{"id":186526,"date":"1987-12-07T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2019-03-11T22:05:35","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.un.org\/unispal\/?p=186526"},"modified":"2019-03-11T22:05:35","modified_gmt":"2019-03-11T22:05:35","slug":"auto-insert-186526","status":"publish","type":"document","link":"https:\/\/www.un.org\/unispal\/document\/auto-insert-186526\/","title":{"rendered":"Right of peoples to self-determination – GA resolution"},"content":{"rendered":"
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42\/95.<\/strong><\/p>\n<\/td>\n

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Importance of the universal realization of the right of peoples<\/strong><\/p>\n

to self-determination and of the speedy granting of independence<\/strong><\/p>\n

to colonial countries and peoples for the effective guarantee and<\/strong><\/p>\n

observance of human rights<\/strong><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/table>\n

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\t<\/span>The General Assembly,<\/i><\/p><\/div>\n

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\t<\/span>Reaffirming<\/i> its faith in the importance of the implementation of the Declaration on the Granting of Independence to Colonial Countries and Peoples contained in its resolution 1514 (XV) of 14 December 1960,<\/p><\/div>\n

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\t<\/span>Reaffirming <\/i>the importance of the universal realization of the right of peoples to self-determination, national sovereignty and territorial integrity and of the speedy granting of independence to colonial countries and peoples as imperatives for the full enjoyment of all human rights,<\/p><\/div>\n

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\t<\/span>Reaffirming <\/i>the obligation of all Member States 51ÁÔÆæ the principles of the Charter of the United Nations and the resolutions of the United Nations regarding the exercise of the right to self-determination by peoples under colonial and foreign domination,<\/p><\/div>\n

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\t<\/span>Recalling <\/i>its resolution 1514 (XV) and all relevant resolutions concerning the implementation of the Declaration on the Granting of Independence to Colonial Countries and Peoples,<\/p><\/div>\n

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\t<\/span>Recalling further <\/i>its resolutions on the question of Namibia, in particular resolutions 2145 (XXI) of 27 October 1966 and S-14\/l of 20 September 1986, as well as the relevant Security Council resolutions, in particular resolutions 385 (1976) of 30 January 1976 and 435 (1978) of 29 September 1978,<\/p><\/div>\n

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\t<\/span>Recalling <\/i>the Declaration adopted by the World Conference on Sanctions against Racist South Africa 1<\/u>\/ and the Declaration of the International Conference for the Immediate Independence of Namibia and the Programme of Action on Namibia,2<\/u>\/<\/p><\/div>\n

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\t<\/span>Taking note <\/i>of the Luanda Declaration and Programme of Action adopted by the United Nations Council for Namibia at its extraordinary plenary meetings, held at Luanda from 18 to 22 May 1987,3<\/u>\/<\/p><\/div>\n

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\t<\/span>Taking note also <\/i>of the final communique adopted by the United Nations Council for Namibia at its ministerial meeting, held at United Nations Headquarters on 2 October 1987,4<\/u>\/<\/p><\/div>\n

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\t<\/span>Bearing in mind <\/i>the outcome of the International Conference on the Alliance between South Africa and Israel, held at Vienna from 11 to 13 July 1983,5<\/u>\/<\/p><\/div>\n

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\t<\/span>Welcoming <\/i>the holding at Tunis from 7 to 9 August 1984 of the Conference of Arab Solidarity with the Struggle for Liberation in Southern Africa,6<\/u>\/<\/p><\/div>\n

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\t<\/span>Taking note <\/i>of resolution CM\/Res.1099 (XLVI)\/Rev.1 on South Africa and CM\/Res.1091 (XLVI) on Namibia adopted by the Council of Ministers of the Organization of African Unity at its forty-sixth ordinary session, held at Addis Ababa from 20 to 25 July 1987,7<\/u>\/<\/p><\/div>\n

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\t<\/span>Recalling <\/i>the statement issued on 21 August 1987 by the President of the Security Council, on behalf of the members of the Council, in which he expressed their concern in the face of the constant deterioration of the situation in Namibia due to the intensification of the repression perpetuated by the South African forces of occupation against the Namibian people in the entire Territory,8<\/u>\/<\/p><\/div>\n

