Question of South West Africa
- Author: UN General Assembly
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Date:
14 December 1962
XVII. RESOLUTIONS ADOPTED ON THE REPORT OF THE FOURTH COMMITTEE
1805. Question of South West Africa
1. Reaffirms its solemn proclamation of the inalienable right of the people of South West Africa to independence and national sovereignty;
2. Condemns the continued refusal of the Government of South Africa to co-operate with the United Nations in the implementation of resolution 1702 (XVI) as well as other resolutions concerning South West Africa;
3. Requests the Special Committee on the Situation with regard to the Implementation of the Declaration on the Granting of Independence to Colonial Countries and Peoples to discharge, mutatis mutandis, the tasks assigned to the Special Committee for South West Africa by resolution 1702 (XVI), taking into consideration the special responsibilities of the United Nations with regard to the Territory of South West Africa, and to submit to the General Assembly, at its seventeenth or eighteenth session, a report on the implementation of the present resolution;
4. Further requests all Member States to extend to the Special Committee such assistance as it may require in the discharge of these tasks;
5. Requests the Secretary-General to appoint a United Nations Technical Assistance Resident Representative for South West Africa to achieve the objectives outlined in General Assembly resolution 1566 (XV) of IS December 1960 and paragraph 2 (g) of resolution 1702 (XVI), in consultation with the Special Committee;
6. Requests the Secretary-General to take all necessary steps to establish an effective United Nations presence in South West Africa;
7. Urges the Government of South Africa to refrain from:
(a) Employing direct or indirect action involving the forcible removal of indigenous inhabitants from their homes or their confinement in any particular location;
(b) Using the Territory of South West Africa as a base for the accumulation, for internal or external purposes, of arms or armed forces;
8. Urges all Member States to take into consideration the anxieties expressed by a large number of Member States concerning the supply of arms to South Africa, and to refrain from any action likely to hinder the implementation of the present and previous General Assembly resolutions on South West Africa;
9. Decides to maintain the question of South West Africa on its agenda as an item requiring urgent and constant attention.
1194th plenary meeting,14 December 1962.
[1] Official Records of the General Assembly, Seventeenth Session, Supplement No. 12 (A/512), and document A/5212/Add.1 and 2. [2] Official Records of the General Assembly, Seventeenth Session, Annexes, agenda item 25, document A/5238.
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