A/RES/59/136 Noting with satisfaction the cooperation and active participation of some administering Powers in the work of the Special Committee, and encouraging the others also to do so, Taking note of the fact that the Special Committee held a Pacific regional seminar on advancing the decolonization process in the Pacific region at Madang, Papua New Guinea, from 18 to 20 May 2004, 2 1. Reaffirms its resolution 1514 (XV) and all other resolutions and decisions on decolonization, including its resolution 55/146, by which it declared the period 2001–2010 the Second 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 Non-SelfGoverning Territories concerned to exercise fully as soon as possible their right to self-determination, including independence; Reaffirms once again that the existence of colonialism in any form or 2. manifestation, including economic exploitation, is incompatible with the Charter of the United Nations, the Declaration on the Granting of Independence to Colonial Countries and Peoples and the Universal Declaration of Human Rights; 3 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; Affirms once again its support for the aspirations of the peoples under 4. colonial rule to exercise their right to self-determination, including independence, in accordance with relevant resolutions of the United Nations on decolonization; Approves the report of the Special Committee on the Situation with 5. regard to the Implementation of the Declaration on the Granting of Independence to Colonial Countries and Peoples covering its work during 2004,1 including the programme of work envisaged for 2005; 6. Calls upon the administering Powers to cooperate fully with the Special Committee to finalize before the end of 2005 a constructive programme of work on a case-by-case basis for the Non-Self-Governing Territories to facilitate the implementation of the mandate of the Special Committee and the relevant resolutions on decolonization, including resolutions on specific Territories; Welcomes the progress made in the ongoing consultations between the 7. Special Committee and New Zealand, as administering Power for Tokelau, with the participation of representatives of the people of Tokelau, as evidenced by the decision of the General Fono of Tokelau in November 2003 to actively explore with New Zealand the option of self-government in free association; Requests the Special Committee to continue to seek suitable means 8. the immediate and full implementation of the Declaration and to carry out actions approved by the General Assembly regarding the International Decade the Eradication of Colonialism and the Second International Decade for _______________ 2 3 2 Ibid., chap. II, annex. Resolution 217 A (III). for the for the