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\t<\/span>Reaffirming <\/i>that the system of apartheid <\/i>imposed on the South African people constitutes a violation of the fundamental rights of that people, a crime against humanity and a constant threat to international peace and security,<\/p><\/div>\n

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\t<\/span>Gravely concerned <\/i>at the continuation of the illegal occupation of Namibia by South Africa and the continued violations of the human rights of the people in the Territory and of the other peoples still under colonial domination and alien subjugation,<\/p><\/div>\n

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\t<\/span>Reaffirming <\/i>its resolution 39\/2 of 28 September 1984 and recalling Security Council resolution 554 (1984) of 17 August 1984, in which the Council rejected the so-called "new constitution" as null and void, Council resolution 569 (1985) of 26 July 1985 and the statement made by the President of the Security Council on 13 June 1986 on the nation-wide state of emergency in South Africa,9<\/u>\/<\/p><\/div>\n

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\t<\/span>Deeply concerned <\/i>at the continued terrorist acts of aggression committed by the Pretoria régime against independent African States in the region, in particular the unprovoked attacks against Botswana, Mozambique, Zambia and Zimbabwe,<\/p><\/div>\n

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\t<\/span>Deeply indignant <\/i>at the continued occupation of part of the territory of Angola by the troops of the racist régime of South Africa and the persistent, hostile and unprovoked acts of aggression and sustained armed invasions committed by the régime, which violate the sovereignty, airspace and territorial integrity of Angola, in particular the recent armed invasion perpetrated by the racist régime on the provinces of Cuando Cubango and Cunene,<\/p><\/div>\n

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\t<\/span>Recalling <\/i>Security Council resolutions 527 (1982) of 15 December 1982 and 535 (1983) of 29 June 1983 on Lesotho, and Council resolutions 568 (1985) of 21 June 1985 and 572 (1985) of 30 September 1985 on Botswana,<\/p><\/div>\n

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\t<\/span>Reaffirming <\/i>the national unity and territorial integrity of the Comoros,<\/p><\/div>\n

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\t<\/span>Recalling <\/i>the Political Declaration adopted by the First Conference of Heads of State and Government of the Organization of African Unity and the League of Arab States, held at Cairo from 7 to 9 March 1977,10<\/u>\/<\/p><\/div>\n

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\t<\/span>Recalling also <\/i>its relevant resolutions on the question of Palestine, in particular resolution 41\/43 of 2 December 1986,<\/p><\/div>\n

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\t<\/span>Recalling further <\/i>the Geneva Declaration on Palestine and the Programme of Action for the Achievement of Palestinian Rights, adopted by the International Conference on the Question of Palestine,11<\/u>\/<\/p><\/div>\n

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\t<\/span>Considering <\/i>that the denial of the inalienable rights of the Palestinian people to self-determination, sovereignty, independence and return to Palestine and the repeated acts of aggression by Israel against the people of the region constitute a serious threat to international peace and security,<\/p><\/div>\n

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\t<\/span>Deeply shocked and alarmed <\/i>at the deplorable consequences of the Israeli invasion of Lebanon and recalling all the relevant resolutions of the Security Council, in particular resolutions 508 (1982) of 5 June 1982, 509 (1982) of 6 June 1982, 520 (1982) of 17 September 1982 and 521 (1982) of 19 September 1982,<\/p><\/div>\n

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\t<\/span>1.\t<\/span>Calls upon <\/i>all States to implement fully and faithfully all the resolutions of the United Nations regarding the exercise of the right to self-determination and independence by peoples under colonial and foreign domination;<\/p><\/div>\n

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\t<\/span>2.\t<\/span>Reaffirms <\/i>the legitimacy of the struggle of peoples for their independence, territorial integrity, national unity and liberation from colonial domination, apartheid <\/i>and foreign occupation by all available means, including armed struggle;<\/p><\/div>\n

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\t<\/span>3.\t<\/span>Reaffirms <\/i>the inalienable right of the Namibian people, the Palestinian people and all peoples under foreign and colonial domination to self-determination, national independence, territorial integrity, national unity and sovereignty without foreign interference;<\/p><\/div>\n

