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VII. Resolutions adopted on the reports of the Fourth Committee 247 6. Expresses the view that measures to promote the economic and social development of Anguilla are an essential element in the process of self-determination and, in that connection, calls upon the administering Power, in close co-operation with the territorial Government, to continue to intensify and diversify its programmes of development assistance to Anguilla; 1. Requests the administering Power, in the light of the observations, conclusions and recommendations of the Visiting Mission,36 to continue to enlist the assistance of the specialized agencies and other organizations of the United Nations system, as well as other regional and inter- national bodies, in the development and strengthening of the economy of the Territory; 8. Further requests the administering Power to facili- tate the participation of the Territory as an associate mem- ber of various organizations of the United Nations system, as well as other regional and international bodies; 9. Considers that the possibility of sending a further visiting mission to Anguilla at an appropriate time should be kept under review; IO. Requests the Special Committee to continue the examination of this question at its next session, including the possible dispatch ofa visiting mission to Anguilla at an appropriate time and in consultation with the administer- ing Power, and to report thereon to the General Assembly at its fortieth session. 87th plenary meeting 5 December 1984 39/40. 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 Grant- ing oflndependence to Colonial Countries and Peoples, Recalling its resolution 38/40 of 7 December 1983 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 Independence to Colonial Countries and Peoples,37 Taking note of the report of the Implementation Com- mittee of the Organization of African Unity on Western Sahara,38 Recalling resolution AHG/Res. l 04 (XIX) on Western Sahara,39 adopted by the Assembly of Heads of State and Government of the Organization of African Unity at its nineteenth ordinary session, held at Addis Ababa from 6 to 12 June 1983, 1. Reaffirms that the question of Western Sahara is a question of decolonization which remains to be completed on the basis of the exercise by the people of Western Sahara of their inalienable right to self-determination and independence; 2. Reaffirms that the solution of the question of West- ern Sahara lies in the implementation of resolution AHG/ 36 A/AC.109/799, sect. IV. 37 Official Records of the General Asscmhli·. Thmr ninth Sesswn. Supp/e- menl No. 23 (A/39/23), chap. X. 38 A/39/680, annex. Res. I 04 (XIX) of the Assembly of Heads of State and Government of the Organization of African Unity, which establishes ways and means for a just and definitive politi- cal solution to the Western Sahara conflict; 3. Requests, to that end, the parties to the conflict, the Kingdom of Morocco and the Frente Popular para la Liberacion de Saguia el-Hamra y de Rio de Oro, to under- take direct negotiations with a view to bringing about a cease-fire to create the necessary conditions for a peaceful and fair referendum for self-determination of the people of Western Sahara, a referendum without any administrative or military constraints, under the auspices of the Organiza- tion of African Unity and the United Nations; 4. Welcomes the efforts of the Organization of African Unity and its Implementation Committee with a view to promoting a just and definitive solution to the question of Western Sahara in accordance with the resolutions and decisions of that organization and the United Nations on the question; 5. Reaffirms the determination of the United Nations to co-operate fully with the Organization of African Unity with a view to implementing the relevant decisions of that organization, in particular resolution AHG/Res. l 04 (XIX); 6. 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 consider the situation in Western Sahara as a matter of priority and to report thereon to the General Assembly at its fortieth session; 7. Invites the Secretary-General of the Organization of African Unity to keep the Secretary-General of the United Nations informed of the progress achieved in the imple- mentation of the decisions of the Organization of African Unity relating to Western Sahara; 8. Invites the Secretary-General to follow the situation in Western Sahara closely with a view to the implementa- tion of the present resolution and to report to the General Assembly at its fortieth session. 87th plenary meeting 5 December 1984 39/41. Information from Non-Self-Governing Terri- tories transmitted under Article 73 e of the Charter of the United Nations The General Assembly, 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 the informa- tion from Non-Self-Governing Territories transmitted under Article 73 e of the Charter of the United Nations40 and the action taken by the Committee in respect of that information, Having also examined the report of the Secretary- General on the question. 41 Recalling its resolution 1970 (XVIII) of 16 December I 963, in which it requested the Special Committee to study the information transmitted to the Secretary-Gener- al in accordance with Article 73 e of the Charter and to take such information fully into account in examining the situation with regard to the implementation of the Decla- 39 For the text. see resolution 38140. para. I 40 Otfina/ Records of the Genaal AssemNi·. Thtr1i·-n1111h Semon. S11p,,/,• men/ S,, .'