A/RES/3112(XXVIII) GA

Resolutions adopted on the reports of the Fourth Committee 95 United Nations Coundl for Namibia to participate in steps to encourage the organization of seminars on the an appropriate capacity whenever such rights and inter- question; ests are involved; 3. Decides to observe 26 August each year as Nam- 18. Decides, having regard to paragraph 2 above, to ibia Day and requests the United Nations Council for defray the expenses of a representative of the So1;1th Namibia to prepare a programme for such a commem- West Africa People's Organization when ac~ompanym?: oration. such missions a~ the United N:itions Council for Nami- bia may determine and whenever c_alled for cons~lta- tion by the Council, and to auth<?nze th~ Co~ncil to utilize the financial resources aval'lable, mcludmg the United Nations Fund for Namibia, to enable it to give assistance to the Namibian people when, in the. opinion of the Council, such assistance would be reqmred; l 9. Requests the Secretary-General: (a) To continue to provide the necess_ary assista!l~e and facilities to the United Nations Council for Nam1b1a and to the United Nations Commissioner for Namibia for the discharge of their respective duties and functions; (b) To report to the General Assembly at its twenty- ninth session on the implementation of the present resolution; II 1. Requests all specialized agencies and other or- ganizations within the United Nations system and the member States thereof to take such necessary steps as will enable the United Nations Council for Namibia, as the legal authority for Namibia, to participa~e fully on behalf of Namibia in the work of those agencies and organizations; 2. Requests all specialized agencies and other or- ganizations within the United Nations ~ystem, in ~o.nsul- tation with the United Nations CounCJ,l for Namibia, to render within their respective spheres of competence, all po~siblc assistance to the people of Namibia and their liberation movement; 3. Requests the Secretary-General, in close co-op- eration with the United Nations Council for Namibia, to review the full and speedy implementation of the present resolution and to report thereon to the General Assembly at its twenty-ninth session; III 1. Requests the Secretary-General, in consultation with the United Nations Council for Namibia, to take concrete measures through all the media at his disposal to intensify the dissemination of information on the question of Namibia and, inter alia: (a) To issue a further series of United Nations com- memorative postage stamps on Namibia in order to emphasize the direct respo~s(bility of the Un\ted Nations with regard to Narn1b1a through the Umted Nations Council for Namibia and the legitimate strug- gle being waged by the people of Namibia for self- determination and independence; (b) To continue to issue the Namibia Bulletin; (c) To continue to explore additional measures for wider di5Semination of information concerning the ques- tion of Namibia and the activities of the Council; 2. Invites all States, specialized agencies and United Nations uodies conccrns.:d, as ·,.vell as intergovernmental and non-govemmentaJ organizations h,n;ing an interest in the field of decolonization, to CLH,perate closely with the United Nations Council for Namibii, and the Secre- tary-General in the dis~emination of information on Namibia and, among other things, to consider taking 2198th plenary meeting 12 December 197 3 3112 (XXVIII). United Nations Fund for Namibia The General Assembly, Recalling its resolution 2145 (XXI) of 27 Oc~ober 1966, by which the United Nations deci~e~ to term mate the Mandate of South Africa over Namibia and assume direct responsibility for the Territory until its indepen- dence and resolution 2248 (S-V) of 19 May 1967, by which it established the United Nations Council for Namibia, Reaffirming its determination to continue to discharge that responsibility in regard to the Territory, Mindful that, by assuming direct responsibility . for Namibia, •the United Nations incurred a solemn obliga- tion to assist the people of the Territory morally and materially, Recalling further its resolutions 2679 (XXV) of 9 December 1970, 2872 (XXVI) of 20 December 1 ~71 and 3030 (XXVII) of 18 December 1972 concemmg the United Nations Fund for Namibia, established on the basis of the report of the Secretary-Genera.I to the General Assembly at its twenty-sixth session, 16 Recognizing that South Africa's continued illegal occupation of Namibia at present prevents the ~nited Nations from furnishing needed, large-scale assistance within the Territory, Having examined the report of the Secretary-General on the operation of the United Nations Fund for Nam- ibia during 1973, 17 Having examined also the sections of the report of the United Nations Council for Namibia relating to the Fund,1~ 1. Expresses its appreciation of the report of the Secretary-General on the operation of the United Nations Fund for Namibia during 1973; 2. Decides to allocate to the Fund the sum of $100,000 from the regular budget of the United Nations for 1974; 3. Authorizes the Secretary-General and the United Nations Council for Namibia to continue to appeal to Governments for voluntary contributions t0 the Fund; 4. Invites Governments to appeal once more to their national organizations and institutions for voluntary contributions to the Fund; 5. Urges the Secretary-General, in co-operation with the United Nations Council for Namibia, to begin the implementation of the long-term measures and studi_es outlined in his report to the General Assembly at its twentv-sixth session; 6. · Appoints the United Nations Council for Namibia as trustee of the Fund and authorizes the Council to prepare guiddines for its orientation rn consultation with the Secret:iry-Gcnernl; 10 A/8473. 11 A/9225 and Corr.!. 1s See O/ficit.l Records of the General Assembly, Twenty- eighth Session, Supplement No. 24 (A/9024). 