United Nations A/RES/60/112 General Assembly Distr.: General 18 January 2006 Sixtieth session Agenda item 36 Resolution adopted by the General Assembly on 8 December 2005 [on the report of the Special Political and Decolonization Committee (Fourth Committee) (A/60/482)] 60/112. Implementation of the Declaration on the Granting of Independence to Colonial Countries and Peoples by the specialized agencies and the international institutions associated with the United Nations The General Assembly, Having considered the item entitled “Implementation of the Declaration on the Granting of Independence to Colonial Countries and Peoples by the specialized agencies and the international institutions associated with the United Nations”, Having also considered the report of the Secretary-General 1 and the report of the Economic and Social Council 2 on the item, Having examined 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 item, 3 Recalling General Assembly resolutions 1514 (XV) of 14 December 1960 and 1541 (XV) of 15 December 1960 and the resolutions of the Special Committee, as well as other relevant resolutions and decisions, including in particular Economic and Social Council resolution 2004/53 of 23 July 2004, Bearing in mind the relevant provisions of the final documents of the successive Conferences of Heads of State or Government of Non-Aligned Countries and of the resolutions adopted by the Assembly of Heads of State and Government of the African Union, the Pacific Islands Forum and the Caribbean Community, Conscious of the need to facilitate the implementation of the Declaration on the Granting of Independence to Colonial Countries and Peoples, contained in resolution 1514 (XV), Noting that the large majority of the remaining Non-Self-Governing Territories are small island Territories, _______________ 1 A/60/64. E/2005/47 and Corr.1. 3 Official Records of the General Assembly, Sixtieth Session, Supplement No. 23 (A/60/23), chap. VI. 2 05-49432