Reaffirms the inalienable right of the people of Western Sahara to self-determination and independence in accordance with the Charter of the United Nations, the Charter of the Organization of African Unity and the objectives of General Assembly resolution 1514 (XV), as well as the relevant resolutions of the General Assembly and the Organization of African Unity;
2
Welcomes the efforts made by the Organization of African Unity and its Implementation Committee on Western Sahara with a view to promoting a just and definitive solution to the question of Western Sahara;
3
Takes note of the decision of the Assembly of Heads of State and Government of the Organization of African
Unity at its eighteenth ordinary session to organize throughout the Territory of Western Sahara a general and free referendum of the people of Western Sahara on selfdetermination;
4
Welcomes the steps taken by the Implementation Committee with a view to organizing and conducting the referendum;
5
Appeals to the two parties to the conflict, Morocco and the Frente Popular para la Liberaci6n de Saguia e)- Hamra y de Rio de Oro, to observe a cease-fire in accordance with the decisions of the Organization of African Unity and its Implementation Committee;
6
Urges, to that end, Morocco and the Frente Popular para la Liberaci6n de Saguia el-Hamra y de Rio de Oro to enter into negotiations with a view to establishing an immediate cease-fire and concluding a peace agreement permitting the fair conduct of a general and free referendum on self-determination in Western Sahara;
Reaffirms the determination of the United Nations 1. to co-operate fully with the Organization of African Unity in the fair and impartial organization of the referendum;
8
Requests to that end the Secretary-General to take the necessary steps to ensure that the United Nations participates in the organization and conduct of the referendum and to report to the General Assembly and the Security Council on this subject and on the measures requiring a decision by the Council;
9
Urgently requeststhe Secretary-General to cooperate closely with the Secretary-General of the Organization of African Unity with a view to the implementation of the decisions of the Assembly of Heads of State and Government of the Organization of African Unity and of its Implementation Committee, and of the present resolution;
10
Requeststhe Special Committee on the Situation with regard to the Implementation of the Declaration on the Granting oflndependence to Colonial Countries and Peoples to continue to consider the situation in Western Sahara as a matter of priority and to report thereon to the General Assembly at its thirty-seventh session.
CONTENTS
Re.rolu1ion No.
Tult- Item Date of adoption Pa~e 36/46 Question of Western Sahara (A/36/677)
24 November 1981 1,97 36/47 Question of the United States Virgin Islands (A/36/677/Add. I)
24 November 1981 198
48 Question of American Samoa (A/36/677/Add. l)
24 November 1981 199 36/49 Information from Non-Self-Governing Territories transmitted under Article 73 e of the Charter of the United Nations (A/36/678)
92 24 November 198 I 199 36/50 Question of East Timor (A/36/679)
93 24 November I 98 I 200 36/51 Activities of foreign economic and other interests which are impeding the implementation of the Declaration on the Granting of Independence to Colonial Countries and Peoples in Namibia and in all other Territories under colonial domination and efforts to eliminate colonialism, apartheid and racial discrimination in southern Africa (A/36/680)
24 November 1981 201 36/52 Implementation of the Declaration on the Granting of Independence to Colonial Countries and Peoples by the specialized agencies and the international institutions associated with the United Nations (A/361681)
95 and 12
24 November 1981 203 36/53 United Nations Educational and Training Programme for Southern Africa (Al 36/682)
24 November 1981 36/54 Offers by Member States of study and training facilities for inhabitants of Non-Self-Governing Territories (A/36/683)
24 November 1981 206 36/62 Question of Bermuda, the British Virgin Islands, the Cayman Islands. Montserrat and the Turks and Caicos Islands (A/36/677/Add.2)
25 November 1981 36/63 Question of Guam (A/361677/Add.2)
25 November 1981 207
1 For the decisions adopted on the reports of the Fourth Committee. see sect. X.B.5.
2 Official Records of the General Assembly, Thirty-sixth Session. Sup- 4 See A/36/534, annex II, resolution AHG/Res.103 (XVIII). plement No. 23 (A/36/23/Rev.l), chap. IX.
' A/36/512-S/14692, annex For the printed text. see Official Records 3 lbid., Thirty-sixth Session, Fourth Committee, 15th meeting, paras.
of the Security Council. Thirrr-sixth Year, Supplement for July, Auxust 21-26, and 19th meeting, paras. 3-5.
and September 1981.
6 Official Records of the General Assembly, Thirry-sixth Session. Supplement No. 23 (A/36/23/Rev.l), chaps. III, IV and XXIII.
