A/RES/64/98
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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 the Non-Self-Governing Territories over their natural resources is fully respected
and safeguarded in accordance with the relevant resolutions of the United Nations
on decolonization;
Urges the administering Powers concerned to take effective measures to
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safeguard and guarantee the inalienable right of the peoples of the Non-SelfGoverning 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 in accordance with the relevant resolutions of the United Nations
on decolonization;
10. Calls upon the administering Powers concerned to ensure that no
discriminatory working conditions prevail in the Territories under their administration
and to promote in each Territory a fair system of wages applicable to all the
inhabitants without any discrimination;
11. Requests the Secretary-General to continue, through all means at his
disposal, to inform world public opinion of any activity that affects the exercise of
the right of the peoples of the Non-Self-Governing Territories to self-determination
in conformity with the Charter and General Assembly resolution 1514 (XV);
12. Appeals to trade unions and non-governmental organizations, as well as
individuals, to continue their efforts to promote the economic well-being of the
peoples of the Non-Self-Governing Territories, and also appeals to the media to
disseminate information about the developments in this regard;
13. Decides to follow the situation in the 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 their peoples, including the
indigenous populations, and at promoting the economic and financial viability of
those Territories;
14. 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 sixty-fifth session.
62nd plenary meeting
10 December 2009
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