A UNITED NATIONS General Assembly Distr. GENERAL A/RES/50/40 12 February 1996 Fiftieth session Agenda item 18 RESOLUTION ADOPTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY [without reference to a Main Committee (A/50/23, Part II)] 50/40. Dissemination of information on decolonization The General Assembly, Having examined the chapter of the report of the Situation with regard to the Implementation of Granting of Independence to Colonial Countries and dissemination of information on decolonization and the United Nations in the field of decolonization, the Special Committee on the Declaration on the Peoples relating to the publicity for the work of 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 49/90 of 16 December 1994, Recognizing the need for flexible, practical and innovative approaches towards reviewing the options of self-determination for the peoples of NonSelf-Governing Territories with a view to achieving complete decolonization by the year 2000, 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-SelfGoverning Territories to achieve self-determination, 1/ 96-76579 See A/50/23 (Part II), chap. III. /...