Question of South West Africa

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A Resolution of the General Assembly, published in 1961.

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Recognizes and supports the passionate yearning of the people of South \Vest Africa for freedom and the exercise of national independence and sovereig-nty;

Rejects the position taken by the Government of the Union of South Africa in refusing to co-operate with the United Nations in the implementation of General Assembly resolution 1568 (XV) as well as other resolutions concerning South \Vest Africa ;

Deplores the attempts at the assimilation of the Mandated Territory of South West Africa, culminating in the so-called referendum held on 5 October 1960, as totally unacceptable, having no moral or legal basis and being repugnant to the letter and spirit of the Mandate;

Considers that the full and effective discharge of the tasks assigned to the Committee on South West Africa in paragraph 4 of General Assembly resolution 1568 (XV) is essential to the protection of the lives and property of the inhabitants of South West Africa, to the amelioration of the prevailing conditions in South West Africa, the continuance of which is likely to endanger international peace and security, and to the exercise of the right of self-determination by the people of South West Africa in complete freedom and of their right of accession to national sovereignty and independence with the least delay ;

Requests th~ Committee on South West Africa, therefore, immediately to proceed to discharge the special and urgent tasks entrusted to it in resolution 1568

as fully and expeditiously as possible with the co-operation of the Government of the Union of South Africa if such co-operation is available, and without it if necessary ;

Requests the States Members of the United Nations to extend to the Committee on South West Africa such assistance as it may require in the discharge of these tasks ;

Decides to call the attention of the Security Council to the situation in respect of South West Africa which, if allowed to continue, will in the General Assembly's view endanger international peace and security, and to the present resolution, the full implementation of which is necessary to bring that situation to a speedy end;

Takes note with grave concern of reports of the terrorization of, and armed action against, the indigenous inhabitants, and calls upon the Government of the Union of South Africa to desist from such acts; Fifteenth Session

Requests the Committee on South West Africa to submit to the General Assembly at its sixteenth session a report on the implementation of resolution 1568

as well as the present resolution.

7 April 1961.

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