A/RES/36/102 GA

III. Resolutions adopted on the reports of the First Committee 77 5. Nuclear energy should be used exclusively for peaceful purposes and only for the benefit of mankind. 91 st plenary meeting 9 December 1981 36/101. Development and strengthening of good-neigh- bourliness between States The General Assembly, Bearing in mind the determination of the peoples of the United Nations as expressed in the Charter to practise tol- erance and live together in peace with one another as good neighbours, Recalling its resolutions 1236 (XII) of 14 December 1957. 1301 (XIII) of 10 December 1958, 2129 (XX) of 21 De- cember 1965 and, in particular, 34/99 of 14 December 1979, Bearing in. mind that, owing to geographic proximity, th~re are particularly favourable opportunities for co-oper- ~tion and mutual advantage between neighbouring countries m many fields and that the development of such co-operation may have a positive influence on international relations as a whole, C'!nsidering_ that the great changes of a political, eco- nomic and social nature as well as the scientific and tech- nological progress which have taken place in the world and led to ~npre~edented interdependence of nations have given new d1mens1ons to good-netghbourliness in the conduct of States and increased the need to develop and strengthen it, 1. Reaffirms that good-neighbourliness conforms with th~ purposes of the United ~ati?ns and is founded upon the strict observance of the pnnctples of the Charter of the United _Nations and of th~ Dec!aration on Principles of International Law concernmg Fnendly Relations and Co- operation among States in accordance with the Charter of the Unite_d Nations, 86_ as well as upon the rejection of any acts seekmg to establish zones of influence or domination; 2. Calls upon all States, in the interest of the mainte- n~ce of internat~onal pe~ce and security, to develop good- neighbourly relations, actmg on the basis of these principles; 3. Co~si~ers that the generalization of the long practice ~d of pnn~tples and rules pertaining to good-neighbour- lmess 1s hkely to strengthen friendly relations and co-operation among States in accordance with the Charter; 4. Reaffirms the need to examine the question of good- ~eighbourliness in order to strengthen and further develop tts content, as well as ways and modalities to enhance its effectiveness; ?· Beli:eves that the results of the examination of good- ne1ghbourhness and of the clarification of its elements could be included, at an appropriate time, in a suitable interna- tional document; 6. Requests the Governments that have not communi- cated their views and suggestions on good-neighbourliness, as well as on ways and modalities to enhance it, with a view to preventing conflicts and to increasing confidence among States, to do so as soon as possible, and invites the Gov- ernments that have already communicated such views and suggestions to supplement them if they deem it necessary; 7. Invites the United Nations organs, bodies and pro- grammes, as well as the specialized agencies, within their fields of competence, to continue to inform the Secretary- General of the aspects of their activities relevant to the development of relations of good-neighbourliness between States; 86 Resolution 2625 (XXV), annex. 8. Requests the Secretary-General to submit to the Gen- eral Assembly at its thirty-seventh session, on the basis of the replies of States and of the views expressed during the thirty-sixth session, as well as of the comments of special- ized agencies, a report containing an orderly presentation of the views and suggestions received concerning the content of good-neighbourliness. as well as ways and modalities to enhance its effectiveness; 9. Decides to include in the provisional agenda of its thirty-seventh session the item entitled "Development and strengthening of good-neighbourliness between States". 91st plenary meeting 9 December 1981 36/102. Implementation of the Declaration on the Strengthening of International Security The General Assembly. Having considered the item entitled · 'Review of the im- plementation of the Declaration on the Strengthening of International Security", Noting with concern that the provisions of the Declaration on the Strengthening of International Security87 have not yet been fully implemented, Profoundly disturbed by the escalation of tension in the world, the ever more frequent recourse to the threat or use of force_, interventio~, interference, aggression and foreign occupation, the contmued stalemate in the solution of crises in different regions, the continuous escalation of the arms r~ce and military buil~-up, the pursuance of the policy of nvalry. the confrontat10n and struggle for the division of the ~orld into spheres of influence and domination, the persistence of colonialism, racism and apartheid, and the lack o! solution of t~e economic problems of developing countnes. all of which endanger international peace and secunty. Deeply concerned that the process of relaxation of inter- national tension has reached a point of deep crisis owing to the lack of progress in the settlement of international problems and conflicts and to the stalemate in the process of disarmament, S!ressing the. need for the main organs of the United Na~10ns re~ponsible for the maintenance of peace and se- cunty, particularly the Security Council. to contribute more effectively to the promotion of international peace and se- curity by seeking solutions to the unresolved problems and crises in the world. Emphasizing that, in its twenty years of existence, the ~ovement of Non-Aligned Countries has significantly con- tnbuted to the efforts of the United Nations towards the promo_tion ~f. international peace and security, the democ- rat1za~10n of mternati_onal relations, the development of in- te~atlona\ co-opera_110n and the establishment of a system of mternat10nal ~elat10ns based on justice, sovereign equality a~d equal secunty of all States and peoples, in accordance with the purposes and principles of the Charter of the United Nations and the principles and policy of non-alignment. I. Expresses its deep concern over the aggravation of focal points of international tension and crisis in the world, more frequent recourse to force and increasing violations of the Charter of the United Nations; 2. Reaffirms once more the universal and unconditional validity of the purposes and principles of the Charter as the firm basis of relations among all States, irrespective of size, "Resolution 2734 (XXV) 78 General Assembly-Thirty-sixth Session geographic location, level of development or political, eco- nomic, social or ideological systems; 3. Urges all States to abide strictly, in their international