UN General Assembly
1965

77. In Oman, colonialism continues to suppress the aspirations of the people for freedom and deny them their right to self-determination. At a time when the winds of change are blowing in all parts of the world and the colonial system is retreating from one position after another, we still see in Oman and in the neighbouring territories in the Gulf region and in South Eastern Arabia, a stubborn reluctance to face realities. Colonialism is desperately trying to maintain, in that part of the Arab homeland, an anachronistic situation where colonial influence is maintained by a variety of indirect means and ill-concealed subterfuges. An example of British colonial repression In the Gulf area is the arbitrary removal of the Sheikh of Sharja — and this is his gravest mistake and greatest crime — because he asked for technical aid from the League of Arab States. It is our fervent hope that action will be taken this year to accelerate the attainment of freedom by Oman in accordance with the firm resolve of the United Nations that the Declaration on the Granting of Independence to Colonial Countries and Peoples be speedily applied to all territories that have not yet attained their independence.