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184 General As11emhly-Thirty-third Session or other measures in respect of their nationals and the bodies corporate under their jurisdiction who own and operate enterprises in colonial Territories, particularly in Africa, which are detrimental to the interests of the inhabitants of those Territories, in order to put an end to such enterprises and to prevent new invest- ments that run counter to the interests of the in- habitants of those Territories; 9. Requests all States to refrain from making any investments in, or extending loans to, the minority racist regimes in southern Africa and to refrain from any agreements or measures to promote trade or other economic relations with them; 10. Expresses its conviction that the scope of the sanctions adopted against the illegal regime in Southern Rhodesia should be expanded to cover all the meas- ures contemplated in Article 41 of the Charter and calls upon the Security Council to consider adopting appropriate measures to this end; 11. Condemns all violations of the mandatory sanctions imposed by the Security Council against the illegal racist minority regime in Southern Rhodesia, as well as the continued failure of certain Member States to enforce those sanctions, as being contrary to the obligations assumed by them under Article 25 of the Charter; 12. Strongly condemns the supply of petroleum and petroleum products to Southern Rhodesia by United Kingdom oil companies which, by that delib- erate act, are circumventing United Nations sanctions and strengthening the illegal regime of Ian Smith; 13. Deplores the complicity of successive Govern- ments of the United Kingdom in the violation of United Nations sanctions by United Kingdom oil companies, as exposed in the Bingham report60 on the supply of petroleum and petroleum products to the illegal regime of Ian Smith; 14. Condemns those oil-producing or oil-exporting countries which supply crude oil and petroleum prod- ucts to the racist regime of South Africa and demands that they cease forthwith all exports of crude oil and petroleum products to the racist regimes in southern Africa and take the necessary measures against oil companies which, in violation of United Nations reso- lutions on sanctions, continue to deliver oil to those regimes; 15. Requests all States to take effective measures to end the supply of funds and other forms of assist- ance, including military supplies and equipment, to the regimes which use such assistance to repress the peoples of the colonial Territories and their national liberation movements; 16. Reiterates that the exploitation and plundering of the natural resources of Namibia by South African and other foreign economic interests, in violation of the relevant resolutions of the General Assembly and the Security Council and of Decree No. 1 for the Protection of the Natural Resources of Namibia, en- acted by the United Nations Council for Namibia on 27 September 197461 is illegal and contributes to the maintenance of the illegal occupation regime; 60 T. H. Bingham and S. M. Gray, Report on the Supply of Petroleum and Petroleum Products to Rhodesia (London, Her Majesty's Stationery Office for the Foreign and Common- wealth Office, 1978). 61 Official Records of the General Assembly, Twenty-ninth Session, Supplement No. 24A (A/9624/ Add.1 ), para. 84. The Decree has been issued in final form in Namibia Gazette No. 1. 17. Strongly condemns South Africa for its con- tinued exploitation and plundering of the natural re- sources of Namibia in complete disregard of the legiti- mate interests of the Namibian people; 18. Calls once again upon all States to discontinue all economic, financial or trade relations with South Africa concerning Namibia and to refrain from enter- ing into economic, financial or other relations with South Africa, acting on behalf of or concerning Na- mibia, which may lend support to its continued illegal occupation of that Territory; 19. Strongly condemns the racist minority regime of South Africa which, in violation of the relevant resolutions of the United Nations and in open contra- vention of its specific obligations under Article 25 of the Charter, continues to collaborate with the illegal racist minority regime in Southern Rhodesia, and calls upon the Security Council to implement the decisions contained in the present resolution by imposing eco- nomic sanctions against South Africa, including an oil embargo and the withdrawal of investments from that country; 20. Invites all Governments and organizations within the United Nations system, having regard to the relevant provisions of the Declaration on the Establishment of a New International Economic Order, contained in General Assembly resolution 3201 (S-VI) of 1 May 197 4, and of the Charter of Economic Rights and Duties of States, contained in Assembly resolution 3281 (XXIX) of 12 December 1974, to ensure in particular that the permanent sovereignty of the colonial Territories over their natural resources is fully respected and safeguarded; 21. Calls upon the administering Powers to abolish every discriminatory and unjust wage system which prevails in the Territories under their administration and to apply in each Territory a uniform system of wages to all the inhabitants without any discrimination; 22. Requests the Secretary-General to undertake, through the Department of Public Information of the Secretariat, a sustained and broad campaign with a view to informing world public opinion of the facts con- cerning the pillaging of natural resources in colonial Territories and the exploitation of their indigenous populations by foreign monopolies and the support they render to the colonialist and racist regimes; 23. Requests the Special Committee on the Situa- tion with regard to the Implementation of the Decla- ration on the Granting of Independence to Colonial Countries and Peoples to continue to examine this question and to report thereon to the General Assem- bly at its thirty-fourth session. 