Resolution adopted by the General Assembly on 11 December 2013  [on the report of the Special Political and Decolonization Committee  (Fourth Committee) (A/68/430)]  68/88. Economic and other activities which affect the interests  of the peoples of the Non-Self-Governing Territories    The General Assembly,    Having considered the item entitled “Economic and other activities which  affect the interests of the peoples of the Non-Self-Governing Territories”,    Having examined the chapter of the report of the Special Committee on the  Situation with regard to the Implementation of the Declaration on the Granting of  Independence to Colonial Countries and Peoples for 2013 relating to the item,1    Recalling its resolution 1514 (XV) of 14 December 1960, as well as all other  relevant resolutions of the General Assembly, including, in particular, resolutions  46/181 of 19 December 1991, 55/146 of 8 December 2000 and 65/119 of  10 December 2010,    Reaffirming the solemn obligation of the administering Powers under the  Charter of the United Nations to promote the political, economic, social and  educational advancement of the inhabitants of the Territories under their  administration and to protect the human and natural resources of those Territories  against abuses,    Reaffirming also that any economic or other activity that has a negative impact  on the interests of the peoples of the Non-Self-Governing Territories and on the  exercise of their right to self-determination in conformity with the Charter and  General Assembly resolution 1514 (XV) is contrary to the purposes and principles  of the Charter,    Reaffirming further that the natural resources are the heritage of the peoples of  the Non-Self-Governing Territories, including the indigenous populations,  _______________  1 Official Records of the General Assembly, Sixty-eighth Session, Supplement No. 23 (A/68/23), chap. 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A/RES/68/88  Economic and other activities which affect the interests of the peoples of the Non-Self-Governing Territories   2/3    Aware of the special circumstances of the geographical location, size and  economic conditions of each Territory, and bearing in mind the need to promote the  stability, diversification and strengthening of the economy of each Territory,    Conscious of the particular vulnerability of the small Territories to natural  disasters and environmental degradation,    Conscious also that foreign economic investment, when undertaken in  collaboration with the peoples of the Non-Self-Governing Territories and in  accordance with their wishes, could make a valid contribution to the socioeconomic  development of the Territories and also to the exercise of their right to self- determination,    Concerned about any activities aimed at exploiting the natural and human  resources of the Non-Self-Governing Territories to the detriment of the interests of  the inhabitants of those Territories,    Bearing in mind the relevant provisions of the final documents of the  successive Conferences of Heads of State or Government of Non-Aligned Countries  and of the resolutions adopted by the Assembly of Heads of State and Government  of the African Union, the Pacific Islands Forum and the Caribbean Community,    1.  Reaffirms the right of the peoples of the Non-Self-Governing Territories  to self-determination in conformity with the Charter of the United Nations and with  General Assembly resolution 1514 (XV), containing the Declaration on the Granting  of Independence to Colonial Countries and Peoples, as well as their right to the  enjoyment of their natural resources and their right to dispose of those resources in  their best interest;    2.  Affirms the value of foreign economic investment undertaken in  collaboration with the peoples of the Non-Self-Governing Territories and in  accordance with their wishes in order to make a valid contribution to the  socioeconomic development of the Territories, especially during times of economic  and financial crisis;    3.  Reaffirms the responsibility of the administering Powers under the  Charter to promote the political, economic, social and educational advancement of  the Non-Self-Governing Territories, and reaffirms the legitimate rights of their  peoples over their natural resources;    4.  Reaffirms its concern about any activities aimed at the exploitation of the  natural resources that are the heritage of the peoples of the Non-Self-Governing  Territories, including the indigenous populations, in the Caribbean, the Pacific and  other regions, and of their human resources, to the detriment of their interests, and  in such a way as to deprive them of their right to dispose of those resources;    5.  Reaffirms the need to avoid any economic and other activities that  adversely affect the interests of the peoples of the Non-Self-Governing Territories;    6.  Calls once again upon all Governments that have not yet done so to take,  in accordance with the relevant provisions of General Assembly resolution  2621 (XXV) of 12 October 1970, legislative, administrative or other measures in  respect of their nationals and the bodies corporate under their jurisdiction that own  and operate enterprises in the Non-Self-Governing Territories that are detrimental to  the interests of the inhabitants of those Territories, in order to put an end to such  enterprises;   Economic and other activities which affect the interests  of the peoples of the Non-Self-Governing Territories  A/RES/68/88   3/3    7.  Calls upon the administering Powers to ensure that the exploitation of  the marine and other natural resources in the Non-Self-Governing Territories under  their administration is not in violation of the relevant resolutions of the United  Nations, and does not adversely affect the interests of the peoples of those  Territories;    8.  Invites all Governments and organizations of the United Nations system  to take all possible measures to ensure that the permanent sovereignty of the peoples  of the Non-Self-Governing Territories over their natural resources is fully respected  and safeguarded in accordance with the relevant resolutions of the United Nations  on decolonization;    9.  Urges the administering Powers concerned to take effective measures to  safeguard and guarantee the inalienable right of the peoples of the Non-Self- Governing Territories to their natural resources and to establish and maintain control  over the future development of those resources, and requests the administering  Powers to take all steps necessary to protect the property rights of the peoples of  those Territories in accordance with the relevant resolutions of the United Nations  on decolonization;    10. Calls upon the administering Powers concerned to ensure that no  discriminatory  working conditions prevail in the Territories under their  administration and to promote in each Territory a fair system of wages applicable to  all the inhabitants without any discrimination;    11.  Requests the Secretary-General to continue, through all means at his  disposal, to inform world public opinion of any activity that affects the exercise of  the right of the peoples of the Non-Self-Governing Territories to self-determination  in conformity with the Charter and General Assembly resolution 1514 (XV);    12. Appeals to trade unions and non-governmental organizations, as well as  individuals, to continue their efforts to promote the economic well-being of the  peoples of the Non-Self-Governing Territories, and also appeals to the media to  disseminate information about the developments in this regard;    13. Decides to follow the situation in the Non-Self-Governing Territories so  as to ensure that all economic activities in those Territories are aimed at  strengthening and diversifying their economies in the interest of their peoples,  including the indigenous populations, and at promoting the economic and financial  viability of those Territories;    14. 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 examine this question and to report thereon to  the General Assembly at its sixty-ninth session.