United Nations A/RES/60/120 General Assembly Distr.: General 18 January 2006 Sixtieth session Agenda item 26 Resolution adopted by the General Assembly on 8 December 2005 [on the report of the Special Political and Decolonization Committee (Fourth Committee) (A/60/472)] 60/120. Second International Decade for the Eradication of Colonialism The General Assembly, Recalling 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, Recalling also that 2005 marks the mid-point of the Decade, Recalling further that the plan of action for the Decade requested the Secretary-General to submit a report on action taken to implement the plan of action, 1 Having examined the report of the Secretary-General on the implementation of the plan of action, 2 Taking into account the important contribution of the United Nations in the field of decolonization, in particular through 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. Takes note of the report of the Secretary-General;2 2. Calls upon Member States to redouble their efforts to implement the plan of action for the Second International Decade for the Eradication of Colonialism;1 3. Calls upon the administering Powers to cooperate fully with the Special Committee on the Situation with regard to the Implementation of the Declaration on the Granting of Independence to Colonial Countries and Peoples to develop constructive programmes of work on a case-by-case basis for the Non-SelfGoverning Territories to facilitate the implementation of the mandate of the Special Committee and the relevant resolutions of the United Nations on decolonization; Requests Member States, the specialized agencies and other 4. organizations of the United Nations system, and other governmental and non_______________ 1 2 05-49480 See A/56/61, annex. A/60/71 and Add.1.