82nd plenary meeting 13 December 1978 33/41. Implementation of the Declaration on the Granting of Independence to Colonial Countries and Peoples by the specialized agencies and the international institutions associated with the United Nations The General Assembly, Having considered the item entitled "Implementa- tion of the Declaration on the Granting of Indepen- dence to Colonial Countries and Peoples by the spe- VII. Resolutions adopted on the reports of the Fourth Committee 185 cialized agencies and the international institutions associated with the United Nations", Recalling the Declaration on the Granting of Inde- pendence to Colonial Countries and Peoples, contained in its resolution 1514 (XV) of 14 December 1960, and the programme of action for the full implementa- tion of the Declaration, contained in its resolution 2621 (XXV) of 12 October 1970, as well as all other rel- evant resolutions adopted by the General Assembly and the Security Council on this subject, including in particular Assembly resolution 32/36 of 28 No- vember 1977, Having examined the reports submitted on the item by the Secretary-General, 62 the Economic and Social Council63 and the Special Committee on the Situation with regard to the Implementation of the Declaration on the Granting of Independence to Colonial Countries and Peoples, 64 as well as the related report of the United Nations Council for Namibia,65 Having heard the statements of the representatives of the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations66 and the United Nations Educational, Scien- tific and Cultural Organization, 67 Taking into account the relevant provisions of the Declaration and the Programme of Action adopted by the World Conference to Combat Racism and Racial Discrimination, 68 Aware that the struggle of the peoples of Zimbabwe and Namibia for self-determination and independence is in its final and most crucial stage and that it is there- fore incumbent upon the entire international commu- nity to intensify concerted action in support of the peoples of Zimbabwe and Namibia and their national liberation movements for the attainment of this goal, Deeply conscious of the critical need of the peoples of Zimbabwe and Namibia and of other colonial Ter- ritories for concrete assistance from the specialized agencies and the international institutions associated with the United Nations in their struggle for liberation from colonial rule and in their efforts to achieve and consolidate their national independence, Reaffirming the responsibility of the specialized agencies and other organizations within the United Nations system to take all the necessary measures, within their respective spheres of competence, to en- sure the full and speedy implementation of the Decla- ration on the Granting of Independence to Colonial Countries and Peoples and other relevant resolutions of the United Nations, particularly those relating to the provision of moral and material assistance, on a priority basis, to the peoples of the colonial Territories and their national liberation movements, Noting with concern that, although there has been progress in the extension of assistance to refugees from 62 A/33/109 and Add.1-4. 68 Official Records of the General Assembly, Thirty-third Session, Supplement No. 3 (A/33/3), chap. VI, sect. F. · 64 Ibid., Supplement No. 23 (A/33/23/Rev.l ), vol. I, chap. VI. 65 Ibid., Supplement No. 24 (A/33/24), vol. I, part two, chaps. II and VII, and vol. II, annexes II and VI-VIII. 66 Ibid., Thirty-third Session, Fourth Committee, 21st meet- ing, paras. 36-41. 01 I bid., paras. 42-46. 68 Report of the World Conference to Combat Racism and Racial Discrimination, Geneva, 14-25 August 1978 (United Nations publication, Sales No. E.79.XIV.2), chap. II. the colonial Territories in Africa, the actions taken hitherto by the organizations concerned in providing assistance to the peoples of the Territories through their national liberation movements continue to remain inadequate to meet the urgent needs of these peoples, Expressing its confident hope that closer contacts and consultations between the specialized agencies and other organizations within the United Nations system and the Organization of African Unity and the national liberation movements of the colonial Territories will help to overcome procedural and other difficulties which have impeded or delayed the implementation of some assistance programmes, Expressing its appreciation to the General Secretariat of the Organization of African Unity for the continued co-operation and assistance extended by it to the or- ganizations within the United Nations system in con- nexion with the implementation of the relevant resolu- tions of the United Nations, Noting with satisfaction the intensified efforts of the United Nations Development Programme in the ex- tension of assistance to the national liberation move- ments concerned, Noting also the support given by the organizations within the United Nations system to the formation of the Nationhood Programme for Namibia called for in General Assemblv resolution 32/9 A of 4 Novem- ber 1977, · Mindful of the necessity to keep under continuous review the activities of the specialized agencies and other organizations within the United Nations system in the implementation of the various decisions relating to decolonization, 1. Approves the chapter of the report of the Spe- cial Committee on the Situation with regard to the Implementation of the Declaration on the Granting of Independence to Colonial Countries and Peoples relating to the item;64 2. Reaffirms that the recognition by the General Assembly, the Security Council and other United Na- tions organs of the legitimacy of the struggle of co- lonial peoples to achieve freedom and independence entails, as a corollary, the extension by the organiza- tions within the United Nations system of all the neces- sary moral and material assistance to the peoples of the colonial Territories and their national liberation movements; 3. Expresses its appreciation to certain specialized agencies and organizations within the United Nations system which have continued to co-operate in varying degrees with the United Nations in the implementation of the Declaration on the Granting of Independence to Colonial Countries and Peoples and other relevant resolutions of the General Assembly; 4. Expresses its concern that the assistance ex- tended so far by the specialized agencies and other organizations within the United Nations system