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18 General Assembly-Thirty-third Session the strengthening and the possible reorganization and renaming of the Special Unit on Palestinian Rights; 4. Also requests the Secretary-General to ensure the full co-operation of the Department of Public In- formation and other units of the Secretariat in enabling the Special Unit on Palestinian Rights to perform its tasks; 5. Invites all Governments and organizations to lend their co-operation to the Committee on the Exer- cise of the Inalienable Rights of the Palestinian People and the Special Unit on Palestinian Rights in the per- formance of their tasks. 73rd plenary meeting 7 December 1978 33/29. The situation in the Middle East The General Assembly, Having discussed the item entitled "The situation in the Middle East", Recalling its previous resolutions on the subject, in particular resolutions 3414 (XXX) of 5 December 1975, 31/61 of 9 December 1976, 32/20 of 25 No- vember 1977 and 33/28 of 7 December 1978, Taking into account the decisions of the Conference of Ministers for Foreign Affairs of Non-Aligned Coun- tries, held at Belgrade from 25 to 30 July 1978, con- cerning the situation in the Middle East and the ques- tion of Palestine,23 Deeply concerned that the Arab territories occupied since 1967 have continued, for more than eleven years, to be under illegal Israeli occupation and that the Palestinian people, after three decades, is still de- prived of the exercise of its inalienable national rights, Reaffirming that the acquisition of territory by force is inadmissible and that all territories thus occupied must be returned, Reaffirming also the urgent necessity of the estab- lishment of a just and lasting peace in the region, based on full respect for the principles of the Charter of the United Nations as well as for its resolutions concerning the problem of the Middle East including the question of Palestine, Convinced that the early convening of the Peace Conference on the Middle East with the participation of all parties concerned, including the Palestine Libera- tion Organization, in accordance with relevant reso- lutions of the General Assembly, is essential for the realization of a just and lasting settlement in the region, 1. Condemns Israel's continued occupation of Palestinian and other Arab territories, in violation of the Charter of the United Nations, the principles of international law and repeated resolutions of the United Nations; 2. Declares that peace is indivisible and that a just and lasting settlement of the Middle East problem must be based on a comprehensive solution, under the auspices of the United Nations, which takes into ac- count all aspects of the Arab-Israeli conflict, in par- ticular the attainment by the Palestinian people of all its inalienable national rights and the Israeli with- 2s See A/33/206. drawal from all the occupied Palestinian and other Arab territories; 3. Reaffirms that until Israel withdraws from all occupied Palestinian and other Arab territories, and until the Palestinian people attains and exercises its inalienable national rights, a comprehensive, just and lasting peace in the Middle East, in which all countries and peoples in the region live in peace and security within recognized and secure boundaries, will not be achieved; 4. Calls anew for the early convening of the Peace Conference on the Middle East, under the auspices of the United Nations and the co-chairmanship of the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics and the United States of America, with the participation on an equal footing of all parties concerned, including the Palestine Liberation Organization in accordance with General Assembly resolution 3375 (XXX) of 10 November 1975; 5. Urges the parties to the conflict and all other interested parties to work towards the achievement of a comprehensive settlement covering all aspects of the problems and worked out with the participation of all parties concerned within the framework of the United Nations; 6. Requests the Security Council, in the exercise of its responsibilities under the Charter, to take all necessary measures in order to ensure the implementa- tion of relevant resolutions of the United Nations, including General Assembly resolution 33/28 and the present resolution, and to facilitate the achievement of such a comprehensive settlement aiming at the establishment of a just and lasting peace in the region; 7. Requests the Secretary-General to follow up the implementation of the present resolution and to inform all concerned, including the Co-Chairmen of the Peace Conference on the Middle East; 8. Also requests the Secretary-General to report to the Security Council periodically on the develop- ment of the situation and to submit to the General Assembly at its thirty-fourth session a comprehensive report covering:, in all their aspects, the developments in the Middle East. 73rd plenary meeting 7 December 1978 33/44. Implementation of the Declaration on the Granting of Independem•e to Colonial Countries and Peoples The General Assembly, Having examined the report of the Special Com- mittee on the Situation with regard to the Implementa- tion of the Declaration on the Granting of Inde- pendence to Colonial Countries and Peoples,24 Recalling its resolutions 1514 (XV) of 14 Decem- ber 1960, containing the Declaration on the Granting of Independence to Colonial Countries and Peoples, and 2621 (XXV) of 12 October 1970, containing the programme of action for the full implementation of the Declaration, Recalling all its previous resolutions concerning the implementation of the Declaration, in particular reso- 24 Official Records of the General Assembly, Thirty-third Session, Supplement No. 23 (A/33/23/Rev.1 ). II. Resolutions adopted without reference to a Main Committee 19 lution 32/ 42 of 7 December 1977, as well as the relevant resolutions of the Security Council, Condemning the continued colonialist and racist repression of millions of