Question of Southern Rhodesia

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Who created this mandate?

A Resolution of the General Assembly, published in 1973.

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36 documents · 1963–1980

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8 topics

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What does this mandate say?

24 operative paragraphs

Urges the United Kingdom, as the administering Power, to convene as soon as possibl~ a nat[~nal constitutional conference where the genume political representatives of the people of Zimbabwe would be able to work out a settlement relating to the future of the Territory for subsequent endorsement by the people through free and democratic processes;

Calls upon the Government of the United Kingdom to bring about the conditions necessary to enable the people of Zimbabwe to exercise freely and fully their right to self-determination and independence, including:

The unconditional release of all political prisoners, detainees and restrictees;

( b) The repeal of all repressive discriminatory legislation;

( c) The removal of all restrictions on political activity and the establishment of full democratic freedom and equality of political rights;

Condemns the continued presence and intervention of South African forces in the Territory in violation of the decisions of the Security Council and calls upon the administering Power to effect the immediate expulsion of all such forces from the Territory;

Further calls upon the Government of the United Kingdom to ensure that, in any exercise to ascertain the wishes and aspirations of the people of Zimbabwe as to their political future, the procedure to be followed should be in accordance with the principle of universal adult suffrage and by secret ballot on the basis of oneman one-vote, without regard to race, colour or educational, property or income considerations;

Requests all Governments, the specialized agencies and other organizations within the United Nations system, in consultation with the Organization of African Unity, to extend all moral and material assistance to the people of Zimbabwe;

Calls upon the Government of the United Kingdom to comply with the provisions of the present resolution and to report thereon to the Special Committee on the Situation with regard to the Implementation of the Declaration on the Granting of Independence to Colonial Countries and Peoples and to the General Assembly at its twenty-eighth session;

Requests the Special Committee to keep the situation in the Territory under review.

29:1,6 ( XXVII). Question of Southern Rhodesia

Deeply deplores the continued refusal of the Government of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland to take effective measures, in accordance with the relevant decisions of the United Nations, to put an end to the illegal racist minority regime in Zimbabwe, and calls upon that Government to take forthwith all effective measures to bring down the rebellious minority regime;

Strongly condemns the policies of the Governments, particularly those of Portugal and South Africa, which, in violation of the relevant resolutions of the United Nations and contrary to their specific obligations under Article 25 of the Charter of the United Nations, continue to collaborate with the illegal racist minority regime in its racialist and repressive domination of the people of Zimbabwe, and calls upon those Governments to cease forthwith all such collaboration;

Condemns all violations of, as well as the failure of certain States to enforce strictly, the mandatory sanctions imposed by the Security Council, as being contrary to the obligations assumed by them under Article 25 of the Charter;

Condemns the continued importation by the Government of the United States of America of chrome and nickel from Zimbabwe in open contravention of the provisions of Security Council resolutions 253 (1968), 277 (1970), 288 (1970) and 314 (1972) and contrary to the specific obligations assumed by that Government under Article 25 of the Charter, and calls upon the United States Government to desist forthwith from further violations of the sanctions and to observe faithfully and without exception the provisions of the above-mentioned resolutions;

Requests all Governments which so far have not done so to take more stringent enforcement measures to ensure strict compliance by all individuals and bodies corporate under their jurisdiction with the sanctions imposed by the Security Council, and urges all Governments to refrain from taking any action which might confer a semblance of legitimacy on the illegal racist minority regime;

Draws the attention of the Security Council, in view of the further deterioration of the situation resulting from the intensified repressive measures taken by the illegal racist minority regime against the people of Zimbabwe, to the urgent need to widen the scope of sanctions against the illegal regime to include all

the measures envisaged under Article 41 of the Charter and, having regard to their persistent refusal to carry out the mandatory decisions of the Council, to the need, as a matter of priority, to consider imposing sanctions against Portugal and South Africa;

/ nvites all Governments, the specialized agencies and other organizations within the United Nations system, the United Nations bodies concerned and nongovernmental organizations having a special interest in the field of decolonization to take steps, as appropriate, to give wide~pread and continuous publicity through all the media at their disposal to the work of the United Nations, with particular reference to the application of sanctions against Southern Rhodesia, and requests the Secretary-General, having regard to the mandate entrusted to him in General Assembly resolution 2909 (XXVII) of 2 November 1972, to take concrete measures in this connexion, including the preparation and publication of a special issue of the periodical Objective: Justice devoted to the efforts of the Organization in this regard.

2977 (XXVII). Papua New Guinea

Reaffirms the inalienable right of the people of Papua New Guinea to self-determination and indepen~ence in accordance with General Assembly resolution 1514 (XV) and the Trusteeship Agreement of 13 December 1946;

Welcomes the establishment of a time-table for the. attainment of full self-government by Papua New Gumea and calls upon the administering Power to prepare, in consultation with the Government of Papua New Guinea, a further time-table for independence;

Reaffirms the importance of ensuring that the unity of Papua New Guinea is preserved throughout the period leading to independence;

Deems it essential to continue accelerated localization in both the public and private sectors;

5: Emphasizes the importance of continuing an intensive programme of political education in Papua New Guinea;

Stresses the importance of ensuring the preservation of the cultural heritage of the people of Papua New Guinea;

Requests the organizations of the United Nations system to assist in accelerating progress in all sectors of the national life of Papua New Guinea;

Requests the Trusteeship Council to continue to include non-members of the Trusteeship Council in its periodic visiting missions on the basis recommended in General Assembly resolution 2590 (XXIV) of 16 December 1969;

Requests the administering Power to report to the Trusteeship Council and the Special Committee on the Situation with regard to the Implementation of the Declaration on the Granting of Independence to Colonial Countries and Peoples on the implementation of the present resolution;

Requests the Trusteeship Council and the Special Committee to continue to examine this question and to report thereon to the General Assembly at its twenty-eighth session.