Petitions concerning South West Africa

XX. RESOLUTIONS ADOPTED ON THE REPORTS OF THE FOURTH COMMITTEE
2075. Petitions concerning South West Africa

The General Assembly, Bearing in mind the special responsibilities of the United Nations with regard to South West Africa, 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 142 petitions concerning South West Africa, in accordance with paragraph 3 of General Assembly resolution 1805 (XVII) of 14 December 1962 and paragraph 8 (a) of Assembly resolution 1899 (XVIII) of 13 November 1963, Noting further that these petitions relate, inter alia, to the general situation in and recent developments concerning South West Africa, the recommendations of the Odendaal Commission, [1] the activities of mining and other international companies having interests in the Territory, the arrests of political leaders and restrictions on political activity in the Territory, South West African refugees in Bechuanaland, the ejection of Africans from urban areas, and the non-implementation of General Assembly resolutions concerning South West Africa,

1. Notes 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 taken these petitions into account in its consideration of the situation in South West Africa;

2. Draws the attention of the petitioners concerned to the reports submitted by the Special Committee concerning the Territory [2] and to the resolutions adopted by the General Assembly at its twentieth session on the question of South West Africa, as well as the reports of the Secretary-General relating to the Territory. [3]

1400th plenary meeting,
17 December 1965.


[1] Commission of Enquiry into South West Africa Affairs, established in NQ by the Republic of South Africa under the chairmanship of Mr. F. H. Odendaal. [2] Official Records of the General Assembly, Nineteenth Session, Annexes, annex No. 8 (part I) (A/5800/Rev.1), chapter IV; ibid., annex No. 15, document A/5840; ibid., Twentieth Session. Annexes, addendum to agenda item 23 (A/6000/Rev. 1), chapter IV. [3] Ibid., Nineteenth Session, Annexes, annex No. 15, documents A/5690 and Add.1-3 and A/5781; ibid., Twentieth Session, Annexes, agenda items 69 and 70, documents A/5782 and Add.1, A/6035 and Add.1-4 and A/6080 and Add.1 and 2.
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