Implementation of the Declaration on the Granting of Independence to Colonial Countries and Peoples

A/RES/3481(XXX)View PDF

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A Resolution of the General Assembly, published in 1976.

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63 versions · 1966–2025

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14 subjects

Conference and Meeting Services Declarations Decolonization Humanitarian Assistance Immigration Military Bases Namibia Sanctions Self-Determination of Peoples South Africa Southern Africa Southern Rhodesia Visiting Missions Zimbabwe

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21 operative paragraphs

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Reaffirms that the ac:]!lisition nf territory by force is inadmissible a.nd therdore ali territories thus occupied must be returned;

Condemns Israel's conti.nued oocupation of Arab territories in violation of the Charter of the llnited Nations, the principies of intemation.al law and repeated United Nations resolutions;

Requests all States to desist from supplying Israel with any military or economic aid as long as it continues to occupy Arab territories and deny the inalienable national rights of the Palestinian people;

Requests the Security Council, in the exercise of its responsibilities under the Charter, to take ali necessary measures for the speedy implementation, according to an appropriate time-table, of ali relevant resolutions of the General Assembly and the Security Council

aiming at the establishment of a just and lasting peace in the region through a oomprehensive settlement, worked out with the participation of all parties concerned, including the Palestine Liberation Organization, and within the framework of the United Nations, which ensures complete Israeli withdrawal from all the oecupied Arab territories as well as full recognition of the inalienable national rights of the Palestinian people a.nd the attainment of those rights;

Requests the Secretary-General to inform ali concemed, including the Co-Chairmen of the Peace Conference on the Middle East, and to follow up the implementation of the present resolution and report thereon to the Seeurity Council and to the General Assembly at its thirty-first session.

5 December 1975 3481 (XXX),

impfomentation of the DecLn-am tion on the G,·anting of Indcpendence to Colonial Countiries and Pcoples

Reaffirms its rcsolutions 15 14

( XV) uf Dec:ember 1960 and 2621 (XXV) of 12 Octoh1~1 19 ;o and ali othcr rcsolntions on decolonizat 1nR ,nK, Ci.l!S upon the administcring Powers, m accordancc ,\,1th those resolutions, to takc ali thc ncccssarv ~:tq,,, In cnable thc depcndent pcoplcs of tlw Tcrri1orieé. con cerned to cxercise fully and without furtl·,q ,il'iay dwi; inalienable right to self dctermination :rnd 1rn.iopcnd,'i;, ,

Declares tlut thc conti1rnatíc,,, of •'nk.:,ialis,,t ali iu, fonns ,11,J manifrstations-- inclnr!1n1' r;h:is¡,:, apartheid and thc .1ctivities of forrign ,. on'i'.-,.míc ;,·,.,; othcr intf':rcsts wh1,h c;.;_¡illlÍt co•lomal pcqJlcs. a:; w, :¡ ,ls thc rnaging ,}f cll!onial wa,s to s11pprest· th,: :1,,;::nn,,i t 'lia,kJ •.if :h,: lJnr .•. _, l,.l,1c;i \ iL.

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to Colonial Countries and Peoples and poses a serious threat to intemational peace and security;

Afjirms its determination to cootinue to take all necessary steps with a view to the complete and speedy eradication of colonialism and to the faithful and strict observance by all States of the relevant provisions of the Charter, the Declaration on the Granting of Independence to Colonial Countries and Peoples and the guiding principies of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights;

Appraves the report of the Special Committee on the Situation with regard to the lmplementation of the Declaration on the Granting of Independence to Colonial Countries and Peoples covering its work during 197527 including the programme of work envisaged for 1976;2ª

Calls upan all States, in particular the administering Powers, and the specialized agencies and other organizations within the United Nations system to give effect to the rooommendations contained in the report of the Special Committee for the speedy implementation of thc Declaration and the relevant resolutions of the United Nations;

Reaffirms its recognition of the legitimacy of the struggle of the peoples under colonial and alien domination to exercise their right to self-determi-nation and independence by all the necessary means at their disposal;

Candemns the continued influx of foreign immigrants into the colonial T erritories in southern Africa and the eviction and displacement of the indigenous inhabitants of those Territories, as weU as the intensified activities of foreign economic and other interests which are impeding the implementation of the Declaration with respect to the Territories;

Requests all States, directly and through their action in the specialized agencies and other organizatioos within the United Nations system,, to withhold or continue to withhold assistance of any kind from the Government of South Africa and from the illegal racist minority régime in Southem Rhodesia until they restore to the peoples of Namibia and Zimbabwe their inalienable right to self-determination and independence and to refrain from taking any action which might imply reoognition of the legitimacy of the domination of the Territories by those régimes;

Calls upan the colonial Powers to withdraw immediately and unconditionally their military bases and installations from colonial Territories and to refrain from establishing new ones;

Urges ali States, directly and through their action in the specialized agencies and other organizations within thc United Nations system, to provide all moral and material assistance to thc oppressed peoples of Namibia and Zimbabwe and, with respect to thc, other Territories, requests the administering Powers, in consultation with the Governments of the Territories under their administration, to take steps to enlist and make effective use of ali possible assistance, both bilaterally and on a multilateral basis, in the strengthening of the economies of these Territories;

Requests the Special Committee to continuc to seek suitable means for the immediate and full implementation of resolution 1514 (XV) in ali Territories which have not yet attained independence and in

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To formulate specific proposals for the elimination of the remaining manifestations of colonialism and to report thereon to the General Assembly at its thirtyfirst session;

( b) To make concrete suggestions whioh could assist the Security Council in considering appropriate measures under the Charter with regard to developments in colonial Territories that are likely to threaten international peace and security;

To oontinue to examine the compliance of Member States with the Declaration and with other relevant resolutions on decolonization, particularly those relating to Namibia and Southern Rhodesia;

( d) To continue to pay particular attention to the small T erritories, including the sending of visiting missions thereto, as appropriate, and to recommend to the General Assembly the most suitable steps to be taken to enable the populations of these Territories to exercise their right to self-determination, freedom and independence;

To continue to enlist the support of national and intemational organizations having a special interest in the field of decolonization in the achievement of the objectives of the Declaration and in the implementation of the relevant resolutions of the United Nations;

Calls upon the administering Powers to cooperate, or continue to co-operate, with the Special Committee in the discharge of its mandate and, in particular, to participate in the work of the Comrnittee relating to the Territories under their administration and to permit the access of visiting missions to the Territories in order to secure first-hand information and ascertain the wishes and aspirations of their inhabitants;

Requests the Secretary-General to provide the Special Committee with the facilities and services required for the implementation of the present resolution, as well as of the various resolutions and decisions on decolonization adopted by the General Assembly and the Special Committee.

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