UNITED NATIONS UNITED NATIONS Distr. GENERAL GENERAL A/8423/Add.4" ASSEMBLY 28September1971 ORIGINAL: ENGLISH Twenty-sixth session Agenda items 67 and 23 REPORT OF THE SPECIAL COMMITTEE ON THE SITUATION WITH REGARD TO THE IMPLEMENTATION OF THE DECLARATION ON THE GRANTING OF INDEPENDENCE TO COLONIAL COUNTRIES AND PEOPLES (covering its work during 1971) Rapporteur: Mr. Yilma TADESSE (Ethiopia) CHAPTER VIII TERRITORIES UNDER PORTUGUESE ADMINISTRATION CONTENTS Paragraphs A. 'CONSIDERATION BY THE SPECIAL COMMITTEE .......... .i. 1 - 29 2 B. DECISIONS OF THE SPECIAL COMMITTEE .. .......... ... 30 - 32 9 ANNEXES I. WORKING PAPERS PREPARED BY THE SECRETARIAT ... ............. .... 15 II. REPORT OF THE SECRETARY-GENERAL ......... .................. 181 III. LETTER DATED 3 SEPTEMBER 1971 FROM THE EXECUTIVE SECRETARY-GENERAL OF THE ORGANIZATION OF AFRICAN UNITY AT THE UNITED NATIONS ADDRESSED TO THE UNDER- SECRETARY-GENERAL FOR TRUSTEESHIP AND NON-SELF-GOVERNING TERRITORIES ....... ................... ... 184 * This document contains chapter VIII of the Special Committee's report to the General Assembly. The general introductory chapter will be issued under the symbol A/8423. Other chapters of the report will be issued under the same symbol or as addenda. The complete report will be issued subsequently as Supplement No. 23 to the Official Records of the twenty-sixth session of the General Assembly. 71-19506 - A CHAPTER VIII TERRITORIES UNDER PORTUGUESE ADMINISTRATION. A. CONSIDERATION BY THE SPECIAL COMMITTEE 1. The Special Committee considered the question of the Territories under Portuguese administration at its 782nd, 785th, 787th, 789th to 792nd, 795th to 797th, 799th, 802nd, 806th, 811th to 813th and 824th to 826th meetings, between 4 March and 14 September 1971. 2. Ir its consideration of this item, the Special Committee took into account the relevant provisions of the programme of action for the full implementation of the Declaration on the Granting of Independence to Colonial Countries and Peoples, contained in General Assembly resolution 2621 (XXV) of 12 October 1970. The Special Committee also took into account the relevant provisions of General Assembly resolution 2708 (XXV) of 14 December 1970 on the implementation of the Declaration, by paragraph 11 of which the General Assembly requested the Special Committee "to continue to seek suitable means for the immediate and full implementation of the Declaration in all Territories which have not yet attained independence and, in particular, to formulate specific proposals for the elimination of the remaining manifestations of colonialism, taking fully into account the relevant provisions of the programme of action...". By paragraph 13 of the same resolution, the General Assembly requested the Special Committee "to continue to examine the compliance of Member States with the Declaration and with other relevant resolutions on the question of decolonization, particularly those relating to the Territories under Portuguese domination...". In addition, the Special Committee took into account the provisions of General Assembly resolution 2707 (XXV) of 14 December 1970 concerning the question of the Territories under Portuguese administration, by paragraph 16 of which the General Assembly requested the Special Committee "to keep the situation in the Territories under review". 3. During its consideration of the item, the Special Committee had before it working papers prepared by the Secretariat (see annex I to the present chapter) containing information on action previously taken by the Special Committee and by the General Assembly, as well as the latest developments concerning the Territories under Portuguese administration. 4. In addition, the Special Committee had before it the following written petitions concerning the Territories under Portuguese administration: Angola (a) Cable dated 18 March 1971 from Mr. Agostinho Neto, President of the Movimento Popular de Libertag&o de Angola (MPLA) (A/AC.109/PET.1159). (b) Letter dated 14 December 1970 from Nto-Bako Angola (A/AC.l09/PET.1167). (c) Letter dated 4 March 1971 from Messrs. Gracia Faustin Malheiros and Andre Monteiro Kiangala of Ngwizani a Kongo (A/AC.109/PET.1173). -.2- (d) Letter dated 4 May 1971 from Mr. Boubaker Adjali (A/AC.109/PET.1177). (e) Undated letter from Mr. Isaiah Swana (A/AC.109/PET.1187). (f) Letter dated 11 May 1971 from Mr. Chiponge Joseph Siliveli, United National Angolan Party (UNA) (A/AC.109/PET.1188). (g) Letter dated 4 June 1971 from Mr. B~rje J. Mattsson (A/AC.109/PET.1189). Mozambique (h) Letter dated 25 June 1971 from Mr. Jack Seaton, Project Mozambique, Toronto (A/AC.109/PET.1179). Cape Verde Archipelago (i) Letter dated 21 May 1971 from Mr. Amilcar Cabral, Secretary-General, Partido Africano da Independ@ncia da Guin6 e Cabo Verde (PAIGC) (A/AC.109/PET.1190). Territories in general (j) Undated communication on behalf of Dr. Domingos Arouca (A/AC.109/PET.1170). (k) Letter dated 9 April 1971 from Dr. Franqois Houtart, Universit6 Catholique de Louvain (A/AC.109/PET.1174). (1) Two cables dated 24 May and 8 June 1971 from Mr. Am Icar Cabral, Secretary-General, PAIGC (A/AC.109/PET.1178'and Add.1). (m) Letter dated 19 May 1971 from Mr. Donald J. Wilson, Secretary for Race Relations, the United Presbyterian Church in the United States of America (A/AC.109/PET.1186). 