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\t<\/span>4.\t<\/span>Strongly condemns <\/i>those Governments that do not recognize the right to self-determination and independence of all peoples still under colonial domination and alien subjugation, notably the peoples of Africa and the Palestinian people;<\/p><\/div>\n

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\t<\/span>5.\t<\/span>Calls <\/i>for the full and immediate implementation of the declarations and programmes of action on Namibia and on Palestine adopted by the international conferences on those questions;<\/p><\/div>\n

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\t<\/span>6.\t<\/span>Reaffirms <\/i>its vigorous condemnation of the continued illegal occupation of Namibia by South Africa;<\/p><\/div>\n

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\t<\/span>7.\t<\/span>Condemns once again <\/i>the racist régime of South Africa for its installation of a so-called "interim administration" at Windhoek and declares that action to be illegal, null and void;<\/p><\/div>\n

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\t<\/span>8.\t<\/span>Strongly condemns <\/i>the illegal occupationist régime of South Africa for its increased repression of the Namibian people, as recently manifested by the arrest and detention of leaders of the South West Africa People's Organization and of trade unions, the cold-blooded murder and torture of children, women and the elderly, and the bombing and destruction of social and educational institutions by the racist army, police and murder squads, and demands the immediate and unconditional release of all Namibians imprisoned and detained by the Pretoria régime;<\/p><\/div>\n

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\t<\/span>9.\t<\/span>Further condemns <\/i>the policy of "bantustanization" and reiterates its support for the oppressed people of South Africa in its just and legitimate struggle against the racist minority régime of Pretoria;<\/p><\/div>\n

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\t<\/span>10.\t<\/span>Reaffirms <\/i>its rejection of the so-called "new constitution" as null and void and reiterates that peace in South Africa can be guaranteed only by the establishment of majority rule through the full and free exercise of adult suffrage by all the people in a united and undivided South Africa;<\/p><\/div>\n

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\t<\/span>11.\t<\/span>Commends <\/i>the efforts of the democratic forces within various sections of the South African society that are striving towards the abolition of apartheid <\/i>and the creation of a united non-racial democratic society in South Africa and, in this connection, takes note with satisfaction of the Dakar Declaration, adopted at the meeting organized by the Institute for a Democratic Alternative for South Africa at Dakar from 9 to 12 July 1987;12<\/u>\/<\/p><\/div>\n

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\t<\/span>12.\t<\/span>Strongly condemns <\/i>the wanton killing of peaceful and defenceless demonstrators and workers on strike, as well as the arbitrary arrests of the leaders and activists of the democratic mass organizations, and demands their immediate and unconditional release, in particular that of Nelson Mandela and Zephania Mothopeng;<\/p><\/div>\n

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\t<\/span>13.\t<\/span>Strongly condemns <\/i>South Africa for the imposition of the state of emergency under its repugnant Internal Security Act and calls for the immediate lifting of the state of emergency, as well as the repeal of the Internal Security Act;<\/p><\/div>\n

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\t<\/span>14.\t<\/span>Strongly <\/i>condemns the holding of an all-white election by the racist régime in May 1987, in the midst of the state of emergency, accompanied by the muzzling of the press and increased brutal repression of the majority, which once again clearly manifested the apartheid <\/i>régime's arrogant defiance and intransigence;<\/p><\/div>\n

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\t<\/span>15.\t<\/span>Condemns <\/i>South Africa for its increasing oppression of the Namibian people, for the massive militarization of Namibia and for its armed attacks launched against the States in the region in order to destabilize them politically and to sabotage and destroy their economies;<\/p><\/div>\n

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\t<\/span>16.\t<\/span>Strongly condemns <\/i>the establishment and use of armed terrorist groups by South Africa with a view to pitting them against the national liberation movements and destabilizing the legitimate Governments of southern Africa;<\/p><\/div>\n

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\t<\/span>17.\t<\/span>Strongly condemns <\/i>the repeated acts of aggression and the continued occupation of parts of southern Angola and demands the immediate and unconditional withdrawal of the South African troops from Angolan territory;<\/p><\/div>\n

