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VII. Resolutions adopted on the reports of the Fourth Committee ll7 of southern Africa constitute a majar obstacle to political independence and to the enjoyment of the natural re- sources of those Territories by the indigenous inhab- itants; 4. Condemns the activities of foreign economic and other interests in the colonial Territories that impede the implementation of the Declaration on the Granting of lndependence to Colonial Countries and Peoples and the efforts to eliminate colonialism, apartheid and racial discrimination; 5. Condemns the Governments which continue to support or collaborate with those foreign economic and other interests engaged in exploiting the natural and human resources of the Territories, thus violating the political, economic and social rights and interests of the indigenous peoples and obstructing the full and speedy implementation of the Declaration contained in General Assembly resolution 1514 (XV) in respect of those Territories; 6. Strongly condemns the collaboration in both nuclear and military fields between the racist minority régime of South Africa and all countries, in particular France, the Federal Republic of Germany, Israel, the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland and the United States of America, which continue to supply that régime with nuclear and military equipment and technology, thus increasing its nuclear and military potential, and calls upan all Govemments, in particular France, the Federal Republic of Germany, Israel, the United Kingdom and the United States, to refrain from extending facilities, directly or indirectly, to the racist minority régime of South Africa enabling it to produce uranium, plutonium and other nuclear materials, re- actors or military equipment; 7. Calls once again upon all Governments which have not done so to take legislative, administrative or other measures in respect of their nationals and the bodies corporate under their jurisdiction who own and operate enterprises in colonial Territories, particularly in Africa, which are detrimental to the interests of the inhabitants of those Territories, in order to put an end to such enterprises and to prevent new investments that run counter to the interests of the inhabitants of those Territories; 8. Condemns all Governments that violate the man- datory sanctions imposed by the Security Council against the illegal racist minority régime in Southern Rhodesia, as well as the continued failure of certain Member States to enforce those sanctions, as being contrary to the obligations assumed by them under Article 25 of the Charter; 9. Requests all States to take effective measures to end the supply of funds and other forms of assistance, including military supplies and equipment, to those régimes which use such assistance to repress the peoples of the colonial Territories and their national liberation movements; 1 O. Calls once again upon all Sta tes to discontinue all economic, financia! or trade relations with South Africa concerning Namibia and to refrain from enter- ing into economic, financia! or other relations with South Africa, acting on behalf of or concerning Namibia, which may lend support to its continued illegal occupa- tion of that Territory; 11. Strongly condemns the racist minority régime of South Africa which, in violation of the relevant reso- lutions of the United Nations and in open contra- vention of its specific obligations under Article 25 of the Charter, continues to collaborate with the illegal racist minority régime in Southern Rhodesia, and calls upan that Government to cease immediately all forms of collaboration with the illegal racist minority régime in Southern Rhodesia; 12. Invites all Governments and organizations within the United Nations system, having regard to the relevant provisions of the Declaration on the Establishment of a New International Economic Order, contained in General Assembly resolution 3201 (S-VI) of 1 May 197 4, and of the Charter of Economic Rights and Duties of States, contained in Assembly resolution 3281 (XXIX) of 12 December 1974, to ensure, in particular, that the permanent sovereignty of the colonial Terri- tories over their natural resources is fully respected and safeguarded; 13. Cal/s upon the administering Powers to abolish every discriminatory and unjust wage system which prevails in the Territories under their administration and to apply in each Territory a uniform system of wages to all the inhabitants without any discrimination; 14. Requests the Secretary-General to undertake, through the Office of Public Information of the Secre- tariat, a sustained and wide publicity campaign with a view to informing world public opinion of the facts concerning the pillaging of natural resources and the exploitation of the indigenous populations by foreign monopolies and the support they render to the co- lonialist and racist régimes; 15. R eq uests the Special Committee on the Sit- uation with regard to the Implementation of the Declara- tion on the Granting of lndependence to Colonial Coun- tries and Peoples to continue to examine this question and to report thereon to the General Assembly at its thirty-second session. 55th plenary meeting 5 November 1976 31/29. Information from Non-Self-Governing Territories transmitted under Article 73 e of the Charter of the United Nations The General Assembly, Recalling its resolution 1970 (XVIII) of 16 De- cember 1963, in which it requested 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 to study the informa- tion transmitted to the Secretary-General under Ar- ticle 73 e of the Charter of the United Nations and to take such information fully into account in examining the situation with regard to the implementation of the Declaration, Recalling also its resolution 3420 (XXX) of 8 De- cember 1975, in which it requested the Special Com- mittee to continue to discharge the functions entrusted to it under resolution 1970 (XVIII), Having examined the chapter of the rcport of the Special Committee dealing with the transmittal of in- formation under Article 73 e of the Charter4 and the action taken by the Committee in rcspect of that in- formation, ·1 lhid., Supplement No. 23 (A/31/23/Rev.l ), chap. XXXII. 