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VII. Resolutions adopted on the reports of the Fourth Committee 201 36/51. Activities of foreign economic and other inter- ests which are impeding the implementation of the Declaration on the Granting of lndepen- dem:~ to Col01lial Countries and Peo_ples in Na- mibia and in all other Territories under cotomal domination and efforts to eliminate colonialism, apartheid and racial discrimination in southern Africa The General Assembly, Having considered the item entitled '' Activities of foreign economic and other interests which are impeding the im- plementation of the Declaration on the Granting of Inde- pendence to Colonial 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'', Having examined 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 this question, 25 Taking into consideration the chapters of the report of the United Nations Council for Namibia relating to the question, 26 Recalling its resolutions 1514 (XV) of 14 December 1960, containing the Declaration on the Granting of Inde- pendence to Colonial Countries and Peoples, 2621 (XXV) of 12 October 1970, containing the programme of action for the full implementation of the Declaration and 35/ l l 8 of 11 December 1980, the annex to which contains the Plan of Action for the Full Implementation of the Declaration, as well as all other resolutions of the United Nations relating to the item, Taking into account the relevant provisions of the Maputo Declaration in Support of the Peoples of Zimbabwe and Namibia and the Programme of Action for the Liberation of Zimbabwe and Namibia,27 adopted by the International Conference in Support of the Peoples of Zimbabwe and Namibia, held at Maputo from 16 to 21 May 1977, as well as the Lagos Declaration for Action against Apartheid, 28 adopted by the World Conference for Action against Apartheid, Recalling the Declaration on Namibia and the Programme of Action in Support of Self-Determination and National Independence for Namibia, contained in General Assembly resolution S-9/2 of 3 May 1978, Recalling also the Panama Declaration and Programme of Action on Namibia, 29 adopted by the United Nations Council for Namibia at its extraordinary plenary meeting held at Panama City on 5 June 1981, Bearing in mind the relevant resolutions adopted by the Council of Ministers of the Organization of African Unity at its thirty-seventh ordinary session, held at Nairobi from 15 to 26 June 1981, 30 and endorsed by the Assembly of Heads of State and Government of the Organization of Af- rican Unity at its eighteenth ordinary session, held at Nairobi from 24 to 27 June 1981, - 25 Ibid., Thirty-sixth Session, Supplement No. 23 (A/36/23/Rev. I), chap. V. 26 Ibid., Supplement No. 24 (A/36/24), part two, chaps. II and VI. 21 A/32/109/Rev.l-S/12344/Rev.1, annex V. For the printed text, see Official Records of the Security Council, Thirty-second Year. Supplement for July, August and September 1977. 28 Report of the World Conference for Action against Apartheid, Lagos, 22-26 August 1977 (United Nations publication, Sales No. E.77.XIV.2 JIDd corri~ndum}, sect. X. 29 Official Records of the General Assembly, Thirty-sixth Session, Sup- plement No. 24 (A/36/24), para. 222. 30 See A/36/534, annex I. Bearing in mind also the relevant provisions of the New Delhi Declaration, 31 adopted by the Conference of Ministers for Foreign Affairs of Non-Aligned Countries, held at New Delhi from 9 to I 3 February 1981, as well as the final communique of the Extraordinary Ministerial Meeting of the Co-ordinating Bureau of the Non-Aligned Countries on the Question of Namibia. held at Algiers from 16 to 18 April 1981, 32 Taking into account the relevant provisions of the Special Declaration on Namibia, 13 adopted by the International Con- ference on Sanctions against South Africa, held in Paris from 20 to 27 May 1981 , Bearing in mind further the Declaration on Foreign In- vestment in South Africa, 34 adopted by the Council of Min- isters of the Organization of African Unity at its thirty-fifth ordinary session, held at Freetown from 18 to 28 June 1980. Reaffirming the solemn obligation of the administering Powers under the Charter of the United Nations to promote the political, economic, social and educational advancement of the inhabitants of the Territories under their administra- tion and to protect the human and natural resources of those Territories against abuses, Reaffirming that any economic or other activity which impedes the implementation of the Declaration on the Grant- ing of Independence to Colonial Countries and Peoples and obstructs efforts aimed at the elimination of colonialism, apartheid and racial discrimination in southern Africa and other colonial Territories is in direct violation of the rights of the inhabitants and of the principles of the Charter and all relevant resolutions of the United Nations, Reaffirming that the natural resources of all Territories under colonial and racist domination are the heritage of the peoples of those Territories and that the exploitation and depletion of those resources by foreign economic interests, in particular in southern Africa, in association with the il- legal racist minority regime of South Africa, constitute a direct violation of the rights of the peoples and of the prin- ciples