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\t<\/span>18.\t<\/span>Strongly condemns <\/i>the persistent, hostile and unprovoked acts of aggression and sustained armed invasions carried out by the racist régime of South Africa, which violate the sovereignty, airspace and territorial integrity of Angola, in particular the armed invasion perpetrated by the racist régime on the provinces of Cuando Cubango and Cunene;<\/p><\/div>\n

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\t<\/span>19.\t<\/span>Strongly reaffirms <\/i>its solidarity with the independent African countries and national liberation movements that are victims of murderous acts of aggression and destabilization by the racist régime of Pretoria, and calls upon the international community to render increased assistance and support to these countries in order to enable them to strengthen their defence capacity, defend their sovereignty and territorial integrity and peacefully rebuild and develop;<\/p><\/div>\n

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\t<\/span>20.\t<\/span>Reaffirms <\/i>that the practice of using mercenaries against sovereign States and national liberation movements constitutes a criminal act, and calls upon the Governments of all countries to enact legislation declaring the recruitment, financing and training of mercenaries in their territories and the transit of mercenaries through their territories to be punishable offences, and prohibiting their nationals from serving as mercenaries, and to report on such legislation to the Secretary-General;<\/p><\/div>\n

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\t<\/span>21.\t<\/span>Strongly condemns <\/i>the continued violation of the human rights of the peoples still under colonial domination and alien subjugation, the continuation of the illegal occupation by the racist minority régime in southern Africa and the denial to the Palestinian people of their inalienable national rights;<\/p><\/div>\n

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\t<\/span>22.\t<\/span>Strongly condemns <\/i>the racist régime of Pretoria for its acts of destabilization against Lesotho, and strongly urges the international community to continue to extend maximum assistance to Lesotho to enable it to fulfil its international humanitarian obligations towards refugees, and to use its influence on the racist régime so that it desists from such acts against Lesotho;<\/p><\/div>\n

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\t<\/span>23.\t<\/span>Strongly condemns <\/i>the unprovoked and unwarranted military attacks of 14 June 1985 and 19 May 1986 on the capital of Botswana and demands that the racist régime pay full and adequate compensation to Botswana for the loss of life and damage to property;<\/p><\/div>\n

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\t<\/span>24.\t<\/span>Further strongly condemns <\/i>the escalation of massacres of defenceless population and the continuing destruction of economic and social infrastructures perpetrated against Mozambique by armed terrorists, who are an extension of the South African army of aggression;<\/p><\/div>\n

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\t<\/span>25.\t<\/span>Denounces <\/i>the collusion between Israel and South Africa and expresses support for the Declaration of the International Conference on the Alliance between South Africa and Israel;5<\/u>\/<\/p><\/div>\n

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\t<\/span>26.\t<\/span>Strongly condemns <\/i>the policy of those Western States, Israel and other States whose political, economic, military, nuclear, strategic, cultural and sports relations with the racist minority régime of South Africa encourage that régime to persist in its suppression of the aspirations of peoples to self-determination and independence;<\/p><\/div>\n

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\t<\/span>27.\t<\/span>Again demands <\/i>the immediate application of the mandatory arms embargo against South Africa, imposed under Security Council resolution 418 (1977) of 4 November 1977, by all countries and more particularly by those countries that maintain military and nuclear co-operation with the racist Pretoria régime and continue to supply it with related matériel<\/i>;<\/p><\/div>\n

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\t<\/span>28.\t<\/span>Calls <\/i>for the full implementation of the provisions of the Declaration adopted by the World Conference on Sanctions against Racist South Africa 1<\/u>\/ and of the Declaration of the International Conference for the Immediate Independence of Namibia and the Programme of Action on Namibia;2<\/u>\/<\/p><\/div>\n

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\t<\/span>29.\t<\/span>Demands once again <\/i>the immediate implementation of its resolutions ES-8\/2 of 14 September 198l and S-14\/l of 20 September 1986;<\/p><\/div>\n

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\t<\/span>30.\t<\/span>Reaffirms <\/i>all relevant resolutions adopted by the Organization of African Unity and the United Nations on the question of Western Sahara, including General Assembly resolution 41\/16 of 31 October 1986, and calls upon the current Chairman of the Organization of African Unity and the Secretary-General of the United Nations to continue their efforts to find a just and lasting solution to this question;<\/p><\/div>\n

