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of 12 October 1970, legislative, administrative or other measures in respect
of their nationals and the bodies corporate under their jurisdiction that own
and operate enterprises in colonial and Non-Self-Governing Territories that
are detrimental to the interests of the inhabitants of those Territories, in
order to put an end to such enterprises and to prevent new investments that
run counter to the interests of the inhabitants of those Territories;
6.
Reiterates that the exploitation and plundering of the marine and
other natural resources of colonial and Non-Self-Governing Territories by
foreign economic interests, in violation of the relevant resolutions of the
United Nations, is a threat to the integrity and prosperity of those
Territories;
7.
Invites all Governments and organizations of the United Nations
system to take all possible measures to ensure that the permanent sovereignty
of the peoples of colonial and Non-Self-Governing Territories over their
natural resources is fully respected and safeguarded;
8.
Urges the administering Powers concerned to take effective
measures to safeguard and guarantee the inalienable right of the peoples of
the colonial and Non-Self-Governing Territories to their natural resources and
to establish and maintain control over the future development of those
resources, and requests the administering Powers to take all necessary steps
to protect the property rights of the peoples of those Territories;
9.
Calls upon the administering Powers concerned to ensure that no
discriminatory and unjust wage systems or working conditions prevail in the
Territories under their administration and to apply in each Territory a
uniform system of wages to all the inhabitants without any discrimination;
10.
Requests the Secretary-General to continue, through all means at
his disposal, to inform world public opinion of those activities of foreign
economic and other interests which impede the implementation of the
Declaration on the Granting of Independence to Colonial Countries and Peoples;
11.
Appeals to the mass media, trade unions and non-governmental
organizations, as well as individuals, to continue their efforts for the full
implementation of the Declaration on the Granting of Independence to Colonial
Countries and Peoples;
12.
Decides to continue to monitor closely the situation in the
colonial and Non-Self-Governing Territories so as to ensure that all economic
activities in those Territories are aimed at strengthening and diversifying
their economies in the interest of the indigenous peoples and at promoting the
economic and financial viability of those Territories, in order to facilitate
and accelerate the exercise by the peoples of those Territories of their right
to self-determination and independence;
13.
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 examine this question and to report
thereon to the General Assembly at its fiftieth session.
83rd plenary meeting
9 December 1994