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II. Resolutions adopted without reference to a Main Committee 49 eign Ministers of Non-Aligned Countries,98 held at Nico­ sia from 7 to 10 September 1988, Bearing in mind also the important contribution of the United Nations in the field of decolonization, in particular through the Special Committee on the Situation with re­ gard to the Implementation of the Declaration on the Granting oflndependence to Colonial Countries and Peo­ ples, 1. Declares the period 1990-2000 as the International Decade for the Eradication of Colonialism; 2. Requests the Secretary-General to submit to the General Assembly at its forty-fourth session a report that would enable the Assembly to consider and adopt an ac­ tion plan aimed at ushering in the twenty-first century, a world free from colonialism. 59th plenary meeting 22 November 1988 43/49. Report of the Committee on Relations with the Host Country The General Assembly, Recalling its resolution 43/48 of 30 November 1988, in which, inter alia, it urged the host country to abide scrupulously by the provisions of the Agreement between the United Nations and the United States of America re­ garding the Headquarters of the United Nations, dated 26 June 194799 and to reconsider and reverse its decision to deny the visa requested for Mr. Yasser Arafat, Chair­ man of the Executive Committee of the Palestine Libera­ tion Organization, Having considered the report of the Secretary-General of 1 December 1988100 in which it is stated that the host country informed him that "we see no basis for changing our decision", Affirming the right of persons mentioned in section 11 of the Agreement to enter the United States of America with­ out any impediment for the purpose of transit to or from the headquarters district, 1. Deplores the failure of the host country to respond favourably to the request of the General Assembly con­ tained in its resolution 43/48; 2. Decides, in the present compelling circumstances and without prejudice to normal practice, to consider the question of Palestine, item 37 of the agenda of the forty­ third session of the General Assembly, in plenary, at the United Nations Office at Geneva during the period from 13 to 15 December 1988; 3. Requests the Secretary-General to make the neces­ sary arrangements for the implementation of the present resolution, and authorizes him to adjust the schedule of meetings at the United Nations Office at Geneva during those days as required. 67th plenary meeting 2 December 1988 98 A/43/667-S/20212, annex, sect. I, para. 239. 99 See resolution 169 (II). 100 A/43/909. 43/50. Policies of apartheid of the Government of South Africa101 A INTERNATIONAL SOLIDARITY WITH THE LIBERATION STRUGGLE IN SOUTH AFRICA The General Assembly, Recalling its resolution 42/23 A of 20 November 1987, Having considered the report of the Special Committee against Apartheid, 102 in particular paragraphs 183 to 194, Gravely concerned at the escalating repression of and State terror against opponents of apartheid and the in­ creasing intransigence of the racist regime of South Africa, exemplified by the continuous extension of the state of emergency, the imposition of severe restrictions on peace­ ful anti-apartheid organizations and individuals, the in­ creasing number of arbitrary detentions, trials, torture and killings, including those of women and children, the in­ creased use of vigilante groups and the stifling of the press, Noting with serious concern the racist regime's continu­ ing acts of aggression and destabilization against neigh­ bouring independent African States, including assassina­ tions and abductions of freedom fighters in those States and elsewhere, and the continuing illegal occupation of Namibia, 1. Reaffirms its full support to the majority of the South African people in their struggle, under the leader­ ship of their national liberation movements, the African National Congress of South Africa and the Pan Africanist Congress of Azania, to eradicate apartheid totally, so that all the people of South Africa as a whole, irrespective of race, colour or creed, may enjoy equal and full political and other rights, and participate freely in the determina­ tion of their destiny; 2. Reaffirms also the legitimacy of the struggle of the people of South Africa and their right to choose the neces­ sary means, including armed struggle, to attain the eradi­ cation of apartheid, and the establishment of a free, demo­ cratic, unfragmented and non-racial South Africa; 3. Condemns the racist regime and its policies and practices of apartheid and, in particular, the execution of patriots and captured freedom fighters in South Africa and demands that the racist regime: (a) Stop the execution of political prisoners at present on death row; (b) Recognize prisoner-of-war status of captured free­ dom fighters in accordance with the Geneva Conventions of 12 August 194970 and Additional Protocol I of 1977 thereto;69 4. Demands again: (a) The lifting of the state of emergency; (b) The immediate and unconditional release of Nel­ son Mandela and all other political prisoners and de­ tainees; (c) The lifting of the ban on all political organizations and opponents of apartheid; (d) The safe return of all political exiles; (e) The withdrawal of the regime's troops from black townships; 101 See also sect. I, footnote 9, and sect. X.B.3, decision 43/414. 102 Official Records of the General Assembly, Forty-third Session, Supplement No. 22 (A/43/22).

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