Dissemination of Information on Decolonization

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A Resolution of the General Assembly, published in 1976.

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54 versions · 1972–2025

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Decolonization Information Centres Information Dissemination Mass Media Publications Western Europe

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Approves 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 question of publicity for the work of the United Nations in the field of deoolonization;

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 pooples 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, to continue to take concrete measures through all the media at bis 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 alía:

To continue, in consultation with the Special Committee, to oollect, prepare and disserninate basic material, studies and articles relating to the problems of decolonization through the Office of Public Information of the Secretariat and the unit on information relating to decolonization established in pursuance of General Assembly resolution 3164 (XXVIII) of 14 December 1973 and, in particular, to continue to publish the peri-odical Objective: Justice and other publications, special articles and studies of the Office of Public Information and to select from among them appropriate material far wider dissemination by means of reprints in various Ianguages;

( b) To seek the full co-operation of the administcring Powers concerned in the discharge of the tasks referred to above;

To intensify the activities of ali information centres, particularly those located in western Europe;

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;

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

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

Invites all States, the specialized arencies 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 continue to seek suitable means for the effective dissemination of information on decolonization and to report thereon to the General Assembly at its thirty-first session.

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