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run counter to the interests of the inhabitants of those Territories and do not impede
the implementation of the Declaration;
5.
Requests Member States, as well as the organizations of the United
Nations system, to ensure that the permanent sovereignty of the colonial Territories
over their natural resources is fully respected and safeguarded;
Reiterates the view that such factors as territorial size, geographical
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location, size of population and limited natural resources should in no way delay the
speedy exercise by the peoples of the Non-Self-Governing Territories of their
inalienable right to self-determination, including independence, in accordance with
the Declaration, which fully applies to the Non-Self-Governing Territories;
Reaffirms that all administering Powers are obliged, under the Charter
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and in accordance with the Declaration, to create economic, social and other
conditions in the Territories under their administration that will enable those
Territories to achieve genuine self-government and economic self-reliance;
Requests the administering Powers to preserve the cultural identity, as
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well as the national unity, of the Territories under their administration and to
encourage the full development of the indigenous culture, with a view to facilitating
the unfettered exercise of the right to self-determination and independence by the
peoples of those Territories;
Considers it incumbent upon the United Nations to continue to play an
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active role in the process of decolonization and to intensify its efforts for the widest
possible dissemination of information on decolonization, with a view to the further
mobilization of international public opinion in support of complete decolonization;
10. Urges Member States to ensure the full and speedy implementation of the
Declaration and other relevant resolutions of the United Nations;
11. Invites non-governmental organizations having a special interest in the
field of decolonization to intensify their activities in cooperation with the United
Nations;
12. Requests the Special Committee to continue to examine the full
compliance of all States with resolution 1514 (XV) and other relevant resolutions on
the question of decolonization, to seek the most suitable ways for the speedy and
total application of the Declaration to all Territories to which it applies and to
propose to the General Assembly specific measures for the complete implementation
of the Declaration in the remaining Non-Self-Governing Territories;
13. Invites all States to cooperate fully with the Special Committee in the
complete fulfilment of its mandate.
62nd plenary meeting
10 December 2010
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