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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, some 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, 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 information from Non-Self-Governing Terri- tories transmitted under Article 73 e of the Charter of the United Nations; 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 transmit, 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. Implementation of the Declaration on the Granting of Independence to Colonial Countries and Peoples by the specialized agencies and the international institutions associated with the United Nations The General Assembly, Having considered the item entitled "Implementation of the_ Declarati?n on the Granting of Independence to ~olomal Countries 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 item 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- sion, 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 item, as explained to the Special Committee and to the Ad Hoe 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, Noting 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 assistance to the peoples of the Territories through their national liberation movements continue to remain inadequate to meet the urgent needs of these peoples, Noting with satisfaction 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- ority_ 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 bas 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 implementation of the various United Nations decisions relating to decolonization, 1. :4-pproves the c~apt~r of the report of the Special Committee 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 lbid., Supplement No. 23 (A/31/23/Rev.1), chap. VJ. 9 Ibid., chap. VII. VII. Resolutions adopted on the reports of the Fourth Committee 119 system which have ~ontinue~ to _co-ope~ate in vary~g Nations system, having regard to the recommen~ations degrees with the Umted Nat10ns m the 1mpl~mentat10n contained in paragraph 7 above, to formulate with the of the Declaration and other relevant resolut10ns of the active co-operation of the Organizati~n . of Africa~ General Assembly; Unity and to submit, as a matter of pnonty, to their governing and legislative organs concrete P!oposals_ for 4. Expresses its concern that the assistance exten?ed the full implementation of the relevant Umted ~at10ns so far by the specialized ag_encies and other organ~a- decisions, in particular speci~c prog~am~es of assi~tance tions within the United Nations system to the colomal to the peoples in the colomal Temtones and their na- peoples, particularly those of Zimbabwe an~ Namibia, tional liberation movements; and to their national liberation movements 1s far from adequate in terms of the actual needs of the peoples 12. Requests the Secretary-General: concerned; (a) To prepare for submission to the relevant 5. Regrets that the World Bank and the Interna- bodies concerned with related aspects of the present tional Monetary Fund have not yet taken the necessary item with the assistance of the specialized agencies and measures towards the full and speedy implementation othe; organizations within the United Nations system, of the Declaration and other relevant resolutions of the a report on the action taken since the circulation of his General Assembly; previous report in implementation of the relevant reso- 6. Requests the specialized agencies and other or- 1utions of the United Nations, including the present ganizations within the United Nations system to render resolution; or continue to render, as a matter of urgency, all pos- (b) To continue to assist the specialized agencies sible moral and material assistance to the colonial pea- and other organizations within the United Nations sys- ples in Africa struggling for their liberation from co- tern in working out appropriate measures for implement- lonial rule; ing the present resolution and to report thereon to the 7. Recommends that the organizations conce~ed General Assembly at its thirty-second session; should initiate or broaden contacts and co-operation 13. Requests the Economic and Social Council to with the colonial peoples in consultation with the Or- continue to consider, in consultation with the Special ganization of African Unit)'., review their p_rocedures Committee, appropriate measures for co-ordination of with respect to the formulation and preparation of as- the policies and activities of the specialized agencies sistance programmes and projects and introduce greater and other organizations within the United Nations sys- flexibility in these procedures so as to be able to extend tern in implementing the relevant resolutions of the the necessary assistance without delay to help the co- General Assembly; lonial peoples and their national liberation movements in their struggle to exercise their inalienable right _to 14. Requests the Special Committee to continue to self-determination and independence in accordance with examine this question and to report to the General As- General Assembly resolution 1514 (XV); sembly at its thirty-second session. 8. Urges once again the specialized agencies and 82nd plenary meeting other organizations within the United Nations system, 29 November 1976 in accordance with the relevant resolutions of the Gen- eral Assembly and the Security Council, to take all necessary measures to withhold any financial, economic, technical or other assistance from the Government of South Africa and the illegal regime in Southern Rho- desia, to discontinue all support to them until they re- store to the peoples of Namibia and Zimbabwe their inalienable right to self-determination and independence and to refrain from taking any action which might imply recognition of the legitimacy of the domination of the Territories by those regimes; 9. Notes with satisfaction the arrangements made by several specialized agencies and organizations which enable representatives of the national liberation move- ments recognized by the Organization of African Unity to participate fully as observers in the proceedings re- lating to matters concerning their respective countries, and calls upon those international institutions which have not yet done so to follow this example and to make the necessary arrangements without delay; 10. Recommends that all Governments should in- tensify their efforts in the specialized agencies and other organizations within the United Nations system of which they are members to ensure the full and effective im- plementation of the Declaration and other relevant reso- lutions of the United Nations and, in that connexion, should accord priority to the question of providing as- sistance on an emergency basis to the peoples in the colonial Territories and their national liberation move- ments; ll. Urges the executive heads of the specialized agencies and other organizations within the United 31/31. United Nations Educational and Training Programme for Southern Africa The General Assembly, Recalling its resolutions on the United Nations Edu- cational and Training Programme for Southern Africa, in particular resolution 3422 (XXX) of 8 December 1975, Taking note of the report of the Secretary-General on the Programme for 1975/76,10 Taking note with satisfaction of the increase in contri- butions to the Programme which permitted the con- tinuance in 1975/76 of a substantial level of assistance, in the form of individual awards, for the education of persons from the Territories concerned, Recognizing however that, because of significant in- creases in the costs of educational and training awards, additional funds are essential if the Programme is to continue in operation at a satisfactory level, Considering that the Programme has been a signif- icant and worth-while effort of the international com- munity, and that a continuation and expansion of the Programme is desirable to meet the increased needs arising from recent developments in the Territories con- cerned, 1. Expresses its appreciation to all those who have made voluntary contributions to the United Nations Ed- ucational and Training Programme for Southern Africa; 10 A/31/268.

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