Question of Territories Under Portuguese Domination

A/RES/3294(XXIX)View PDF

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A Resolution of the General Assembly, published in 1975.

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Angola Cabo Verde Mozambique Sao Tome and Principe Territories Under Portuguese Administration Visiting Missions

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Reaffirms the inalienable right of the peoples of the Territories under Portuguese domination to selfdetermination and independence in accordance with the I>eclaration on the Granting of Independence to Colonial Countries and Peoples, contained in its resolution 1514 (XV);

W e leo mes with satis! action the acceptance by the new Government of Portugal of the sacred principie of self-determination and independence and its unqualified applicability to ali the. peoples under Portuguese colonial domination;

Notes with particular satisfaction that, as a result of the consultations held between the Govemment of Portugal and the national liberation movements of the Territories concerned:

Mozambique will accede to independence on 25 June 1975;ll1

oo /bid., 2239th and 2269th meetings.

111 A/9769, annex l.

Sao Tomé and Príncipe will accede to independence on 12 July 1975;62

Provisional governments will be established in Angola and Cape Verde with a view to the attainment by these Territories during 1975 of the goals set forth in the Charter of the United Nations and in the Declaration;62

Strongly deplores the subversive aad criminal activities of the fascist and reactionary groups in Angola, Cape Verde, Mozambique and Sao Tomé and Príncipe, which are attempting to obstruct the realization by the peoples of the Territories of their aspirations for freedom and independence, and requests the Govemment of Portugal to continue and strengthen its efforts to put an end to ali such activities;

Reiterates its affirmation that the national unity and territorial integrity of these Territories must be preserved, taking note in this connexion of the statement delivered by the administering Power;53

Realfirms its total support of, and constant solidarity with, the peoples of the Territories under Portuguese domination in their legitimate struggle to achieve without further delay freedom and independence under the leadership of their national liberation movementsthe Frente Nacional para a Liberta~ao de Angola, the Movimento Popular de Liberta~ao de Angola, the Partido Africano da Independencia da Guiné e Cabo Verde. the Frente de Liberta~ao de M~ambique and the Movimento de Liberta~ao de Sao Tomé e Príncipe -which are authentic representatives of the peoples concerned;

Ca/Is upon the Government of Portugal to pursue the necessary steps to ensure the full implementation of the Declaration contained in resolution 1514

(XV) and ali other resolutions of the United Nations relating to the Territories concemed, as well as other recent measures geared towards total decolonization, namely, the agreements concluded in Algiers and in Lusaka and the continuation of the negotiations with the above-mentioned national liberation movements, in their capacity of qualified counterparts, for the total transfer of powers to representatives of the peoples concemed, by adopting forthwith ali necessary measores to remove any obstacle to the full and free exercise of their inalienable right to self-determination and independence;

Requests the Govemment of Portugal to keep the United Nations informed of the action taken or envisaged in the implementation of paragraphs 4 and 7 above and of the related developments in these Territories;

Invites ali Governments to increase their efforts with a view to contributing to the acceleration of the process of decolonization in the Territories concemed;

Appeals to ali Govemments and the specialized agencies and other institutions associated with the United Nations to render to the peoples of the Territories concemed ali moral and material assistance towards the achievement of their national independence and the reconstruction of their countries;

Requests the Special Committee on the Situation with regard to the Implementation of the Declara-

li2A/988S. tion on the Granting of Independence to Colonial Countries and Peoples to keep the situation in these Territories under continuous review, in particular through the dispatch of visiting missions as appropriate, and to report thereon to the General Assembly at its thirtieth session.

2318th plerrary meeting

13 December 1974

Re1olutiom adopted oa the reporb of the FOUl'lh Committee

4~ Official Records of the General Assembly, Twenty-ninth Session. Supr,/ement No. 23 (A/9623/Rev.1), chaps. IV-Vil.

4 8 /bid., Twenty-ninth Session, Plenary Meetings, 2233rd,

47 /bid., P/enary Meetings, 2269th meeting.

48 /bid., Fourth Committee, 2080th 40 /bid., Plenury Meetings, 2262nd meeting.

General Assembly-Twenly-ninlh Ses■ion

H /bid., Twenty-ninth Session, Supplement No. 24 (A/9624)

and Supplement 24A (A/9624/ Add.1).

55 lbid., Supplement No. 23 (A/9623/Rev.1), chapa. IV,

V and IX.

56 lbid., Twenty-ninth Session, Fourth Committee 2100th and 2103rd meetings.

' :;7 /bid., 2092nd, 2101st, 2103rd, 2106th and 2110th meetinp.

58 Legal Conseque11ces for States of the Continued Preunce o/ South A frica in Namibia (South West A/rica) notwithstanding G3 See Offecial Records of the General Assembly, Twenty- Security Council Resolurion 276 (1970), Advi.rory Opin'ion, ninth Session, Fourth Committee, 2080th meeting.

J.C./. Reports 1971, p. 16.

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