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Dissemination of Information on Decolonization

A/RES/80/104View PDF

Who created this mandate?

A document of the General Assembly, under agenda item 58Implementation of the Declaration on the Granting of Independence to Colonial Countries and Peoples, published in 2025.

What other versions does this mandate have?

54 versions · 1972–2025
  • 2025A/RES/80/104Dissemination of information on decolonizationLatestCompare with previous version
  • 2024A/RES/79/113Dissemination of information on decolonizationCompare with previous version
  • 2023A/RES/78/100Dissemination of information on decolonizationCompare with previous version
  • 2022A/RES/77/148Dissemination of information on decolonizationCompare with previous version
  • 2021A/RES/76/104Dissemination of information on decolonizationCompare with previous version

iVersions are identified automatically by matching titles within the same organ (~97% accuracy on a manual audit).

Who cites this mandate in the budget?

1 entity

iExtracted automatically from each entity’s budget submission.

What subjects does this mandate have?

5 topics
DecolonizationInformation DisseminationNon-Self-Governing TerritoriesSelf-Determination of PeoplesWebsites

Which reports were submitted under this mandate?

1 report of the Secretary-General submitted under this mandate, 2026.

  • 2026A/AC.109/2026/18Dissemination of information on decolonization during the period from April 2025 to March 2026 report of the Secretary-General

iIdentified automatically from the metadata in each report’s UN Digital Library catalogue record.

What does this mandate say?

14 operative paragraphs
1
Approves the activities in the field of dissemination of information on decolonization undertaken by the Department of Global Communications and the Department of Political and Peacebuilding Affairs of the Secretariat, in accordance with the relevant resolutions of the United Nations on decolonization, and encourages the continued updating and wide dissemination of the information leaflet on what the United Nations can do to assist Non-Self-Governing Territories, published in accordance with General Assembly resolution 61/129 of 14 December 2006, and updated for the United Nations website on decolonization;
2
Considers it important to continue and expand its efforts to ensure the widest possible dissemination of information on decolonization, with particular emphasis on the options for self-determination available for the peoples of Non-Self-Governing Territories, and to this end requests the Department of Global Communications, through the United Nations information centres in the relevant regions, to actively engage and seek new and innovative ways to disseminate material to the Non-Self-Governing Territories;
3
Requests the Secretary-General to further enhance the information provided on the United Nations decolonization website and to continue to include the full series of reports of the regional seminars on decolonization, the statements and scholarly papers presented at those seminars and links to the full series of reports 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, and stresses that the Department of Global Communications and the Department of Political and Peacebuilding Affairs continue to be jointly responsible for maintaining and enhancing the United Nations decolonization website;
4
Requests the Department of Global Communications to continue its efforts to update web-based information on the assistance programmes available to the Non‑Self-Governing Territories;
5
Requests the Department of Global Communications and the Department of Political and Peacebuilding Affairs to implement the recommendations of the Special Committee and to continue their efforts to take measures through all of the media available, including publications, radio, television, the Internet and social media, to give publicity to the work of the United Nations in the field of decolonization and, inter alia:
a
To develop procedures to collect, prepare and disseminate, particularly to the Non-Self-Governing Territories, basic material on the issue of self-determination of the peoples of the Territories;
b
To seek the full cooperation of the administering Powers in the discharge of the tasks referred to above;
c
To explore further the idea of a programme of collaboration with the decolonization focal points of territorial Governments, particularly in the Pacific and Caribbean regions, to help to improve the exchange of information;
d
To encourage the involvement of non‑governmental organizations in the dissemination of information on decolonization;
e
To encourage the involvement of the Non-Self-Governing Territories in the dissemination of information on decolonization;
f
To report to the Special Committee on measures taken in the implementation of the present resolution;
6
Requests the Department of Global Communications to webcast the formal meetings of the Special Committee;
7
Requests all States, including the administering Powers, to accelerate the dissemination of information referred to in paragraph 2 above;
8
Requests the Special Committee to continue to examine this question and to report to the General Assembly at its eighty-first session on the implementation of the present resolution.

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