A/RES/68/96
United Nations
Distr.: General
17 December 2013
General Assembly
Sixty-eighth session
Agenda item 60
Resolution adopted by the General Assembly on 11 December 2013
[on the report of the Special Political and Decolonization Committee
(Fourth Committee) (A/68/433)]
68/96.
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 for 2013 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 General Assembly
resolution 67/133 of 18 December 2012,
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 Third 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,
Recognizing also the role of the Department of Public Information of the
Secretariat, through the United Nations information centres, in the dissemination of
information at the regional level on the activities of the United Nations,
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Official Records of the General Assembly, Sixty-eighth Session, Supplement No. 23 (A/68/23), chap. III.
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