stated in the Charter and all relevant resolutions of the United Nations, Noting with profound concern that the colonial Powers and certain States, through their activities in the colonial Territories, have continued to disregard United Nations de- cisions relating to the item and that they have failed to implement in particular the relevant provisions of General Assembly resolutions 2621 (XXV) of 12 October 1970 and 35/28 of 11 November 1980, by which the Assembly called upon the Governments which had not yet done so to take legislative, administrative or other measures in respect of their nationals and the bodies corporate under their juris- diction that own and operate enterprises in colonial Terri- tories, particularly in Africa, which are detrimental to the interests of the inhabitants of those Territories, in order to put an end to such enterprises and to prevent new invest- ments which run counter to the interests of the inhabitants of those Territories, Condemning the intensified activities of those foreign economic, financial and other interests which continue to exploit the natural and human resources of the colonial Territories and to accumulate and repatriate huge profits to the detriment of the interests of the inhabitants, particularly in southern Africa, thereby impeding the realization by the peoples of the Territories of their legitimate aspirations for self-determination and independence, " A/36/116 and Corr. I. annex. " A/36/222-S/14458 and Corr. I, annex. For the printed text. see Official Records of the Security Council. Thirty-sixth Year, Supplement for April. Mav and June /9/i/. '' A/CONF.10718, sect. X.B. ' 4 See A/35/463 and Corr. I. annex I. declaration CM/St. IS (XXXV). 202 General Assembly-Thirty-sixth Session Strongly condemning the. support_ which the r~cist mi- nority regime of South Africa continues t? receive from those foreign economic, financial and _oth_er interests which are collaborating with it in the expl01tat1on of the natural and human resources of the international Territory of Na- mibia in the further entrenchment of its illegal racist dom- inatio~ over the Territory and in the strengthening of its system of apartheid, Taking into account the report of the U~i~ed Nati_ons Council for Namibia on the hearings on Nam1b1an uramum held in New York from 7 to 1 I July 1980, 35 Strongly condemning the investment of for~ign capital in the production of uranium and the c~llaboration of ~ertain Western countries and other States with the racist minonty regime of South Africa in the nuclear field which, by pro- viding that regime with nuclear equiI?~ent and te~~~ology, enables it to develop nuclear and military capab1ltt1es and to become a nuclear Power, thereby promoting South Af- rica's continued illegal occupation of Namibia, Deploring that South Africa and the colonial Power~ ~on- tinue to engage in activities and dispositions of a m1htary character and to establish and maintain bases and other military installations in Namibia and other _col_onial T_erri- tories in violation of the purposes and pnnc1ples of the Charter and of General Assembly resolution 1514 (XV), Deeply concerned about the conditio~s in other ~olonial Territories, including those in the Canbbean reg!on and certain Territories in the Pacific region, where foreign eco- nomic financial and other interests continue to deprive the indige~ous populations of their rights over the wealth of their countries, and where the indigenous peoples of those Territories continue to suffer from a loss of land ownership as a result of the failure of the administering Powers con- cerned to restrict the sale of land to foreigners, despite the repeated appeals of the General Assembly, Conscious of the continuing need to mobilize world public opinion against the involv_ement of f?rei_gn economic, fi- nancial and other interests in the explmtatJon of natural and human resources, which impedes the independence of co- lonial Territories and the elimination of racism, particularly in southern Africa, 1. Reaffirms the inalienable right_ of the ~eoples of de- pendent Territories to self-determination and indepe1;1dencc and to the enjoyment of the natural resources of thetr Ter- ritories, as well as their right to dispose of those resource~ in their best interests; 2. Reiterates that any administering or occupying Power which deprives the colonial peoples of the exercise of their legitimate rights over their natural resources or_ subordinates the rights and interests of those peoples to for~1gn _econ_omtc and financial interests violates the solemn obligations 1t has assumed under the Charter of the United Nations: 3. Reaffirms that, by their depletive exploitation of nat- ural resources, the continued accumulation and repatriation of huge profits and the use of those profits for the enrichment of foreign settlers and the entrenchment of colomal dom1 nation over the Territories, the activities of foreign eco- nomic, financial and other interests operating at p~esent in the colonial Territories, particularly in southern Afnca, con- stitute a major obstacle to political independence and _to the enjoyment of the natural resources of those Terntones hy the indigenous inhabitants; 4. Condemns the activities of foreign economic and other interests in the colonial Territories as impeding