118 General Assembly-Thirty-first Session Having also examined the report of the Secretary- General on the item, 5 Deploring that, despite the repeated recommendations of the General Assembly and the Special Committee, sorne Member States having responsibilities for the ad- ministration of Non-Self-Governing Territories have ceased or have failed to transmit information under Ar- ticle 73 e of the Charter, l. 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 information from Non-Self-Governing Terri- tories transmitted under Article 73 e of the Charter of the United N ations; 2. Reaffirms that, in the absence of a decision by the General Assembly itself that a Non-Self-Governing :rerritory has attained a full measure of self-government m terms of Chapter XI of the Charter, the administering Power concerned should continue to transmit informa- tion under Article 73 e of the Charter with respect to that Territory; 3. Requests the administering Powers concerned to transrnit, or continue to transmit, to the Secretary-Gen- eral the information prescribed in Article 73 e of the Charter, as well as the fullest possible information on political and constitutional developments in the Terri- tories concerned, within a maximum period of six months following the expiration of the administrative year in those Territories; 4. Requests the Special Committee to continue to discharge the functions entrusted to it under General Assembly resolution 1970 (XVIII), in accordance with established procedures, and to report thereon to the Assembly at its thirty-second session. 82nd plenary meeting 29 November 1976 31/30. lmplementation of the Declaration on the Granting of lndependence to Colonial Countries and Peoples by the specialized agencies and the international institutions associated with the United Nations The General Assembly, Having considered the ítem entitled "Implementation of the_ Declarati?n on the Granting of Independence to ~olomal Countnes and Peoples by the specialized agen- cies and the international institutions associated with the United Nations", Recalling the Declaration on the Granting of In- dependence to Colonial Countries and Peoples con- tained in its resolution 1514 (XV) of 14 Dec~mber 1960, and the programme of action for the full im- plementation of the Declaration contained in its reso- lution 2621 (XXV) of 12 October 1970 as well as all other relevant resolutions of the Gener~l Assembly and the Security Council, Having examined the reports submitted on the ítem by the Secretary-General, 6 the Economic and Social CounciF and the Special Committee on the Situation 5 A/31/275. 6A/31/65 and Add.1-5, A/31/238 . • 7 Official Records of the General Assembly, Thirty-first Ses- s1on, Supplement No. 3 (A/31/3), chap. VII, sect. E. with regard to the Implementation of the Declaration on the Granting of Independence to Colonial Countries and Peoples,8 Taking into account the positions of the national liberation movements of the colonial Territories in Af- rica on this ítem, as explained to the Special Committee and to the Ad Hoc Group established by the Committee at its 1029th meeting on 1 April 1976,9 which visited a number of African countries in May 1976, and con- scious of the urgent and pressing need of the peoples concerned for concrete assistance from the specialized agencies and other organizations within the United Nations system, . Reaffirming the responsibility of the specialized agen- cies and other organizations within the United Nations system to take all effective measures, within their respec- tive spheres of competence, to ensure the full and speedy implementation of the Declaration and other relevant resolutions of the United Nations, particularly in the proyision of moral and material assistance on a priority basis, to the peoples of the colonial Territories and their national liberation movements, N oting with concern that, although progress has been maintained in the extension of assistance to refugees from the colonial Territories in Africa, the actions taken hither~o by the organizations concerned in the provision of ass1stance to the peoples of the Territories through their national liberation movements continue to remain inadequate to meet the urgent needs of these peoples, N oting with satisf action the measures initiated by s~m~ of the specialized agencies and other organizations withm the United Nations system, in particular the World Food Programme and the United Nations De- ve~opme~t Programme, to provide assistance on a pri- onty_ 1?as1s to the peoples of the Territories formerly ~dmm1stered by Portugal, and expressing its apprecia- t10n to the Secretary-General for the initiative he has taken in that regard, Expressing its appreciation to the General Secretariat of the Organization of African Unity for the continued co-operation and assistance extended by it to the or- ganizations within the United Nations system in con- nexion with the implementation of the relevant resolu- tions of the United Nations, Mindful of the necessity to keep under continuous review the activities of the specialized agencies and ?ther o~ganizations within the United Nations system m the 1mplementation of the various United Nations decisions relating to decolonization, 1. :4-pproves the c~apt~r of the report of the Special Comm1ttee on the S1tuat10n with regard to the Im- plementation of the Declaration on the Granting of Independence to Colonial Countries and Peoples re- lating to the item;8 2. Reaffirms that the recognition by the General As- sembly, the Security Council and other United Nations organs of the legitimacy of the struggle of colonial peoples to achieve freedom and independence entails as a corollary, the extension by the organizations withiti the United Nations system of all the necessary moral and _ma!erial assist~nce ~o the peoples of the colonial Terntones and their nat10nal liberation movements· ' 3. . Expresses its appreciation to those specialized agencies and organizations within the United Nations 8 lbíd., Supplement No. 23 (A/31/23/Rev.1), chap. VI. 9 Ibíd., chap. VII.

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