Question of Western Sahara.
- Author: UN General Assembly (34th sess. : 1979-1980)
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Date:
21 November 1979
34. RESOLUTIONS ADOPTED ON THE REPORTS OF THE FOURTH COMMITTEE
37. Question of Western Sahara
1. Reaffirms the inalienable right of the people of Western Sahara to self-determination and independence, in accordance with the Charter of the United Nations, the charter of the Organization of African Unity and the objectives of General Assembly resolution 1514 (XV), and the legitimacy of their struggle to secure the enjoyment of that right, as envisaged in the relevant resolutions of the United Nations and the Organization of African Unity;
2. Takes note with satisfaction of the decision concerning Western Sahara taken by the Assembly of Heads of State and Government of the Organization of African Unity at its sixteenth ordinary session;
3. Also takes note with satisfaction of the part of the Political Declaration adopted by the Sixth Conference of Heads of State or Government of Non-Aligned Countries relating to Western Sahara;
4. Welcomes the peace agreement concluded between Mauritania and the Frente Popular para la Liberación de Saguia el-Hamra y de Rio de Oro and considers that this agreement constitutes an important contribution to the process of achieving peace and a definitive, just and lasting settlement of the question of Western Sahara;
5. Deeply deplores the aggravation of the situation resulting from the continued occupation of Western Sahara by Morocco and the extension of that occupation to the territory recently evacuated by Mauritania;
6. Urges Morocco to join in the peace process and to terminate the occupation of the Territory of Western Sahara;
7. Recommends to that end that the Frente Popular para la Liberación de Saguia el-Hamra y de Rio de Oro, the representative of the people of Western Sahara, should participate fully in any search for a just, lasting and definitive political solution of the question of Western Sahara, in accordance with the resolutions and declarations of the United Nations, the Organization of African Unity and the non-aligned countries;
8. Requests the Special Committee on the Situation with regard to the Implementation of the Declaration on the Granting of Independence to Colonial Countries and Peoples to continue to consider the situation in Western Sahara as a priority question and to report thereon to the General Assembly at its thirty-fifth session;
9. Requests the Administrative Secretary-General of the Organization of African Unity to keep the Secretary-General of the United Nations informed of the progress achieved with regard to the implementation of the decisions of the Organization of African Unity concerning Western Sahara;
10. Invites the Secretary-General to follow closely the situation in Western Sahara and to report thereon to the General Assembly at its thirty-fifth session.
75th plenary meeting21 November 1979
[1] Ibid., chap. X. [2] Ibid., Thirty-fourth Session, Fourth Committee, 14th meeting, paras. 50-59, and 15th meeting, paras. 347; and ibid., Fourth Committee, Sessional Fascicle, corrigendum. For the full text, see A/C.4/34/L.4. [3] A/34/552, annex 11, decision AHG/Dec.114 (XVI). [4] A/34/427-S/13503, annex I. For the printed text, see Official Records of the Security Council, Thirty-fourth Year, Supplement for July, August and September 1979. [5] See A/34/427-S/13503, annex II. For the printed text, see Official Records of the Security Council, Thirty-fourth Year, Supplement for July, August and September 1979. [6] See A/34/542, annex, sect.I, paras. 96-98.
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