Petitions concerning the Territory of South West Africa

XVIII. RESOLUTIONS ADOPTED ON THE REPORTS OF THE FOURTH COMMITTEE
1900. Petitions concerning the Territory of South West Africa

The General Assembly, Noting that the Special Committee on the Situation with regard to the, Implementation of the Declaration on the Granting of Independence to Colonial Countries and Peoples has received and examined ninety-four petitions concerning South West Africa, in accordance with paragraph 3 of General Assembly resolution 1805 (XVII) of 14 December 1962, Noting further that those petitions dealt, inter alia, with the general situation and the events occurring within the Territory of South West Africa, the establishment of a United Nations presence in the Territory in accordance with paragraph 6 of resolution 1805 (XVII), the attitude of the Government of the Republic of South Africa towards the resolutions of the General Assembly, the problems faced by South West Africans, including students, travelling through the Federation of Rhodesia and Nyasaland, and the consideration of the question of South West Africa in the United Nations, Draws the attention of the petitioners concerned to the report on South West Africa submitted to the General Assembly by the Special Committee on the Situation with regard to the Implementation of the Declaration on the Granting of Independence to Colonial Countries and Peoples,[1] to the report of the Secretary-General on special educational and training programmes for South West Africa,[2] and to the resolutions on the question of South West Africa adopted by the Assembly at its eighteenth session. 1257th plenary meeting,
13 November 1963.

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[1] Ibid., addendum to agenda item 23, document A/5446/Rev.1, chapter IV. [2] Official Records of the General Assembly, Eighteenth Session, Annexes, agenda item 55, documents A/5526 and Add.1.