The Situation in the Middle East

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A Resolution of the General Assembly, under agenda item 25Situation in the Middle East, published in 1979.

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2 topics

Middle East Situation Palestine Question

What does this mandate say?

26 operative paragraphs

Reaffirms the sovereignty of the Islamic Federal Republic of the Comoros over the island of Mayotte;

Appeals to the Government of France to begin negotiations with the Government of the Comoros as soon as possible with a view to implementing the relevant resolutions of the United Nations on the Comorian island of Mayotte;

Requests the Secretary-General of the United Nations, in liaison with the Administrative Secretary- General of the Organization of African Unity, to provide the two parties with all necessary assistance and to report to the General Assembly at its thirty-fifth session on developments relating to this question;

Decides to include in the provisional agenda of its thirty-fifth session the item entitled "Question of the Comorian island of Mayotte".

34 / 70.

The situation in the Middle East

Condemns Israel's continued occupation of Palestinian and other Arab territories, in violation of the Charter of the United Nations, the principles of international law and relevant resolutions of the United Nations;

Declares once more that peace is indivisible and that a just and lasting settlement of the Middle East question must be based on a comprehensive solution, under the auspices of the United Nations, which takes into account all aspects of the Arab-Israeli conflict, in particular the attainment by the Palestinian peofle of all its inalienable rights and the Israeli withdrawa from all the occupied Arab and Palestinian territories, including Jerusalem;

Condemns all partial agreements and separate treaties which violate the recognized riihts of the Palestinian people and contradict the principles of just and comprehensive solutions to the Middle East problem to ensure the establishment of a just peace in the area;

Reaffirms that until Israel, in accordance with relevant resolutions of the United Nations, withdraws from all the occupied Palestinian and other Arab territories, and until the Palestinian people attains and exercises its inalienable national rights, as affirmed by the General Assembly in resolution 3236 (XXIX) of 22 November 1974, a comprehensive, just and lasting peace in the Middle East, in which all countries and peoples in the region live in peace and security within recognized and secure boundaries, will not be achieved;

Calls anew for the early convening of the Peace Conference on the Middle East, under the auspices of the United Nations and the co-chairmanship of the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics and the United States of America, with the participation on an equal footing of all parties concerned, including the Palestine Liberation Organization in accordance with General Assembly resolution 3375 (XXX);

Urges the parties to the conflict and all other interested parties to work towards the achievement of a comprehensive settlement covering all aspects of the problem and worked out with the participation of all parties concerned within the framework of the United Nations;

Requests the Security Council, in the exercise of its responsibilities under the Charter, to take all necessary measures to ensure the implementation of relevant resolutions of both the Security Council and the General Assembly, including Assembly resolution 34/65 A and the present resolution, and to facilitate the achievement of such a comprehensive settlement aiming at the establishment of a just and lasting peace in the region;

Requests the Secretary-General to follow the implementation of the present resolution, to transmit the records of the thirty-fourth session of the General Assembly relating to the question of Palestine and the situation in the Middle East to the Security Council and to inform all concerned, including the Co-Chairmen of the Peace Conference on the Middle East;

Also requests the Secretary-General to report to the Security Council periodically on the development of the situation and to submit to the General Assembly at its thirty-fifth session a report covering, in all their aspects, the developments in the Middle East.

34/92. Question of Namibia35

A PROGRAMME OF WORK OF THE UNITED NATIONS COUNCIL FOR NAMIBIA

Approves the report of the United Nations Council for Namibia, including the recommendations contained therein, and decides to make adequate financial provisions for their implementation;

Decides that the United Nations Council for Namibia, in the discharge of its responsibilities as the legal Administering Authority for Namibia until independence and as policy-making organ of the United Nations, shall:

Denounce all fraudulent constitutional or political schemes through which South Africa may attempt to ~tuate its system of colonial oppression and explo1tat1on of the people and resources of Namibia;

Endeavour to ensure non-recognition of any ad- (b) ministration or entity installed in Windhoek not issuing from free elections in Namibia, conducted on a territorywide basis, under the supervision and control of the United Nations, in accordance with Security Council resolution 385 (1976) of 30 January 1976 and subsequent resolutions in their entirety;

as See also sect. I, foot-note 6, and sect. X.B.6, decision

34/421. as Of/icitJl Records of the General .Assembly, Thirty-fourth Seulon, Supplement No. 24 (A/34/24 and Corr.I).

u Ibid., Supplement No. 23 (A/34/23/Rev.l), chaps. I-ID, V and IX. Genenl Auembly-Thfrty-fourtb Session (c)

Secure the territorial integrity of Namibia as a unitary State comprising, inter alia, the total area of Walvis Bay;

Counter the policies of South Africa a~ainst the Namibian people and against the United Nat~o!ls and the legal Administering Authority for Nanub1a, the United Nations Council for Namibia;

Continue to mobilize international political support in order to press for the withdrawal of the illegal South African administration from Namibia in accordance with the resolutions of the United Nations relating to Namibia;

Hold a series of plenary meetings in Africa in (f) 1980 at the highest possible level, as required for the

further proper discharge of its functions, and requ~st t~e Secretary-General to defray the cost of those mee_tmgs m Africa and provide the necessary staff and services for them;

Inform leading opinion makers, media leaders, political and academic institutions and other concerned non-governmental organizations of Member States about the objectives and functions of the United Nations Council for Namibia and the struggle of the Namibian people under the leadership of the South West Africa People's Organization and also hold consultations with, and seek the co-operation of, thos~ persona~ities and in_st_itutio~s by inviting them on special occasions to participate m the deliberations of the Council, thereby ensunng the most effective mobilization of public opinion in support of the cause of the Namibian people;

Represent Namibia to ensure that the rights .and interests of Namibia shall be protected, as appropnate, in all intergovernmental and non-governmental organizations, bodies and conferences;

Take all appropriate measures to ensure the full application of, and compliance with, the provisions of Decree No. 1 for the Protection of the Natural Resources of Namibia, enacted by the United Nations Council for Namibia on 27 September 1974,38 and such other measures as may be necessary to assist in the protection of the natural resources of Namibia;

Formulate policies of assistance to Namibians and co-ordinate aid for Namibia provided by the specialized agencies and other organizations and bodies within the United Nations system;

Act as trustee of the United Nations Fund for Namibia and, in this capacity, administer and manage the Fund;

Co-ordinate, plan and direct the Nationhood Programme for Namibia in consultation with the South West Africa People's Organization;

Provide broad guidelines and formulate the principles and policies for the United Nations Institute for Namibia at Lusaka;

Continue to consult with the South West Africa People's Organization, as appropriate, in the formulation and implementation of its programme of work as well as in any matter of interest to the Namibian people;

( o) Continue to entrust such executive and administrative duties as it deems necessary to the United Nations Commissioner for Namibia, who, in the performance of his tasks, shall report to the Council;

Decides to increase the financial provision in the budget of the United Nations Council for Namibia to finance the Office of the South West Africa People's

as Ibid., Twenty-ninth Session, Supplement No. 24A. (A/ 9624/ Add.1), para. 84. The Decree has been issued in final form in Namibia Gazette No. 1.