Security Council Resolution 309 (1972) [on Establishment of a Group of the Security Council on the Namibia Question]

S/RES/309(1972)View PDF

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A Resolution of the Security Council, under agenda item X Consideration of questions relating to Africa with which the Security Council is currently seized and the implementation of the Council's relevant resolutions, published in 1973.

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3 subjects

Consultations Namibia Question Self-Determination of Peoples

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Invites the Secretary-General, in consultation and close co-operation with a group of the Security Council, composed of the representatives of Argentina, Somalia and Yugoslavia, to initiate as soon as possible contacts with all parties concerned, with a view to establishing the necessary conditions so as to enable the people of Namibia, freely and with strict regard to the principle of human equality, to exercise their right to self-determination and independence, in accordance with the Charter of the United Nations;

Calls upon the Government of South Africa to co-operate fully with the Secretary-General in the implementation of the present resolution;

Requests the Secretary-General to report to the Security Council on the implementation of the present resolution not later than 31 July 1972.

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