Dissemination of Information on Decolonization

Who adopted this document and its mandates?

A Resolution of the General Assembly, under agenda item 24 Implementation of the Declaration on the Granting of Independence to Colonial Countries and Peoples, published in 1979.

What other versions does this mandate have?

54 versions · 1972–2025

This is an older version — the most recent is A/RES/80/104

Year	Symbol	Title	Word length	Text similarity
2025	A/RES/80/104	Dissemination of information on decolonization	874	99%Compare
2024	A/RES/79/113	Dissemination of information on decolonization	873	99%Compare
2023	A/RES/78/100	Dissemination of information on decolonization	874	99%Compare
2022	A/RES/77/148	Dissemination of information on decolonization	874	98%Compare
2021	A/RES/76/104	Dissemination of information on decolonization	881	99%Compare

Which reports were submitted under this mandate?

8 reports · 2012–2026

Year	Symbol	Title	Mandate resolution
2026	A/AC.109/2026/18	Dissemination of information on decolonization during the period from April 2025 to March 2026 report of the Secretary-General	A/RES/80/104
2025	A/AC.109/2025/18	Dissemination of information on decolonization during the period from April 2024 to March 2025 report of the Secretary-General	A/RES/79/113
2024	A/AC.109/2024/18	Dissemination of information on decolonization during the period from April 2023 to March 2024 report of the Secretary-General	A/RES/78/100
2021	A/AC.109/2021/18	Dissemination of information on decolonization during the period from April 2020 to March 2021 report of the Secretary-General	A/RES/75/121
2020	A/AC.109/2020/18	Dissemination of information on decolonization during the period from April 2019 to March 2020 report of the Secretary-General	A/RES/74/112

What subjects does this mandate have?

7 subjects

Decolonization Information Centres Information Dissemination Information Exchange Mass Media Publications Western Europe

What’s in this document?

7 operative paragraphs

Reaffirms the importance of effecting the widest possible dissemination of information on the evils and dangers of colonialism, on the determined efforts of the colonial peoples to achieve self-determination, freedom and independence and on the assistance being provided by the international community towards 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 and of the International Conference in Support of the Peoples of Zimbabwe and Namibia, held at Maputo from 16 to 21 May 1977, 27 to continue 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 and, inter alia:

To continue, in consultation with the Special Committee, to collect, prepare and disseminate basic material, studies and articles relating to the problems of decolonization and, in particular, to continue to publish the periodical Objective: Justice and other publications, special articles and studies and to select from among them appropriate material for wider dissemination by means of reprints in various languages;

To seek the full co-operation of the ad- ( h) ministering Powers concerned in the discharge of the tasks referred to above;

( c) To intensify the activities of all information centres, particularly those located in Western Europe;

( d) 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;

( e) To enlist the support of non-governmental organizations having a special interest in the field of decolonization in the dissemination of the relevant information;

27 See A/32/109/Rev.1-S/12344/Rev.l. For the printed text,

To report to the Special Committee on the measures taken in the implementation of the present resolution;

Invites all States, the specialized agencies and other organizations within the United Nations system and 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;

Requests the Special Committee to follow the implementation of the present resolution and report thereon to the General Assembly at its thirty-fourth session.

see Official Records of the Security Council, Thirty-second Year, Supplement for July, August and September 1977.

SITUATION IN NAMIBIA RESULTING FROM THE ILLEGAL OCCUPATION OF THE TERRITORY BY SOUTH AFRICA

3o Official Records of the General Assembly, Thirty-third Records of the Security Council, Thirty-third Year, Supplement for October, November and December 1978.

33 Official Records of the General Assembly, Thirty-third 28 See Official Records of the Economic and Social Coun-

Who adopted this document and its mandates?

What other versions does this mandate have?

Which reports were submitted under this mandate?

What subjects does this mandate have?

What’s in this document?

Table of contents