Africans, in Namibia by the Government of South Africa through its persistent, illegal occupation of the international Territory, and in Zimbabwe by the illegal racist minority regime, as well as their intransigent attitude towards all efforts being made to bring about internationally acceptable solutions to the situation obtaining in these Territories, Deeply conscious of the urgent need to take all necessary measures to eliminate forthwith the remain- ing vestiges of colonialism, particularly with respect to Namibia and Zimbabwe where desperate attempts to perpetuate illegal racist minority rule have brought untold suffering and bloodshed to the people of those Territories, Strongly deprecating the policies of those States which, in defiance of the relevant resolutions of the United Nations, continue to collaborate with the Gov- ernment of South Africa and with the illegal racist minority regime in Southern Rhodesia, thus perpetuat- ing their domination of the peoples in the Territories concerned, Aware that the success of the national liberation struggle and the resultant international situation have provided the international community with a unique opportunity to make a decisive contribution towards the total elimination of colonialism in all its forms and manifestations in Africa, Warmly welcoming the accession to independence of Solomon Islands on 7 July 1978, Tuvalu on 1 Oc- tober 1978 and Dominica on 3 November 1978, Noting with satisfaction the work accomplished by the Special Committee with a view to securing the effective and complete implementation of the Declara- tion and other relevant resolutions of the United Nations, Noting also with satisfaction the co-operation and active participation of the administering Powers con- cerned in the relevant work of the Special Committee, as well as the continued readiness of the Governments concerned to receive United Nations visiting missions in the Territories under their administration, Reiterating its conviction that the total eradication of racial discrimination, apartheid and violations of the basic human rights of the peoples in colonial Territories will be achieved most expeditiously by the faithful and complete implementation of the Declara- tion, in particular in Namibia and Zimbabwe, and by the speediest possible complete elimination of the presence of the racist minority regimes thercfrom, I. Reaffirms its resolutions 1514 (XV) and 2621 (XXV) and all other resolutions on decolonization and calls upon the administering Powers, in accord- ance with those resolutions, to take all the necessary steps to enable the dependent peoples of the Territories concerned to exercise fully and without further delay their inalienable right to self-determination and in- dependence; 2. Affirms once again that the continuation of colonialism in all its forms and manifestations-in- cluding racism, apartheid, the exploitation by foreign and other interests of economic and human resources, and the waging of colonial wars to suppress the na- tional liberation movements of the colonial Territories in Africa-is incompatible with the Charter of the United Nations, the Universal Declaration of Human Rights and the Declaration on the Granting of Inde- pendence to Colonial Countries and Peoples and poses a serious threat to international peace and security; 3. Reaffirms its determination to take all necessary steps with a view to the complete and speedy eradica- tion of colonialism and to the faithful and strict ob- servance by all States of the relevant provisions of the Charter, the Declaration on the Granting of In- dependence to Colonial Countries and Peoples and the guiding principles of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights; 4. Affirms onge again its recognition of the legiti- macy of the struggle of the peoples under colonial and alien domination to exercise their right to self- determination and independence by all the necessary means at their disposal; 5. Approves 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 covering its work during 1978, including the programme of work en- visaged for 1979 ;2 " 6. Calls upon all States, in particular the ad- ministering Powers and the specialized agencies and other organizations within the United Nations system to give effect to the recommendations contained in the report of the Special Committee for the speedy implementation of the Declaration and the relevant resolutions of the United Nations; 7. Condemns the intensified activities of foreign economic and other interests which are impeding the implementation of the Declaration with respect to the colonial Territories, particularly in southern Africa; 8. Strongly condemns all collaboration, particu- larly in the nuclear and military fields, with the Gov- ernment of South Africa and calls upon the States concerned to cease forthwith all such collaboration; 9. Requests all States, directly and through their action in the specialized agencies and other organiza- tions within the United Nations system, to withhold assistance of any kind from the Government of South Africa and from the illegal racist minority regime in Southern Rhodesia until they restore to the peoples of Namibia and Zimbabwe their inalienable right to self-determination and independence and to refrain from taking any action which might imply recognition of the legitimacy of the domination of the Territories by those regimes; l 0. Calls upon the colonial Powers to withdraw immediately and unconditionally their military bases and installations from colonial Territories and to refrain from establishing new ones; 11. Urges all States, directly and through their action in the specialized agencies and other organiza- tions within the United Nations system, to provide all moral and material assistance to the oppressed peoples of Namibia and Zimbabwe and, with respect to the other Territories, requests the administering Powers, in consultation with the Governments of the Territories under their administration, to take steps to enlist and make effective use of all possible assist- 2!i Ibid., vol. I, chap. 1, p:iras. 155-167. 