A/RES/36/46 GA

General Assembly-Thirty-sixth Session VII. RESOLUTIONS ADOPTED ON THE REPORTS OF THE FOURTH COMMITTEE 1 CONTENTS Re.rolu1ion No. Tult- Item Date of adoption Pa~e 36/46 Question of Western Sahara (A/36/677) 19 24 November 1981 1,97 36/47 Question of the United States Virgin Islands (A/36/677/Add. I) 19 24 November 1981 198 36/48 Question of American Samoa (A/36/677/Add. l) 19 24 November 1981 199 36/49 Information from Non-Self-Governing Territories transmitted under Article 73 e of the Charter of the United Nations (A/36/678) 92 24 November 198 I 199 36/50 Question of East Timor (A/36/679) 93 24 November I 98 I 200 36/51 Activities of foreign economic and other interests which are impeding the implementation of the Declaration on the Granting of Independence to Co- lonial Countries and Peoples in Namibia and in all other Territories under colonial domination and efforts to eliminate colonialism, apartheid and racial discrimination in southern Africa (A/36/680) 94 24 November 1981 201 36/52 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 (A/361681) 95 and 12 24 November 1981 203 36/53 United Nations Educational and Training Programme for Southern Africa (Al 36/682) 96 24 November 1981 206 36/54 Offers by Member States of study and training facilities for inhabitants of Non-Self-Governing Territories (A/36/683) 97 24 November 1981 206 36/62 Question of Bermuda, the British Virgin Islands, the Cayman Islands. Mont- serrat and the Turks and Caicos Islands (A/36/677/Add.2) 19 25 November 1981 206 36/63 Question of Guam (A/361677/Add.2) 36/46. Question of Western Sahara The General Assembly, Having considered in depth the question of Western Sahara, Recalling the inalienable right of all peoples to self- determination and independence in accordance with the principles set forth in the Charter of the United Nations and in General Assembly resolution 1514 (XV) of 14 December 1960, containing the Declaration on the Granting of Inde- pendence to Colonial Countries and Peoples, Recalling its resolution 35/19 of 11 November 1980 on the question of Western Sahara, Having considered the relevant chapter of the report of the Special Committee on the Situation with regard to the Implementation of the Declaration on the Granting of In- dependence to Colonial Countries and Peoples,2 Having heard the statements made on the question of Western Sahara, in particular the statements of the repre- sentative of the Frente Popular para la Liberaci6n de Saguia el-Hamra y de Rfo de Oro,3 Recalling its resolution 35/ 117 of I 0 December 1980 on co-operation between the United Nations and the Organi- zation of African Unity, 1 For the decisions adopted on the reports of the Fourth Committee. see sect. X.B.5. 2 Official Records of the General Assembly, Thirty-sixth Session. Sup- plement No. 23 (A/36/23/Rev.l), chap. IX. 3 lbid., Thirty-sixth Session, Fourth Committee, 15th meeting, paras. 21-26, and 19th meeting, paras. 3-5. 197 19 25 November 1981 207 Taking note of the decision of the Assembly of Heads of State and Government of the Organization of African Unity at its eighteenth ordinary session, held at Nairobi from 24 to 27 June 1981, to organize throughout the Territory of Western Sahara a general and free referendum of the people of Western Sahara on self-determination,4 Taking note of the decision adopted by the Implemen- tation Committee on W estem Sahara of the Organization of African Unity at its first ordinary session, held at Nairobi from 24 to 26 August 1981, 5 concerning the establishment of appropriate machinery to enable the people of Western Sahara to express themselves freely and democratically on their future, I. Reaffirms the inalienable right of the people of West- ern Sahara to self-determination and independence in ac- cordance with the Charter of the United Nations, the Charter of the Organization of African Unity and the objectives of General Assembly resolution 1514 (XV), as well as the relevant resolutions of the General Assembly and the Or- ganization of African Unity; 2. Welcomes the efforts made by the Organization of African Unity and its Implementation Committee on West- ern Sahara with a view to promoting a just and definitive solution to the question of Western Sahara; 3. Takes note of the decision of the Assembly of Heads of State and Government of the Organization of African 4 See A/36/534, annex II, resolution AHG/Res.103 (XVIII). ' A/36/512-S/14692, annex For the printed text. see Official Records of the Security Council. Thirrr-sixth Year, Supplement for July, Auxust and September 1981. 198 General Assembly-Thirty-sixth Session Unity at its eighteenth ordinary session to organize through- out the Territory of Western Sahara a general and free referendum of the people of Western Sahara on self- determination; 4. Welcomes the steps taken by the Implementation Committee with a view to organizing and conducting the referendum; 5. Appeals to the two parties to the conflict, Morocco and the Frente Popular para la Liberaci6n de Saguia e)- Hamra y de Rio de Oro, to observe a cease-fire in accordance with the decisions of the Organization of African Unity and its Implementation Committee; 6. Urges, to that end, Morocco and the Frente Popular para la Liberaci6n de Saguia el-Hamra y de Rio de Oro to enter into negotiations with a view to establishing an im- mediate cease-fire and concluding a peace agreement per- mitting the fair conduct of a general and free referendum on self-determination in Western Sahara; 1. Reaffirms the determination of the United Nations to co-operate fully with the Organization of African Unity in the fair and impartial organization of the referendum; 