A/RES/3110(XXVIII) GA

92 General Assembly-Twenty-eighth Session of the Special Committee on the Situation with regard representing the wishes of the people of Papua New to the Implementation of the Declaration on the Grant- Guinea; ing of Independence to Colonial Countries and Peoples,2 4. Emphasizes the imperative need to ensure that Having heard the statements of the representatives the national unity of Papua New Guinea is preserved; of the administering Power and of the Government of Papua New Guinea,:i 5. Strongly endorses the policies of the administer- ing Power and of the Government of Papua New Guinea Taking into account the conclusions and recom- aimed at discouraging separatist movements and at menda;ions of the '.frusteeship Council and the Special promoting national unity; Coz:nmittee regardmg developments in Papua New Gumea, 6. Stresses the right of the people of Papua New Guinea to control and dispose of their natural re- . Noting with satisfaction the transfer of authority to sources in their national interest; the Government of Papua New Guinea by the admin- istering Power, marked by the attainment by Papua 7. Stress_es also the importance of preserving the New Guinea of formal self-government on 1 December cultural heritage of the people of Papua New Guinea; 1973, 8. Welcomes the growing involvement of the Gov- Taking note of the express desire of the Government ernment of Papua New Guinea in matters of defence of Papua N~w Guinea for national unity and indepen- and external affairs and calls upon the administering dence as a smgle and sovereign political and territorial Power to continue to expand its consultations with the entity, and of the express desire of the administering Government of Papua New Guinea regarding these Power to create an independent and united country, matters; _Noting also that the Constitutional Planning Com- 9. Calls upon the organizations of the United mittee, composed of members of the Papua New Guinea Nations system and their members to assist in accel- House of Assembly, is preparing recommendations on erating progress in all sectors of the national life of the future constitution of Papua New Guinea, Papua New Guinea; Noting further that the final report and draft con- 10. Notes the continued willingness of the admin- stitution recommended by the Constitutional Planning istering Power and the Government of Papua New ~ommittee will be tabled in the House of Assembly Guinea to receive a visiting mission, notes also that m February 197 4, that the constitution will provide the Trusteeship Council is to consider the dispatch of a for all major aspects of a system of government and visiting mission to Papua New Guinea at its forty- will include provisions for the transition to indepen- first session and reaffirms that such missions are to be dence, and that the House of Assembly will meet in composed on the basis recommended in General Assem- special session in April 1974 to consider and adopt bly resolution 2590 (XXIV) of 16 December 1969; the constitution, 11. Requests the administering Power to report to Mindful that the House of Assembly has affirmed its the Trusteeship Council and the Special Committee on right as the duly elected parliament of the people of the Situation with regard to the Implementation of the Papua New Guinea to decide when independence is to Declaration on the Granting of Independence to Co- come and that the administering Power accepts that the lonial Countries and Peoples on the implementation House of Assembly represents the wishes of the people of the present resolution; on the question of independence, 12. Requests the Trusteeship Council and the Spe- Noting, with respect to the timing of independence, cial Committee to continue to examine this question the view of the administering Power that there are two and to report thereon to the General Assembly at its elei:nents involved in the determination of the question twenty-ninth session. of mdependence: the view of the administering Power and the views of the people of Papua New Guinea as expressed through their elected representatives in the House of Assembly, and that, in this regard, the ad- ministering Power expects independence to come by 1975 and that independence should be achieved in the closest consultation with the Government and the House of Assembly of Papua New Guinea, I. Reaffirms the inalienable right of the people of Papua New Guinea to self-determination and indepen- dence in accordance with General Assembly resolution 1514 (XV) and the Trusteeship Agreement of 13 De- cember 1946; 2. Welcomes the attainment of self-government as an important step in the progress of Papua New Guinea towards independence; 3. Calls upon the administering Power and the Gov- ernment of Papua New Guinea to consult on the timing of independence, noting in this regard the views of the administering Power and of the Government of Papua New Guinea that the House of Assembly is regarded as 2 Ibid., Supplement No. 23 (A/9023/Rev.l), chaps. m and XIX. B Jbid., Twenty-eighth Session, Fourth Committee, 2071st meeting. 