A/RES/52/75 Page 3 4. Commends the Secretary-General and his Personal Envoy for their efforts in reaching these agreements as well as the two parties for the cooperation they have shown, and urges them to continue this cooperation in order to facilitate the speedy implementation of the settlement plan; 5. Reaffirms the responsibility of the United Nations towards the people of Western Sahara, as provided for in the settlement plan; 6. Reiterates its support for further efforts of the Secretary-General for the organization and the supervision by the United Nations, in cooperation with the Organization of African Unity, of a referendum for self-determination of the people of Western Sahara, in conformity with Security Council resolutions 658 (1990) and 690 (1991), by which the Council approved the settlement plan for Western Sahara; 7. Takes note of Security Council resolution 1131 (1997); 8. Requests the Special Committee on the Situation with regard to the Implementation of the Declaration on the Granting of Independence to Colonial Countries and Peoples to continue to consider the situation in Western Sahara, bearing in mind the positive ongoing implementation of the settlement plan, and to report thereon to the General Assembly at its fifty-third session; 9. Invites the Secretary-General to submit to the General Assembly at its fifty-third session a report on the implementation of the present resolution. 69th plenary meeting 10 December 1997