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Recognizing the role played by the administering Powers in transmitting information to the SecretaryGeneral in accordance with the terms of Article 73 (e) of the Charter of the United Nations,
Aware of the role of non-governmental organizations in the dissemination of information on
decolonization,
1. Takes note of the chapter of the report 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 relating to the dissemination of information on decolonization and publicity for the work of the
United Nations in the field of decolonization;1
2. Considers it important to continue its efforts to ensure the widest possible dissemination of
information on decolonization, with particular emphasis on the options of self-determination available for
the peoples of Non-Self-Governing Territories;
3. Requests the Department of Political Affairs and the Office of Communications and Public
Information of the Secretariat to take into account the suggestions of the Special Committee to continue
their efforts to take measures through all the media available, including publications, radio and television,
as well as the Internet, to give publicity to the work of the United Nations in the field of decolonization
and, inter alia:
(a) To continue to collect, prepare and disseminate, particularly to the Territories, basic material on
the issue of self-determination of the peoples of Non-Self-Governing Territories;
(b) To seek the full cooperation of the administering Powers in the discharge of the tasks referred
to above;
(c) To maintain a working relationship with the appropriate regional and intergovernmental
organizations, particularly in the Pacific and Caribbean regions, by holding periodic consultations and
exchanging information;
(d) To encourage the involvement of non-governmental organizations in the dissemination of
information on decolonization;
(e) To report to the Special Committee on measures taken in the implementation of the present
resolution;
4. Requests all States, including the administering Powers, to continue to extend their cooperation
in the dissemination of information referred to in paragraph 2 above;
5. Requests the Special Committee to follow the implementation of the present resolution and to
report thereon to the General Assembly at its fifty-third session.
69th plenary meeting
10 December 1997