A/RES/3421(XXX) GA

Resolutions adopted on the reporte of the Fourth Committee 107 5. Invites Governments to appeal once more to their national organizations and institutions for volun- tary contributions to the United Nations Fund for Namibia; 6. Appeals to all States, the specialized agencies and other organizations within the United Nations system, as well as other organizations havmg a special interest in Namibia, to make financia! contributions to the Institute for Namibia through the United Nations Fund for Namibia; 7. Expresses its appreciation to the specialized agencies and other organizations within the United Nations system for their assistance to Namibians, and in particular to the United Nations Development Pro- gramme for having established an indicative planning figure for Namibia, and requests the Programme to give priority to the allocation of funds and other mate- rial assistance to the Institute for Namibia; 8. Expresses its appreciation of the efforts of the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees; 9. Requests the speciali2:ed agencies and other or- ganizations within the United Nations system to render all necessary assistance to the Secretary-General and the United Nations Council for Namibia in implement- ing the work programme of the United Nations Fund for Namibia; 1 O. Calls upon all specialized agencies and other organizations within the United Nations system-in particular, the Intemational Labour Organisation, the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Na- tions, the United N ations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization, the World Health Organization, the Intemational Bank for Reconstruction and Devel- opment, the Intemational Monetary Fund, the United Nations Development Programme, the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees and the United Na- tions Institute for Training and Research-to assist the Institute for Namibia, particularly by providing special- ists, lecturers and researchers; 11. Decides, pending the entry into full operation of a comprehensive programme, that Namibians shall continue to be eligible for assistance through the United Nations Educational and Training Programme for Southern Africa and the United Nations Trust Fund for South Africa; 12. Requests the Secretary-General to report to the General Assembly at its thirty-first session on the im- plementation of the present resolution. 2419th plenary meeting 26 November 1975 3420 (XXX). lnformation from Non-Self-Govern• ing Territories transmitted under Article 73 e of the Charter of the United Nations The General Assembly, Recalling its resolution 1970 (XVIII) of 16 Decem- ber 1963, in which it requested the Special Committee on the Situation with regard to the lmplementation of the D~claration . on the Granting of Independence to ~olomal C<;mntnes and Peoples to study tbe informa- tlon transm1tted to the Secretary-General under Article 73 e of the Charter of the United Nations and to take s?ch _infor~ation fully into acc_ount in examining the s1tuat10n w1th regard to the 1mplementation of the Declaration, Recalling a/so its resolution 3293 (XXIX) of 13 December 1974, in which it requested the Special Committee to. continue to discharge the functions en- trusted to it under resolution 1970 (XVIII), H aving examined the chapter of the report of the Special Committee dealing with the transmittal of in- formation under Article 73 e of the Charter18 and the action taken by it in respect of that information, Having also examined the report of the Secretary- General on tbis ítem, 17 Deploring that, despite the repeated recommenda- tions of the General Assembly and the Special Com- mittee, sorne Member States having responsibilities for the administration of Non-Self-Governing Territories have ceased or have failed to transmit 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 lmple- mentation of the Declaration on the Granting of Inde- pendence to Colonial Countries and Peoples relating to the information from Non-Self-Govemmg Territories transmitted under Article 73 e of the Charter of the United Nations; 2. Reatfirms 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-govemment in terms of Chapter XI of the Charter, the administer- ing Power concemed should continue to transmit infor- mation under Article 73 e of the Charter with respect to that Territory; 3. Requests the administering Powers concemed to transmit, or continue to transmit, to the Secretary- General the information prescribed in Article 73 e of tbe Charter, as well as the fullest possible information on political and constitutional developments in the Territories 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 thirty-first session. 2431 st plenary meeting 8 December 197 5 3421 (XXX). 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 ítem entitled "Implementation of the_ Declaratio~ on the Granting of Independence to Colo~ial Countnes and Peoples by the specialized agencies and the intemational 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 rele- vant resolutions of the General Assembly and the Security Council, 16 lbid., Supplement No. 23 (A/10023/Rev.l) chap. XXXII t, A/ 10307. ' . 