2198th plenary meeting I 2 December I 97 3 3110 (XXVIII). Information from Non-Self-Gov- erning Territories transmitted under Arti- cle 73 e of the Charter of the United Nations The General Assembly, Recalling its resolution 1970 (XVIII) of 16 Decem- ber 1963_, in _which_ it requested the Special Committee on the Situation with regard to the Implementation of the D~claration . on the Granting of Independence to (?olomal C~untnes and Peoples to study the informa- tion transmitted to the Secretary-General under Article 73 e of the Charter of the United Nations and to take s~ch _inforl!lation fully into account in examining the s1tuat10n with regard to the implementation of the Dec- laration, Recalling also its resolution 2978 (XXVII) of 14 De- ce_mber 1972,. in which_ it requested the Special Com- mittee to continue to discharge the functions entrusted to it under resolution 1970 (XVIII) in accordance with the procedures approved by the G~neral Assembly in its resolution 2109 (XX) of 21 December 1965, Resolutions adopted on the reports of the Fourth Committee 93 Recalling further the provisions of paragraph 5 of resolution 2978 (XXVII), in which it requested the administering Powers concerned to transmit, or continue to transmit, to the Secretary-General the information prescribed in Article 73 e of the Charter, as well as the fullest possible information on political and con- stitutional developments in the Territories concerned, Having examined the chapter of the report of the Special Committee dealing with the transmittal of in- formation under Article 73 e of the Charter and the action taken by it in respect of that information! Having also examined the report of the Secretary- General on this item, 5 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 Inde- pendence to Colonial Countries and Peoples relating to the information from Non-Self-Governing Territories transmitted under Article 73 e of the Charter of the United Nations; 2. Strongly deplores that, despite the repeated rec- ommendations of the General Assembly and the Spe- cial Committee, some Member States having responsi- bilities for the administration of Non-Self-Governing Territories have ceased or have failed to transmit infor- mation under Article 73 e of the Charter, have trans- mitted insufficient information or have transmitted in- formation too .late; 3. Strongly condemns the Government of Portugal for its continued refusal to recognize the colonial status of the Territories under its domination and to transmit information under Article 73 e of the Charter on those Territories in complete disregard of the provisions of the relevant resolutions of the General Assembly and the Special Committee; 4. Reaffirms that, in the absence of a decision by the General Assembly itself that a Non-Self-Governing Territory has attained a full measure of self-government in terms of Chapter XI of the Charter, the administer- ing Power concerned should continue to transmit infor- mation under Article 73 e of the Charter with respect to that Territory; 5. Requests the administering Powers concerned to transmit, or continue to transmit, to the Secretary- General the information prescribed in Article 73 e of the Charter, as well as the fullest possible information on political and constitutional developments in the Ter- ritories concerned; 6. Reiterates its request that the Administering Powers concerned transmit such information as early as possible and, at the latest, within a maximum period of six months following the expiration of ,the adminis- trative year in the Non-Self-Governing Territories con- cerned; 7. 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 twenty-ninth session. 2198th plenary meeting 12 December 197 3 'Ibid., Twenty-eighth Session, Supplement No. 23 (A/9023/ Rev.I), chap. XXIX. II A/9239 and Add.I. 3111 (XXVIII). Question of Namibia The General Assembly, Having considered the question of Namibia, Having examined the report of the United Nations Council for Namibia6 and the relevant chapters 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,7 Having heard the statement of the representative of the South West Africa People's Organization,8 who has participated in an observer capacity in the work of the United Nations Council for Namibia and also, in ac- cordance with the decision taken by the General Assem- bly at its 2139th plenary meeting on 3 October 1973,0 in the Fourth Committee's consideration of the item, Having also heard the statements of the petitioners,10 Recalling its resolution 1514 (XV) of 14 December 1960, containing the Declaration on the Granting of Independence to Colonial Countries and Peoples, and its resolution 2621 (XXV) of 12 October 1970, con- taining the programme of action for the full imple- mentation of the Declaration, Recalling, in particular, its resolutions 2145 (XXI) of 27 October 1966 and 2248 (S-V) of 19 May 1967 and subsequent resolutions of both the General Assem- bly and the Security Council relating to the question of Namibia, as well as the advisory opinion of the In- ternational Court of Justice of 21 June 1971,11 deliv- ered in response to the request addressed to it by the Council in its resolution 284 (1970) of 29 July 1970, Taking into consideration the programme of action adopted by the International Conference of Experts for the Support of Victims of Colonialism and Apartheid in Southern Africa, held at Oslo from 9 to 14 April 1973, 12 the resolutions on Namibia adopted by the Council of Ministers of the Organization of African Unity at its twenty-first ordinary session, held at Addis Ababa from 17 to 24 May 1973, and by the Fourth Conference of Heads of State or Government of Non- Aligned Countries, held at Algiers from 5 to 9 Septem- ber 1973, 13 as well as the Lusaka Declaration adopted by the United Nations Council for Namibia on 14 June 1973,14 Reaffirming that the Territory and people of Namibia are the direct responsibility of the United Nations and that the Namibian people must be enabled to attain self-determination and independence within a united Namibia, 6 Official Records of the General Assembly, Twenty-eighth Session, Supplement No. 24 (A/9024). 7 Ibid., Supplement No. 23 (A/9023/Rev.1), chaps. I-VI and VIII. 8 lbid., Twenty-eighth Session, Fourth Committee, 2046th meeting. o See "Other decisions", p. 111. 10 Official Records of the General Assembly, Twenty-eighth Session, Fourth Committee, 2047th, 2053rd and 2060th meetings. 11 Legal Consequences for States of the Continued Presence of South Africa in Namibia (South West Africa) notwith- standing Security Council Resolution 276 (1970), Advisory Opinion, l.C.J. Reports 1971, p. 16. 12 A/9061, annex, sect. IV. 1s A/9330 and Corr.l, p. 42. 14 Official Records of the General Assembly, Twenty-eighth Session, Supplement No. 24 (A/9024), para. 157.

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