UNITED NATIONS D:Istl'. GEJ'JEHAL SECURITY S/5460 COUNCIL 21 IJovember 1963 ORIGINAL: ENGLISH LETTER DATED 13 NOVEMBER 1963 FRCl~ TEE REIRESENTATlVEG OF i.IGl'Rll~, BURUND:; C.AJ.vlEROON, CENTRAL AFRICAN REPUBLIC, CONGO (BR4.ZZ4VILLE), CCNGO (IEO.l:'OLDVILLL 1 ) DAHCMEY, ETHIOPIA, G.:u30N, GHANA, GUINEA, IVCRY COACT, LIBERIA, MADAGASCAR, MALI, MAURITANIA, MUROCCO, NIGER, NIGERIA, RHANDA, 0ENEGAL, tJIERRA LEONE, SCttlALIA, SUI'AN, TCGO, TUNISIA., UGANDA, UNITED ARAB REFli'BLIC ANI, UPPER VOLTA. ADDRESSED TO THE PRESIDENT CF THE SECURITY CCUNCIL On the instructions of our respective Governments, we the undersigned representatives have the honour to request Your Excellency to convene a meeting of the Security Council in accordance with rule 3 of the provisional rules of procedure of the Security Council, at an early date, to consider the report of the Secretary-General (document S/5448) in pursuance of the resolution adopted by the Security Council on 31 July 1963 (document S/5380). It will be recalled that in the operative paragraph 5 of that resolution the Security Council l1urgently calls upon Portugal to do the following: (a) The immediate recognition of the right of the peoples of the Territories under its administration to self-determination and independence; (b) The immediate cessation of all acts of repression and the withdrawal of all military and other forces at present employed for that purpose; (c) The promulgation of an unconditional political amnesty and the establishment of conditions that will allow the free functioning of political parties; (d) Negotiations, on the basis of the recognition of the right to self­ determination, with the authorized representatives of the political parties Within and outside the Territories with a view to the transfer of power to political institutions freely elected and representative of the peoples, in accordance with resolution 1514 (XV); (e) The granting of independence immediately thereafter to all the Territories under its administration in a.ccordance with the aspirations of the peoples. 11 63-26801 / ... ,. .CI 8/5460 English Page 2 Since these decisions have not been implemented, it is essential that the Security Council consider further appropriate measures which will ensure the implementation of the Security Council resolution of 31 July 1963. For the Government of' Algeria (Signed) K. Eacene For the Government of Burundi tI G. Nyangoma For the Government of Call1eroon tI F. Ebakisse For the Government of' Central African Republi~ tI C.M. Gallin-Douathe For the Government of' Congo (Brazzaville) tI T. Guindo-Yayos For the Government of' Congo (Leopoldville) tI T. Idzumbuir For the Government of Dahomey tI N. Ewagnignon For the Government of Ethiopia tI Judith Imru For the Government of' Gabon tI J.M. Nyoundou For the Government of Ghana tI Alex Quaison-Sackey For the G07ernment of' Guinea tI Diallo Telli For the Government of' Ivory Coast tI A.A. Usher For the Government of Liberia 11 N. Barnes For the Government of' Madagascar 11 L. ~akotomalala For the Government of Mali 11 B. Kasse For the Government of Mauritania tI A. Culd Daddah For the Government of' Morocco tI Dey Culd Sidi Baba For the Government of' Niger 11 A. Sidikou For the Government of Nigeria tI E.O. Sanu For the Government of' Rwanda 11 C. Mudenge For the Government of' Senegal tI O. Diop For the Government of' Sierra Leone tI R.E. Kelf'a-Caulker For the Government of Somalia tI O. Arteh For the Government of Sudan tI S. Sanousi For the Government of Togo 11 B. Djobo For the Government of Tunisia 11 Taieb Slim For the Government of Uganda tI E. Ndawula For the Government of United Arab Republic tI M. EI-Zayyat (for Mahmoud Riad) For the Goyernment of' Upper.~~"""""""'-I<'lC'="'''''''''~rl'''''''''''''=V'':'~Ta~ir''''' .'. , ~ ... "'.!:''''V!i:(', :,: ~ ;; r~l!If,"': r~·"'·"I:""1 ~""':.. ,:t:~ r'" ',. ~ ;,.,,~.t"'o/~~~ ~ i-:.'••• ~ I' ; '1,-" ", ." t" - .\'~ : I)''';"",,""~,,: l,_,;,,___ :.<~:~., ,".1 L_.:..•• .:.__ .~~"~"..l~'''il L~ryr:e::r'lrs·~·w!a·'''''q·M:;'glJX'SCMt»S'·N:,.·)fnr, ,;"..-jj..... "pr;r-; i' ,",=,,", 5l41.Io:....