Activities of foreign economic and other interests which are impeding the implementation of the Declaration on the Granting of Independence to Colonial Countries and Peoples in Southern Rhodesia, South West Africa and Territories under Portuguese domination and in all other Territories under Colonial domination and efforts to eliminate colonialism, apartheid and racial discrimination in southern Africa

XXII. RESOLUTIONS ADOPTED ON THE REPORTS OF THE FOURTH COMMITTEE
2288. Activities of foreign economic and other interests which are impeding the implementation of the Declaration on the Granting of Independence to Colonial Countries and Peoples in Southern Rhodesia, South West Africa and Territories under Portuguese domination and in all other Territories under Colonial domination and efforts to eliminate colonialism, apartheid and racial discrimination in southern Africa

The General Assembly, Having considered the item entitled "Activities of foreign economic and other interests which are impeding the implementation of the Declaration on the Granting of Independence to Colonial Countries and Peoples in Southern Rhodesia, South West Africa and Territories under Portuguese domination and in all other Territories under colonial domination and efforts to eliminate colonialism, apartheid and racial discrimination in southern Africa", Having examined the report 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 concerning the activities of foreign economic and other interests which are impeding the implementation of the Declaration on the Granting of Independence to Colonial Countries and Peoples in Southern Rhodesia, South West Africa and Territories under Portuguese domination and in all other Territories under colonial domination,[1] Having heard the statement of the petitioner,[2] Recalling its resolution 1514 (XV) of 14 December 1960, and in particular the eighth preambular paragraph thereof, Recalling further its resolutions 2105 (XX) of 20 December 1965 and 2189 (XXI) of 13 December 1966, and other relevant resolutions, Considering that the colonial Powers have the obligation to ensure the political, economic, social and educational advancement of the inhabitants of the Territories under their administration and to protect the population and the natural resources of these Territories against abuses, in conformity with Chapters XI and XII of the Charter of the United Nations, Convinced that any economic or other activity which impedes the implementation of resolution 1514 (XV) is incompatible with the purposes and principles of the Charter,

1. Approves in general the report 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 concerning the activities of foreign economic and other interests which are impeding the implementation of the Declaration on the Granting of Independence to Colonial Countries and Peoples in Southern Rhodesia, South West Africa and Territories under Portuguese domination and in all other Territories under colonial domination;

2. Reaffirms the inalienable right of the peoples of the colonial Territories to self-determination and independence and to the natural resources of their Territories, as well as their right to dispose of these resources in their best interests;

3. Declares that the colonial Powers which deprive the colonial peoples of the exercise and the full enjoyment of those rights, or which subordinate them to the economic or financial interests of their own nationals or of nationals of other countries, are violating the obligations they have assumed under Chapters XI and XII of the Charter of the United Nations and are impeding the full and prompt implementation of General Assembly resolution 1514 (XV);

4. Strongly condemns the exploitation of the colonial Territories and peoples and the methods practised in the Territories under colonial domination by the foreign financial, economic and other interests which are designed to perpetuate the colonial régimes contrary to the principles embodied in resolution 1514 (XV);

5. Deplores the policies of the colonial Powers which permit the exploitation of the natural resources of the Territories under their administration contrary to the interests of the indigenous population and which promote or tolerate unjust and discriminatory work systems and other practices;

6. Calls upon all States concerned to fulfil their fundamental obligation to ensure that the concessions granted, the investments authorized and the enterprises permitted to their nationals in the Territories under colonial domination do not run counter to the present or future interests of the indigenous inhabitants of those Territories;

7. Further calls upon the colonial Powers to prohibit the following practices, which run counter to the principles of the Charter, violate the economic and social rights of the peoples of the Territories under colonial domination and impede the rapid implementation of resolution 1514 (XV):

(a) The exploitation of human and natural resources contrary to the interests of the indigenous inhabitants;

(b) The obstruction of the access of the indigenous inhabitants to their natural resources;

(c) The promotion and tolerance of injustice and discrimination in the remuneration of labour and in the establishment of working conditions;

8. Calls upon the colonial Powers to review, in accordance with the provisions of the present resolution, all the privileges and concessions which are against the interests of the indigenous inhabitants;

9. Requests the United Nations Council for South West Africa to take urgent and effective measures to put an end to laws and practices established in the Territory of South West Africa by the Government of South Africa contrary to the purposes and principles of the Charter;

10. Requests the colonial Powers to stop immediately the practice of alienation of lands from the indigenous inhabitants and to take immediate action to return to them all such alienated lands;

11. Urges all States concerned to co-operate fully with the United Nations in the rapid and effective implementation of resolution 1514 (XV) so as to ensure to the peoples the exercise of their right to self-determination and independence and to the use of the natural resources of their own Territories;

12. Requests the Special Committee to continue its study of the problem and to report thereon to the General Assembly at its twenty-third session;

13. Decides to maintain this item on its agenda.

1622nd plenary meeting,
7 December 1967.

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[1] Ibid., agenda item 24, documents A/6868 and Add.1. [2] A/C.4/700.