Expresses the conviction that the 25th anniversary of the Declaration should provide an opportunity for Member States to rededicate themselves to its principles and objectives and for concerted efforts to be made to remove the vestiges of colonialism; calls upon Member States to render all moral and material assistance to the peoples under colonial rule in their struggle towards self-determination and independence; requests Member States, as well as the organizations of the UN System to ensure that the permanent sovereignty of the colonial territories over their natural resources is fully respected; reaffirms that all administering powers are obliged to create economic, social and other conditions in the territories under their administration to achieve independence and economic self-reliance; requests the administering powers to prevent any systematic influx of immigrants and settlers into the territories under their administration which might disrupt the demographic composition of those territories and to avoid any forced displacement, complete or partial, of the population of colonial territories; requests the administering powers to preserve the cultural identify, the national unity, of those territories and to encourage the full development of the indigenous culture; calls upon the administering powers not to involve those territories in any offensive acts or interference against other States; request Member States to prevent the recruitment of mercenaries in their territories for use against the national liberation movements.

Adopted 139-0-13, 99th plenary meeting

25th anniversary of the Declaration on the Granting of Independence to Colonial Countries and Peoples.

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Adopted at the 99th plenary meeting, 2 Dec. 1985.
In: Resolutions and decisions adopted by the General Assembly during its 40th session, 17 September-18 December 1985, 28 April-9 May and 20 June 1986. - A/40/53. - 1986. - p. 26-28. - (GAOR, 40th sess., Suppl. no. 53).