Petition from Mr. Jariretundu Kozonguizi concerning South West Africa

UN General Assembly, Petition from Mr. Jariretundu Kozonguizi concerning South West Africa, A/RES/939, UN General Assembly, 3 December 1955, https://www.refworld.org/legal/resolution/unga/1955/en/10209 [accessed 30 April 2025]
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X. RESOLUTIONS ADOPTED ON THE REPORTS OF THE FOURTH COMMITTEE
939. Petition from Mr. Jariretundu Kozonguizi concerning South West Africa

The General Assembly, Having accepted the advisory opinion[1]1of 11 July 1950 of the International Court of justice on the question of South West Africa, Having authorized the Committee on South West Africa, by General Assembly resolution 749 A (VIII) of 28 November 1953, to examine petitions in accordance with the Mandates procedure of the League of Nations, Having received a report from the Committee on South West Africa dealing with a petition dated 5 August 1954 from Mr. Jariretundu Kozonguizi,[2] Noting the petitioner's allegations that:

(a) Since the Government of the Union of South Africa assumed the administration of the Territory of South West Africa, the indigenous people have suffered under oppressive legislation and have not developed in any sphere,

(b) In spite of their repeated objections to incorporation under the Government of the Union of South Africa, the Africans of South West Africa were placed under the direct administration of the Minister of Native Affairs in the Government of the Union of South Africa,

(c) The enforcement of the Bantu Education Act in South West Africa, as contemplated by the Parliament of the Union of South Africa, would virtually eliminate African education in the Territory, where at present there are no more than six non-Europeans who have progressed beyond high school standard,

(d) The Administrator of South West Africa, without giving any reasons, would not allow or sanction the establishment of a proposed student body purely concerned with the education of the people,

Noting the observations of the Committee on South West Africa with respect to education in the Territory and with respect to a bill proposing the transfer of control over Native affairs from the Administrator of South West Africa to the Minister of Native Affairs of the Union, Noting that the South West Africa Native Affairs Administration Act (Act No. 56 of 1954) was applied to the Territory on 30 June 1954 and came into operation on 1 April 1955, Decides to transmit to the petitioner those sections of the report and observations[3]3of the Committee on South West Africa dealing with education and the transfer of control over Native affairs where the Committee expresses its apprehensions concerning these matters. 550th plenary meeting,
3 December 1955.
[1] International status of South-West Africa, Advisory Opinion: I.C.J. Reports 1950, p. 128. [2] Official Records of the General Assembly, Ninth Session, Annexes, agenda item 34, document A/2666/Add.1, annex III. [3] Ibid., Ninth Session, Supplement No. 14 (A/2666 and Corr. 1), annex V.
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