relations, by their commitment to the Charter and, to that end: (a) To refrain from any threat or use of force, inter- vention, interference, aggression, foreign occupation or measures of political and economic coercion which violate the sovereignty, territorial integrity, independence and se- curity of other States or their right freely to dispose of their natural resources; (b) To refrain from supporting or encouraging any such act for any reason whatsoever: (c) To reject and refuse recognition of situations brought about by any such act; 4. Calls upon all States to contribute effectively to the implementation of the Declaration on the Strengthening of International Security; 5. Urges all States, in particular the permanent mem- bers of the Security Council, to take all necessary measures to prevent the further aggravation of the international sit- uation and the disruption of the process of detente and, to this end: (a) To seek the peaceful settlement of disputes and the elimination of the focal points of crisis and tension; (b) To start serious, meaningful and effective negotia- tions on disarmament and on the halting of the arms race. particularly the nuclear-arms race, on the basis of the rec- ommendation of the General Assembly at its tenth special session; (c) To contribute to an urgent solution of international economic problems and the establishment of the new in- ternational economic order; (d) To accelerate the economic development of devel- oping countries, particularly the least developed ones; (e) To proceed without any delay to a global consid- eration of ways and means for a revival of the world econ- omy and for the restructuring of international economic relations within the framework of the global negotiations; 6. Takes note of the fact that the Security Council has failed to report to the General Assembly on steps taken to implement the provisions of paragraphs 13 and 15 of As- sembly resolution 35/158 of 12 December 1980; 7. Requests the Security Council to consider ways and means to ensure the implementation of the provisions of paragraph 5 above as well as to examine all existing mech- anisms and to propose new ones aimed at enhancing the authority and enforcement capacity of the Council in ac- cordance with the Charter, and to explore also the possibility of holding periodic meetings of the Council. in conformity with Article 28 of the Charter, at the ministerial or higher level in specific cases, so as to enable it to play a more active role in preventing potential conflicts, and to present the Council's conclusions to the General Assembly at its thirty-seventh session; 8. Reiterates the need for the Security Council, parfr:- ularly its permanent members, to ensure the effective im- plementation of its own decisions in compliance with the relevant provisions of the Charter of the United Nations; 9. Considers that respect for and promotion of human rights and fundamental freedoms in their civil, political. economic, social and cultural aspects contribute to the strengthening of international peace and security; 10. Reaffirms again the legitimacy of the struggle of peoples under colonial domination, foreign occupiition or racist regimes and their inalienable right to self-determi- nation and independence, and urges Member States to in- crease their support for and solidarity with them and their national liberation movements and to take urgent and ef- fective measures for the speedy completion of the imple- mentation of the Declaration on the Granting of Independence to Colonial Countries and Peoples and for the final elimi- nation of colonialism, racism and apartheid; 11. Calls upon the Security Council to take appropriate effective measures to promote the fulfilment of the objective of the denuclearization of Africa in order to avert the serious danger which the nuclear capability of South Africa con- stitutes to the African States, in particular to the front-line States, as well as to international peace and security; 12. Reiterates its support for the Declaration of the In- dian Ocean as a Zone of Peace88 and expresses the hope that the Conference on the Indian Ocean, which is an im- portant stage in the realization of the objectives of that Declaration, will be held not later than in the first half of 1983 and, to this end, calls upon all States to contribute effectively to the success of that Conference; 13. Calls upon all States participating in the Conference on Security and Co-operation in Europe, at Madrid, to take all possible measures and exert every effort in order to ensure substantial and balanced results of that meeting in the implementation of the principles and goals established by the Final Act of the Conference, signed at Helsinki on I August 1975, as well as the continuity of the multilateral process initiated by the Conference, which has great sig- nificance for the strengthening of peace and security in Eu- rope and in the world; 14. Considers that further efforts are necessary for the transformation of the Mediterranean into a zone of peace and co-operation on the basis of the principles of equal security, sovereignty, independence, territorial integrity, non-intervention and non-interference, non-violation of in- ternational frontiers, non-use of force, peaceful settlement of disputes and just and viable solutions of the existing problems and crises in the area on the basis of the Charter and relevant resolutions of the United Nations, respect for sovereignty over natural resources and the right of peoples to make their own decisions independently and without any outside pressure or intimidation; 15. Calls upon all Governments to submit to this effect, before the thirty-seventh session of the General Assembly, their views on the question of the strengthening of security and co-operation in the region of the Mediterranean and requests the Secretary-General to submit the report on this question to the Assembly at its thirty-seventh session; 16. Decides to include in the provisional agenda of its thirty-seventh session the item entitled ''Review of the im- plementation of the Declaration on the Strengthening of International Security". 91 st plenary meeting 9 December 1981 36/103. Declaration on the Inadmissibility of Interven- tion and Interference in the Internal Affairs of States The General Assembly, Recalling its resolutions 2734 (XXV) of 16 December 1970, containing the Declaration on the Strengthening of International Security and 2131 (XX) of 21 December 1965, containing the Declaration on the Inadmissibility of Inter- vention in the Domestic Affairs of States and the Protection of Their Independence and Sovereignty, " Resolution 2832 ( XXVI).

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