9(, (;pneral Assembl_v-Twenl~·-eighth Session 7. Invites all Member States to formulate their views on the orientation of the Fund and either transmit them to or present them before the United Nations Council for Namibia; 8. Requests the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees, the specialized agencies and other organ- izations within the United Nations system to render all necessary assistance to the Secretary-General in carry- ing out the tasks assigned to him under the present resolution; 9. Decides, pending the entry into full operation of the comprehensive programme, that Namibians shall continue to be eligible for assistance through the United Nations Educational and Training Programme for Southern Africa and the United Nations Trust Fund for South Africa; 10. Requests the Secretary-General and the United Nations Council for Namibia to report to the General Assembly at its twenty-ninth session on the implemen- tation of the present resolution. 2198th plenary meeting 12 December 1973 3113 (XXVIII). Question of Territories under Portuguese administration The General Assembly, Having considered the question of Territories under Portuguese domination, Having examined ,the relevant chapters of the report of the Special Committee on the Situation with regard to the Implementation of the Declaration on the Grant- ing of Independence to Colonial Countries and Peo- ples, 19 including in particular the views expressed by the representatives of the national liberation movements of the Territories concerned who participated as observ- ers in the relevant proceedings of the Special Com- mittee,20 Having examined the report of the Secretary-General concerning the present item,21 Having heard the statements of the representatives of the Frente Nacional para a Libertac;ao de Angola and the Frente de Libertac;ao de Mo,;:ambique, who partici- pated in an observer capacity in the Fourth Committee's consideration of the item22 in accordance with the de- cision taken by the Gencr:.1! Assembly at its 2139th plenary meeting, on 3 October 1973,23 Recalling i:ts 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, as well as all other reso- lutions relating to the question of Territories under Portuguese domination adopted by the General Assem- bly, the Security C'.ouncil and the Special Committee, Recalling, in particular, the provisions of it'i resolu- tion 2918 (XXVII) of 14 November 1972, and of Security Council resolution 322 ( 1972) of 22 Novem- 19 lbfd., Supplement No. 23 (A/9023/Rev.1), chaps. I, IV- VI and IX. 20 A/AC.109/PV.915 and Corr.I, 917, 920, 921 and 929. 21 A/9132 and Add.I and 2. 22 Official Records of the General Assembly, Twenty-eighth Session, Fourth Committee, 2028th and 2055th meetings. 23 See "Other decisions", p. 111. ber 1972 in which the Government of Portugal was called upon, inter alia, to enter into negotiations with the parties concerned, with a view to achieving a solu- tion to the armed confrontation that exists in the Afri- can Territories under its domination and permitting the peoples of those Territories to exercise freely their right to self-determination and independence, and deeply deploring the refusal of that Government to comply with those provisions, Taking into consideration the programme of action adopted by the International Conference of Experts for the Support of Victims of Colonialism and Apart- heirf in Southern Africa, held at Oslo from 9 to 14 April 1973/4 Bearing in mind the Declaration on Territories under Portuguese Domination, adopted by the Assembly of Heads of State and Government of the Organization of African Unity at its tenth ordinary session, held at Addis Ababa from 27 to 29 May 1973, Condemning the continued collaboration of Portugal, South Africa and the illegal racist minority regime in Southern Rhodesia, designed to perpetuate colonialist and racialist domination in the region. and the per- sistent intervention against the peoples of the Territories concerned by police and armed forces, as well as by mercenaries from South Africa and Southern Rhodesia, Condemning the repeated acts of aggression com- mitted by the armed forces of Portugal against inde- pendent African States, which constitute a violation of the sovereignty and territorial integrity of those States and seriously disturb international peace and security in the African continent, as reaffirmed in Security Coun- cil resolution 312 ( 1972) of 4 February 1972, Condemning any attempt by Portugal to place any of the facilities in the Territories under its domination at the disposal of the North Atlantic Treaty Organiza- tion or any of its members on a bilateral basis for mili- tary purposes, Strongly deploring the policies of those States, par- ticularly some of the military allies of Portugal, which, in defiance of repeated requests addressed to them by the United Nations, continue to provide Portugal with military and other assistance both within the context of the North Atlantic Treaty Organization and bilaterally, without which Portugal could not pursue its policies of colonial domination and oppression of the peoples of Angola and Mozambique, Deepl;• disturbed by the intensified activities of those foreign economic, financial and other interests which, contrary to the relevant resolutions of the General Assembly, are a~sisting Portugal in its colonial wars and obstructing the realization by the peoples of the Territories under Portuguese domination of their legiti- mate aspirations for freedom and independence, Noting with appreciation the concrete programmes of assistance being extended to the national liberation movements of those Territories by a number of Gov- ernments, as well as those initiated by organizations within the United Nations system and several non-gov- ernmental organizations, Noting with satisfaction the progress towards national independence and freedom being made by the national liberation movements in those Territories, both through their struggle and through reconstruction programmes, particularly in the liberated areas of Angola and Mo- zam bique, 24 A/9061, annex, sect. 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