Forty-ninth session
Agenda item 18
RESOLUTION ADOPTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY
Dissemination of information on decolonization, U.N. Doc. A/RES/49/90
(1994).
The General Assembly,
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 relating to the dissemination of information on decolonization
and publicity for the work of the United Nations in the field
of decolonization, 1/
Recalling its resolution 1514 (XV) of 14 December 1960,
containing the Declaration on the Granting of Independence to
Colonial Countries and Peoples, and other resolutions and decisions
of the United Nations concerning the dissemination of information
on decolonization, in particular General Assembly resolution 48/53
of 10 December 1993,
Reiterating the importance of publicity as an instrument
for furthering the aims of the Declaration, and mindful of the
role of world public opinion in effectively assisting the peoples
of the colonial Territories to achieve self-determination and
independence,
Aware of the importance of non-governmental organizations
in the dissemination of information on decolonization,
1. Approves 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
relating to the dissemination of information on decolonization
and publicity for the work of the United Nations in the field
of decolonization;
2. Considers it important for the United Nations to continue
to play an active role in the process of decolonization and to
intensify its efforts to ensure the widest possible dissemination
of information on decolonization, with a view to further mobilizing
international public opinion in support of complete decolonization
by the year 2000;
3. Requests the Secretary-General, taking into account
the suggestions of the Special Committee, to continue to take
concrete measures through all the media at his disposal, including
publications, radio and television, to give widespread and continuous
publicity to the work of the United Nations in the field of decolonization
and, inter alia:
(a) To continue, in consultation with the Special Committee, to collect, prepare and disseminate basic material, studies and articles relating to the problems of decolonization and, in particular, to continue to publish the periodical Objective: Justice and other publications, special articles and studies, including the Decolonization series, and to increase the information on all the Territories under consideration by the Special Committee, selecting appropriate material for wider dissemination by reprints in various languages;
(b) To seek the full cooperation of the administering Powers in the discharge of the tasks referred to above;
(c) To intensify the decolonization-oriented activities of all United Nations information centres;
(d) To maintain a working relationship with the appropriate regional and intergovernmental organizations, particularly in Africa and the Pacific and Caribbean regions, by holding periodic consultations and exchanging information;
(e) To solicit, in consultation with United Nations information centres, assistance in the dissemination of information on decolonization from non-governmental organizations;
(f) To continue to produce comprehensive press releases for all meetings of the Special Committee and its subsidiary bodies;
(g) To ensure that the necessary facilities and services to that end are made available;
(h) To report to the Special Committee on measures taken in the implementation of the present resolution;
4. Requests all States, in particular the administering
Powers, as well as the specialized agencies and other organizations
of the United Nations system and non-governmental organizations
with a special interest in decolonization, to undertake or intensify,
in cooperation with the Secretary- General and within their respective
spheres of competence, the large-scale dissemination of information
referred to in paragraph 2 above;
5. Requests the Special Committee to follow the implementation
of the present resolution and to report thereon to the General
Assembly at its fiftieth session.
91st plenary meeting
16 December 1994
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1/ See A/49/23, Part II, chap. II.