United Nations
A/RES/61/129
General Assembly
Distr.: General
15 January 2007
Sixty-first session
Agenda item 39
Resolution adopted by the General Assembly on 14 December 2006
[on the report of the Special Political and Decolonization Committee
(Fourth Committee) (A/61/415)]
61/129. 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 General Assembly 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 Assembly
resolution 60/118 of 8 December 2005,
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 implementing the plan of action for the Second
International Decade for the Eradication of Colonialism, 2
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,
Also recognizing the role of the Department of Public Information of the
Secretariat, through its United Nations information centres, in the dissemination of
information at the regional level on the activities of the United Nations,
_______________
1
2
06-50217
Official Records of the General Assembly, Sixty-first Session, Supplement No. 23 (A/61/23), chap. III.
A/56/61, annex.