Reaffirms the inalienable right of all peoples under colonial rule to self-determination and independence in accordance with the Declaration on the Granting of Independence to Colonial Countries and Peoples; declares that the continuation of colonialism in all its forms and manifestations, including racism and apartheid, is incompatible with the Charter of UN, the Declaration and the principles of international law; calls upon Member States, in particular colonial Powers, to take effective steps with a view to the complete, unconditional and speedy eradication of colonialism in all its forms; calls upon Member States to render, as a matter of urgency, all moral and material assistance to the peoples under colonial rule in their struggle to exercise their right to self-determination and independence; urges Member States to discontinue all economic, financial, trade and other relations with the racist minority regime of South Africa that run counter to the Declaration on Apartheid and its Destructive Consequences in Southern Africa; requests the administering Powers concerned to adopt the necessary measures to discourage or prevent any systematic influx of immigrants and settlers into the Territories under their administration; also requests the administering Powers to preserve the cultural identity, as well as the national unity, of the Territories under their administration; requests Member States, in particular the administering Powers, to adopt appropriate measures to prevent the recruitment, financing, training and transit of mercenaries in their Territories for use against the national liberation movements struggling for freedom and independence from the yoke of colonialism, racism and apartheid.

Adopted 124-2-21, 44th meeting

30th anniversary of the Declaration on the Granting of Independence to Colonial Countries and Peoples : resolution.

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Adopted at the 44th plenary meeting, 20 Nov. 1990.
In: Resolutions and decisions adopted by the General Assembly during its 45th session, Volume 1, 18 September-21 December 1990. - A/45/49. - 1991. - p. 24-26. - (GAOR, 45th sess., Suppl. no. 49).