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VII. Resolutions adopted on the reports of the Fourth Committee 169 1. Reaffirms the inalienable right of the people of Belize to self-determination and independence; 2. Reaffirms that the inviolability and territorial integrity of Belize must be preserved; 3. Calls upon the Govemment of the United King- dom of Great Britain and Northem Ireland, as the administering Power, acting in close consultation with the Govemment of Belize, and the Govemment of Guatemala to pursue vigorously their negotiations in strict conformity with the principies of General As- sembly resolution 343 2 (XXX), in consultation as appropriate with other especially interested States in the area, with a view to concluding the negotiations befare the thirty-third session of the General Assembly; 4. Also calls upon the parties involved to refrain from any threats or use of force against the people of Belize or their territory; 5. Urges all States to respect the right of the people of Belize to self-determination, independence and terri- torial integrity, and to render all practica! assistance necessary for the secure and early exercise of that right; 6. Requests the Govemments concemed to report to the General Assembly at its thirty-third session on the outcome of the negotiations referred to above; 7. Requests the Special Committee on the Situation with regard to the Implementation of the Declaration on the Granting of Independence to Colonial Countries and Peoples to remain seized of thc question and to assist the people of Belize in the exercise of their in- alienable rights. 83rd plenary meeting 28 November 1977 32/33. lnformation 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 lndependence to Colonial Countries and Peoples to study the infor- mation transmitted to the Secretary-General under Article 73 e of the Charter of the United Nations and to take such information fully into account in examin- ing the situation with regard to the implementation of the Declaration, Recalling also its resolution 31 /29 of 29 November 1976, in which it requested the Special Committee to continue to discharge the functions entrusted to it under resolu,tion 1970 (XVIII), Having examined the chapter of the report of the Special Committee dealing with the transmittal of in- formation under Article 73 e of the Charter42 and the action taken by the Committee in respect of that infor- mation, Having also examined the report of the Secretary- General on the item,43 Deploring that sorne Member States having respon- sibilities for the administration of Non-Self-Governing 42 [bid., Thirty-second Session, Supplement No. 23 (A/32/ 23/Rev.1), vol. IV, chap. XXXII. 43 A/32/253. Territories have ceased to itransmit information under Article 73 e of the Charter, l. Approves the chapter of the report of the Special Committee on the Situation with regard to the Imple- mentatíon 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. 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 administering Power concerned should continue to transmit informa- tion under Article 73 e of thc Charter with respect to that Territory; 3. Requests the administering Powers concerned to transmit, or continue to transmit, to the Secretary- General the information prescribed in Article 73 e of the Char,ter, as well as the fullest possible information on political and constitutional developments in the Ter- ritories 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 thir,ty-third session. 83rd plenary meeting 28 November 1977 32/34. Qucstion of East Timor The General Assembly, Recognizing the inalienable right of ali peoples to self-determination and independence in accordance with the principies of the Charter of the United Nations and of the Declaration on the Granting of Independence to Colonial Countries and Peoples, contained in its resolu- tion 1514 (XV) of 14 December 1960, Having examined the chapter of the report of the Special Committee on the Situation with regard to the Implementation of the Declaration on the Granting of Indcpendence to Colonial Countries and Peoples relat- ing to the Territory,44 Having heard the statements of the representatives of Portugal45 and lndonesia,46 Having also heard the statements of the representa- tivcs of thc Frente Revolucionária de Timor Leste Indcpcndente,47 Mindful that all States should, in conformity with Article 2, paragraph 4, of the Charter, refrain in their international relations from the threat or use of force against the territorial integrity or national independence 44 Official Records of the General Assembly, Thirty-second Session, Supp/ement No. 23 (A/32/23/Rev.1), vol. II, chap. X. 45 [bid., Thirty-second Session, Fourth Committee, 12th meeting, paras. 22-26. 46 !bid., 19th meeling, paras. 4-58. 47 !bid., 11-th meeting, paras. 135-155, and 20th meeting, paras. 101--130. 