Question of South West Africa

UN General Assembly, Question of South West Africa, A/RES/2324, UN General Assembly, 16 December 1967, https://www.refworld.org/legal/resolution/unga/1967/en/9998 [accessed 15 January 2025]
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XXII. RESOLUTIONS ADOPTED WITHOUT REFERENCE TO A MAIN COMMITTEE
2324. Question of South West Africa

The General Assembly, Recalling its resolution 2145 (XXI) of 27 October 1966, by which it terminated the Mandate for South West Africa and decided, inter alia, that South Africa has no other right to administer the Territory and that henceforth South West Africa comes under the direct responsibility of the United Nations, Gravely concerned about the arrest, deportation and trial at Pretoria of thirty-seven South West Africans by the South African authorities in flagrant violation of their rights and of the aforementioned resolution, Recalling further the resolution adopted on 12 September 1967 by the Special Committee on the Situation with regard to the Implementation of the Declaration on the Granting of Independence to Countries and Peoples[1] and also the consensus adopted by the United Nations Council for South West Africa on 27 November 1967,[2] Conscious of the special responsibilities of the United Nations towards the people and Territory of South West Africa,

1. Condemns the illegal arrest, deportation and trial at Pretoria of the thirty-seven South West Africans as a flagrant violation by the Government of South Africa of their rights, of the international status of the Territory and of General Assembly resolution 2145 (XXI);

2. Calls upon the Government of South Africa to discontinue forthwith this illegal trial and to release and repatriate the South West Africans concerned;

3. Appeals to all States and international organizations to use their influence with the Government of South Africa in order to obtain its compliance with the provisions of paragraph 2 above;

4. Draws the attention of the Security Council to the present resolution;

5. Requests the Secretary-General to report as soon as possible to the Security Council, the General Assembly, the United Nations Council for South West Africa and the Special Committee on the Situation with regard to the Implementation of the Declaration on the Granting of Independence to Colonial Countries and Peoples on the implementation of the present resolution.

1635th plenary meeting,
16 December 1967.
[1] Ibid., addendum to agenda item 23 (A/6700/Rev.1), chapter TV para. 232. [2] Ibid., agenda item 64, document A/6919.
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