20 General Assembly-Thirty-third Session ance on both a bilateral and a multilateral basis, in the ;trengthening of the economies of those Territories; 12. Requests the Special Committee to continue to seek suitable means for the immediate and full implementation of General Assembly resolution 1_514 (XV) in all Territories which have not yet attamed independence and, in particular: (a) To formulate specific proposals for the eli!lli- nation of the remaining manifestations of coloniahsm and to report thereon to the General Assembly at its thirty-fourth session; ( b) To make concrete suggestions which could assist the Security Council in considering appropriate measures under the Charter with regard to develop- ments in colonial Territories that are likely to threaten international peace and security; ( c) To continue to examine the compliance of Member States with the Declaration and with other relevant resolutions on decolonization, particularly those relating to Namibia and Southern Rhodesia; (d) To continue to pay particular attention to the small Territories, including the sending of visiting mis- sions thereto, as appropriate, and to recommend to the General Assembly the most suitable steps to be taken to enable the populations of those Territories to exercise their right to self-determination, freedom and independence; ( e) To take all necessary steps to enlist world- wide support among Governments, as well as national and international organizations having a special interest in the field of decolonization, in the achievement of the objectives of the Declaration and in the imple- mentation of the relevant resolutions of the United Nations, particularly as concerns the oppressed peo- ples of Namibia and Zimbabwe; 13. Calls upon the administering Powers to con- tinue to co-operate with the Special Committee in the discharge of its mandate and, in particular, to permit the access of visiting missions to the Territories in order to secure first-hand information and ascertain the wishes and aspirations of their inhabitants; 14. Requests the Secretary-General to provide the Special Committee with the facilities and services required for the implementation of the present reso- lution, as well as of the various resolutions and de- cisions on decolonization adopted by the General Assembly and the Special Committee. 82nd plenary meetinf? 13 Decemher 1978 33/45. Dissemination of information on (le- colonization The General Assembly, 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 relating to the question of publicity for the work of the United Nations in the field of decolonization,26 Recalling its resolution 1514 (XV) of 14 Decem- ber 1960, containing the Declaration on the Granting 26 Ibid., chap. II. of Independence to Colonial Countries and Peoples, and all other resolutions and decisions of the United Nations concerning the dissemination of information on decolonization, including in particular General Assembly resolution 32/ 43 of 7 December 1977, Reiterating the importance of publicity as an instru- ment for furthering the aims and purposes of the Declaration and mindful of the continuing pressing need for taking all possible steps to acquaint world public opinion with all aspects of the problems of decolonization with a view to assisting effectively the peoples of the colonial Territories to achieve self- determination, freedom and independence, A ware of the increasingly important role being played in the widespread dissemination of relevant information by a number of non-governmental or- ganizations having a special interest in the field of decolonization, 1 . Approves 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 relating to the question of publicity for the work of the United Nations in the field of decolonization; 2. Reaffirms the importance of effecting the widest possible dissemination of information on the evils and dangers of colonialism, on the determined efforts of the colonial peoples to achieve self-determination, freedom and independence and on the assistance being provided by the international community towards the elimination of the remaining vestiges of colonialism in all its forms; 3. Requests the Secretary-General, having regard to the suggestions of the Special Committee and of the International Conference in Support of the Peo- ples of Zimbabwe and Namibia, held at Maputo from 16 to 21 May 1977, 27 to continue to take concrete measures through all the media at his disposal, in- cluding publications, radio and television, to give widespread and continuous publicity to the work of the United Nations in the field of decolonization and, inter alia: (a) To continue, in consultation with the Special Committee, to collect, prepare and disseminate basic material, studies and articles relating to the problems of decolonization and, in particular, to continue to publish the periodical Objective: Justice and other publications, special articles and studies and to select from among them appropriate material for wider dis- semination by means of reprints in various languages; ( h) To seek the full co-operation of the ad- ministering Powers concerned in the discharge of the tasks referred to above; ( c) To intensify the activities of all information centres, particularly those located in Western Europe; ( d) To maintain a close working relationship with the Organization of African Unity by holding periodic consultations and by systematically exchanging relevant information with that organization; ( e) To enlist the support of non-governmental organizations having a special interest in the field of decolonization in the dissemination of the relevant information; 27 See A/32/109/Rev.1-S/12344/Rev.l. For the printed text, see Official Records of the Security Council, Thirty-second Year, Supplement for July, August and September 1977.

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