A/RES/73/122
Dissemination of information on decolonization
Stressing the importance of the visiting missions of the Special Committee in
contributing substantially to the dissemination of information on decolonization,
Recognizing that the Department of Public Information of the Secretariat,
through the United Nations information centres, must play a bigger role, in
accordance with resolutions and decisions of the United Nations, in the dissemination
of information at the regional level on the activities of the United Nations,
Recalling the issuance by the Department of Public Information, in consultation
with the United Nations Development Programme, the specialized agencies and the
Special Committee, of an information leaflet on assistance programmes available to
the Non-Self-Governing Territories,
Aware of the role of non-governmental organizations in the dissemination of
information on decolonization,
1.
Approves the activities in the field of dissemination of information on
decolonization undertaken by the Department of Public Information and the
Department of Political Affairs of the Secretariat, in accordance with the relevant
resolutions of the United Nations on decolonization, and encourages the continued
updating and wide dissemination of the information leaflet on what the United
Nations can do to assist Non-Self-Governing Territories, published in accordance
with General Assembly resolution 61/129 of 14 December 2006, and updated for the
United Nations website on decolonization;
2.
Considers it important to continue and expand its efforts to ensure the
widest possible dissemination of information on decolonization, with particular
emphasis on the options for self-determination available for the peoples of Non-SelfGoverning Territories, and to this end requests the Department of Public Information,
through the United Nations information centres in the relevant regions, to actively
engage and seek new and innovative ways to disseminate material to the Non-SelfGoverning Territories;
3.
Requests the Secretary-General to further enhance the information
provided on the United Nations decolonization website and to continue to include the
full series of reports of the regional seminars on decolonization, the statements and
scholarly papers presented at those seminars and links to the full series of reports 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;
4.
Requests the Department of Public Information to continue its efforts to
update web-based information on the assistance programmes available to the
Non-Self-Governing Territories;
5.
Requests the Department of Political Affairs and the Department of Public
Information to implement the recommendations of the Special Committee and to
continue their efforts to take measures through all of the media available, including
publications, radio, television, the Internet and social media, to give publicity to the
work of the United Nations in the field of decolonization and, inter alia:
(a) To develop procedures to collect, prepare and disseminate, particularly to
the Non-Self-Governing Territories, basic material on the issue of self-determination
of the peoples of the Territories;
(b) To seek the full cooperation of the administering Powers in the discharge
of the tasks referred to above;
(c) To explore further the idea of a programme of collaboration with the
decolonization focal points of territorial Governments, particularly in the Pacific and
Caribbean regions, to help to improve the exchange of information;
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