United Nations
A/RES/62/120
General Assembly
Distr.: General
10 January 2008
Sixty-second session
Agenda item 40
Resolution adopted by the General Assembly on 17 December 2007
[on the report of the Special Political and Decolonization Committee
(Fourth Committee) (A/62/412)]
62/120. Implementation of the Declaration on the Granting
of Independence to Colonial Countries and Peoples
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, 1
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Recalling its resolution 1514 (XV) of 14 December 1960, containing the
Declaration on the Granting of Independence to Colonial Countries and Peoples,
and all its subsequent resolutions concerning the implementation of the Declaration,
the most recent of which was resolution 61/130 of 14 December 2006, as well as the
relevant resolutions of the Security Council,
Bearing in mind its resolution 55/146 of 8 December 2000, by which it
declared the period 2001–2010 the Second International Decade for the Eradication
of Colonialism, and the need to examine ways to ascertain the wishes of the peoples
of the Non-Self-Governing Territories on the basis of resolution 1514 (XV) and
other relevant resolutions on decolonization,
Recognizing that the eradication of colonialism has been one of the priorities
of the United Nations and continues to be one of its priorities for the decade that
began in 2001,
Reconfirming the need to take measures to eliminate colonialism by 2010, as
called for in its resolution 55/146,
Reiterating its conviction of the need for the eradication of colonialism, as
well as racial discrimination and violations of basic human rights,
Noting with satisfaction the achievements of the Special Committee in
contributing to the effective and complete implementation of the Declaration and
other relevant resolutions of the United Nations on decolonization,
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Official Records of the General Assembly, Sixty-second Session, Supplement No. 23 (A/62/23).