to the colonial peoples, particularly those of Zimbabwe and Namibia, and to their national liberation movements is far from adequate in relation to the actual needs of the peoples concerned; 5. Regrets that the World Bank and the Interna- tional Monetary Fund have not yet taken the necessary 186 General Assembly-Thirty-third Session measures towards the full and speedy implementation of the Declaration and other relevant resolutions of the General Assembly, deplores in particular the fact that those agencies continue to maintain co-operation with the colonialist racist minority regime of South Africa and urges the executive heads of those agenci@s to draw the particular attention of their governing or- gans to the present resolution with a view to formulat- ing specific programmes beneficial to the peoples of the colonial Territories, particularly Zimbabwe and Namibia; 6. Requests the specialized agencies and other or- ganizations within the United Nations system to render or continue to render, as a matter of urgency, all possible moral and material assistance to the colonial peoples in Africa struggling for their liberation from colonial rule; 7. Requests once again the specialized agencies and other organizations within the United Nations system to continue to provide all moral and material assistance to the newly independent and emerging States; 8. Recommends that the organizations concerned should initiate or broaden contacts with the colonial peoples in consultation with the Organization of Afri- can Unity, review their procedures with respect to the formulation and preparation of assistance pro- grammes and projects and introduce greater flexibility in those procedures so as to be able to extend the necessary assistance without delay to help the colonial peoples and their national liberation movements in their struggle to exercise their inalienable right to self- determination and independence in accordance with General Assembly resolution 1514 (XV); 9. Urges those specialized agencies and organiza- tions within the United Nations system which have not already done so to include in the agenda of the regular meetings of their governing bodies a separate item on the progress made by those organizations in the implementation of the Declaration and other rele- vant resolutions of the United Nations; 10. Urges once again the specialized agencies and other organizations within the United Nations system, in accordance with the relevant resolutions of the Gen- eral Assembly and the Security Council, to take all necessary measures to withhold any financial, eco- nomic, technical or other assistance from the Govern- ment of South Africa and the illegal regime in South- ern Rhodesia, to discontinue all support to them until they restore to the peoples of Namibia and Zimbabwe their inalienable right to self-determination and inde- pendence and to refrain from taking any action which might imply recognition of, or support for, the legiti- macy of the domination of the Territories by those regimes; 11. Notes with satisfaction the arrangements made by several specialized agencies and organizations within the United Nations system which enable representatives of the national liberation movements recognized by the Organization of African Unity to participate fully as observers in the proceedings relating to matters concerning their respective countries, and calls upon those agencies and organizations which have not yet done so to follow this example and to make the neces- sary arrangements without delay; 12. Recommends that all Governments should in- tensify their efforts in the specialized agencies and other organizations within the United Nations system of which they are members to ensure the full and ef- fective implementation of the Declaration and other relevant resolutions of the United Nations and, in that connexion, should accord priority to the question of providing assistance on an emergency basis to peoples in the colonial Territories and to their national libera- tion movements; 13. Urges the executive heads of the specialized agencies and other organizations within the United Nations system, having regard to the recommendations contained in paragraph 8 above, to formulate with the active co-operation of the Organization of African Unity and to submit, as a matter of priority, to their governing and legislative organs concrete proposals for the full implementation of the relevant United Nations decisions, in particular specific programmes of assist- ance to the peoples in the colonial Territories and their national liberation movements; 14. Requests the Secretary-General to continue to assist the specialized agencies and other organizations within the United Nations system in working out ap- propriate measures for implementing the present reso- lution and to prepare for submission to the relevant bodies, with the assistance of those agencies and other organizations, a report on the action taken since the circulation of his previous report in implementation of the relevant resolutions of the United Nations, includ- ing the present resolution; 15. Requests the Economic and Social Council to continue to consider, in consultation with the Special Committee, appropriate measures for co-ordination of the policies and activities of the specialized agencies and other organizations within the United Nations sys- tem in implementing the relevant resolutions of the General Assembly; 16. Requests the Special Committee to continue to examine this question and to report to the General Assembly at its thirty-fourth session. 82nd plenary meeting 13 December 1978 33/42. United Nations Educational and Training Programme for Southern Africa The General Assembly, Recalling its resolutions on the United Nations Edu- cational and Training Programme for Southern Africa, in particular resolution 32/37 of 28 November 1977, Recalling further its resolution 32/119 of 16 De- cember 1977 on assistance to South African student refugees, Having considered the report of the Secretary-Gen- eral on the Programme for 1977 /78,69 Taking note with satisfaction of the substantial in- crease in contributions to the Programme in 1978 and 69 A/33/297 and Corr.I.

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