A/RES/42/73 GA

General A.~sembly-Forty-second Session VII. RESOLUTIONS ADOPTED ON THE REPORTS OF THE FOURTH COMMITTEE 1 ('()._,,,,_,.., Re\olut,on No t,1'1 Item Date oj adoption Page 42/73 Information from Non-Self-C,nwrning I crnt,,r 1cs tra11Smltkd unde1 \111, L '' ,, ul th,· Charter of the United Nati,,ns (A/42/72h) 108 4 December 1987 237 42/74 Activities of foreign economic and nther interests which arc impeding the implementa- tion of the Declaration on the Granting of Independence to Coloma! Countries and Peoples in Namibia and in all other Territories under colonial domination and efforts to elin1inate coloniali<.;m, u.parth.,,d and r;iual discriminatinn in "i;,uthern Africa (A/42/639) I0'l 4 December 1987 238 42/75 Implementation of the Declaration on the Granting of Independence to< 'nl,,mal Coun- tries and Peoples by the -.;pecial11ed agencie:-. and the intt-rnational H,,11tu!H)fl" a,. sociated with the United Natinns (A/42/7271 110 and 12 4 December I 987 241 42/76 42/77 United Nations Educational and Traimng Prograrmne for Southern Afr1e·a I A. 42/728) Offers by Member States of study and training focilitics for 111hah1tanis ,,f Non-Sdf- 111 4 December 1987 244 42/78 42/79 42/80 42/81 42/82 42/83 42/84 42/85 42/86 42/87 42/88 42/89 Govcrning Territories (A/42/72<1) Question of Western Sahara (l\/4' ,7_101 Question of New Caledonia t A: 42 7 11)) Question of Anguilla (A/42 • 7.10) Question of Montserrat (A :4::·1111) Que;,tion of the British Vir g111 Islands (A, 42: 7101 Question of the Turks and ( \11co, Island, I A ·42, 73111 Question of Tokelau (A/42/710) Question of the Cayman Islands (A/42.'7 ltl) Question of Bamuda (A/42 :7101 Question of Guam (A/42/710) Question of American Samoa (A/42/710) Question of tbc llnited Statt', Virgin Islands (A142/7'0) 42/73. Information from Non-Self-Governing Territo- ries transmitted under Article 73 t' of the Charter of the United l'iations The General Assembly, Having examined the chapter of the report of the Special Committee on the Situation with regard to the Implemen- tation oft he Declaration on the Granting of Independence to Colonial Countries and Peoples relating to the informa- tion from Non-Self-Governing Terntories ( ransmitted un der Article 73 e of the Charter of the United Nations2 and the action taken hy the Cornrnitlt't' in respect oft hat info1 mation, Having also examined the report of the Secretary- General on the question, 1 Recalling its resolution Jq70 (XVIII) of 16 Decernhe1 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 1Fur the decisllHh adnpted 011 the rq ,rt...,. 11t ttw h11ir 1 h ( 'i1mm11kv see sect. X.B.6. 2 Ojjifial Record"\ oj the (ienerui ,J\\1'P1f,1~ /-(,r/~ \, 1'tu/ '-.,·\·11,·1, Sufplemenl No. 23 (A/42/2\), chap. \II - A/42/577, Rev. I 112 4 December 1987 244 18 4 December I 987 245 18 4 December 1987 246 18 4 December 1987 246 18 4 December 1'l87 247 1 K 4 December 1987 248 18 4 December I 987 249 18 4 December I 987 250 18 4 December 1987 251 18 4 December 1987 252 18 4 December 1987 253 18 4 December I 987 254 18 4 December 1987 254 and to take such information fully into account in examin- ing the situation with regard to the implementation of the Declaration on the Granting of Independence to Colonial Countries and Peoples, contained in General Assembly resnlut11rn l 'i 14 (XV) of 14 December 1960, Recal/111g also its resolution 41/13 of 31 October 1986, in whieh 11 requested the Special Committee to continue to di~charge the functions entrusted to it under resolution J(l71l IXVl[JL .Voting with concern that the working papers on Territo- ries, prepared for the Special Committee by the Se- cretariat, do not, in some instances, contain adequate, timely information, due in large measure to the late trans- mission of information under Article 73 e of the Charter, I. tpproves 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 un- der ·\1t1de 7.'\ c of the Charter of the United Nations; 1 Rca_/jirms that, in the ahsence of a decision by the <.ie11eral Assemhly itself that a Non-Self-Governing Terri- tor~ ha~ attained a full measure of self-government in 238 General Assembly-Forty-second Session terms of Chapter XI of the Charter, the administering Power concerned should cont111ue to transmit information under Article 7 -1 e of the Charter with respect to that T('l· ritory; 3. Requests the administering Powers concerned to continue to transmit to the Secretary-General the infor- mation prescribed in Article 7J e of the Charter, as well a~ the fullest possible information on political and constitu- tional developments in the Territories concerned, within a maximum period of six Ill(lnths following the expiration of the administrative year rn those Terri tones; 4. Requests the Secretary-General, Ill connection with the preparation by the Secretariat of the working paper~ for the Special Committee on the Territories concerned, to ensure that adequate information i-; drawn from all avail- able published sources; 5. Request.1 the Special Committee to continue to dis- charge the functions