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Dissemination of Information on Decolonization

A/RES/56/73No PDF available

Who created this mandate?

A Resolution of the General Assembly, under agenda item 18Implementation of the Declaration on the Granting of Independence to Colonial Countries and Peoples, published in 2002.

What other versions does this mandate have?

54 versions · 1972–2025
This is an older version — the most recent is A/RES/80/104
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  • 2022A/RES/77/148Dissemination of information on decolonizationCompare with previous version
  • 2021A/RES/76/104Dissemination of information on decolonizationCompare with previous version

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What subjects does this mandate have?

13 topics
Data CollectionDecolonizationInformation DisseminationInformation ExchangeInternetNon-Governmental OrganizationsNon-Self-Governing TerritoriesPublicationsRadioRegional OrganizationsReport PreparationSelf-Determination of PeoplesTelevision

What does this mandate say?

10 operative paragraphs
1
Approves the activities in the field of dissemination of information on decolonization undertaken by the Department of Public Information and the Department of Political Affairs of the Secretariat;
2
Considers it important to continue its efforts to ensure the widest possible dissemination of information on decolonization, with particular emphasis on the options of self-determination available for the peoples of Non-Self-Governing Territories;
3
Requests the Department of Political Affairs and the Department of Public Information to take into account the suggestions 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 to continue their efforts to take measures through all the media available, including publications, radio and television, as well as the Internet, to give publicity to the work of the United Nations in the field of decolonization and, inter alia:
a
To continue to collect, prepare and disseminate, particularly to the Territories, basic material on the issue of self-determination of the peoples of Non-Self-Governing Territories;
b
To seek the full cooperation of the administering Powers in the discharge of the tasks referred to above;
c
To maintain a working relationship with the appropriate regional and intergovernmental organizations, particularly in the Pacific and Caribbean regions, by holding periodic consultations and exchanging information;
d
To encourage the involvement of non-governmental organizations in the dissemination of information on decolonization;
e
To report to the Special Committee on measures taken in the implementation of the present resolution;
4
Requests all States, including the administering Powers, to continue to extend their cooperation in the dissemination of information referred to in paragraph 2 above;
5
Requests the Special Committee to follow the implementation of the present resolution and to report thereon to the General Assembly at its fifty-seventh session.

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