5. The Special Committee also had before it the following written petitions relating, inter alia, to Territories in southern Africa in general: (a) Letter dated 16 March 1971 from Mr. Abdul S. Minty, Honorary Secretary of the Anti-Apartheid Movement in the United Kingdom (A/AC.109/PET.1158). (b) Cable dated 21 December 1970 from the Soviet Peace Committee (A/AC.lO9/PET.1168). (c) Cable dated 24 August 1971 from the World Peace Council (A/AC.109/PET.1191). 6. At its 785th, 796th, 806th and 821st meetings, on 29 March, 5 May, 1 July and 27 August, the Special Committee, b, adopting the 155th, 158th, 160th and 161st reports, respectively, of the Sub-Committee on Petitions, 1/ decided to grant the requests for hearing contained in the petitions referred to in paragraphs 4 (d) and (h) and 5 (a) and (c) above. 1/ A/AC.109/L.691, L.707, L.720 and L.743. 7. At the 796th meeting, on 5 May, Mr. Boubaker Adjali made a statement and showed photographic slides (A/AC.1O9/PV.796). Statements in that connexion were made by the representatives of the United Republic of Tanzania and Yugoslavia, as well as by the Chairman (A/AC.109/PV.796). 8. Mr. Jack Seaton of Project Mozambique, and his associ&te, Mr. Richard Williams, made statements at the 806th meeting on 1 July and replied to questions put to them by the representatives of Syria, the United Republic of Tanzania and Yugoslavia (A/AC.l09/PV.806). 9. An account of the hearing given Mr. Abdul S. Minty at the 785th meeting on 29 March, and of that given members of the delegation of the World Peace Council at the 824th meeting on 8 September, to which reference is made in paragraph 5 (a) and (c) above, is contained in chapter VI of the present report (see A/8423/Add.2). 10. In its consideration of the item, the Special Committee also took into account the report of the Ad Hoc Group established by the Special Committee at its 789th meeting on 7 April 1971 (see A/8423/Add.1). The Group visited Africa during May 1971 for the purpose of maintaining contact with representatives of national liberation movements from the colonial Territories on that continent, obtaining first-hand information on the situation in those Territories and holding consultations with officials of the Organization of African Unity (OAU) on matters of common interest. The report included, inter alia, the views expressed by the following representatives of national liberation movements of the Territories under Portuguese administration: (a) Mr. Agostinho Neto, President, and Mr. Pascal Luvualu, member of the Central Committee, Movimento Popular de Libertag o de Angola (MPLA), (b) Mr. Grielme Chippia, Captain, Unido Nacional para a Independ~ncia Total de Angola (UNITA), (c) Mr. Paulo J. Gumane, President, and Mr. Miniban J. Ntundumula, member of the Comit6 Revoluciongrio de Mogambique (COREMO), and (d) Mr. Joaquim Chissano, Chief Representative in the United Republic of Tanzania, and Mr. Sergio Vieira, representative in the United Arab Republic, of the Frente de Libertagao de Mogambique (FRELIMO). The account of the meetings in Africa of the Ad Hoc Group and of its consideration by the Special Committee is contained in chapter V of the present report (see A/8423/Add.1). 11. The Special Committee also took into account the reports of its delegations of observers to the Assembly of the World Peace Council held in Budapest, Hungary, from 13 to 16 May 1971 (A/8423 (Part I)) and to the special meeting of the Afro-Asian Peoples' S9lidarity Organization (A/AC.109/PV.807). An account of the Special Committee's discussion is contained in chapter I of the present report (A/8423 (Part I)). 12. At its 782nd meeting, on 4 March, the Special Committee adopted a consensus concerning the decision of the Government of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland to proceed with the sale of several helicopters and spare parts for military equipment to the Government of South Africa (S/0147). The text of the consensus and an account of its consideration by the Special Committee is contained in chapter VI of the present report (A/8423/Add.2). 13. At its 789th meeting, on 7 April, the Special Committee, by adopting the 156th report of the Sub-Committee on Petitions (A/AC.109/L.693 and Corr.1), decided to give consideration, as a matter of urgency, to matters raised in the petition referred to in paragraph 4 fa) above.