Approves the chapter of 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 relating to the Territories of Ifni and Spanish Sabara, and endorses the resolution adopted by the Special Committee on 16 November 1966,26
3
Requeststhe administering Power to take immediately the necessary steps to accelerate the decolonization of Ifni and to determine with the Government of Morocco, bearing in mind the aspirations of the indigenous population, procedures for the transfer of powers in accordance with the provisions of General Assembly resolution 1514 (XV) ;
4
Invitesthe administering Power to determine at the earliest possible date, in conformity with the aspirations of the indigenous people of Spanish Sabara and in consultation with the Governments of Mauritania and Morocco and any other interested party, the procedures for the holding of a referendum under United Nations auspices with a view to enabling the indigenous population of the Territory to exercise freely its right to self-determination and, to this end :
a
To create a favourable climate for the referendum to be conducted on an entirely free, democratic and impartial basis, by permitting, inter al,ia, the retum of exiles to the Territory;
( b) To take all the necessary steps to ensure that only the indigenous people of the Territory participate in the referendum ;
e
To refrain from any action likely to delay the process of the decolonization of Spanish Sabara;
( d) To provide all the necessary facilities to a United Nations mission so that it may be able to par-
26 Jbid., Twenty-first Session, Annexes, addendum to agenda item 23 (A/6300/Rev.1), chapter X, para. 243. Re110lutiom adopted on the reporta of the Fourth Committee
ticipate actively in the organization and holding of the referendum ;
5
Requeststhe Secretary-General, in consultation with the administering Power and the Special Committee, to appoint immediately a special mission to be sent to Spanish Sahara for the purpose of recommending practical steps for the full implementation of the relevant resolutions of the General Assembly, and in particular for determining the extent of United Nations participation in the preparation and supervision of the referendum and submitting a report to -him as soon as possible for transmission to the Special Committee ;
6
Requeststhe Special Committee to continue its consideration of the situation in the Territories of Ifni and Spanish Sabara and to report thereon to the General Assembly at its twenty-second session.
