Dissemination of Information on Decolonization

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A Resolution of the General Assembly, published in 1974.

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54 versions · 1972–2025

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Decolonization Europe Information Centres Information Dissemination National Liberation Movements Non-Governmental Organizations Publications Radio Southern Africa Specialized Agencies Television Broadcasting

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13 operative paragraphs

Approves the cliapters of the report of the Special Committee on the Situation with regard to the

10 Ibid., chap. I, pams. 137-155, and chap. II.

11 A/9061, annex, sect. IV.

Implementation of the Declaration on the Granting of Independence to Colonial Countries and Peoples relating to the quesll:ion of publicity for the work of the United Nations in the field of decolonization;

Reaffirms the vital importance of urgently effecting the widest possible dissemination of information on ,the evils and dangers of colonialism, in particular the continuing struggle for liberation being waged by the peoples in the colonial Territories in Africa, as well as the efforts being made by the international community to assist in the elimination of the remaining vestiges of colonialism in all its forms;

Requests the Secretary-General, having regard to the suggestions of the Special Committee, to co1;1- tinue to take concrete measures ,through all the media at his disposal, including publications, radio and television, to give widespread and continuous publicity to the work of the United Nations in the field of decolonization, to the situation in the colonial Territories and to the continuing struggle for liberation being waged by the colonial peoples and, inter alia:

To intensify the activities of all information centres, particularly those located in western Europe, and also to establish additional information centres where appropriate, especially in southern Africa;

To maintain a close working relationship with the Organization of African Unity by holding periodic consultations and by systematically exchanging relevant information with that organization;

( c) To enlist, from the non-governmental organizations in consultative status with the Economic and Social Council and from those non-governmental organizations having a special interest in the field of decolonization, support in the dissemination of the relevant information;

To publish, in consultation with the Special Committee, the periodical Objective: Justice and the bulletin "United Nations and Southern Africa" in other languages besides English and French, as appropriate;

Further requests the Secretary-General, having regard to the relevant provisions of the programme of action adopted by the International Conference of Experts for the Support of Victims of Colonialism and Apartheid in Southern Africa,18 to establish a Unit on Decolonization within the Department of Political AffaiTS, Trusteeship and Decolonization which will, in consultation with the Special Committee and with the Office of Public Information, collect, prepare and disseminate, on a continuous basis, basic material, studies and articles relating to the problems of decolonization, and, to that end, to make provision for the necessary personnel and facilities;

Requests Member States, in particular the administering Powers, ,to co-operate full~, w:th the Secretary-General in the discharge of the tasks entrusted to him under paragraphs 3 and 4 above;

Invites all States, the specialized agencies and other organizations within the United Nations system and non-governmental organizations in consultative status with the Economic and Social Council, as well as other non-governmental organizations having a special interest in the field of decolonization, to undertake or intensify, in co-operation with the Secretary-General and within their respective spheres of competence, the large-scale dissemination of the information referred to in paragraph 2 above;

18/bid., para. 49 (86). General Assembly-Twenty-eighth Se11eion

Welcomes the decision of rthe non-governmental organizations concerned with decolonization and apartheid to hold at Geneva, in 1974, a conference on colonialism and apartheid in southern Africa and to invite the participation of the United Nations organs

concerned, and requests the Secretary-General to provide conference facilities for that purpose;

Requests the Secretary-General ,to report to the Special Committee on the implementation of the present resolution;

Requests the Special Committee to continue to seek suitable means for the effective dissemination of information on decolonization and, in particular, to hold consultations, as appropriate, with the Organization of African Unity and the national liberation movements

concerned, as well as with the non-governmental organizations having a special interest in the field of decolonization;

Further requests the Special Committee to follow the implementation of the present resolution and report thereon to the General Assembly at its twentyninth session.

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