UN General Assembly
1965

87. The report of the Committee on Oman has also revealed the traditional colonial methods practised by the United Kingdom in the Arabian Peninsula. In the Arab Gulf, the United Kingdom still resorts to colonial methods designed to perpetuate conditions which are unjust and alien to the spirit of our time. These methods are also in contradiction of the international order envisaged by the United Nations Charter and other fundamental international conventions which affirm the right of all peoples to self-determination and sovereignty over their territories and natural resources. We maintain that British policy in the Arab Gulf should no longer be permitted to continue, no matter how much the United Kingdom employs quasi-legal or illegal and unequal agreements imposed by force. The efforts of the United Nations still have to be extended to cope with colonialism in that part of the world. 88. Africa, whose peoples have suffered at one time or another from colonialism in all its forms and manifestations, today is still subjected in great part to the ruthless policies of colonialism and racism.