1os·· General AHemhly-Thirtieth Session Having examined the reforts submitted on the itero by the Secretary-General,1 the Economic and .Social Council19 and the Special Committee on the Situation with regard to the Implementation of the Declaration on the Granting of lndependence to Colonial Countries and Peoples, 20 as well as the related report of the United Nations Council for Namibia,21 T aking into account the statements of the represen- tatives of the national liberation movements of the colo- nial Territories in Africa who partici~ated as observers in the work relating to their respective countries, and conscious of the urgent and pressing need of the peoples concerned far concrete assistance from the specialized agencies and other institutions associated with the United Nations, Rea/Ji,rming the responsibility of the specialized agencies and other organizations within the United Nations system to take all effective measures, within their respective spheres of competence, to ensure the full and speedy implementation of the Declaration and other relevant resolutions of the United Nations, par- ticularly in the provision of moral and material assist- ance, on a priority basis, to the peoples of the colonial Territories and their national liberation movements, Noting with concern that, although progress has been maintained in the extension of assistance to refugees from the colonial Territories in Africa, the actions taken hitherto by the organizations concerned in the provision of assistance to the peoples of the Territories through their national liberation movements continue to remain inadequate to meet the urgent needs of these peoples, Noting with satisfaction the measures initiated by sorne of the specialized agencies and other organiza- tions within the United N ations system, in particular the World Food Programme and the United Nations Development Programme, to provide assistance on a priority basis to the peoples of the Territories farmerly administered by Portugal, and expressing its apprecia- tion to the Secretary-General far the initiative he has taken in that regard, Expressing its appreciation to the General Secre- tariat of the Organization of African Unity far the continued co-operation and assistance extended by it to the organizations within the United Nations system in connexion with the implementation of the relevant resolutions of the United N ations, Mindjul 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 United Nations decisions relating to decolonization, l. Approves the chapter of the report of the Special Committee on the Situation with regard to the Imple- mentation of the Declaration on the Granting of Inde- pendence to Colonial Countries and Peoples relating to the item;20 2. Reajfirms that the recognition by the General Assembly, the Security Council and other United Nations organs of the legitimacy of the struggle of colonial peoples to achieve freedom and independence entails, as a corollary, the extension by the United Nations system of organizations of all the necessary 1s A/10080 and Add.1-4, A/10319. 19 Ofjicial Records of the General Assembly, Thirtieth Ses- sion, Supplement No. 3 (A/10003), chap. VI, sect. E. 20 /bid., Supplement No. 23 (A/10023/Rev.1 ), chap. VII. 21 lbid., Supplement No. 24 (A/10024). moral and material assistance to the peoples of the colonial Territories and their national liberation move- ments; 3. Expresses its appreciation to those speci~ed agencies and organizati<?ns within the Unite~ Nati?ns system which have contmued to co-operate m varymg degrees with the United N ations in the implem~ntation of the Declaration and other relevant resolutions of the General Assembly; 4. Requests the specialized agencies and other or- ganizations within the United Nations system, including the World Bank and the InternatloJ\al Monetary Fund, to take or · continue to take the necessary measures towards the full and speedy implementation of the relevant provisions of those resolutions; 5. Requests the specialized agencies and other or- ganizations within the Unired Nations system to render or continue to render, as a matter of urgency, all pos- sible moral and material assistance to the colonial peoples in Africa struggling far their liberation from colonial rule and, in particular, recommends that the organizations concerned should initiate or broaden con- tacts and co-operation with these peoples in consulta- tion with the Organization of African Unity and should work out and implement concrete programmes for such assistance with the active collaboration of the national liberation movements concerned; 6. Urges the specialized agencies and other organi- zations within the United Nations system to extend all moral and material assistance to the newly independent and emerging States; 7. Reiterates its urgent request that the specialized agencies and other organizations within the United Nations system should take measures, within their re- spective spheres of competence, to increase the scope of their assistance to refugees from colonial Territories, including assistance to the Governments concerned in the preparation and execution of projects beneficia! to those refugees, and, in that connexion, to introduce the greatest possible measure of flexibility in their relevant procedures; 8. Urges once again the specialized a,gencies and other organizations within the United Nations system, in accordance with the relevant resolutions of the General Assembly and the Security Council, to take all necessary measures to withhold any financia!, eco- nomic, technical or other assistance from the Govem- ment of South Africa and the illegal régime of Southem Rhodesia, to discontinue all support to them 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 régimes; 9. Notes with satisjaction the arrangements by sev- era! specialized agencies and organizations enabling representatives of the national liberation movements recognized by the Organization of African Unity to participate fully as observers in their proceedings re- lating to the countries concerned, and calls upon those organizations which have not yet done so to make the necessary arrangements without delay, including the requisite financia! provisions as recommended by the Economic and Social Council, 19 particularly so as to ensure that assistance projects of the agencies and organizations are carried out to the benefit of the peoples concemed and their national liberation move- ments; Rnolatlom adopted on the reporta of the Foarth Commlttee 109 