170 General Auembly-Thlrty-second Session of any State, or in any other manner inconsistent with the purposes of the United Nations, Deeply concerned at the continuing critica! situation in the Territory, resulting from the persistent refusal on the part of the Government of Indonesia to comply with the provisions of the resolutions of the General Assembly and the Security Council, Recalling its resolutions 3485 (XXX) of 12 De- cember 1975 and 31/53 of 1 December 1976 and Security Council resolutions 384 (1975) of 22 De- cember 1975 and 389 (1976) of 22 April 1976, l. Reaffirms the inalienable right of the people of East Timor to self-determination and independence. and the legitimacy of their struggle to achieve that right; 2. Reaffirms its resol utions 3485 (XXX) and 31 / 53 and Security Council resolutions 384 (1975) and 389 (1976); 3. Rejects the claim that East Timor has been integrated into Indonesia, inasmuch as the people of the Territory have not been able to exercise freely their right to self-determination and independcnce; 4. Requests the Special Committee on ,the Situation with regard to the Implementation of thc Declaration on the Granting of Independence to Colonial Countries and Peoples to keep the situation in the Territory under aotive consideration, to follow the implementation of the present resolution, to dispatch to the Territory as soon as possible a visiting mission with a view to the ful] and speedy implementation of the Declaration and to report thereon to the General Assembly at its thirty- third session; 5. Requests the Secretary-General in consultation with the Chairman of the Special Committee, in the meantime to send urgently a special representative to East Timor for the purpose of making a thorough, on- the-spot assessment of the existing situation in the Ter- ritory and of establishing contact with the representa- tives of the Frente Revolucionária de Timor Leste Independente and the Government of Indonesia, as well as the Governments of other States concerned, in arder to prepare the ground for a visiting mission of the Special Committee, and to report thereon to the Special Committee; 6. Draws the attention of the Security Council, in conformity with Article 11, paragraph 3, of the Charter of the United Nations, to the critica! situation in the Territory of East Timor and recommends that it should take ali effective stcps far thc implementation of its resolutions 384 (1975) and 389 (1976) with a view ,to securing the full exercise by the people of East Timor of their right to self-determination and inde- pendence; 7. Calls upon the Government of Indonesia and the leadership of the Frente Revolucionária de Timor Leste Independente to facilitate the entry into East Timor of the International Committee of the Red Cross and other relief organizations in order to assist the people of the Territory; 8. Decides to include in the provisional agenda of its thirty-third session the ítem entitled "Question of East Timor". 83rd plenary meeting 28 November 1977 32/35. Activities of foreign economic and other interests whicb are impeding the imple- mentation of tbe Declaration on tbe Granting of lndependence to Colonial Countries and Peoples in Southern Rho- clesia ancl Namibia ancl in ali other Terri- tories uncler colonial clomination ancl ef. forts to eliminate colonialism, apartheid ancl racial cliscrimination in soutbern Africa The General Assembly, Having considered ,the ítem entitled "Activities of foreign economic and other interests which are imped- ing the implementation of the Declaration on the Granting of Independence to Colonial Countries and Peoples in Southern Rhodesia and Namibia and in all other Tcrritories under colonial domination and efforts to eliminate colonialism, apartheid and racial discrim- ination in southern Africa", Having examined the chapter 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 relat- ing to this question,48 Taking into consideration the parts of the report of the United Nations Council for Namibia49 relating to this question, Recalling its resolution 1514 (XV) of 14 December 1960, containing the Declarntion on the Granting of lndependence to Colonial Countries and Peoples, and its resolution 2621 (XXV) of 12 October 1970, containing the programme of action for the full implc- mentation of the Declaration, as well as al! other resolutions of the United Nations relating ,to the item, Taking into account the Maputo Declaration in Sup- port of the Peoples of Zimbabwe and Namibia and the Programme of Action for the Liberation of Zimbabwe and Namibia,5° adopted by the International Confer- ence in Support of ,the Peoples of Zimbabwe and Namibia, held at Maputo from 16 to 21 May 1977, as well as the Lagos Declaration for Action against Apartheid,51 adopted by the World Conference for Action against Apartheid, held at Lagos from 22 to 26 August 1977, Taking note of the decision concerning the export of oil ,to the illegal racist régimcs in southern Africa adopted by the Assembly of Heads of State and Gov- ernment of thc Organization of African Unity at its fourteenth ordinary session, held at Librcville from 2 to 5 July 1977,"2 Rea{firmin[J thc solemn obligation of the administer- ing Powers under thc Charter of thc Uni,ted Nations to promote thc political, economic, social and cduca- tional advanccment of the inhabitants of the Territorics under thcir administration and to protect the human and natural resources of those Territorics against abuses, 48 /bid., Thirt_V-S('CO/u/ Scssion, Supplement No. 23 (A/3::I 23/Rev.1), vol. l. cha p. IV. 49 /bid., Supplcment No. 24 (A/32/24), vol. I, part two, chap. VI. and vol. 11, annex XII. 50 A/32/109/Rev.1-S/12344/Rev.1, annex V. For the printed text, sec Officia! Records of the Security Council, Thirtv- second Y car, Supplement for Ju/y, August and September 1977. r.t A/CONF.91/9 (United Nations publication, Sales No. E.77.XIV.2 and corrigendum), sect. X. 52 See A/32/310.

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