Implementation of the Declaration on the Granting
of Independence to Colonial Countries and Peoples
A/RES/73/123
Decades for the Eradication of Colonialism in all Territories that have not yet
exercised their right to self-determination, including independence, and in particular:
(a) To formulate specific proposals to bring about an end to colonialism and
to report thereon to the General Assembly at its seventy-fourth session;
(b) To continue to examine the implementation by Me mber States of
resolution 1514 (XV) and other relevant resolutions on decolonization;
(c) To continue to examine the political, economic and social situation in the
Non-Self-Governing Territories, and to recommend to the General Assembly, as
appropriate, the most suitable steps to be taken to enable the populations of those
Territories to exercise their right to self-determination, including independence, in
accordance with the relevant resolutions on decolonization, including resolutions on
specific Territories;
(d) To develop and finalize, as soon as possible and in cooperation with the
administering Power and the Territory in question, 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;
(e) To continue to dispatch visiting and special missions to the Non-SelfGoverning Territories in accordance with the relevant resolutions on decolonization,
including resolutions on specific Territories;
(f) To conduct seminars, as appropriate, for the purpose of receiving and
disseminating information on the work of the Special Committee, and to facilitate
participation by the peoples of the Non-Self-Governing Territories in those seminars;
(g) To take all steps necessary to enlist worldwide support among
Governments, as well as national and international organizations, for the achievement
of the objectives of the Declaration and the implementation of the relevant resolutions
of the United Nations;
(h) To observe annually the Week of Solidarity with the Peoples of Non -SelfGoverning Territories;
9.
Calls upon the administering Powers to continue to cooperate with the
Special Committee in the discharge of its mandate and, inter alia, to facilitate visiting
missions of the Committee to the Territories on a case-by-case basis and in accordance
with relevant United Nations resolutions on specific Territories;
10. Reaffirms that the United Nations visiting missions to the Non-SelfGoverning Territories, where applicable, are an effective means of ascertaining the
situation of the peoples of the Territories, in accordance with relevant United Nations
resolutions on specific Territories, and therefore requests the Special Committee to
undertake at least one visiting mission a year;
11. Recalls that the plan of action for the Second International Decade for th e
Eradication of Colonialism, 3 updated as necessary, represents an important legislative
authority for the attainment of self-government by the Non-Self-Governing
Territories, and that the case-by-case assessment of the attainment of self-government
in each Territory can make an important contribution to this process;
12. Calls upon all States, in particular the administering Powers, as well as the
specialized agencies and other organizations of the United Nations system, to give
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