A/RES/31/4 GA

10 General Assembly-Thirty-first Session 31/1. Admission of the Republic of Seychelles to membership in the United Nations The General Assembly, Having received the recommendation of the Security Council of 16 August 1976 that the Republic of Sey- chelles should be admitted to membership in the United Nations,2 Having considered the application for membership of the Republic of Seychelles, 3 Decides to admit the Republic of Seychelles to mem- bership in the United Nations. 1 st plenary meeting 21 September 1976 31/3. Observer status for the Commonwealth Secretariat at the United Nations The General Assembly, Noting the desire of the States members of the Com- monwealth for co-operation between the United Nations and the Commonwealth Secretariat, 1. Decides to invite the Commonwealth Secretariat to participate in the sessions and the work of the Gen- eral Assembly and of its subsidiary organs in the ca- pacity of observer; 2. Requests the Secretary-General to take the nec- essary action to implement the present resolution. 33rd plenary meeting 18 October 1976 31/ 4. Question of the Comorian island of Mayotte The General Assembly, Recalling that the people of the Republic of the Comoros as a whole, in the referendum of 22 Decem- ber 1974, expressed by an overwhelming majority its will to accede to independence in conditions of political unity and territorial integrity, Considering that the referendums imposed on the in- habitants of the Comorian island of Mayotte constitute a violation of the sovereignty of the Comorian State and of its territorial integrity, Considering that the occupation by France of the Comorian island of Mayotte constitutes a flagrant en- croachment on the national unity of the Comorian State, a Member of the United Nations, Considering that such an attitude on the part of France constitutes a violation of the principles of the relevant resolutions of the United Nations, in particular of General Assembly resolution 1514 (XV) of 14 De- cember 1960 concerning the granting of independence to colonial countries and peoples, which guarantees the national unity and territorial integrity of such countries, 1. Condemns and considers null and void the ref- erendums of 8 February and 11 April 1976 organized in the Comorian island of Mayotte by the Government of France, and rejects: 2 Official Records of the General Assembly, Thirty-first Ses- sion, Annexes, agenda item 26, document A/31/176. 3 A/31/173-S/12164. For the printed text, see Official Rec- ords of the Security Council. Thirty-first Year, Supplement for July, August and September 1976. (a) Any other form of referendum or consultation which may hereafter be organized on Comorian territory in Mayotte by France; ( b) Any foreign legislation purporting to legalize any French colonial presence on Comorian territory in Mayotte; 2. Strongly condemns the presence of France in Mayotte, which constitutes a violation of the national unity, territorial integrity and sovereignty of the inde- pendent Republic of the Comoros; 3. Calls upon the Government of France to with- draw immediately from the Comorian island of Mayotte, an integral part of the independent Republic of the Comoros, and to respect its sovereignty; 4. Invites all Member States to render effective assistance, individually and collectively, to the Comorian State and to co-operate with it in all fields with a view to enabling it to defend and safeguard its independence, the integrity of its territory and its national sovereignty; 5. Appeals to all Member States to intervene, in- dividually and collectively, with the Government of France to persuade it to abandon once and for all its plan to detach the Comorian island of Mayotte from the Republic of the Comoros; 6. Calls upon the Government of France to enter into negotiations immediately with the Government of the Comoros concerning the implementation of the present resolution. 39th plenary meeting 21 October 1976 31/6. Policies of apartheid of the Government of South Africa4 A THE SO-CALLED INDEPENDENT TRANSKEI AND OTHER BANTUSTANS The General Assembly, Recalling its resolution 3411 D (XXX) of 28 No- vember 197 5 condemning the establishment of bantu- stans by the racist regime of South Africa, Taking note that the racist regime of South Africa declared the sham "independence" of the Transkei on 26 October 1976, Having considered the report of the Special Com- mittee against Apartheid5 and its special reports,6 1. Strongly condemns the establishment of bantu- stans as designed to consolidate the inhuman policies of apartheid, to destroy the territorial integrity of the country, to perpetuate white minority domination and to dispossess the African people of South Africa of their inalienable rights; 2. Rejects the declaration of "independence" of the Transkei and declares it invalid; 3. Calls upon all Governments to deny any form of recognition to the so-called independent Transkei and to refrain from having any dealings with the so-called independent Transkei or other bantustans; 4 Sec also sect. I above, foot-note 9. "Official Records of the General Assembly, Thirty-first Ses- sion, Supplement No. 22 (A/3 l /22). ii Ibid., Supplement No. 22A (A/31/22/ Add.1-3).

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