Question of American Samoa, Antigua, Bahamas, Bermuda, British Virgin Islands, Brunei, Cayman Islands, Cocos (Keeling) Islands, Dominica, Gilbert and Ellice Islands, Grenada, Guam, Montserrat, New Nebrides, Niue. Pitcairn, St. Helena, St. Kitts-Nevis-Anguilla, St. Lucia, St. Vincent, Seychelles, Solomon Islands, Tokelau Islands, Turks and Caicos Islands and the United States Virgin Islands

A/RES/2709(XXV)View PDF

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A Resolution of the General Assembly, published in 1971.

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24 operative paragraphs

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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.

2'709 (XXV).

()uesdon of Amerlean Samoa,

Antigua, Bahamas, Bermuda, British Vlrpl Islands, Brunel, Cayman lalands, C~

(Keeling) hlands, Dominica, Gilbert and EWce laland1, Grenada, Guam, Montaerrat,

New Hebrlde1, Niue, Pitcairn, St. Helena, St.

K.lt11-Nevu-Anpilla, St. Luela, St. Vincent,

Seychelles,

Solomon hland1,

Tokelau hlands, Turkl and Caleoe hlandl and the United States Virgin hlande

Approves the chapters of the report of the Special Committee on the Situation with regard to the Implementation of the Declaration on the Granting of Independence to Colonial Countries and Peoples relating to these Territories;

Reaffirms the inalienable right of the peoples of these Territories to self-determination and independence in accordance with the Declaration on the Granting of Independence to Colonial Countries ~d Peoples, contained in General Assembly resolution 1514 (XV);

Calls upon the administering Powers to implement with respect to these Territories, and without

further delay, resolution 1514 (XV) and other relevant resolutions of the General Assembly;

Expresses its conviction that the questions of territorial size, geographical isolation and limited resources should in no way delay the implementation of the Declaration on the Granting of Independence to Colonial Countries and Peoples with respect to these Territories;

Reiterates its declaration that any attempt aimed at the partial or total disruption of the national unity and the territorial integrity of colonial Territories and the establishment of military bases and installations in these Territories is incompatible with the purposes and principles of the Charter of the United Nations and resolution 1514 (XV);

Strongly urges the administering Powers to reconsider their attitude towards the receiving of visiting missions to the above-mentioned Territories and to permit access by such visiting missions to Territories under their administration;

Decides that the United Nations should render all help to the peoples of these Territories in their efforts freely to decide their future status;

Requests the Special Committee to continue to pay special attention to these Territories and to report to the General Assembly at its twenty-sixth session on the implementation of the present resolution.

14 December 1970.

2710 (XXV). Question of Antigua, Dominica,

Grenada, St. Kitts-Nevis-Anguilla, St. Lucia and St. Vincent

Takes note of the chapter of the report of the Special Committee on the Situa~on with regard ~o the Implementation of the Declaration on the Grantmg of Independence to Colonial Countries and P~oples ~elating to Antigua, Dominica, Grenada, St. Kitts-Nevis- Anguilla, St. Lucia and St. Vincent;

Requests the Special Committee to give urgent consideration to all aspects of this question in accordance with General Assembly resolution 2593 (XXIV) and to report thereon to the Assembly at its twentysixth session.

14 December 1970.

2711 (XXV). Question of Spanish Sahara

Reaffirms the inalienable right of the people of the Sahara to self-determination in accordance with General Assembly resolution 1514 (XV);

Approves the chapter of the report of the Special Committee on the Situation with regard to the Implementation of the Declaration on the Granting of Independence to Colonial Countries and Peoples relating to the Territory of Spanish Sahara;

Expresses its regret that it has not yet been possible for the consultations to take place which the administering Power was to conduct with the Governments concerned in connexion with the holding of a referendum in the Territory;

Declares that the continued existence of a colonial situation in the Territory retards stability and harmony in north-west Africa;

Regrets the incidents of bloodshed which occurred in the Territory in June 1970 and calls upon

3t Ibid., chapter XVII.

s2 Ibid., chapter IX

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Solomon hland1,

2710 (XXV). Question of Antigua, Dominica,

2711 (XXV). Question of Spanish Sahara

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