from taking any action whi~h 1;1ight imply ree;ogD:ition of the legitimacy of the dommahon of the Terntones by those regimes; 10. Calls upon the colonial Powers to withdraw immediately and unconditi~mally ~hei_r military bas~s and installations from colomal Terntones and to refram from establishing new ones; 11. Urges all States, directly an<l through ~eir action in the specialized agencies and other or~amza- tions within the United Nations system, to provide all moral and material assistance to the oppressed peoples of Namibia and Zimbabwe and, with respect to the other Territories, requests the administering Pow~rs, _in consultation with the Governments of the Terntones under their administration, to take steps to enlist and make effective use of all possible assistance, on both a bilateral and a multilateral basis, in the strengthening of the economies of those Territories; 12. Requests the Special Committee to continue to seek suitable means for the immediate and full imple- mentation of General Assembly resolution 1514 (XV) in all Territories which have not yet attained indepen- dence and, in particular: (a) To formulate spec_ific pr_oposals for t~e ~limina- tion of the remaining manifestations of colomahsm and to report thereon to the General Assembly at its thirty- second session; ( b) To make concrete suggestions which c<-:uld assist the Security Council in considering appropnate measures under the Charter with regard to developments in colonial Territories that are likely to threaten inter- national peace and security; (c) To continue to examine the compliance of Member States with the Declaration and with other relevant resolutions on decolonization, particularly those relating to Namibia and Southern Rhodesia; (d) To continue to pay particular attention to the small Territories, including the sending of visiting mis- sions thereto, as appropriate, and to recommend to the General Assembly the most suitable steps to be taken to enable the populations of those Territories to ~xer- cise their right to self-determination, freedom and mde- pendence; ( e) To take all necessary steps to enlist w_orld-wide support among Governments, as well as. na~1onal a~d international organizations having a special interest m the field of decolonization in the achievement of the objectives of the Declaratio'n and the _implcme.ntation of the relevant resolutions of the United Nations, par- ticularly as concerns the oppressed peoples of Namibia and Zimbabwe; 13. Calls upon the administering Powers to c_o- operate, or continue to co-operate, with the ~pec1al Committee in the discharge of its mandate and, m par- ticular, to participate_in the work ?f the ~?mm~ttee re- lating to the Territories under the1r admm1strat1on an~ to permit the access of visiting mi~sions to_ the Tern- tories in order to secure first-hand mformat1on and as- certain the wishes and aspirations of their inhabitants; 14. Requests the Secretary-General to provide the Special Committee with the facilities and services. re- quired for the implementation of the present resolution, as well as of the various resolutions and decisions on decolonization adopted by the General Assembly and the Special Committee. 31/144. 104th plenary meeting 17 December 1976 Dissemination of information on decolonization 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 relat- ing to the question of publicity for the work of the United Nations in the field of decolonization,61 Recalling its resolution 1514 (XV) of 14 Decem- ber 1960 containing the Declaration on the Granting of Indep~ndence to Colonial Countries and Peoples, and all other resolutions and decisions of the United Nations concerning the dissemination of information on decolonization, including in particular General As- sembly resolution 3482 (XXX) of 11 December 1975, Reiterating the importance of publicity as an instru- ment for furthering the aims and purposes of the Dec- laration and mindful of the pressing need for taking all possible steps to acquaint world public opinion with all aspects of the problems of decolonization with. a view to assisting effectively the peoples of the colomal Territories to achieve self-determination, freedom and independence, Aware of the increasingly important role being played in the widespread dissemination of relevant information by a number of non-governmental organizations having a special interest in the field of 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 In- dependence to Colonial Countries and Peoples relating to the question of publicity for the work of the United Nations in the field of decolonization; 2. Reaffirms the importance of effecting the widest possible dissemination of information on the evils and dangers of colonialism, on the determined efforts of the colonial peoples to achieve self-determination, freedom 61 Jbid., chap. II. II. Resolutions adopted without reference to a Main Commitlei- 27 and independence and on the assistance being provided by the international community towards the elimination of the remaining vestiges of colonialism in all its forms; 3. Requests the Secretary-General, having regard to the suggestions of the Special Committee, to continue to take