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and Non-Self-Governing Territories in the Caribbean, the Pacific and other
regions, as well as their human resources, to the detriment of their
interests, thus depriving them of their right to control the resources of
their Territories and impeding the realization by those peoples of their
legitimate aspirations for self-determination and independence;
4.
Condemns those activities of foreign economic and other interests
in the colonial and Non-Self-Governing Territories which are impeding the
implementation of the Declaration on the Granting of Independence to Colonial
Countries and Peoples, contained in General Assembly resolution 1514 (XV), and
the efforts to eliminate colonialism and racial discrimination;
5.
Calls once again upon all Governments that have not yet done so to
take, in accordance with the relevant provisions of General Assembly
resolution 2621 (XXV) 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-SelfGoverning 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 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;
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