UN General Assembly
1982

understanding and to provide conditions which would be conducive to the restoration of peace. 69. Since its inception, the United Nations has worked to secure respect of the right of all peoples to self-determination and independence in accordance with their hopes, aspirations and interests. Although most peoples of the world have gained their independence, some Territories are still under colonial domination, notably in southern Africa, where the Government of South Africa persists in its racist policy notwithstanding the international condemna-tion of that policy as a crime against humanity. The denial to the people of South Africa of the ability to exercise their fundamental right of self-determination constitutes a violation of the most important principles of the Charter and of United Nations resolutions, as well as a grave challenge to the international community. 70. The continued economic, military and political co-operation which that racialist regime receives from certain States Members of the United Nations is what encourages it in its intransigence. My Government considers Security Council resolution 435 (1978) to be the soundest framework for the resolution of the question of