Implementation of the Declaration on the Granting of Independence to Colonial Countries and Peoples, G.A. res. 50/39, 50 U.N. GAOR Supp. (No. 49) at 30, U.N. Doc. A/50/49 (Vol. I) (1995).




     The General Assembly,
 
     Having examined 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,
 
     Recalling its resolution 1514 (XV) of 14 December 1960, containing the
Declaration on the Granting of Independence to Colonial Countries and Peoples,
and all its subsequent resolutions concerning the implementation of the
Declaration, most recently resolution 49/89 of 16 December 1994, as well as
the relevant resolutions of the Security Council,
 
     Recognizing that the eradication of colonialism is one of the priorities
of the Organization for the decade that began in 1990,
 
     Deeply conscious of the need to take, speedily, measures to eliminate the
last vestiges of colonialism by the year 2000, as called for in its resolution
43/47 of 22 November 1988,
 
     Reiterating its conviction of the need for the elimination of
colonialism, as well as of the need for the total eradication of racial
discrimination and violations of basic human rights,
 
     Noting with satisfaction the achievements of the Special Committee in
contributing to the effective and complete implementation of the Declaration
and other relevant resolutions of the United Nations on decolonization,
 
     Stressing the importance of the participation of the administering Powers
in the work of the Special Committee,
 
     Also noting with satisfaction the cooperation and active participation of
some administering Powers in the work of the Special Committee, as well as
their continued readiness to receive United Nations visiting missions in the
Territories under their administration,
 
     Noting with concern the negative impact which the non- participation of
certain administering Powers has had on the work of the Special Committee,
depriving it of an important source of information on the Territories under
their administration,
 
     Aware of the pressing need of newly independent and emerging States for
assistance from the United Nations and its system of organizations in the
economic, social and other fields,
 
     Aware also of the pressing need of the remaining Non-Self- Governing
Territories, including particularly the small island Territories, for
economic, social and other assistance from the United Nations and the
organizations within its system,
 
     Taking special note of the fact that, during its 1995 session, the
Special Committee carried out a mid-term review of the Plan of Action for the
International Decade for the Eradication of Colonialism in the context of the
commemoration of the fiftieth anniversary of the United Nations, in which
further options for self-determination were explored,
 
     1.   Reaffirms its resolution 1514 (XV) and all other resolutions on
decolonization, including its resolution 43/47, in which it declared the
decade that began in 1990 as the International Decade for the Eradication of
Colonialism, and calls upon the administering Powers, in accordance with those
resolutions, to take all necessary steps to enable the peoples of the
Territories concerned to exercise fully as soon as possible their right to
self-determination, including independence;
 
     2.   Affirms once again that the continuation of colonialism in any form
or manifestation - including economic exploitation - is incompatible with the
Charter of the United Nations, the Universal Declaration of Human Rights and
the Declaration on the Granting of Independence to Colonial Countries and
Peoples; 
 
     3.   Reaffirms its determination to continue to take all steps necessary
to bring about the complete and speedy eradication of colonialism and the
faithful observance by all States of the relevant provisions of the Charter,
the Declaration on the Granting of Independence to Colonial Countries and
Peoples and the Universal Declaration of Human Rights;
 
     4.   Affirms once again its support for the aspirations of the peoples
under colonial rule to exercise their right to self- determination, including
independence;
 
     5.   Approves 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 covering its work during 1995,
including the programme of work envisaged for 1996;
 
     6.   Calls upon all States, in particular the administering Powers, as
well as the specialized agencies and other organizations of the United Nations
system, to give effect within their respective spheres of competence to the
recommendations of the Special Committee for the implementation of the
Declaration and other relevant resolutions of the United Nations;
 
     7.   Calls upon the administering Powers to ensure that no activity of
foreign economic and other interests in the Non-Self- Governing Territories
under their administration hinders the peoples of those Territories from
exercising their right to self- determination, including independence;
 
     8.   Takes note of the decision of some of the administering Powers to
close or downsize some of the military bases in the Non- Self-Governing
Territories;
 
     9.   Calls upon the administering Powers to eliminate the remaining
military bases in the Non-Self-Governing Territories in compliance with the
relevant resolutions of the General Assembly, and urges them not to involve
those Territories in any offensive acts or interference against other States;
 
     10.  Urges all States, directly and through their action in the
specialized agencies and other organizations of the United Nations system, to
provide moral and material assistance to the peoples of colonial Territories,
and requests that the administering Powers, in consultation with the
Governments of the Territories under their administration, take steps to
enlist and make effective use of all possible assistance, on both a bilateral
and a multilateral basis, in the strengthening of the economies of those
Territories;
 
     11.  Requests the Special Committee to continue to seek suitable means
for the immediate and full implementation of the Declaration and to carry out
those actions approved by the General Assembly regarding the International
Decade for the Eradication of Colonialism in all Territories that have not yet
exercised their right to self-determination, including independence, and in
particular:
 
     (a)  To formulate specific proposals for the elimination of the remaining
manifestations of colonialism and to report thereon to the General Assembly at
its fifty-first session;
 
     (b)  To continue to examine the implementation by Member States of
resolution 1514 (XV) and other relevant resolutions on decolonization;
 
     (c)  To continue to pay special attention to the small Territories, in
particular through the dispatch of regular visiting missions, and to recommend
to the General Assembly the most suitable steps to be taken to enable the
populations of those Territories to exercise their right to self-determination
and independence;
 
     (d)  To take all necessary steps to enlist world-wide support among
Governments, as well as national and international organizations, for the
achievement of the objectives of the Declaration and the implementation of the
relevant resolutions of the United Nations;
 
     12.  Calls upon the administering Powers to continue to cooperate with
the Special Committee in the discharge of its mandate and to receive visiting
missions to the Territories to secure first-hand information and ascertain
the wishes and aspirations of their inhabitants;
 
     13.  Also calls upon the administering Powers that have not participated
in the work of the Special Committee to do so at its 1996 session;
 
     14.  Requests the Secretary-General, the specialized agencies and other
organizations of the United Nations system to provide economic, social and
other assistance to the Non-Self-Governing Territories and to continue to do
so, as appropriate, after they exercise their right to self-determination,
including independence;
 
     15.  Requests the Secretary-General to provide the Special Committee with
the facilities and services required for the implementation of the present
resolution, as well as of the other resolutions and decisions on
decolonization adopted by the General Assembly and the Special Committee.
      

 

 



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