Question of Territories Under Portuguese Administration

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A Resolution of the General Assembly, published in 1971.

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9 versions · 1966–1974

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Reaffirms the inalienable right of the peoples of Angola, Mozambique, Guinea (Bissau) and other Territories under Portuguese domination to self-determination and independence, in accordance with General Assembly resolution 1514 (XV), and the legitimacy of their struggle to achieve that right by all necessary means at their disposal;

Strongly condemns the persistent refusal of the Government of Portugal to implement resolution 1514

and all other relevant resolutions of the General Assembly and the Security Council, and the colonial war being waged by that Government against 24 /bid., Twenty-fifth Session, Supplement No. 23 (A/8023/ Rev.I), chapter VII.

21i /bid., annex II. • 26 Ibid.,

Supplement No.

23B (A/8023/Rev.1/ Add.2), annex n. General A11embl1-Twenty-6.fth Session the peoples of Angola, Mozambique and Guinea

Bissau

which also threatens the security and violates the territorial integrity and sovereignty of the independent African States, in particular those States bordering the Territories;

Condemns the collaboration between Portugal, South Africa and the illegal racist minority regime in Southern Rhodesia, since this is designed to perpetuate colonialism and oppression in southern Africa;

Condemns the intervention of South African forces against the peoples of the Territories under Portuguese domination;

Calls upon the Government of Portugal to apply without further delay to the peoples of the Territories under it~ domination the pnnciple of self-determination and independence in accordance with resolution 1514 (XV) and other relevant resolutions of the General Assembly and the Security Council, and in particular:

To cease forthwith all acts of repression against the peoples of Angola, Mozambique and Guinea

Bissau

and to withdraw all military and other forces employed for this purpose;

( b) To cease immediately all practices which violate the inalienable rights of the indigenous population, including arbitrary eviction of the African population and the settlement of immigrants in the Territories;

To proclaim an unconditional political amnesty, to restore democratic political rights and to transfer powers to freely elected institutions representative of the population, in accordance with resolution 1514 (XV);

{d) To refrain from all attacks on, and violations of, the security and territorial integrity of neighbouring sovereign countries;

To release the men and property of those sovereign States now being held by PortuJal following the attacks and violations committed agamst them;

Calls upon the Government of Portugal to treat the freedom fighters of An~ola, Mozambique and Guinea (Bissau) captured dunng the struggle for freedom as prisoners of war in accordance with the Geneva Convention relative to the Treatment of Prisoners of War, of 12 August 1949,27 and to comply with the Geneva Convention relative to the Protection of Civilian Persons in Time of War, of 12 August 1949;28

Reiterates 'its appeal to all States, particularly to members of the North Atlantic Treaty Organization, to withhold from Portugal any assistance which enables it to prosecute the colonial war in Angola, Mozambique and Guinea (Bissau), and in particular:

To desist forthwith from the training of Portuguese military personnel which encourages that Government to continue its repression of the African peoples in the Territories under its domination;

( b) To prevent the sale or su~ply of weapons, military equipment and material, mcluding aircraft, helicopters and vehicles, ;o the Government of Portugal, as well as all supplies enabling it to manufacture or maintain weapons and ammunition which it uses to perpetuate its colonial domination in Africa;

To desist from any collaboration with the ground, air and naval forces of Portugal which might thwart the achievement of the objectives contained in resolution 1514 (XV);

21 United Nations, Treaty Series, vol. 15 (1950), No. 972.

28 United Nations, Treaty S.ries, vol. 15 (1950), No. 973.

Calls upon all States to take all effective measures to put an end to all practices which exploit the Territoiies under Portuguese domination and the peoples therein and to discourage their nationals and companies from entering into any activities or arrangements which strengthen Portugal's domination over, and impede the implementation of the Declaration with respect to, those Territories;

Calls upon the Government of Portugal not to use chemical and biological methods of warfare against the peoples of Angola, Mozambique and Guinea (Bissau), contrary to the generally recognized rules of international law embodied in the Protocol for the Prohibition of the Use in War of Asphyxiating, Poisonous or Other Gases, and of Bacteriological Methods of Warfare, signed at Geneva on 17 June 1925,• and to General Assembly resolution 2603 (XXIV) of 16 December 1969;

Welcomes the action taken by the financial ~ps in certain States to withdraw their participation m the Cabora Bassa project, but requests the Governments which have not yet done so to withdraw from the activities relating to the Cabora Bassa project in Mozambique and the Cunene River Basin proJect in Angola and to take all the necessary measures to prevent the participation therein of any companies or individuals under their jurisdiction;

Invites all States and the specialized agencies and other organizations within the United Nations system, in co-operation with the Orpnmltion of African Unity, to render to the peoples of the Territories under Portuguese domination the financial and material assistance necessary to continue their struggle for the restoration of their inalienable rights;

Draws the attention of the Security Council to the grave situation in the Territories of Angola, Mozambique and Guinea (Bissau) created by the continued violation by Portugal of its obligations under the Charter of the United Nations and the growing collaboration between Portugal, the racist Government of South Africa and the illegal racist minority regime in Southern Rhodesia, which constitute a threat to international peace and security;

Recommends that the Security Council should continue to give special attention to the problems of Portuguese colonialism in Africa and of the collaboration between Portugal and the racist minority regimes of southern Africa, and to take effective measures, in accordance with the relevant provisions of the Charter, to ensure the full implementation of General Assembly resolution 1514 (XV) and its own resolutions relating thereto;

Invites the Secretary-General, in the light of General Assembly resolution 2557 (XXIV) of 12 December 1969 and in consultation with the specialized agencies and the Governments of the host countries, to develop and expand training programmes for the indigenous inhabitants of the Territories under Portuguese domination, taking into account their needs for qualified administrative, technical and professional personnel to assume responsibility for the public administration and the economic and social development of their own countries, and to report to the General Assembly at its twenty-sixth session on the progress of these programmes;

29 League of Nations, Treaty Serles, vol. XCIV (1929), No. 2138. Re..,ladom adopted on the reporll of the Foarth Committee

Requats the Secretary-General to transmit the present resolution to all States and to report to the taken or envisaF, by States in the implementation of the various promions contained therein;

Reqwns 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 keep the situation in the Territories under review.

14 December 1970.

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