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Department of Political Affairs of the Secretariat in accordance with the relevant
resolutions of the United Nations on decolonization;
2.
Considers it important to continue its efforts to ensure the widest
possible dissemination of information on decolonization, with particular emphasis
on the options of self-determination available for the peoples of Non-SelfGoverning Territories;
Requests the Department of Political Affairs and the Department of
3.
Public Information to take into account the suggestions 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 to continue their efforts to take
measures through all the media available, including publications, radio and
television, as well as the Internet, to give publicity to the work of the United
Nations in the field of decolonization and, inter alia:
(a) To continue to collect, prepare and disseminate, particularly to the
Territories, basic material on the issue of self-determination of the peoples of NonSelf-Governing Territories;
(b) To seek the full cooperation of the administering Powers in the discharge
of the tasks referred to above;
(c) To maintain a working relationship with the appropriate regional and
intergovernmental organizations, particularly in the Pacific and Caribbean regions,
by holding periodic consultations and exchanging information;
(d) To encourage the involvement of non-governmental organizations in the
dissemination of information on decolonization;
(e) To report to the Special Committee on measures taken in the
implementation of the present resolution;
4.
Requests all States, including the administering Powers, to continue to
extend their cooperation in the dissemination of information referred to in
paragraph 2 above;
Requests the Special Committee to follow the implementation of the
5.
present resolution and to report thereon to the General Assembly at its fifty-ninth
session.
72nd plenary meeting
9 December 2003
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