Affirms once again that the continuation of colonialism in any form or manifestation - including racism and economic exploitation - is incompatible with the Charter of UN, the Universal Declaration on the Granting of Independence to Colonial Countries and Peoples; affirms once again its support for the aspirations of the peoples under colonial rule to exercise their right to self-determination and independence; calls upon all States, in particular the administering Powers, as well as the specialized agencies and other organizations of the UN system, to give effect within their respective spheres of competence to the recommendations of the Special Committee for the implementation of the Declaration and other relevant resolutions of UN; calls upon the administering Powers to ensure that no activity of foreign economic and other interests in the Non-Self-Governing Territories under their administration hinders the peoples of those Territories from exercising their right to self-determination and independence; calls upon the administering Powers to terminate military activities in the Territories and to eliminate military bases there and urges them not to involve those Territories in any offensive acts or interference against other States; urges all States to provide moral and material assistance to the peoples of colonial Territories, and requests that the administering Powers, in consultation with the Governments of the Territories under their administration, take steps to enlist and make effective use of all possible assistance in the strengthening of the eonomies of those Territories.

Adopted 139-2-19, 75th meeting

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Adopted at the 75th plenary meeting, 10 Dec. 1993.