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Conscious also that foreign economic investment, when undertaken in
collaboration with the peoples of the Non-Self-Governing Territories and in
accordance with their wishes, could make a valid contribution to the socio-economic
development of the Territories and also to the exercise of their right to selfdetermination,
Concerned about any activities aimed at exploiting the natural and human
resources of the Non-Self-Governing Territories to the detriment of the interests of
the inhabitants of those Territories,
Bearing in mind the relevant provisions of the final documents of the
successive Conferences of Heads of State or Government of Non-Aligned Countries
and of the resolutions adopted by the Assembly of Heads of State and Government
of the African Union, the Pacific Islands Forum and the Caribbean Community,
Reaffirms the right of peoples of Non-Self-Governing Territories to self1.
determination in conformity with the Charter of the United Nations and with
General Assembly resolution 1514 (XV), containing the Declaration on the Granting
of Independence to Colonial Countries and Peoples, as well as their right to the
enjoyment of their natural resources and their right to dispose of those resources in
their best interest;
Affirms the value of foreign economic investment undertaken in
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collaboration with the peoples of the Non-Self-Governing Territories and in
accordance with their wishes in order to make a valid contribution to the socioeconomic development of the Territories;
Reaffirms the responsibility of the administering Powers under the
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Charter to promote the political, economic, social and educational advancement of
the Non-Self-Governing Territories, and reaffirms the legitimate rights of their
peoples over their natural resources;
Reaffirms its concern about any activities aimed at the exploitation of the
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natural resources that are the heritage of the peoples of the Non-Self-Governing
Territories, including the indigenous populations, in the Caribbean, the Pacific and
other regions, and of their human resources, to the detriment of their interests, and
in such a way as to deprive them of their right to dispose of those resources;
Reaffirms the need to avoid any economic and other activities that
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adversely affect the interests of the peoples of the Non-Self-Governing Territories;
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Calls once again upon all Governments that have not yet done so to take,
in accordance with the relevant provisions of General Assembly resolution
2621 (XXV) of 12 October 1970, legislative, administrative or other measures in
respect of their nationals and the bodies corporate under their jurisdiction that own
and operate enterprises in the Non-Self-Governing Territories that are detrimental to
the interests of the inhabitants of those Territories, in order to put an end to such
enterprises;
Calls upon the administering Powers to ensure that the exploitation of
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the marine and other natural resources in the Non-Self-Governing Territories under
their administration is not in violation of the relevant resolutions of the United
Nations, and does not adversely affect the interests of the peoples of those
Territories;
Invites all Governments and organizations of the United Nations system
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to take all possible measures to ensure that the permanent sovereignty of the peoples
of the Non-Self-Governing Territories over their natural resources is fully respected
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