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Colonial Countries and Peoples covering its work during 2002, including the
programme of work envisaged for 2003; 4
6.
Calls upon the administering Powers to cooperate fully with the Special
Committee to finalize before the end of 2003 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;
7.
Welcomes the ongoing consultations between the Special Committee and
New Zealand, as administering Power for Tokelau, with the participation of
representatives of the people of Tokelau, with a view to advancing the programme
of work on the question of Tokelau, and also welcomes the report of the United
Nations Mission that visited Tokelau in August 2002 at the invitation of New
Zealand and Tokelau; 5
8.
Requests the Special Committee to continue to seek suitable means for
the immediate and full implementation of the Declaration and to carry out the
actions approved by the General Assembly regarding the International Decade for
the Eradication of Colonialism and the Second International Decade 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 fifty-eighth session;
(b) To continue to examine the implementation by Member 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, as appropriate, to the General
Assembly 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 relevant resolutions on decolonization, including resolutions on
specific Territories;
(d) To finalize before the end of 2003 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 missions to the Non-Self-Governing
Territories in accordance with 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 necessary steps to enlist worldwide support among
Governments, as well as national and international organizations, for the
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4
See A/57/23 (Part I), chap. I, sect. J. For the final text, see Official Records of the General Assembly,
Fifty-seventh Session, Supplement No. 23.
5
See A/57/23 (Part II)/Add.1. For the final text, see Official Records of the General Assembly, Fiftyseventh Session, Supplement No. 23.
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