A/RES/3333(XXIX) GA

Resolutions adopted on the reports of the Finl Committee 31 Welcoming, however, encouraging trends in relations between States at the bilaterat regional and multilateral levels aiming at promoting peaceful coexistence and settlement of international disputes in accordance with the Charter of the United Nations, Emphasizing the close link existing between the strengthening of international security, disarmament, decolonization, economic development and the need for a more intensive international effort to narrow the widening gap between the developed and the developing countries, and stressing, in this connexion, the impor- tance of the resolutions adopted at its sixth special ses- sion, Deeply convinced of the need constantly to strengthen the peace-keeping and the peace-making role of the United Nations, Convinced also that the United Nations should play a more positive role in promoti~g improvement of the international situation and a lessening of threats to international peace and security,, and that it can become a useful forum of universalization of positive achieve- ments in relations among States, l. Solemnly reaffirms all the principles and provi- sions contained in the Declaration on the Strengthening of International Security and urgently appeals to all States to implement and adhere to all the provisions of the Declaration unswervingly and without delay, to broaden the scope of detente to cover the entire world, to stop the arms race, as well as to take practical steps to reduce armaments, and to reaffirm the principles con- tained in the Declaration on friendly relations among States50 as the basis of relations among all States; 2. Reaffirms also that all States have the right to participate on a basis of equality in the settlement of major international problems in accordance with the principles of the Charter of the United Nations so that peace and security will be ba~ed on effective respect for the sovereignty and independence of each State and the inalienable right of each people to determine its own destiny freely and without outside interference, coercion or pressure; 3. Reaffirms that any measure o.r pressure directed against any State while exercising its sovereign right freely to dispQse of its natural resources constitutes a flagrant violation of the right of self-determination of peoples and the principle of non-intervention, as set forth in the Charter, which, if pursued, could constitute a threat to international peace and security; 4. Reaffirms the legitimacy of the struggle of peo- ples under alien domination to achieve self-determina- tion and independence and appeals to all States to implement the Declaration on the Granting cf Inde- pendence to Colonial Countries and Peoples51 and the other resolutions of the United Nations on the total elimination of colonialism, raci~m and apartheid; GO See resolution 2625 (XXV), annex. GI Resolution 1514 (XV). • 5. Takes rwte of the report of the Secretary- General;52 requests him to submit to the General Assembly at its thirtieth session a report on the imple- mentation of the Declaration on the Strengthening of International Security and decides to include in the provisional agenda of .its thirtieth session the item en- titled "·Implementation of the Declaration on the Strengthening of ,International Security". 2322nd plenary meeting 17 December 1974 3333 (XXIX). QueBtion of Korea The General Assembly, Desiring that progress be made towards the attain- ment of the goal of peaceful reunification of Korea on the basis of the freely expressed will of the Korean people, Recalling its satisfaction with the issuance of the joint communique at Seoul and Pyongyang on 4 July 1972 and the declared intention of both the South and the North of Korea to continue the dialogue between them, Aware, however, that tension in Korea has not been· totally eliminated and that the Armistice Agreement of 27 July 1953 remains indispensable to the mainte- nance of peace and security in the area., Recognizing that, in accordance with the purposes and principles of the Charter of the United Nations regarding the maintenance of international peace and security, the United Nations has a continuing responsi- bility to ensure the attainment of this goal on the Korean peninsula, 1. Reaffirms the wishes of its members, as expressed in the consensus statement adopted by the General Assembly on 28 November 1973,53 and urges both the South and the North of Korea to continue their dia- logue to expedite the peaceful reunification of Korea; 2. Expresses the hope that the Security Council, bearing in mind the need to ensure continued adherence to the Armistice Agi,eement and the full maintenance of peace and security in the area, will in due course give consideration, in consultation with the parties directly concerned, to those aspects of the Korean question which fall within its responsibilities, including the dis- solution of the United Nations Command in conjunc- tion with appropriate arrangements to maintain the Armistice Agreement which is calculated to preserve peace and security in the Korean peninsula, pending negotiations and conciliation between the two Korean Governments leading to a lasting peace between them. s2 A/9696. 2322nd plenary meeting 17 December 1974 ft3 Official Records of the General Assembly, Twenty-eighth Session, Supplement No. 30 (A/9030), p. 24, item 41. • •

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