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VII. Resolutions adopted on tbe reports of the Fourth Committee 269 Recalling resolution AHG/Res.104 (XIX) on Western Sahara,30adopted 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 12June 1983, I. 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 also that the solution of the question of Western Sahara lies in the implementation of resolution AHG/Res.104 (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 political solution to the Western Sahara conflict; 3. Again requests, to that end, the two parties to the conflict, the Kingdom of Morocco and the Frente Popular para la Liberaci6n de Saguia et-Hamra y de Rio de Oro, to undertake direct negotiations, in the shortest possible time, 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 con- straints, under the auspices of the Organization of African Unity and the United Nations; 4. Welcomes the efforts of the current Chairman of the Assembly of Heads of State and Government of the Organization of African Unity and the Secretary-General of the United Nations to promote a just and definitive solution of the question of Western Sahara; 5. Invites the current Chairman of the Assembly of Heads of State and Government of the Organization of African Unity and the Secretary-General of the United Nations to exert every effort to persuade the two parties to the conflict, the Kingdom of Morocco and the Frente Pop- ular para la Liberaci6n de Saguia el-Hamra y de Rio de Oro, to negotiate, in the shortest possible time and in con- formity with resolution AHG/Res. l 04 (XIX) and the pres- ent resolution, the terms of a cease-fire and the modalities for organizing the said referendum; 6. 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. I 04 (XIX); 7. 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 forty-first session; 8. 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; 9. Invites the Secretary-General to follow the situation in Western Sahara closely with a view to the implementa- tion of the present resoluticn and to report thereon to the General Assembly at its forty-first session. 99th plenary meeting 2 December 1985 30 For the text, see resolution 38/40, para. I. 31 01/icia/ Records of the General Assembl_v, Fortieth Session. Supplement No. 2.f (A/40/23), chap. VIII. 40/Sl. Informadon from Non-Self-Governing Terri- tories transmitted under Article 73 e of the Charter of the United Nadons 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 Nations31 and the action taken by the Committee in respect of that information, Having also examined the report of the Secretary- General on the question, 32 Recalling its resolution 1970 (XVIII) of 16 December 1963, in which it requested the Special Committee to study the information transmitted to the Secretary- General 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 Declaration on the Granting of Independence to Colonial Countries and Peoples, contained in General Assembly resolution 1514 (XV) of 14 December 1960, Recalling also its resolution 39/41 of 5 December 1984, 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 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 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 in 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 Terri- tory; 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 forty-first session. 99th plenary meeting 2 December I 985 40/52. Acdvides of foreign economic and other inter- ests which are impeding the implementadon of the Declaradon on the Granting of Inde- pendence to Colonial Countries and Peoples 10 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 32 A/40/629.

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