the implementation of the Declaration on the Granting of In- dependence to Colonial Countries and Peoples, as well as 35 Official Records of the General Assemblv. Thirty:fifth Session. S111' plement No. 24 (N35!24), vol Ill. the efforts to eliminate colonialism, apartheid and racial discrimination; 5. Condemns the policies of Governments that continue to support or collaborate with those foreign economic and other interests engaged in exploiting the natural and human resources of the Territories, including in particular illegally exploiting Namibia's marin~ res~mrces, th~s violating the political, economic and social ~ghts and interests of _the indigenous peoples and obstructing the full and spee~y im- plementation of the Declaration in respect of those Temtones: 6. Strongly condemns the continuing ~ollaboration. of certain Western countries and other States with South Afnca in the nuclear field which, by providing the racist_ regime with nuclear equipment and technology, enable!\ 1t to in- crease its nuclear capability, and calls upon all Governments to refrain from all such collaboration with that regime; 7. Requests the Special Committee on the Sit~ation with regard to the Implementation of. the Decl~at10n on the Granting of Independence to Colomal_Cou_ntn~s and Peoples to continue to monitor closely the s1tuat1on in other Non- Self-Governing Territories so as to ensure that all ec':mom1c activities in those Territories are aimed at strengthemng and diversifying their economies in the in_terests _of the indige- nous peoples and their speedy accession to 1_n~epen~e_nce, and that those peoples are not exploite~ f~r political. m1htary and other purposes detrimental to their interests: 8. Strongly condemns those Western countries and _all other States, as well as the transnational corporations, which continue their investments in, and supply of armaments and oil and nuclear technology to, the racist regime of South Africa, thus buttressing it and aggravating the threat to world peace; 9. Strongly condemns the collusion by the Govei:nments of certain Western countries and other States, particularly those of the United States of America, the Federal Republic of Germany and Israel, with the racist regime of South Africa in the nuclear field and calls upon the Government of France and all other Governments to refrain from sup- plying the racist minority regime of South Africa: directly or indirectly, with installations that might enable it_ to pro- duce uranium, plutonium and other nuclear matenals, re- actors or military equipment; 10. Calls upon all States, in particular the United King- dom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, the United States of America, the t<ecteral Republic of Germany, France. Japan, Belgium, Israel and Italy, to_ take ~rgent, effective measures to terminate all collaboration with South Afnca in the political, diplomatic, economic, trade, military and nuclear fields and to refrain from entering into other relations with the racist regime of South Africa in violation of the relevant resolutions of the United Nations and of the Or- ganization of African Unity; 11. Calls once again upon all Governments that have not yet done so to take legislative, _administrative or other measures in respect of theu nationals and the bodies corporate under their jurisdiction t~at own a_nd op~rate ent_er- prises in colonial Territories, part1culai:ly in _Afnca, _which are detrimental to the interests of the inhabitants of those Territories, in order to put an end to such enterprises and to prevent new investments which run counter to the interests of the inhabitants of those Territories; 12. Requests all States to refrain from making any in- vestments to the benefit of, or extending loans to, the mi- nority racist regime of South Africa and to refrain from a~y agreements or measures to promote trade or other economic relations with it; 13. Calls upon those 011-proctucing and oil-exporting countries that have not yet done so to take effective measures VII. Resolutions adopted on the reports of the Fourth Committee 203 against the oil companies that supply crude oil and petroleum products to the racist regime of South Africa; 14. Requests all States that have not yet done so to take effective measures to end the supply of funds and other forms of assistance, including military supplies and equip- ment, to the regimes that use such assistance to repress the peoples of the colonial Territories and their national liber- ation movements; 15. Condemns all military activities and dispositions of a military character in Namibia and other colonial Territories which are prejudicial to the interests of the peoples of those Territories and to their right to self-determination and independence; 16. Calls upon South Africa and the colonial Powers corn:erned to end the military activities and dispositions of a military character in Namibia and other colonial Territories and to eliminate the military bases in accordance with the provisions of the pertinent resolutions of the General As- sembly, in particular paragraph 9 of the Plan of Action for the Full Implementation of the Declaration on the Granting oflndependence to Colonial Countries and Peoples, adopted by the General Assembly in its resolution 35/118; 17. Reiterates that the exploitation and