10. RecommeRds tha! all Governments should in- Noting wlth :atisfaction the further increase in con- tensify their efforts in the specialized agencies and othér tributions to the Programme and the corres~nding organizations within the United Nations system of increase in assistance for the education and traming of which they are members to ensure the fu11 and effective persons froip. the Territories concerned, implementation of the Declaration and other relevant l. Commends the Secretary-General and the Ad- resolutions of the United Nations and, in that con- visory Committee on the United Nations Educational nexion, should accord priority to the question of pro- and Training Programme for Southem Africa for the viding assistance on an emergency bas1s to peoples in work they have accomplished in strengthening and the colonial Territories and to their national liberation expanding the Programme; movements; 2. Endorses the conclusions of the Advisory Com- 11. Urges the executive heads of the specialized mittee based on the recommendations of the Evalua- agencies and other organizations within the United tion Group;28 Nations system, with a view to facilitating the imple- 3. Notes, in particular, the conclusion to the effect mentation of paragraph 1 O above, to formulate and that the Programme has been a significant and worth- submit to theit respective goveming bodies or legis- while effort of the intemational community, and that lative organs, as a matter of priority and with the a continuation and expansion of the Programme is active . co-operation of the Organization of African desirable to meet the increased needs arising from Unity, concrete proposals for the full imJ?lementation recent developments in the Territories concemed; of the relevant United Nations decisions, 1D particular 4. Expresses its appreciation to all those who have specific programmes of ali possible assistance to the made voluntary contributions to the Programme and peoples m colonial Territories and their national llber- appeals to all States, organizations and individuals to ation movements; make generous contributions to the Programme in 12. Requests the Secretary-General: order to ensure its continuation and expansion, par- (a) To prepare for submission to the relevant bodies ticularly during this moSl important period; concerned with related aspects of the present item, with 5. Decides that, as a transitional measure, provision the assistance of the specialized agencies and other shall be made, under the regular budget of the United organizations within the United Nations system, a re- Nations for the financia! year 1976, for an amount of port on the action taken since the circulation of bis $US 100,000 to ensure continuity of the Programme previous report in implementation of the relevant reso- ' pending the receipt of adequate voluntary contributions. lutions of the United Nations, including the present 2431st plenary meeting resolution; 8 December 197 5 (b) To continue to assist the specialized agencies and other organizations within the United Nations system in working out appropriate measures for im- plementing the present resolutíon and to report thereon to the General Assembly at its thhty-first session; 13. Requests the Economic and Social Council to continue to consider, in consultation with the Speclal 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; 14. Requests tbe Special Committee to continue to examine this question and to report to the General Assembly at its thirty-first session. 2431st plenary meeting 8 December 1975 3422 (XXX). United Nations Educational and Training Programm.e for Southern Africa The General Assembly, Recalling its resolutions on the United N ations Educational and Training Programme for Southern Africa, in particular resolution 3301 (XXIX) of 13 December 1974, Further recalling its request to the Advisory Com- mittee on the United Nations Educational and Training Programme for Southern Africa to arrange, in con- sultation with the Secretary-General, for an evaluation of the achievements of the Programme and of the ways and means for its further development, Taking note of the report of the Secretary-General on the Programme for• 1974/75,12 22 A/10331. 3423 (XXX). Oft'ers by Mem.ber States of study and training facilities for inhabitants of Non-Self-Governing Territories The General Assembly, Recalling its resolution 3302 (XXIX) of 13 Decem- ber 1974, Having examined the report of the Secretary-General on offers by Member States of study and training facili- ties for inhabitants of Non-Self-Goveming Territories,14 prepared under General Assembly resolution 845 (IX) of 22 November 1954, Bearing in mind the continued need to provide edu- cational and training facilities at all levels for the in- habitants of Non-Self-Governing Territories, l. Takes note of the report of the Secretary-General; 2. Expresses its appreciation to those Member States which have made scholarships available to the inhabi- tants of Non-Self-Governing Territories; 3. Invites ali States to make or continue to make generous offers of study and training facilities to the inhabitants of Non-Self-Governing Territories, particu- larly those in southern Africa, and, whenever possible, to provide travel funds to prospective students; 4. Requests the administering Powers to ensure the widespread and continuous dissemination in the Terri- tories under their administration of information relating to offers of study and training facilities made by States and to provide ali the necessary facilities to enable students to avail themselves of such offers; 5. Requests the Secretary-General to report to the General Assembly at its thirty-first session on the im- plementation of the present resolution; 23 /bid., paras. 27 and 28. 24 A/10329 and Add.l and Add.1/Corr.1.

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