Question of South West Africa

A/RES/2074(XX)View PDF

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A Resolution of the General Assembly, published in 1966.

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24 documents · 1948–1968

Newer documents in this group exist (latest: 1968).

Year	Symbol	Title	Word length	Text similarity
1968	A/RES/2372(XXII)	Question of South West Africa	950	–
1968	A/RES/2325(XXII)	Question of South West Africa	520	–
1968	A/RES/2324(XXII)	Question of South West Africa	319	–
1967	A/RES/2248(S-V)	Question of South West Africa	895	–
1967	A/RES/2145(XXI)	Question of South West Africa	981	–

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9 subjects

Apartheid Decolonization Foreign Interests Humanitarian Assistance Military Bases Mining Industry Namibia Namibia Question Transnational Corporations

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13 operative paragraphs

Approves the chapters of the reports of the Special Committee on the Situation with regard to the Implementation of the Declaration on the Granting of fndependence to Colonial Countries and Peoples relating to South West Africa ;

Endorses the conclusions and recommendations of the Special Committee contained in its report on the implications of the activities of the mining industry and of the other international companies having interests in South West Africa;

Reaffirms the inalienable right of the people of South \Vest Africa to freedom and independence, in accordance with General Assembly resolution 1514 (XV);

Condemns the policies of apartheid and racial discrimination practised by the Government of South Africa in South \Vest Africa, which constitute :i cnme against humanity;

27 Ibid., annex No. 8 (part I) (A/5800/Rev.1), chapter IV: ibid., Twentieth Session, A11nexes, addendnm to agenda ik111 23 (A/6000/Rev.l), chapter IV.

· 28 Ibid., Nineteenth Srssion, Annrxcs, annex No. 16, d()Cllment A/5840.

29 Ibid., annex >lo. 8 (part I) (A/5800/Rev.1), chapter lV. para. 232.

So //Jid., Twentieth Sessim1, Annexes, addendum to agenda item 23 (A/6000/Rev.1 ), chaptl'r IV, para. 285.

Considers that any attempt to partition the Territory or to take any unilateral action, directly or indirectly, preparatory thereto constitutes a violation of the Mandate and of resolution 1514 (XV);

Considers further that any attempt to annex a part or the whole of the Territory of South West Africa constitutes an act of aggression;

Calls upon the Government of South Africa to remove immediately all bases and other military installations located in the Territory of South West Africa and to refrain from utilizing the Territory in any way whatsoever as a military base for internal or external purposes;

Condemns the policies of financial interests operating in South West Africa, which mercilessly exploit human and material resources and impede the progress Qf the Territory and the right of the people to freedom and independence;

Condemns the policy of the Government of South Africa to circumvent the political and economic rights of the indigenous people of the Territory through a large-scale settlement of foreign immigrants in the Territory;

Condemns the Government of South Africa for its refusal to co-operate with the United Nations in implementing the Declaration on the Granting of Tnclependence to Colonial Countries and Peoples;

Requests all States to take immediate action to carry out paragraph 7 of General Assembly resolution 1899 (XVIII);

Appeals to all States to give the indigenous people of South West Africa all necessary moral ancl material support in their legitimate struggle for freedom and independence;

Requests the Security Council to keep watch over the critical situation prevailing in South West Africa in the light of the ninth preambular paragraph of the present resolution.

17 December 1965.

SS · iO. <lorunwnts A 1~7fl_? and A,l<l. I : ibid , dornmrnts A/6O80 and Add.l anrl 2,

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