Question of Territories under Portuguese administration

XX. RESOLUTIONS ADOPTED ON THE REPORTS OF THE FOURTH COMMITTEE
2107. Question of Territories under Portuguese administration

The General Assembly, Having examined the chapters of the reports of the Special Committee on the Situation with regard to the Implementation of the Declaration on the Granting of Independence to Colonial Countries and Peoples relating to the Territories tinder Portuguese administration, [1] Having heard the statements of the petitioners, Recalling its resolution 1514 (XV) of 14 December 1960 containing the Declaration on the Granting of Independence to Colonial Countries and Peoples, Recalling also Security Council resolutions 163 (1961) of 9 June 1961, 180 (1963) of 31 July 1963, 183 (1963) of 11 December 1963 and 218 (1965) of 23 November 1965, and General Assembly resolutions 1807 (XVII) of 14 December 19621 1819 (XVII) of 18 December 1962 and 1913 (XVIII) of 3 December 1963, as well as the relevant resolutions of the Special Committee, adopted on 3 July 1964 [2] and 10 June 1965, [3] Noting with deep concern that, in spite of the measures laid down by the Security Council in the aforementioned resolutions, the Government of Portugal is intensifying the measures of repression and military operations against the African people of these Territories with a view to defeating their legitimate aspirations to self-determination, freedom and independence, Further noting with deep concern that the activities of the foreign financial interests in these Territories are an impediment to the African people in the realization of their aspirations to freedom and independence, Considering that the evidence submitted by the petitioners confirmed that the Government of Portugal has continued to use the aid and weapons that it receives from its military allies against the populations of Angola, Mozambique, so-called Portuguese Guinea and other Territories under its administration, Convinced that the attitude of Portugal towards the African population of its colonies and of the neighbouring States constitutes a threat to international peace and security,

1. Reaffirms the right of the peoples of the African Territories under Portuguese administration to freedom and independence and recognizes the legitimacy of their struggle to achieve the rights laid down in the Charter of the United Nations, the Universal Declaration of Human Rights and the Declaration on the Granting of Independence to Colonial Countries and Peoples;

2. Approves the chapters of the reports of the Special Committee on the Situation with regard to the Implementation of the Declaration on the Granting of Independence to Colonial Countries and Peoples relating to the Territories under Portuguese administration and endorses the conclusions and recommendations contained therein;

3. Appeals to all States, in co-operation with the Organization of African Unity, to render the people of the Territories under Portuguese administration the moral and material support necessary for the restoration of their inalienable rights;

4. Condemns the colonial policy of Portugal and its persistent refusal to carry out the resolutions of the General Assembly and the Security Council;

5. Condemns the policy of the Government of Portugal which violates the economic and political rights of the indigenous population by the establishment, on a large scale, of foreign immigrants in the Territories and by the exporting of workers to South Africa;

6. Requests all States to prevent such activities on the part of their nationals in the foreign financial interests which are an impediment to the attainment by the people of their legitimate rights of freedom and independence;

7. Urges Member States to take the following measures, separately or collectively:

(a) To break off diplomatic and consular relations with the Government of Portugal or refrain from establishing such relations:

(b) To close their ports to all vessels flying the Portuguese flag or in the service of Portugal;

(c) To prohibit their ships front entering any ports in Portugal and its colonial territories;

(d) To refuse landing and transit facilities to all aircraft belonging to or in the service of the Government of Portugal and to companies registered under the laws of Portugal;

(e) To boycott all trade with Portugal;

8. Requests all States, and in particular the military allies of Portugal within the framework of the North Atlantic Treaty Organization, to take the following steps:

(a) To refrain forthwith from giving the Portuguese Government any assistance which would enable it to continue its repression of the African people in the Territories under its administration;

(b) To take all the necessary measures to prevent the sale or supply of arms and military equipment to the Government of Portugal;

(c) To stop the sale or shipment to the Government of Portugal of equipment and materials for the manufacture or maintenance of arms and ammunition;

9. Appeals to all the specialized agencies, in particular to the International Bank for Reconstruction and Development and the International Monetary Fund, to refrain from granting Portugal any financial, economic or technical assistance so long as the Government of Portugal fails to implement General Assembly resolution 1514 (XV);

10. Requests the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees, the specialized agencies concerned and other international relief organizations to increase their assistance to the refugees from the Territories under Portuguese administration and to the people who have suffered from military operations;

11. Requests the Security Council to consider putting into effect against Portugal the appropriate measures laid down in the Charter, for the purpose of carrying out its resolutions concerning the Territories tinder Portuguese domination;

12. Decides to include the question of the Territories tinder Portuguese administration in the provisional agenda of its twenty-first session.

1407th plenary meeting,
21 December 1965.

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[1] Ibid., Nineteenth Session, Annexes, annex No. 8 (part I) (A/5800/Rev.1), chapter V; ibid., Twentieth Session, Annexes, addendum to agenda item 23 (A/6000/Rev.1), chapter V. [2] Ibid., Nineteenth Session, Annexes, annex No. 8 (part I) (A/5800/Rev.1), chapter V, para. 352. [3] Ibid., Twentieth Session, Annexes, addendum to agenda item 23 (A/6000/Rev.1), chapter V, para. 415.