Petitions concerning South West Africa

XXI. RESOLUTIONS ADOPTED WITHOUT REFERENCE TO A MAIN COMMITTEE
2146. 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 forty-four 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 establishment of military bases in the Territory of South West Africa, the situation of refugees from the Territory, political organizations, the shooting, arrest and deportation of political leaders, the ejection of Africans from urban areas, the implementation of the recommendations of the Odendaal Commission,[1] the situation in Ovamboland, labour conditions in the Territory, the judgement of the International Court of justice of 18 July 1966[2] and the future of the Territory,

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 question of South West Africa;

2. Draws the attention of the petitioners concerned to the report of the Special Committee concerning the Territory of South West Africa[3] and to the resolutions adopted by the General Assembly at its twenty-first session on the question of South West Africa, as well as the reports of the Secretary-General relating to the Territory.[4]

1454th plenary meeting,
27 October 1966.


[1] Commission of Enquiry into South West Africa Affairs, established in 1962 by the Republic of South Africa under the chairmanship of Mr. F. H. Odendaal. [2] South West Africa, Second Phase, Judgment, I.C.J. Reports 1966, p. 6. [3] Official Records of the General Assembly, Twenty-first Session, Annexes, addendum to agenda item 23 (A/6300/Rev.1), chapter IV. [4] A/6332 and Add.1.
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