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\t<\/span>31.\t<\/span>Urges <\/i>all States, the specialized agencies, organizations of the United Nations system and other international organizations to extend their support to the Namibian people through their sole and legitimate representative, the South West Africa People's Organization, in its struggle to gain its right to self-determination and independence in accordance with the Charter of the United Nations;<\/p><\/div>\n

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\t<\/span>32.\t<\/span>Notes <\/i>the contacts between the Government of the Comoros and the Government of France in the search for a just solution to the problem of the integration of the Comorian island of Mayotte into the Comoros, in accordance with the resolutions of the Organization of African Unity and the United Nations on this question;<\/p><\/div>\n

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\t<\/span>33.\t<\/span>Calls <\/i>for a substantial increase in all forms of assistance given by all States, United Nations organs, the specialized agencies and non-governmental organizations to the victims of racism, racial discrimination and apartheid <\/i>through national liberation movements recognized by the Organization of African Unity;<\/p><\/div>\n

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\t<\/span>34.\t<\/span>Strongly condemns <\/i>the racist régime for its wanton arrests and detention of women and children in South Africa and Namibia and demands their immediate and unconditional release;<\/p><\/div>\n

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\t<\/span>35.\t<\/span>Strongly condemns <\/i>the constant and deliberate violations of the fundamental rights of the Palestinian people, as well as the expansionist activities of Israel in the Middle East, which constitute an obstacle to the achievement of self-determination and independence by the Palestinian people and a threat to peace and stability in the region;<\/p><\/div>\n

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\t<\/span>36.\t<\/span>Demands <\/i>the immediate and unconditional release of all persons detained or imprisoned as a result of their struggle for self-determination and independence, full respect for their fundamental individual rights and compliance with article 5 of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights,13<\/u>\/ under which no one shall be subjected to torture or to cruel, inhuman or degrading treatment;<\/p><\/div>\n

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\t<\/span>37.\t<\/span>Urges <\/i>all States, the specialized agencies, organizations of the United Nations system and other international organizations to extend their support to the Palestinian people through its sole and legitimate representative, the Palestine Liberation Organization, in its struggle to regain its right to self-determination and independence in accordance with the Charter;<\/p><\/div>\n

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\t<\/span>38.\t<\/span>Expresses its appreciation <\/i>for the material and other forms of assistance that peoples under colonial rule continue to receive from Governments, organizations of the United Nations system and intergovernmental organizations, and calls for a substantial increase in this assistance;<\/p><\/div>\n

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\t<\/span>39.\t<\/span>Urges <\/i>all States, the specialized agencies and other competent organizations of the United Nations system to do their utmost to ensure the full implementation of the Declaration on the Granting of Independence to Colonial Countries and Peoples and to intensify their efforts to support peoples under colonial, foreign and racist domination in their just struggle for self-determination and independence;<\/p><\/div>\n

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\t<\/span>40.\t<\/span>Requests <\/i>the Secretary-General to give maximum publicity to the Declaration on the Granting of Independence to Colonial Countries and Peoples and to give the widest possible publicity to the struggle of oppressed peoples for the achievement of their self-determination and national independence and to report periodically to the General Assembly on his activities in this regard;<\/p><\/div>\n

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\t<\/span>41.\t<\/span>Decides <\/i>to consider this item at its forty-third session on the basis of the reports on the strengthening of assistance to colonial territories and peoples that Governments, organizations of the United Nations system and intergovernmental and non-governmental organizations have been requested to submit.<\/p><\/div>\n

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Notes<\/i><\/p><\/div>\n

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\t<\/span> 1<\/u>\/\t<\/span>Report of the World Conference on Sanctions against Racist South Africa<\/u>, Paris, 16-20 June 1986<\/u> (United Nations publication, Sales No. E.86.I.23), chap. IX.<\/p><\/div>\n

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\t<\/span> 2<\/u>\/\t<\/span>See Report of the International Conference for the Immediate Independence<\/u> of Namibia, Vienna, 7-11 July 1986<\/u> (United Nations publication, Sales No. E.86.I.16 and addendum), part three.<\/p><\/div>\n

