A/RES/74/112
United Nations
General Assembly
Distr.: General
27 December 2019
Seventy-fourth session
Agenda item 59
Implementation of the Declaration on the Granting of
Independence to Colonial Countries and Peoples
Resolution adopted by the General Assembly on
13 December 2019
[on the report of the Special Political and Decolonization Committee
(Fourth Committee) (A/74/418)]
74/112.
Dissemination of information on decolonization
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 for 2019 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 diss emination
of information on decolonization, in particular General Assembly resolution 73/122
of 7 December 2018,
Recognizing the need for flexible, practical and innovative approaches towards
reviewing the options for self-determination for the peoples of Non-Self-Governing
Territories, with a view to implementing the plan of action for the Third International
Decade for the Eradication of Colonialism,
Reiterating the importance of dissemination of information 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 Non-Self-Governing Territories to achieve selfdetermination,
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Official Records of the General Assembly, Seventy-fourth Session, Supplement No. 23 (A/74/23),
chap. III.
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