relevant provisions ofGeneral Assembly resolution 35/118of11December 1980 containing thePlanofActionfortheFullImplementation oftheDeclaration onthe Granting ofIndependence toColonial Countries andPeoples; andresolution 35/119 of11December 1980ontheimplementation oftheDeClaration ontheGranting of Independence toColonial Countries andPeoples; aswellasthoseresolutions relating tocolonial Territories inAfrica. 4.Duringitsconsideration oftheitem~theSpecial Committee hadbeforeit working papersprepared bytheSecretariat containing information oneconomic conditions, with'particular reference toforeign economic activities inthe followint; Territories: CaymanIslands (A/AC.109/652 andCorr.l); Bermuda (A/AC.109/655)~ Namibia (A/AC.109/656)~ andTurksandCaicosIslands (A/AC.109/658). 6.Atthel194thmeeting ~on13August, theChairman drewattention toadraft resolution ontheitem,(A/AC.I09/L.14l1) submitted byhim,whichhadbeenprepared onthebasisoftherelated consultations., 7.Atitsl195thmeeting, on14August, theSpecial Committee adopted draft resolution A/AC.109/L.14ll by20votestonone~with2abstentions (seepara.9 below). Statements weremadebytherepresentatives ofTrinidad andTobago, Denmark andAustralia (A/AC.l09/PV.1195). Previously issuedasnartofA/36/23 (~artIll). -(',8-*5.Thegeneral debateontheitemtookplaceatthel19lsttol193rdmeetings, on11and12August. Thefollowing MemberStatestookpartinthedebate: Ethiopia atthe119lstmeeting (A/AC.I09/PV.119l); Yugoslavia atthe1192ndmeeting (A/AC.I09!PV.1192); Bulgaria, Czechoslovakia, CubaandtheUnionofSovietSocialist Republics atthe1193rdmeeting (A!AC.I09/PV.1193).(. f ¥. "i i· f i {- I i{-.Iv8.On17August1981,copiesoftheresolution (A/AC.I09/675) weretransmitted to allStates, thespecialized agencies andotherorganizations withintheUnitedNations systemandtotheOrganization 0::'African Unity(OAU). B.Decision oftheSpecial Committee 9.Thetextoftheresolution (A/AC.I09/675) adopted bytheSpecial Committee at its1195thmeeting, on14August1981,towhichreference ismadeinparagraph 7ab~ve,isreproduced below: TheSpecial Committee, Lting Id ;, the Ithe l19 ;, liopia lalist rt !.redHavingconsidered theitementitled lIActivities offoreign economic andotherinterests whichareimpeding theimplementation oftheDeclaration ontheGranting ofIndependence toColonial Countries andPeoples inNamibia andinallotherTerritories undercolonial domination andeffortstoeliminatecolonialism, apartheid andracialdiscrimination insouthern Africali , Recalling General Assembly resolutions 1514(XV)of14December 1960,containing theDeclaration ontheGranting ofIndependence toColonial CountriesandPeoples~ 2621(XXV)of12October 1970,containing theprogramme ofactionforthefullimplementation oftheDeclaration, and35/118of11December 1980,containing thePlanofActionfortheFullImplementation oftheDeclarationontheGranting ofIndependence toColonial Countries andPeoples, aswellasallotherresolutions oftheUnitedNations related totheitem, Reaffirminji thesolemnobligation ofthead~inistering PowersundertheCharteroftheUnitedNations topromote thepolitical, economic, socialandeducational advancement oftheinhabitants oftheTerritories undertheiradministration andtoprotect thehumanandnatural resources ofthoseTerritories against abuses, Reaffirming thatanyeconomic orotheractivity whichimpedes theimplementation oftheDeclaration andobstructs efforts aimedattheelimination ofcolonialism, apartheid andracialdiscrimination insouthernAfricaandothercolonial Territories isindirectviolation oftherightsoftheinhabitants aswellastheprinciples oftheCharter andallrelevantresolutions oftheUnitedNations, Reaffirming thatthenatural resources ofallTerritorie~ undercolonialandracistdomination aretheheritage ofthepeoples ofthoseTerritories andthattheexploitation anddepletion ofthoseresources byforeign economicinterests, inparticular ofNamibia, inassociation withtheoccupying regimeofSouthAfrica, constitute adirectviolation oftherightsofthepeoplesaswellasofthepri.nciples oftheCharter andallrelevant resolutions oftheUnitedNations, Bearing inmindtherelevant prov~s~ons ofthedeclaration adopted bytheConference ofMinisters forForeign Affairs ofNon-Aligned Countries, heldatNewDelhifrom9to13February 1981,1/aswellasthefinalcommunique 1/A/36/1l6, annex. IoftheExtraordinary Ministerial Meeting oftheCo-ordinating Bureauofthe Non-Aligned Countries ontheQuestion ofNamibia, heldatAlgiers from16to 18April1981,2/ Bearing inmindalsotherelated decisions adopted bytheAssembly of
**Analysis**
The text appears to be a resolution from the United Nations Special Committee on the Situation with regard to the Implementation of the Declaration on the Granting of Independence to Colonial Countries and Peoples. The resolution is concerned with the economic activities and interests that are impeding the implementation of the Declaration in Namibia and other territories under colonial domination. It reaffirms the obligation of administering powers to promote the political, economic, social, and educational advancement of the inhabitants of these territories and to protect their human and natural resources against abuses.

**Category**
Economic development, Humanitarian aid and relief