The Importance of the Universal Realization of the Right of Peoples to Self-Determination and of the Speedy Granting of Independence to Colonial Countries and Peoples for the Effective Guarantee and Observance of Human Rights

A/RES/2649(XXV)View PDF

Who adopted this document and its mandates?

A Resolution of the General Assembly, published in 1971.

What subjects does this mandate have?

4 subjects

Humanitarian Assistance Palestine Question Self-Determination of Peoples Southern Africa

What’s in this document?

6 operative paragraphs

Affirms the legitimacy of the struggle of peoples under colonial and alien domination reco~zed as being entitled to the right of stlf-determination to restore to themselves that right by any means at their disposal;

Recognizes the right of peoples under colonial and alien domination in the legitimate exercise of their right to self-determination to seek and receive all kinds of moral and material assistance, in accordance with the resolutions of the United Nations and the spirit of the Charter of the United Nations;

Calls upon all Governments that deny the right to self-determination of peoples under colonial and alien domination to recognize and observe that right in accordance with the relevant international instruments and tb:. ;)rinciples and spirit of the Charter;

Considers that the acquisition and retention of territory in contravention of the right of the people of that territory to self-determination is inadmissible and a gross violation of the Charter;

Condemns those Governments that deny the right to self-determination of peoples recognized as being entitled to it, especially of the peoples of southern Africa and Palestine;

Requests the Commission on Human Rights to study, at its twenty-seventh session, the implementation of the United Nations resolutions relating to the right of peoples under colonial and alien domination to selfdetermination, and to submit its conclusions and recommendations to the General Assembly, through the Economic and Social Council, as soon as possible.

30 November 1970.

r,'ofjicial Records of the Gene;,.' 1issembly, Twenty-fifth 6 fbid.

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