A/RES/59/136
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 sixtieth 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 2005 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
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 NonSelf-Governing Territories; 4
9.
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 effect within their respective spheres of competence to the recommendations of
the Special Committee for the implementation of the Declaration and other relevant
resolutions of the United Nations;
10. Calls upon the administering Powers to ensure that the economic
activities in the Non-Self-Governing Territories under their administration do not
adversely affect the interests of the peoples but instead promote development, and to
assist them in the exercise of their right to self-determination;
11. Urges the administering Powers concerned to take effective measures to
safeguard and guarantee the inalienable rights of the peoples of the Non-SelfGoverning Territories to their natural resources, including land, and to establish and
maintain control over the future development of those resources, and requests the
administering Powers to take all necessary steps to protect the property rights of the
peoples of those Territories;
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See resolution 54/91.
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