MALACAÑAN PALACE
MANILA
BY THE PRESIDENT OF THE PHILIPPINES
[ Memorandum Circular No. 173, March 29, 1968 ]
For the information and guidance of all concerned, there are quoted hereunder the text of operative paragraphs 1, 3, 4, 7, 8, and 12 of Resolution 2270(XXII) adopted by the United Nations General Assembly at its 1599th plenary meeting on 17 November 1967 entitled “Question of Territories under Portuguese Administration:”
“1. Reaffirms the inalienable right of the peoples of the Territories under Portuguese domination to achieve freedom and independence, in accordance with General Assembly resolution 1514 (XV), and the legitimacy of their struggle to achieve this right;
“3. Strongly condemns the persistent refusal of the Government of Portugal to implement the relevant resolutions adopted by the General Assembly, the Security Council and the Special Committee, as well as that Government’s actions which are designed to perpetuate its oppressive foreign rules;
“4. Strongly condemns the colonial war being waged by the Government of Portugal against the peaceful peoples of the Territories under its domination, which constitutes a crime against humanity and a grave threat to international peace and security;
“7. Urges the Government of Portugal to apply with out delay to the peoples of the Territories under its domination the principle of self-determination in accordance with General Assembly resolution 1514 (XV) and other relevant resolutions of the General Assembly and the Security Council, and, in particular, to take the following actions:
“(a) To recognize solemnly the right of the peoples under its domination to self-determination and independence;
“(b) To desist forthwith from all acts of repression and to withdraw all military and other forces which it is using for that purpose;
“(c) To proclaim an unconditional political amnesty and create the condition which will enable authority to be transferred to freely elected institutions representative of the populations, in accordance with General Assembly resolution 1514 (XV);
“8. Once again requests all States, particularly the military allies of Portugal in the North Atlantic Treaty Organization, to take the following measures:
“(a) To desist forthwith from giving the Government of Portugal any assistance, including the training of Portuguese military personnel within or outside the framework of the North Atlantic Organization, which encourages that Government to continue its repression of the African people is the Territories under its domination;
“(b) To prevent any sale or supply of weapons and military equipment to the government of Portugal;
“(c) To stop the sale or shipment to the Government of Portugal of equipment and materials for the manufacture or maintenance of weapons and ammunition;
“(d) To put an end to the activities referred to in paragraph 6 above;
“12. Appeals again to all States to grant the people of the Territories under Portuguese domination the moral and material assistance necessary for the restoration of their inalienable rights;”
The territories under Portuguese administration referred to in the above-cited resolution are: Angola, Mozambique, Portuguese Guinea, Cape Verde Archipelago, Sao Tome and Principe, Sao Joao Batista de Ajuda, Macau, Timor and Goa.1âшphi1
The Philippine delegation to the 22nd UN General Assembly voted affirmatively for the above resolution.1âшphi1
By authority of the President:
(SGD.) RAFAEL M. SALAS
Executive Secretary
Manila, March 29, 1968
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