Implementation of the Declaration on the Granting of Independence to Colonial Countries and Peoples

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A Resolution of the General Assembly, published in 1975.

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63 versions · 1966–2025

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Africa Boycotts Declarations Decolonization Immigration International Security Namibia Question National Liberation Movements Population Transfers Sanctions South Africa Southern Africa Southern Rhodesia Visiting Missions

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Reaffirms its resolutions 1514 (XV) and 2621

XXV

and an other resolutions on decolonization, and calls upon the administering Powers, in accordance with those resolutions, to take all the necessary steps to enable the dependent peoples of the Territories concerned to exercise fully and without further delay their inalienable right to self-determination and independence;

Approves 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 covering its work during 1974,24 including the programme of work envisaged for 1975;211

Calls upon all States, in particular the administering Powers, and the specialized agencies and other organizations within the United Nations system to give effect to the recommendations contained in the report of the Special Committee for the speedy implementa-

21 Ibid., Twenty-ninth Session, Supplement No. 23 (A/9623/ Rev.I), chap. XX, annex.

22 Ibid., chap. XXI, annex I.

23 fbid., .chap. XXII, annex I.

24 /bid., Supplement No. 23 (A/9623/Rev.l ).

11~ Ibid., eh~~- I, rans. 171-184. tion of the Declaration and the relevant resolutions of the United Nations;

Affirms once again that the continuation of colonialism in all its forms and manifestations-including racism, apartheid and the activities of foreign economic and other interests which exploit colonial peoples, as well as the waging of colonial wars to suppress the national liberation movements of the colonial Territories in Africa-is incompatible with the Charter of the United Nations, the Universal Declaration of Human Rights and the Declaration on the Granting of Independence to Colonial Countries and Peoples and poses a serious threat to international peace and security;

Reaffirms its recognition of the legitimacy of the struggle of the peoples under colonial and alien domination to exercise their right to self-determination and independence by all the necessary means at their disposal, and notes with satisfaction the progress made by the national liberation movements of the colonial Territories, particularly in Africa, both through their struggle and through reconstruction programmes, towards the national independence of their countries;

Condemns the continued influx of foreign immigrants into the colonial Territories in southern Africa and the eviction and displacement of the indigenous inhabitants of those Territories, as well as the intensified activities of foreign economic and other interests which are impeding the implementation of the Declaration with respect to the Territories;

Urges all States and the specialized agencies and other organizations within the United Nations system to provide moral and material assistance to an peoples under colonial and alien domination struggling for their freedom and independence, in particular to the national liberation movements of the Territories in Africa, in consultation, as appropriate, with the Organization of African Unity;

Requests all States, directly and through their action in the specialized agencies and other organizations within the United Nations system, to withhold or continue to withhold assistance of any kind from the Government of South Africa and from the illegal racist minotj.ty regime in Southern Rhodesia until they renounce their policy of colonial domination and racial discrimination;

Calls upon the colonial Powers to withdraw immediately and unconditionally their military bases and installations from colonial Territories and to refrain from establishing new ones;

Requests all Governments and the specialized agencies and other organizations within the United Nations system, in consultation with the Organization of African Unity, to ensure the representation of the colonial Territories in Africa by the national liberation movements concerned, in an appropriate capacity, when dealing.. with matters pertaining to those Territories;

'Requests the Special Committee to continue to seek suitable means for the immediate and full implementation of resolutions 1514 (XV) and 2621 (XXV) in all Territories which have not yet attained indepenence and, in particular, to formulate specific proposals for the elimination of the remaining manifestations of colonialism and to report thereon to the General Assembly at its thirtieth sr-,;sion;

Requests the Special Committee to make concrete suggestions which could assist the Security Council in considering appropriate measures under the Charter with regard to developments in colonial 'Territories that are likely to threaten international peace and security, and recommends that the Council take such suggestions fully into consideration;

Requests the Special Committee to continue to examine the compliance of Member States with the Declaration and with other relevant resolutions on decolonization, particularly those relating to Namibia and Southern Rhodesia;

Requests the Special Committee to co'ltinue to pay particular attention to the small Territories, including the sending of visiting missions thereto as appropriate, and to recommend to the General Assembly the most suitable methods and also the steps to be taken to enable the populations of these Territories to exercise fully and without further delay their right to selfdetermination and independence;

Calls upon those administering Powers which have not done so to co-operate fully with the Special Committee in the discharge of its mandate and, in particular, to participate in the work of the Committee relating to the Territories under their administration and to permit the access of visiting missions to the Territories in order to secure first-hand information and ascertain the wishes and aspirations of their inhabitants;

Requests the Special Committee to continue to enlist the support of national and international organizations having a special interest in the field of decolonization in the achievement of the objectives of the Declaration and in the implementation of the relevant resolutions of the United Nations, and in particular to assist the Economic and Social Council in its consideration of the related items on its agenda;

Requests the Secretary-General, having regard to the increased level of activities of the Spectal Committee, to provide the Committee with the facilities and personnel necessary for the implementation of the present resolution as well as the various resolutions on decolonization adopted by the General Assembly and the Special Committee.

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