Hhich they nay be bound (Principle VII of the Final Act adopted aC gelsinkl on I Augusr 1975). 9. Elinination of coloniali8o and tbe systeo of apartheld 134. over the l.ast four decades, nalionaliaE novenenEs all over the uorld' ttith the active assistance of the united Nations, achieved great success in the field of decolonization' Ieadirq to the independence of nany counlries. Honever, desPiEethis achievenent, scme Eerritories still renai.n under colonial domlna[ion. The3e colonial situations constitute a denial of the riqht to se I f-dete rmination and sone threaten international peace and security, 135. of particular inEernational concern in tbig regard is che sieuation prevailing in Nanibia. south Africa persists in its occupation of Namibia in contravention of resolueions of lhe Security Council and the General Agserobly, as l'ell a6 lhe l97I determination of the Internatlonal Court of ilusEice declaring such occuPationiuegal. Two dinensions of this colonial problen have seriously undernined international peace and security. Fir6tly, withi,n Namibia iLself, souch Africa maintains a vicious systen of coloniaL oppression through a massive nilitary build-up. secondly' South Africa has used the territory of Nanibia as a springboard to launch aggression and other acts of destabilizaEion against neighbouring independent. states. south Africa's continued illegal occuPation of Nanibia and its canpaign against neighbouring States have therefore consliEuted aggression' breaches of the peace and threats to international peace and security,within the meaning of the Charter. 136. Closely associated with colonial oppression and domination are the phenomena of racism and racial discrimination. ilhile in the course of hisEory various fornsof racial discrinination have led to international conflicts, the institut ional i zed racist syseem of aparEheid practised by the South African r69ime has very serious implications for internat.ional peace and security. Apartheid, which has been condemned as a crime against hunanity, has been made punisbable under the
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