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UNITED
NATIONS
General Assembly
Distr.
GENERAL
A/RES/53/69
22 January 1999
Fifty-third session
Agenda item 18
RESOLUTION ADOPTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY
[without reference to a Main Committee (A/53/23 (Part II))]
53/69. 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
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 its resolution 52/79
of 10 December 1997,
Recognizing the need for flexible, practical and innovative approaches towards reviewing the options
of self-determination for the peoples of Non-Self-Governing Territories with a view to achieving complete
decolonization by the year 2000,
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 self-determination,
1
A/53/23 (Part II), chap. III. For the final text, see Official Records of the General Assembly, Fifty-third
Session, Supplement No. 23.
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