Question of Territories Under Portuguese Administration

A/RES/2107(XX)View PDF

Who adopted this document and its mandates?

A Resolution of the General Assembly, published in 1966.

What other versions does this mandate have?

9 versions · 1966–1974

This is an older version — the most recent is A/RES/3113(XXVIII)

Year	Symbol	Title	Word length	Text similarity
1974	A/RES/3113(XXVIII)	Question of Territories under Portuguese administration	1,801	31%Compare
1973	A/RES/2918(XXVII)	Question of Territories under Portuguese administration	1,309	9%Compare
1972	A/RES/2795(XXVI)	Question of Territories under Portuguese administration	146	8%Compare
1971	A/RES/2707(XXV)	Question of Territories under Portuguese administration	1,568	27%Compare
1970	A/RES/2507(XXIV)	Question of Territories under Portuguese administration	827	34%Compare

What subjects does this mandate have?

12 subjects

Arms Embargo Decolonization Diplomatic Relations Forced Migration Humanitarian Assistance Immigration Permanent Sovereignty Portugal Refugee Assistance Sanctions Territories Under Portuguese Administration Trade Boycotts

What’s in this document?

15 operative paragraphs

Reaffirms the right of the peoples of the African Territories under Portuguese administration to freedom and independence and recognizes the legitimacy of their struggle to achieve the rights laid down in the Charter of the United Nations, the Universal Declaration of Human Rights and the Declaration on the Granting of T ndependence to Colonial Countries and Peoples;

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 Independence to Colonial Countries and Peoples relating to the Territories under Portuguese administration and endorses the conclusions and recommendations contained therein;

Appeals to all States, in co-operation with the Organization of African Unity, to render the people of the Territories under Portuguese administration the moral and material support necessary for the restoration of their inalienable rights ;

Condemns the colonial policy of Portugal and its persistent refusal to carry out ;Jw resolutions of the General Assembly and the Security Council ;

Condemns the policy of the Government of Portugal which violates the economic and political rights of the indigenous population by the establishment, on a large scale, of foreign immigrants in the Territories and hy the exporting of workers to South Africa;

Requests all States to prevent such activities on the part of their nationals in the foreign financial interests which arc an impcdinwnt to the attainment by the people of their legitimite rights of freedom and independence;

Urges Member States to t:1ke the following measures, separately nr collectively:

To break off diplomatic and consular relations with the Government of Portugal or rcfrnin from establishing such relations;

( b) To close their ports to :ill vessels flving the Portuguese flag nr in the serYice of Portng;i 1:

To prohibit their ships from entering any ports in Portugal and its coloni;il territories:

( d) To refuse landing and transit facilities to all aircraft belonging to or in the service of the Government of Portug·al and to companies registered under the laws of Portugal:

( e) To boycott all tracle wit! 1 Portugal:

Requests all States, and in particular the military allies of Portugal within the framework of the North Atlantic Treaty Organiz;ition. to take the following steps:

To refrain forthwith from giving the Portuguese Government any assistance which would enable it to continue its repression of tlw African people in the Territories under its administration;

( q) To take all the necessary measures to prevent the sale or supply of arms and military equipment to the Government of Portugal :

( c) To stop the sale or shipment to the Government of Portugal of equipment ;ind materials for the manufacture or maintenance of arms and ammunition:

Appeals to all the specialized agencies, in particular to the T nternationa 1 nank for Rt"constrnction and Development and the International Monetary Fund. tn refrain from granting Portugal any financial, eco- •rnmic.- or technic;il assistance so long as the Government

of Portugal fails to implempnt (---;enPral AssPmhly reso · lution 1514 (XV);

Requests the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees, the specialized agencies concerned and other international relief organizations to increase their assistance to the refugees from the Territories under Portuguese administration and to the people who have suffered from military operations;

Requests the Security Council to con?ider putting into effect against Portugal the appropriate measures laid down in the Charter, for the purpose of carrying out its resolutions concerning the Territories under Portuguese domination;

Decides to include the question of the Territories under Portuguese administration in the provisional agenda of its twenty-first session.

21 December 1965.

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