obligations underthesameinstrument. 48.Insofarasthe"illegality" oftheTRNCactionisthought toderive from international law,theconsideration already givenabovetotherelevance and operation ofthe1960Treatie. shouldbesufficient todispose ofthatpoint. 49.Thepossibility remains, however, thatsomemayseeinthereferences to national unityandterritoriaJ integrity intheDeclaration ontheGranting of Independence toColonial Countries andPeoples (General Assembly resolution 1514(XV)of1960), andtheDeclaration onPrinciples ofInternational Law concerning Friendly Relations andCo-operation amongStatesinaccordance withthe Charter oftheUnitedNations (General Assembly resolution 2625(XXV)of 24October 1970), areasonforcharacterizing theTRNCdeclaration asillegal. No doubttheseprescriptions areofgeneral importance, butthefactoftheir 1••• Digitized by Dag Hammarskjöld LibraryA/ 44/964 s/21463 English Page 16 generality must be emphasized. In contrast, the Pr€setrt situatiou i1 vgry ipecific * esPecialty ia the relevance to it of the 1960 Treaties and the Basic Structure aDd 1960 Constitution ehich are enaloraed aDd guaranteed in those Treaties. It is axiomatic and beyond discussion that treaties override customary inlernatioual law. The general terrns of the Declarations on qoLonialism and on principles of interBational la$ - which at best are no nore tha! customary international lait - must give rray to the erPlicits aEd cl'ear requirements of the re1evant treaties, 50. This safte consideration bears with sPecial weight on any suPPosed similarity between the present case aud the other episodes in which the security Council has cal.ted upon Statses Eot to recognize certain secessionist or new entitsies' Such action wis taken iadirectfy over Katanga aDd exPressl'y over Rhodesia and Ehe African "bantustans". But tbey are totally di stinguishabl'e from the Present situation. ahe prilciPal poini of distiBction is that th€y were t1ot affected by any coatrolLiug treaty - in contrast ititb the rote trere of the 1960 Treaties of Establishment and of Guarantee. A secotrd poinc of distinction is that in the last two of those casas the iahibitio! on recognitiotr deriveal from the fact that the establishment of the ettity involved a contiDuance, iu one or another forn' of the
**Analysis**
The text appears to be discussing a legal and political issue related to international law, treaties, and the recognition of a secessionist entity. The language used is formal and technical, suggesting a legal or academic context. The text does not mention any specific economic, environmental, or social issues, but rather focuses on the legal framework and principles governing international relations.

**Category**
International trade, Humanitarian aid and relief