Question of Namibia :#resolution

A/RES/ES-8/2View PDF

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A Resolution of the General Assembly, under agenda item 5 Question of Namibia, published in 1981.

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47 documents · 1969–1991

Newer documents in this group exist (latest: 1991).

Year	Symbol	Title	Word length	Text similarity
1991	A/RES/44/243[B]	Question of Namibia resolutions	—	–
1991	A/RES/44/243[A]	Question of Namibia resolutions	—	–
1991	A/RES/44/243	Question of Namibia resolutions	610	–
1989	A/RES/43/26[E]	Question of Namibia resolutions	—	–
1989	A/RES/43/26[D]	Question of Namibia resolutions	—	–

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8 subjects

Aid Programmes Namibia Namibia Question National Liberation Movements Natural Resources Permanent Sovereignty Sanctions South Africa

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17 operative paragraphs

B.The General Assembly Approves the second report of the Credentials Committee.·

ES-8/2.

Question of Namibia

• Ibid., 2300th meeting.

7 A/ES-8/3, annex.

II.RESOLUTIONS 2

Having heard the statement by the President of the United Nations Council for Namibia,' the legal Administering Authority of the Territory until genuine independence is achieved,

Having heard the statement by the Secretary for Foreign Relations of the South West Africa People's Organization,9 the sole and authentic representative of the Namibian people,

Having heard the statements by African Ministers and by Ministers of the Movement of Non-Aligned Countries,

Reaffirms the inalienable right of the people of Namibia to self-determination, freedom and national independence in a united Namibia, in accordance with the Charter of the United Nations and General Assembly resolution 1514 (XV) of 14 December 1960, as well as the subsequent relevant resolutions and decisions of the Assembly and the Security Council;

Reaffirms that Namibia is the legal responsibility of the United Nations until genuine self-determination and national independence are achieved in terms of the relevant resolutions of the General Assembly, in particular resolutions 2145 (XXI) of 27 October 1966 and 2248 (S-V) of 19 May 1967;

Reaffirms its support for the South West Africa People's Organization, the sole and authentic representative of the Namibian people, and for its armed struggle to achieve self-determination, freedom and national independence;

Strongly condemns South Africa for its continued illegal occupation of Namibia and its persistent refusal to comply with the resolutions and decisions of the General Assembly and the Security Council, thus violating the principles of the Charter and defying the authority of the United Nations;

Condemns South Africa for its increased oppression of the Namibian people, for the massive militarization of Namibia and for its armed attacks against neighbouring States, particularly Angole;

Calls upon Member States, spedalized agencies and other international organizations to nmder increased and sustained support and material, financial, military and other assistance to the South West Africa People's Organization to enable it to intensify its struggle for the liberatioo of Namibia;

Calls upon the international community to extend, as a matter of urgency, all support and assistance, including military assistance, to the front-line States in order to enable them to defend their sovereignty and territorial integrity against the renewed acts of ag&ression by South Africa;

Strongly condemns the exploitation and plunder of the natural resources of Namibia by South Africa and

8 Official Records of the General Assembly. Eighth Emergency Special Session, Plenary Meetings, 3rd meeting, paras. 33-48.

• Ibid., paras. 68-117.

Western transnational corporations, in violation of Decree No. I for the Protection of the Natural Resources of Namibia, enacted by the United Nations Council for Namibia on 27 September 1974; 11' 9.

Reaffirms that Security Council resolution 435 ( 1978) of 29 September 1978, in which the Council endorsed the United Nations plan for the independence of Namibia, is the only basis for a peaceful settlement;

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Firmly rejects the latest manoeuvres by certain members of the Western contact group aimed at undermining the international consensus embodied in Security Council resolution 435 ( 1978) and depriving the oppressed Namibian people of their hard-won victories in the struggle for national liberation;

Demands the immediate commencement of the unconditional implementation of Security Council resolution 435 ( 1978) without any prevarication, qualification or modification and not later than December 1981;

Strongly urges the Security Council, in the light of the serious threat to international peace and security posed by South Africa, to respond positively to the overwhelming demand of the international community by immediately imposing against that country comprehensive mandatoty sanctions as provided for in Chapter VII of the Charter;

Calls upon all States, in view of the threat to international peace and security posed by South Africa, to impose against that country comprehensive mandatory sanctions in accordance with the provisions of the Charter;

Also strongly ur~es States to cease forthwith, individually and collect1vely, all dealings with South Africa in order totally to isolate it politically, economically, militarily and culturally;

Requests the United Nations Council for Namibia to monitor the boycott of South Africa and to bring instances of contacts between Member States and South Africa to the attention of the General Assembly as necessary;

Requests the United Nations Council for Namibia to study the modalities for monitoring this boycott of South Africa and to report to the General Assembly at its thirty-sixth session on the arrangements which may be required;

Requests all States to report to the Secretary- General on measures taken by them to implement the relevant provisions of the present resolution;

Requests the Secretary-General to report to the General Assembly as appropriate, but not later than 31 December 1981, on the implementation of the present resolution.

General Auembly-Elghth Emergency Special Session ' 0 Ibid., Thirty-fifth Session, Supplement No. 24 (A/35/24), vol. I, annex II.