Question of South West Africa

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A Resolution of the General Assembly, published in 1962.

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Solemnly proclaims the inalienable right of the people of South West Africa to independence and national sovereignty;

Decides to establish a United Nations Special Committee for South West Africa, consisting of representatives of seven Member States nominated by the President of the General Assembly, whose task will be to achieve, in consultation with the Mandatory Power, the following objectives:

A visit to the Territory of South West Africa before 1 May 1962;

( b) The evacuation from the Territory of all military forces of the Republic of South Africa;

( c) The release of all political prisoners without distinction as to party or race ;

The repeal of all laws or regulations confining the indigenous inhabitants in reserves and denying them all freedom of movement, expression and association, and of all other laws and regulations which establish and maintain the intolerable system of apartheid;

( e) Preparp-tions for general elections to the Legislative Assembly, based on universal adult suffrage, to be held as soon as possible under the supervision and control of the United Nations;

Advice and assistance to the Government resulting from the general elections, with a view to preparing the Territory for full independence;

Co-ordination of the economic and social assistance with which the specialized agencies will provide the people in order to promote their moral and material welfare;

The return to the Territory of indigenous inhabitants without risk of imprisonment, detention or punishment of any kind because of their political activities in or outside the Territory;

Requests the Special Committee to discharge the tasks which were assigned to the Committee on South West Africa by the General Assembly in sub-paragraphs (a), ( b) and ( c) of paragraph 12 of its resolution 749 A (VIII) of 28 November 1953;

Urges the Government of South Africa to cooperate fully with the Special Committee and with the United Nations in the execution of the provisions of the present resolution;

Decides to call the attention of the Security Council to the present resolution, in the light of paragraph 7 of resolution 1596 (XV) in which the General Assembly drew the attention of the Council to the situation in respect of South West Africa, which, if allowed to continue, would in the Assembly's view endanger international peace and security ;

Requests all Member States:

To do everything in their power to help the Special Committee to accomplish its task;

( b) To refrain, should the occasion arise, from any act likely to delay or prevent the application of the present resolution;

Requests the Special Committee to keep the Security Council, the Secretary-General and the Special Committee on the application of the Declaration on the granting of independence to colonial countries a?-d peoples informed of its activities and of any difficulties which it may encounter;

Requests the Special Committee to study any measures likely to facilitate the execution of the other recommendations of the Committee on South West Africa, and to report to the General Assembly at its seventeenth session ;

Decides to maintain the question of South West Africa on its agenda as a question demanding urgent and constant attention;

Invites the Secretary-General to facilitate the application of the present resolution.

19 December 1961.

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