Indigenous cultures and traditions, as well as the benefits they may provide for development. (7) The Special Committee urges the specialised agencies and other organisations and institutions of the United Nations system to assist in accelerating progress in all sectors of the national life of the small Territories, particularly in the development of their economies. (8) The Special Committee commends the arrangements made by several specialised agencies and other organisations and institutions of the United Nations system that enable representatives of the national liberation movements recognised by OAU and by the United Nations to participate fully as observers in the proceedings of these organisations relating to matters concerning their countries and calls upon those agencies and organisations that have not yet done so to follow this example and to make the necessary arrangements without delay. (9) The Special Committee notes with satisfaction that the Namibian people continue to be the beneficiaries of a number of programmes established within the framework of the United Nations Fund for Namibia and the United Nations Educational and Training Programme for Southern Africa. (10) The Special Committee emphasises the importance of co-ordination at the country, regional ^and^Headquarters levels of the programmes of assistance provided by the specialised agencies and other organisations and institutions of the United Nations system to the colonial peoples and their national liberation movements, including those of South Africa and other internationally recognised liberation movements. The Special Committee considers that such co-ordination would enable the peoples concerned to derive the maximum benefit from those programmes. (11) The Special Committee takes note of the fact that some influential groups are encouraging the granting of a new loan to South Africa by the International -17-Monetary Fund (IMF) and, in this content, urges IMF to comply strictly with the relevant United Nations resolutions regarding South Africa and its apartheid policies. 
**Analysis**
The text primarily focuses on the development of small territories and colonial peoples, with a specific emphasis on the economic and political aspects of their development. It also touches on the role of international organizations in providing assistance and promoting coordination among different agencies.

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