8. Requests to that end the Secretary-General to take the necessary steps to ensure that the United Nations par- ticipates in the organization and conduct of the referendum and to report to the General Assembly and the Security Council on this subject and on the measures requiring a decision by the Council; 9. Urgently requests the Secretary-General to co- operate closely with the Secretary-General of the Organi- zation of African Unity with a view to the implementation of the decisions of the Assembly of Heads of State and Government of the Organization of African Unity and of its Implementation Committee, and of the present resolution; 10. Requests the Special Committee on the Situation with regard to the Implementation of the Declaration on the Granting oflndependence to Colonial Countries and Peoples to continue to consider the situation in Western Sahara as a matter of priority and to report thereon to the General Assembly at its thirty-seventh session. 70th plenary meeting 24 November 1981 36/47. Question of the United States Virgin Islands The General Assembly, Having considered the question of the United States Vir- gin Islands, Having examined the relevant chapters of the report of the Special Committee on the Situation with regard to the Implementation of the Declaration on the Granting of In- dependence to Colonial Countries and Peoples, 6 Recalling its resolution 1514 (XV) of 14 December 1960, containing the Declaration on the Granting of Independence to Colonial Countries and Peoples, and all other resolutions and decisions of the United Nations relating to the United States Virgin Islands, Noting the active co-operation given by the administering Power, both through its participation in the work of the Special Committee and through its willingness to receive visiting missions to small Territories under its administration. Having heard the statement of the administering Power, 7 6 Official Records of the General Assembly, Thirry-sixth Session. Sup- plement No. 23 (A/36/23/Rev.l), chaps. III, IV and XXIII. 1 Ibid., Thirty-sixth Session, Fourth Committee, 14th meeting, para,. 1-8. 1. Approves the chapter of the report of the Special Committee on the Situation with regard to the Implemen- tation of the Declaration on the Granting of Independence to Colonial Countries and Peoples relating to the United States Virgin Islands;8 2. Reaffirms the inalienable right of the people of the United States Virgin Islands to self-determination and in- dependence in accordance with the Declaration on the Grant- ing of Independence to Colonial Countries and Peoples; 3. Reaffirms its conviction that questions of territorial size, geographical location, size of population and limited natural resources should in no way delay the speedy im- plementation of the Declaration with regard to the Territory; 4. Requests the Government of the United States of America, as the administering Power, to take all necessary measures, in consultation with the freely elected represen- tatives of the people of the United States Virgin Islands, to expedite the process of the decolonization of the Territory in accordance with the relevant provisions of the Charter of the United Nations and the Declaration contained in Gen- eral Assembly resolution 1514 (XV); 5. Reaffirms that it is the obligation of the administering Power, in consultation with the freely elected representa- tives of the people of the Territory, to inform the local people of the possibilities open to them in the exercise of their inalienable right to self-determination and indepen- dence and to. enable them to exercise that right freely and without interference in accordance with General Assembly resolution 1514 (XV); 6. Reaffirms that the administering Power has the re- sponsibility for taking such measures as will ensure the preservation of the identity and cultural heritage of the peo- ple of the Territory; 7. Urges the administering Power, in consultation with the freely elected representatives of the people of the United States Virgin Islands, to safeguard the inalienable right of the people of the Territory to the enjoyment of their natural resources by aking effective measures which guarantee the right of the ople to own and dispose of those resources and to estab ish and maintain control over their future development; 8. Reaffi s the responsibility of the administering Power, unde the Charter, for the economic and social de- velopment o the United States Virgin Islands and in this regard notes hat, although steady economic progress has continued in he Territory, especially in the area of service industries, t re are still problems which need to be re- solved, inclu ing those relating to unemployment and the infrastructure 9. Notes he sustained efforts undertaken by the terri- torial Gove ent to diversify the economy and urges the administerin Power, acting in co-operation with the Gov- ernment of t e United States Virgin Islands, to strengthen the economy f the Territory by, wherever possible, taking additional m asures of diversification in all fields; 10. Req sts the administering Power to continue to enlist the as · stance of the specialized agencies and other organization of the United Nations system in the devel- opment and trengthening of the economy of the United States Virgin Islands; 11. keq sts the Special Committee to continue the examination f this question at its next session, including the possible ispatch of a further visiting mission to the United State Virgin Islands at an appropriate time and in ' Ibid., Thirty-sixth Session, Supplement No. 23 (A/36/23/Rev. I), chap. XXIII

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