A/RES/76/104
United Nations
General Assembly
Distr.: General
16 December 2021
Seventy-sixth session
Agenda item 63
Implementation of the Declaration on the Granting of
Independence to Colonial Countries and Peoples
Resolution adopted by the General Assembly
on 9 December 2021
[on the report of the Special Political and Decolonization Committee
(Fourth Committee) (A/76/425, para. 37)]
76/104.
Dissemination of information on decolonization
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 for 2021, 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 75/121
of 10 December 2020,
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 Fourth 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,
Recognizing the role played by the administering Powers in transmitting
information to the Secretary-General, in accordance with the terms of Article 73 e of
the Charter of the United Nations,
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Official Records of the General Assembly, Seventy-sixth Session, Supplement No. 23 (A/76/23).
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