Petitions concerning Namibia

XXIII. RESOLUTIONS ADOPTED WITHOUT REFERENCE TO A MAIN COMMITTEE
2404. Petitions concerning Namibia

The General Assembly, Bearing in mind the special responsibilities of the United Nations with regard to Namibia, including in particular those set out in General Assembly resolutions 2145 (XXI) of 27 October 1966, 2248 (S-V) of 19 May 1967 and 2325 (XXII) of 16 December 1967, 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 during 1967 and 1968 seventy-eight petitions concerning Namibia, in accordance with paragraph 3 of General Assembly resolution 1805 (XVII) of 14 December 1962 and within the context of the implementation of the Declaration, Noting further that these petitions relate, inter alia, to the general situation and recent developments concerning Namibia, the continued refusal by South Africa to implement General Assembly resolutions 2145 (XXI) and 2248 (S-V), especially as regards the transfer to the United Nations Council for Namibia of the administration of the Territory, the illegal arrest, detention and trial of thirty-seven Namibians and the sentencing of thirty-one of them by South Africa, the extension of the Suppression of Communism Act to the Territory, the arrest of political leaders and restrictions on political activities in the Territory, the de-proclamation of the Old Location in Windhoek, the plans to create a "self-governing homeland" in Ovamboland and the removal of Africans from their ancestral lands according to the recommendations of the Odendaal Commission,[1]

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 Namibia within the context of the implementation of the Declaration;

2. Notes further that those petitions which raised matters of concern to the United Nations Council for Namibia have been brought to the latter's attention by the Secretariat and have been taken into consideration by the Council in the performance of the functions assigned to it by the General Assembly in resolutions 2248 (S-V) and 2325 (XXII);

3. Draws the attention of the petitioners concerned to the report concerning the Territory submitted by the Special Committee[2] and to the resolutions on the question of Namibia adopted by the General Assembly at its twenty-second and twenty-third sessions, as well as to the reports of the Secretary-General relating to the Territory and the reports of the United Nations Council for Namibia.

1742nd plenary meeting,
16 December 1968.

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[1] "Commission of Enquiry into South West Africa Affairs" established in 1962 by the Government of South Africa under the chairmanship of Mr. F. H. Odendaal. [2] Official Records of the General Assembly, Twenty-third Session, Annexes, addendum to agenda item 23 (A/7200/Rev.1), chapter VII.