A/RES/62/120
Stressing the importance of the formal participation of the administering
Powers in the work of the Special Committee,
Noting with interest the cooperation and active participation of some
administering Powers in the work of the Special Committee, and encouraging the
others also to do so,
Taking note that the Pacific regional seminar, originally scheduled to convene
from 23 to 25 May 2006 in Timor-Leste, was held on Yanuca Island, Fiji, from 28 to
30 November 2006, and that the Caribbean regional seminar was held in Saint
George’s, Grenada, from 22 to 24 May 2007,
Reaffirms its resolution 1514 (XV) and all other resolutions and
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decisions on decolonization, including its resolution 55/146, by which it declared
the period 2001–2010 the Second International Decade for the Eradication of
Colonialism, and calls upon the administering Powers, in accordance with those
resolutions, to take all necessary steps to enable the peoples of the Non-SelfGoverning Territories concerned to exercise fully as soon as possible their right to
self-determination, including independence;
Reaffirms once again that the existence of colonialism in any form or
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manifestation, including economic exploitation, is incompatible with the Charter of
the United Nations, the Declaration on the Granting of Independence to Colonial
Countries and Peoples and the Universal Declaration of Human Rights; 2
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Reaffirms its determination to continue to take all steps necessary to
bring about the complete and speedy eradication of colonialism and the faithful
observance by all States of the relevant provisions of the Charter, the Declaration on
the Granting of Independence to Colonial Countries and Peoples and the Universal
Declaration of Human Rights;
Affirms once again its support for the aspirations of the peoples under
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colonial rule to exercise their right to self-determination, including independence, in
accordance with relevant resolutions of the United Nations on decolonization;
Calls upon the administering Powers to cooperate fully with the Special
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Committee on the Situation with regard to the Implementation of the Declaration on
the Granting of Independence to Colonial Countries and Peoples to develop and
finalize, before the end of the Second International Decade for the Eradication of
Colonialism, a constructive programme of work on a case-by-case basis for the
Non-Self-Governing Territories to facilitate the implementation of the mandate of
the Special Committee and the relevant resolutions on decolonization, including
resolutions on specific Territories;
Commends the professional, open and transparent conduct of both the
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February 2006 and October 2007 referendums to determine the future status of
Tokelau, monitored by the United Nations;
Requests the Special Committee to continue to seek suitable means for the
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immediate and full implementation of the Declaration and to carry out the actions
approved by the General Assembly regarding the International Decade for the
Eradication of Colonialism and the Second International Decade for the Eradication
of Colonialism in all Territories that have not yet exercised their right to selfdetermination, including independence, and in particular:
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Resolution 217 A (III).