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\t<\/span> 3<\/u>\/\t<\/span>A\/42\/325-S\/18901, annex.<\/p><\/div>\n

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\t<\/span> 4<\/u>\/\t<\/span>A\/42\/631-S\/19187, annex.<\/p><\/div>\n

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\t<\/span> 5<\/u>\/\t<\/span>See A\/38\/311-S\/15883, annex.<\/p><\/div>\n

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\t<\/span> 6<\/u>\/\t<\/span>See A\/39\/450-S\/16726.<\/p><\/div>\n

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\t<\/span> 7<\/u>\/\t<\/span>See A\/42\/699, annex I.<\/p><\/div>\n

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\t<\/span> 8<\/u>\/\t<\/span>S\/19068.<\/p><\/div>\n

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\t<\/span> 9<\/u>\/\t<\/span>See Resolutions and Decisions of the Security Council, 1986<\/u>, p. 17.<\/p><\/div>\n

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\t<\/span>10<\/u>\/\t<\/span>A\/32\/61, annex I.<\/p><\/div>\n

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\t<\/span>11<\/u>\/\t<\/span>Report of the International Conference on the Question of Palestine<\/u>, Geneva, 29 August-7 September 1983<\/u> (United Nations publication, Sales No. E.83.I.21), chap. I.<\/p><\/div>\n

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\t<\/span>12<\/u>\/\t<\/span>A\/42\/554-S\/19126, annex.<\/p><\/div>\n

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\t<\/span>13<\/u>\/\t<\/span>Resolution 217 A (III).<\/p><\/div>\n

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RECORDED VOTE ON RESOLUTION 42\/95:  126-17-10<\/strong><\/p><\/div>\n

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In favour<\/u>:  Afghanistan, Albania, Algeria, Angola, Argentina, Bahamas, Bahrain, Bangladesh, Barbados, Benin, Bhutan, Bolivia, Botswana, Brazil, Brunei Darussalam, Bulgaria, Burkina Faso, Burma, Burundi, Byelorussia, Cameroon, Cape Verde, Central African Republic, Chad, China, Colombia, Comoros, Congo, Côte d'Ivoire, Cuba, Cyprus, Czechoslovakia, Democratic Kampuchea, Democratic Yemen, Djibouti, Dominican Republic, Ecuador, Egypt, Equatorial Guinea, Ethiopia, Fiji, Gabon, Gambia, German Democratic Republic, Ghana, Grenada, Guatemala, Guinea, Guinea-Bissau, Guyana, Haiti, Hungary, India, Indonesia, Iran, Iraq, Jamaica, Jordan, Kenya, Kuwait, Lao People's Democratic Republic, Lebanon, Lesotho, Liberia, Libya, Madagascar, Malawi, Malaysia, Maldives, Mali, Mauritania, Mauritius, Mexico, Mongolia, Morocco, Mozambique, Nepal, Nicaragua, Niger, Nigeria, Oman, Pakistan, Panama, Papua New Guinea, Peru, Philippines, Poland, Qatar, Romania, Rwanda, Saint Lucia, Saint Vincent, Samoa, Sao Tome and Principe, Saudi Arabia, Senegal, Seychelles, Sierra Leone, Singapore, Solomon Islands, Somalia, Sri Lanka, St. Kitts and Nevis, Sudan, Suriname, Swaziland, Syria, Thailand, Togo, Trinidad and Tobago, Tunisia, Turkey, Uganda, Ukraine, USSR, United Arab Emirates, United Republic of Tanzania, Uruguay, Vanuatu, Venezuela, Viet Nam, Yemen, Yugoslavia, Zaire, Zambia, Zimbabwe.<\/p><\/div>\n

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Against<\/u>:  Australia, Belgium, Canada, Denmark, Finland, France, Federal Republic of Germany, Iceland, Israel, Italy, Luxembourg, Netherlands, Norway, Portugal, Sweden, United Kingdom, United States.<\/p><\/div>\n

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Abstaining<\/u>:  Austria, Costa Rica, El Salvador, Greece, Honduras, Ireland, Japan, Malta, New Zealand, Spain.<\/p><\/div>\n

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Absent<\/u>:  Antigua and Barbuda, Belize, Chile, Dominica, Paraguay.<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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