United Nations
A/RES/58/110
General Assembly
Distr.: General
3 February 2004
Fifty-eighth session
Agenda item 19
Resolution adopted by the General Assembly on 9 December 2003
[without reference to a Main Committee (A/58/23)]
58/110. 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 resolution 57/139 of 11 December
2002,
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 the goals of the Second 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 self-determination,
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,
Aware of the role of non-governmental organizations in the dissemination of
information on decolonization,
1.
Approves the activities in the field of dissemination of information on
decolonization undertaken by the Department of Public Information and the
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A/58/23 (Part II), chap. III. For the final text, see Official Records of the General Assembly, Fifty-eighth
Session, Supplement No. 23.
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