plundering of the natural resources of Namibia by South African and other foreign economic interests, in violation of the relevant res- olutions of the General Assembly and the Security Council and of Decree No. I for the Protection of the Natural Re- sources of Namibia, enacted by the United Nations Council for Namibia on 27 September 1974,36 are illegal and con- tribute to the maintenance of the illegal occupation regime; 18. Strongly condemns South Africa for its continued exploitation and plundering of the natural resources of Na- mibia, in complete disregard of the legitimate interests of the Namibian people, and for its illegal extension of the territorial sea and its proclamation of an economic zone off the coast of Namibia; 19. Calls once again upon all States to discontinue all economic, financial and trade relations with South Africa concerning Namibia and to refrain from entering into eco- nomic, financial or other relations with South Africa, acting on behalf of or concerning Namibia, which may lend support to its continued illegal occupation of that Territory; 20. Invites all Governments and organizations of the United Nati_ons system, having regard to the relevant pro- visions of the Declaration on the Establishment of a New International Economic Order, contained in General Assem- bly resolution 3201 (S-VI) of I May 1974, and of the Charter of Economic Rights and Duties of States, contained in As- sembly resolution 3281 (XXIX) of 12 December 1974, to ensure that the permanent sovereignty of the colonial Ter- ritories over their natural resources is fully respected and safeguarded; 21. Requests the United Nations Centre on Transna- tional Corporations to prepare from available sources a reg- ister indicating the profits that transnational corporations derive from their activities in colonial Territories and to report thereon to the General Assembly at its thirty-seventh session; 22. Calls upon the administering Powers to abolish ev- ery discriminatory and unjust wage system prevailing in the Territories under their administration and to apply an equitable system of wages; 23. Requests the Secretary-General to continue, through the Department of Public Information of the Secretariat, a sustained and broad campaign with a view to informing world public opinion of the facts concerning the pillaging 36 Ibid., vol. I, annex II. of natural resources in colonial Territories and the exploi- tation of their indigenous populations by foreign monopolies and the support they render to the colonialist and racist regimes; 24. Appeals to all non-governmental organizations to continue their campaign to mobilize international public opinion for the enforcement of economic and other sanctions against the Pretoria regime; 25. Requests the Special Committee on the Situation with regard to the Implementation of the Declaration on the Granting of Independence to Colonial Countries and Peoples to continue to examine this question and to report thereon to the General Assembly at its thirty-seventh session. 70th plenary meeting 24 November 1981 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 The General Assembly, Having considered the item entitled "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", Recalling the Declaration on the Granting of Indepen- dence to Colonial Countries and Peoples, contained in its resolution 1514 (XV) of 14 December 1960, and the Plan of Action for the Full Implementation of the Declaration, contained in the annex to its resolution 35/118 of 11 De- cember 1980, as well as all other relevant resolutions adopted by the General Assembly on this subject, in par- ticular resolution 35/29 of 11 November 1980, Recalling also its resolution ES-8/2 of 14 September 1981 on the question of Namibia, Taking into account the relevant decisions adopted by the Conference of Ministers for Foreign Affairs of Non-Aligned Countries, held at New Delhi from 9 to 13 February 1981, 37 by the Council of Ministers of the Organization of African Unity at its thirty-sixth ordinary session, held at Addis Ababa from 23 February to I March 1981, by the Extraor- dinary Ministerial Meeting of the Co-ordinating Bureau of Non-Aligned Countries on the Question of Namibia, held at Algiers from 16 to 18 April 1981, 38 by the United Nations Council for Namibia at its extraordinary plenary meeting held at Panama City on 5 June 198139 and by 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, 40 Having examined the reports submitted on the item by the Secretary-General,41 the Economic and Social Counci142 and the Special Committee on the Situation with regard to the Implementation of the Declaration on the Granting of Independence to Colonial Countries and Peoples,43 37 See N36/ 116 and Corr. I, annex. 38 See N36/222-S/14458 and Corr. I, annex. For the printed text, see Official Records of the Security Council, Thirty-sixth Year, Supplement for April, May and June 1981. 39 See Official Records of the General Assembly, Thirty-sixth Session, Supplement No. 24 (N36/24), para. 222. 40 See N36/534, annex. 4 ' N36/154 and Add.1-3; NAC.109/L. 1389. 42 Official Records of the General Assembly, Thirty-sixth Session, Sup- plement No. 3 (N36/3/Rev. l), chap. XXX. 43 Ibid .. Supplement No. 23 (N36/23/Rev. l), chap. VI.

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