Territories Under Portuguese Administration

A/RES/1807(XVII)No PDF available

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A Resolution of the General Assembly, published in 1963.

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2 versions · 1963–1964

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1963A/RES/1807(XVII)Territories under Portuguese administration

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Amnesty Arms Embargo Political Parties Portugal Self-Determination of Peoples Territories Under Portuguese Administration Troop Withdrawal

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Approves the report of the Special Committee on TerritoriPs under Portuguese Administration;

Condemns the attitude of Portugal, ·which is inconsistent with the Charter of the United Nations;

Reaffirms the inalienable right of the peoples of the Territories under Portuguese administration to selfdetermination and independence and upholds without any

reservations the claims of those peoples for their immediate accession to independence ;

Urges the Portuguese Government to give effect to the recommendations contained in the report of the Special Committee on Territories under Portuguese Administration, in particular those set out in paragraphs 442 to 445 of that report, by taking the following measures:

The immediate recognition of the right of the peoples of the Territories under its administration to self-determination and independence;

( b) The immediate cessation of all acts of repression and the withdrawal of all military and other forces at present employed for that purpose;

( c) The promulgation of an unconditional political amnesty and the establishment of conditions that will allow the free functioning of political parties;

Negotiations, on the basis of the recognition of the right to self-determination, with the authorized representatives of the political parties within and outside the Territories with a view to the transfer of power to political institutions freely elected and representative of the peoples, in accordance with resolution 1514 (XV);

( e) The granting of independence immediately thereafter to all the Territories under its administration in accordance with the aspirations of the peoples;

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 give high priority to an examination of the situation in the Territories under Portuguese administration, bearing in mind the present resolution and the other relevant resolutions of the General Assembly;

Calls upon Member States to use all their influence to induce the Portuguese Government to carry out the obligations incumbent upon it under Chapter XI of the Charter of the United Nations and the resolutions of the General Assembly relating to the Territories under its administration;

Earnestly requests all States to refrain forthwith from offering the Portuguese Government any assistance which would enable it to continue its repression of the peoples of the Territories under its administration and, for this purpose, to take all measures to prevent the sale and supply of arms and military equipment to the Portuguese Government;

Requests the Security Council, in case the Portnguese Government should refuse to comply with the present resolution and previous General Assembly resolutions on this question, to take all appropriate measures to secure the compliance of Portugal with its obli~ations as a Member State.

1194th plenary meetinq,

14 December 1962.

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