concrete measures through all the media at his disposal, including publications, radio and television, to give widespread and continuous publicity to the work of the United Nations in the field of decolonization and, inter alia: (a) To continue, in consultation with the Special Committee, to collect, prepare and disseminate basic material, studies and articles relating to the problems of decolonization through the Office of Public Informa- tion of the Secretariat and the unit on information re- lating to decolonization established in pursuance of General Assembly resolution 3164 (XXVIII) of 14 De- cember 1973 and, in particular, to continue to publish the periodical Objective: Justice and other publications, special articles and studies of the Office of Public In- formation and to select from among them appropriate material for wider dissemination by means of reprints in various languages; (b) To seek the full co-operation of the administer- ing Powers concerned in the discharge of the tasks re- ferred to above; ( c) To intensify the activities of all information centres, particularly those located in Western Europe; (d) To maintain a close working relationship with the Organization of African Unity by holding periodic consultations and by systematically exchanging relevant information with that organization; ( e) To enlist the support of non-governmental or- ganizations having a special interest in the field of de- colonization in the dissemination of the relevant in- formation; (f) To report to the Special Committee on the measures taken in the implementation of the present resolution; 4. Invites all States, the specialized agencies and other organizations within the United Nations system and non-governmental organizations having a special interest in the field of decolonization to undertake or intensify, in co-operation with the Secretary-General and within their respective spheres of competence, the large- scale dissemination of the information referred to in paragraph 2 above. 104th plenary meeting 17 December 1976 31/14.S. International Conference in Support of the Peoples of Zimbabwe and Namibia The General Assembly, Deeply concerned at the situation obtaining in Zim- babw_e and Nami~ia _as a resu!t of the continued op- pre~s10n. an~ do~n~atio~ of their peoples by the illegal racist mmonty regime m Southern Rhodesia and the racist regime of South Africa in defiance of the de- cisions of the Security Council and the General As- sembly, Mindful of the special responsibility of the United Nations to support the struggle of the peoples of Zim- babwe and Namibia to exercise their inalienable right to self-determination and independence in accordance with the Declaration on the Granting of Independence to Colonial Countries and Peoples, contained in General Assembly resolution 1514 (XV) of 14 December 1960, Having approved the report of 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, including in par- ticular the findings of the Ad Hoe Group established by the Special Committee at its 1029th meeting on 1 April 1976,'''2 Deeply conscious of the urgent and continuing need to arc:mse world public opinion with a view to assisting effectively the peoples of Zimbabwe and Namibia to ~elf-d~termination, freedom and independence, and to mtens1fy the widespread dissemination of information on the struggle for liberation being waged by the peoples of those Territories and their national liberation move- ments against the repressive, colonialist and racist dom- ination of their countries by the minority regimes con- cerned, Bearing in mind the constructive results of the In- te:n~tional Conft:re?ce of Experts for the Support of Victims of Colomabsm and Apartheid in Southern Af- rica, held at Oslo from 9 to 14 April 1973,63 _Noting the rec~mmendation by the Special Com- mittee that the United Nations should convene during 1977 an international conference in support of the peo- ples of Zimbabwe and Namibia64 and the endorsement of this recommendation by the United Nations Council for Namibia, Noting the statement of the Government of Mozam- bique that it would welcome a decision by the General Assembly to hold a conference at Maputo, l. Decides that the International Conference in Support of the Peoples of Zimbabwe and Namibia shall b<: held during 1977 for the purpose of mobilizing world- wide_ su_ppo~ for ~nd assistance to the peoples of those Terntones m the!f struggle for self-determination and independence; 2. Welcomes the fact that the Government of Mo- zambique is prepared to hold the Conference at Maputo; . 3. Reque~ts the Secretary-General, in co-operation with 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 and th~ United Nations Council for Namibia, to organize the said Conference at Maputo, in consultation with the Organization of African Unity, and authorizes the Secre- tary-General to provide the necessary staff and services for the Conference; 62 /bid., chap. VII, sect. C, and annex I. 63 For ~he report of the Conference, see A/9061, annex. • 64 Official Records of the General Assembly, Thirty-first Ses- swn, Supplement No. 23 (A/31 /23/Rev.1), chap. VII, para. 16.

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