Question of Spanish Sahara

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Who created this mandate?

A Resolution of the General Assembly, published in 1971.

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8 documents · 1970–1976

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1976A/RES/3458(XXX)[B]Question of Spanish SaharaCompare with earlier document
1976A/RES/3458(XXX)A-BQuestion of Spanish SaharaCompare with earlier document
1976A/RES/3458(XXX)[A]Question of Spanish SaharaCompare with earlier document
1975A/RES/3292(XXIX)Question of Spanish SaharaCompare with earlier document
1974A/RES/3162(XXVIII)Question of Spanish SaharaCompare with earlier document

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8 topics

Divestment Foreign Interests Mauritania Morocco Plebiscites Self-Determination of Peoples Special Missions Western Sahara

What does this mandate say?

13 operative paragraphs

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

the Spanish Government, in conformity with its obliga-

Invites all States to refrain from making investtions and its responsibility as administering Power, to ments in the Territory in order to speed the achievetake effective measures to create the atmosphere of ment of self-determination by the people of the Sahara; detente required for the orderly holding of the referen-

Reaffirms that it recognizes the legitimacy of the dum as defined by the relevant resolutions of the struggle being waged by the colonial peoples for the General Assembly;

exercise of their right to self-determination and to freedon: of choice, and calls upon all States to provide

Repeats its invitation to the administering Power to determine at the earliest possible date, in conformity them with all necessary assistance; with the aspirations of the indigenous people of the

Urges the administering Power to respect and Territory and in consultation with the Governments of to implement scrupulously the provisions of the relevant Mauritania and Morocco and any other interested resolutions of the General Assembly relating to the party, the procedures for the holding of a referendum free consultation of peoples under United Nations under United Nations auspices with a view to enabling auspices and guarantees and in conformity with the the indigenous population of the Sahara to exercise principles of the Charter of the United Nations which freely its right to self-determination and, to this end:

define the conditions for the free consultation of peoples with a view to their self-determination;

To create a favourable climate for the referen-

Requests the Secretary-General, in consultation dum to be conducted on an entirely free, democratic with the administering Power and the Special Comand impartial basis by permitting, inter alia, the return mittee, to appoint immediately the special mission proof all exiles to the Territory;

vided for in paragraph 5 of General Assembly resolu-

( b) To take all the necessary steps to ensure that tion 2229 (XXI) and to expedite its dispatch to the only the indigenous people of the Territory participate Sahara in order to recommend practical steps for the in the referendum;

full implementation of the relevant resolutions of the General Assembly, in particular to confirm United

To comply with the resolutions of the General Nations participation in the preparation and super- Assembly on the activities of foreign economic, finanvision of the referendum and to submit a report to the cial and other interests operating in colonial countries Secretary-General for transmission to the Assembly at and territories and to refrain from any action likely to its twenty-sixth session; delay the process of decolonization of the Territory;

Requests the Special Committee to continue its

( d) To receive a United Nations mission and to consideration of the situation in the Territory and to provide it with all the necessary facilities so that it may report thereon to the General Assembly at its twentybe able to participate actively in the organization and sixth session. holding of the referendum, in accordance with General

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