./ (A 039!23). chap \'Ill 41 A ,q , I 9 248 General Assembly-Thirty-ninth Session ration on the Granting of Independence to Colonial Countries and Peoples, contained in General Assembly resolution I 514 (XV) of 14 December 1960, Recalling also its resolution 38/49 of 7 December 1983, in which it requested the Special Committee to continue to discharge the functions entrusted to it under resolution 1970 (XVIII), I. 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 oflndependence to Colonial Countries and Peoples relating to the informa- tion from Non-Self-Governing Territories transmitted under Article 73 e of the Charter of the United Nations; 2. Reaffirms that, in the absence of a decision by the General Assembly itself that a Non-Self-Governing Terri- tory has attained a full measure of self-government under the terms of Chapter XI of the Charter, the administering Power concerned should continue to transmit information under Article 73 e of the Charter with respect to that Territory; 3. Requests the administering Powers concerned to transmit, or continue to transmit, to the Secretary-General the information prescribed in Article 73 e of the 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 dis- charge the functions entrusted to it under General Assem- bly resolution 1970 (XVIII), in accordance with estab- lished procedures, and to report thereon to the Assembly at its fortieth session. 87th plenary meeting 5 December 1984 39/42. Activities of foreign economic and other inter- ests which are impeding the implementation 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 discrimina- tion in southern Africa The General Assembly, Having considered the item entitled "Activities of for- eign economic and other interests which are impeding the implementation of the Declaration on the Granting of Independence to Colonial Countries and Peoples in Namibia and in all other Territories under colonial domi- nation 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 the item,42 Taking into consideration the relevant chapters of the report of the United Nations Council for Namibia,43 Recalling its resolutions I 514 (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 42 Official Records of the General Assembly, Thirty-ninth Session, Suppl,·- ment No. 23 (N39/23), chap. V. 43 !hid., Supplement No. 24 (A/39/24), part two, chap. II, sect. C chap. Ill, sects. D and G; and chap. IX, sect. C'. 44 See Report of the International Conference in Support of the Struggle o/ the Namibian People for Independence. Paris. 25-29 April /98.1 (Ai CONF. I 20/13), part three. for the full implementation of the Declaration, and 35/118 of 11 December 1980, the annex to which contains the Plan of Action for the Full Implementation of the Declara- tion, as well as all other resolutions of the United Nations relating to the item, • Reaffirming the solemn obligation of the administering Powers under the Charter of the United Nations to pro- mote the political, economic, social and educational advancement of the inhabitants of the Territories under their administration and to protect the human and natural resources of those Territories against abuses, Taking into account the relevant provisions of the Paris Declaration on Namibia and the Programme of Action on Namibia,44 adopted at the International Conference in Support of the Struggle of the Namibian People for Independence, Reaffirming that any economic or other activity which impedes the implementation of the Declaration on the Granting of Independence to Colonial Countries and Peoples and obstructs efforts aimed at the elimination of colonialism, apartheid and racial discrimination in south- ern Africa and other colonial Territories is in direct viola- tion 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 Namibia, in association with the occupying regime of South Africa, constitute a direct vio- lation of the rights of the peoples and of the principles of the Charter and all relevant resolutions of the United Nations, Bearing in mind the relevant provisions of the Econo- mic Declaration and other documents of the Seventh Con- ference of Heads of State or Government of Non-Aligned Countries, held at New Delhi from 7 to 12 March 1983,45 Taking into account the relevant provisions of the Bang- kok Declaration and Programme of Action on Namibia,40 adopted by the United Nations Council for Namibia on 25 May 1984 at its extraordinary plenary meetings held at Bangkok, and the conclusions and recommendations of the Seminar on the Activities of Foreign Economic Inter- ests in the Exploitation of Namibia's Natural and Human Resources, organized by the Council at Ljubljana, Yugo- slavia, from 16 to 20 April 1984,47 Noting with profound concern that the colonial Powers and certain States, through their activities in the colonial Territories, have continued to disregard United Nations decisions relating to the item and that they have failed to implement, in particular, the relevant provisions of Gener- al Assembly resolutions 2621 (XXV) of 12 October 1970 and 38/50 of 7 December 1983, by which the Assembly called upon the colonial Powers and those Governments that had not yet done so to take legislative, administrative or other measures in respect of their nationals and the bodies corporate under their jurisdiction that own and operate enterprises in colonial Territories, particularly in Africa, which are detrimental to the interests of the inhab- itants of those Territories, in order to put an end to such enterprises and to prevent new investments that run 45 See N38/l 32-S/ I 56 7 5 and Corr. I and 2, annex. 46 Official Records of the General Assembly, Thirty-ninth Session, Supple men/ No. 24 (N39/24), part two, chap. III, sect. B. 47 Ibid., sect. D.

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