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34 General Auembly-Tbirty-third Seuio:n constitute an important step in international action for the elimination of apartheid, as such investments and loans abet and encourage the apartheid policies of that country, Noting, in this context, that a number of transna- tional corporations, financial institutions and other in- terests have continued to make new investments in, and financial loans to, South Africa, Welcoming the decision of those Governments which have taken measures to achieve the cessation of further foreign investments in, and financial loans to, South Africa from their countries, Noting with regret that the Security Council has not taken steps for the cessation of further foreign invest- ments in South Africa, as requested by the General Assembly in resolution 31/6 K and 32/105 0, Urges the Security Council to consider the matter at an early date with a view to taking effective steps to achieve the cessation of further foreign investments in, and financial loans to, South Africa. 93rd plenary meeting 2 4 January 1979 33/206. Question of Namibia The General Assembly, Gravely concerned at the critical situation in Na- mibia, Having heard the statements by the President of the United Nations Council for Namibia65 and the Presi- dent of the South West Africa People's Organization,66 Bearing in mind its resolution 1514 (XV) of 14 De- cember 1960, containing the Declaration on the Grant- ing of Independence to Colonial Countries and Peoples, and reaffirming the inalienable rights of the Namibian people to self-determination, freedom and indepen- dence in a united Namibia, Recalling its resolutions 2145 (XXI) of 27 Oc- tober 1966 and 2248 (S-V) of 19 May 1967 and sub- sequent resolutions of the General Assembly and the Security Council relating to the question of Namibia, as well as the advisory opinion of the International Court of Justice of 21 June 1971,67 which emphasized both the illegality of South Africa's occupation of Namibia and the direct responsibility of the United Nations for the Territory, Recalling also its resolution S-9 /2 of 3 May 1978 containing the Declaration on Namibia and Programme of Action in Support of Self-Determination and Na- tional Independence for Namibia, Indignant at South Africa's persistent refusal to withdraw from Namibia in utter defiance of numerous resolutions of the United Nations and gravely con- cerned at South Africa's escalated brutal repression of the Namibian people as well as the measures it has taken to destroy the national unity and territorial integrity of Namibia, 65 Ibid., Thirty-third Session, Plenary Meetings, 97th meeting, paras. 7-32. 66 Jbid., paras. 50-87. 67 Legal Consequences for States of the Continued Presence of South Africa in Namibia (South West Africa) notwithstanding Security Council Resolution 276 (1970), Advisory Opinion, J.C.!. Reports 1971, p. 16. Convinced that South Africa is seeking to establish a puppet regime in Namibia in contravention of reso- lutions of the United Nations, in particular Security Council resolutions 385 (1976) of 30 January 1976 and 435 (1978) of 29 September 1978, Strongly reiterating its support for the national lib- eration movement of Namibia, the South West Africa People's Organization, the sole and authentic repre- sentative of the Namibian people in their struggle by all means, including armed struggle, to achieve self- determination, freedom and national independence in a united Namibia, l. Declares the urgent need to ensure the attain- ment of the inalienable rights of the Namibian people to genuine self-determination and national indepen- dence in Namibia, including Walvis Bay, in accordance with the Charter of the United Nations and the Dec- laration on the Granting of Independence to Colonial Countries and Peoples as well as all subsequent reso- 1 utions of the General Assembly and the Security Council, including Council resolution 385 ( 1976), re- lating to Namibia, and supports the legitimacy of their struggle by all means at their disposal against the illegal occupation of their Territory by South Africa; 2. Solemnly reaffirms the direct responsibility of the United Nations for Namibia, renews its determina- tion to ensure the effective and complete discharge of this responsibility and, to this end, calls upon all Member States and bodies and organs of the United Nations to support fully the United Nations Council for Namibia as the legal Administering Authority for Namibia until independence in the implementation of its mandate; 3. Determines that South Africa has acted deceit- fully through unilateral measures and sinister schemes within Namibia during the protracted period of talks for a negotiated settlement in Namibia to the detri- ment of the Namibian people and their national libera- tion movement, the South West Africa People's Or- ganization, and in contravention of resolutions of the Security Council, in particular resolutions 385 (1976) of 30 January 1976, 431 (1978) of 27 July 1978, 435 (1978) of 29 September 1978 and 439 (1978) of 13 November 1978, and relevant resolutions of the General Assembly; 4. Strongly condemns the racist regime of South Africa for its arrogant and defiant actions in imposing on the Namibian people a so-called internal settlement through a fraudulent and illegal "national assembly" designed to achieve international recognition for its puppets therein in order to perpetuate South Africa's illegal occupation and its colonial and racist exploita- tion of Namibia; 5. Calls upon all Member States and the interna- tional community to refrain from according any recog- nition to, or co-operating with, the illegal national assembly or any regime which racist South Africa may impose upon the Namibian people in disregard of resolutions of the United Nations; 6. Solemnly reaffirms that a just and durable settle- ment of the question of Namibia is possible only with the direct and full participation of the South West Africa People's Organization, the sole and authentic representative of the Namibian people, and that the parties to the conflict in Namibia are, on the one hand, South Africa, which is illegally occupying the II. Resolutions adopted without reference to a Main Committee 35 Territory and committing aggression against the people, and, on the other, the Namibian people, under the leadership of the South West Africa People's Organiza- tion, supported by the United Nations, which has direct responsibility for the Territory until independence; 7. Strongly condemns South Africa for its es- calated arrests and detentions of leaders and members of the South West Africa People's Organization, and other acts of violence aaginst the Namibian people, as part of its attempts to frustrate the aspirations of the Namibian people for genuine national liberation, to destroy the South West Africa People's Organization and to impose a so-called internal settlement in Na- mibia; 8. Demands that the racist regime of South Africa immediately and unconditionally release all leaders and members of the South West Africa People's Organiza- tion and cease all violence against the Namibian peo- ple; 9. Calls upon Member States, specialized agencies and other international organizations to render in- creased and sustained support and material, financial, military and other assistance to the South West Africa People's Organization to enable it to intensify its struggle for the liberation of Namibia; 10. Solemnly declares that South Africa's illegal occupation of the Territory of Namibia, its consistent defiance of the United Nations, its war of repression being waged against Namibians, its persistent acts of aggression launched from bases in Namibia against independent African countries, its colonialist expansion and its policy of apartheid constitute a serious threat to international peace and security; 11. Demands once again the immediate and un- conditional end of the illegal occupation of Namibia by South Africa; 12. Calls upon the Security Council to convene urgently to take enforcement measures against South Africa, as provided for under Chapter VII of the Charter in order to ensure South Africa's compliance with the resolutions and decisions of the United Na- tions on Namibia. 108th plenary meeting 31 May 1979

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