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of those peoples to foreign economic and financial interests, violates the
solemn obligations it has assumed under the Charter of the United Nations;
4.
Reaffirms its concern about the activities of those foreign
economic, financial and other interests which continue to exploit the natural
resources that are the heritage of the indigenous populations of the colonial
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;
5.
Reiterates its deep concern about 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 its
resolution 1514 (XV), and the efforts to eliminate colonialism;
6.
Calls once again upon all Governments that have not yet done so to
take, in accordance with the relevant provisions of its resolution 2621 (XXV)
of 12 October 1970, legislative, administrative or other measures in respect
of their nationals and the bodies corporate under their jurisdiction, if any,
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 practices and to prevent new
investments that run counter to the interests of the inhabitants of those
Territories;
7.
Reiterates that the damaging 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;
8.
Invites all Governments and organizations of the United Nations
system 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;
9.
Urges the administering Powers concerned to continue 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 continue to take all
necessary steps to protect the property rights of the peoples of those
Territories;
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 those activities of foreign
economic and other interests which impede the implementation of the
Declaration;
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