entrusted to 11 under General Assem- bly resolution 1970 (XVIII), in accordance with estab- lished procedures, and to report thereon to the Assembly at its forty-third session 92nd plenary meeting 4 /)cce111ber /91?7 42/74. Activities of foreign economic and other in- terests which arc impeding the implementation of the Declaration on the Granting of Indepen- dence to Colonial Countries and Peoples in Na- mibia and in all other Territories under colonial domination and efforts to eliminate colonialism, apartheid and racial discrimination in southern Africa The General Asse111hly, Having considered the item entitled "Activities of ti.ir eign economic and other interests which are impeding the implementation of the Declaration on the Granting of In- dependence to Colonial Countries and Peoples in Namibia and in all other Territories under colonial domination and efforts to eliminate colonialism, upar!hC/d and racial dis- crimination in southern AfriL·a", Having examined the chapter oft he 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,4 Taking into considerntio11 the relevant chapter of the re- port of the United Nations Council for Namibia,~ Recalling its resolutions 15l4(XV) of 14December 1960, containing the Declaration on the Granting of Inde- pendence to Colonial Countries and People~. 2621 (XXV) of 12 October 1970, containing the programme of action for the full implementation of the Declaration, ]5/118 ol 11 December 1980, the annex to which contains the Plan of Action for the Full Implementation of the Declaration, and 40/56 of 2 December 1985 on the twenty-fifth anni- versary of the Declaration, as well as all other resolution, 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 ad- vancement of the inhahitanh, if tlw -, c1 ritoric, under their 4 Official Records ,f the General ~h\cnthlv. I orn',.\ecowl .)~e\.\lOl'I Sufplement No. 23 (A/42/2'), chap IV Ibid., Supplcmrnl \'o _,4 1-\ l' '•lL p,111 tw,, ,hap VII. a11d part four, chap I\' 1 ( administration and to protect the human and natural re- ,ources of those Territories against abuses, Reujjirming that any economic or other activity that im- pedes the implementation of the Declaration on the Granting of Independence to Colonial Countries and Peo- ples 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 ,ill relevant resolutions of the United Na- tions, 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 depletive ex- ploitation of those resources by foreign economic in- terests, 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 Na- tions, Bearing in mind the relevant provisions of the Final Document of the Extraordinary Ministerial Meeting of the Co-ordinating Bureau of the Movement of Non- Aligned Countries on the question of Namibia, held at New Delhi from 19 to 21 April 1985, 6 the final documents of the Eighth Conference of Heads of State or Govern- ment of Non-Aligned Countries, held at Harare from I to 6 September 19867 and the relevant resolutions adopted by the Assembly of Heads of State and Govern- ment of the Organization of African Unity at its twenty- third ordinary session, held at Addis Ababa from 27tn29July 1987,8 Taking into account the relevant provisions of the docu- ments adopted by the Second International Conference on Namibia, held at Brussels from 5 to 7 May 1986, the World Conference on Sanctions against Racist South Africa,9 the International Conference for the Immediate Independence of Namibia, 10 the Seminar on Support for the Immediate Independence of Namibia and the Effective Application of Sanctions against South Africa, held at Buenos Aires from 20 to 24 April 1987, 11 and the Luanda Declaration and Programme of Action adopted by the United Nations Council for Namibia at its extraordinary plenary meetings, held at Luanda from 18 to 22 May 1987, 12 Noting with profound concern that the colonial Powers and certain States, through their activities in the colonial rerritories, have continued to disregard United Nations decisions relating to the subject and that they have failed to implement, in particular, the relevant provisions of General Assembly resolutions 2621 (XXV) of 12 October 1970 and 41/14 of 31 October I 986, by which the Assem- bly called upon the colonial Powers and those Govern- ments that had not yet done so to take legislative, adminis- trative 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 "A/40/.l07-S/171H4 and Corr.I, annex_ 7 A/41/647-S/ 18.<</2, annex_ x See A/42/699, annex II. 4 See Reporr of the World Conference on Sancrions ugainsr Rucist S0111h ·l}ricu, Puri,. 16-2/i June 191/6 (l'nited Nation, puhlication, Sales 'so. E86 1.23), chap IX. tO See Report oj rhe l11tematio11al Conj,•re11ce ji,r the Jmmedwr,, l•1depe11dc11ce of .\un1ibiu, Vienna, 7./ I July 1986 (U1111ed Nations l"'hlication, Sales No. E.86.1.16 and addendum), part three. 11 A/AC 1.11/24'- 12 Ojficiul Record, of' the General Assc,n/,/v, Forty-second Scsswn. '"f'f'/,•pr,•11! :\'o ]-I,.\ :4: 1;>4), part (\\O, ch:ip 111, para 20-1

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