Special Programme of Activities in Connexion with the 10th Anniversary of the Declaration on the Granting of Independence to Colonial Countries and Peoples

A/RES/2521(XXIV)View PDF

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A Resolution of the General Assembly, published in 1970.

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3 subjects

Anniversaries Declarations Self-Determination of Peoples

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Approves the report of the Preparatory Committee for the Tenth Anniversary of the Declaration on the Granting of Independence to Colonial Countries and Peoples and endorses the recommendations contained therein14 concerning the programme of activities to be undertaken in connexion with the tenth anniversary of the Declaration;

Requests the Secretary-General to transmit to all Member States, the specialized agencies and other international organizations concerned the above-mentioned recommendations for appropriate action and to report on their implementation to the Special Com- 13 Ibid., agenda item 24, document A/7684.

B Ibid., para. 22.

mittee on the Situation with regard to the Implementation of the Declaration on the Granting of Independence to Colonial Countries and Peoples;

Requests the Special Committee, in its preparation of a draft declaration or a suggested programme of action for consideration at the special commemorative meeting, to co-operate as appropriate with other United Nations bodies concerned and, in addition to carrying out the other specific tasks assigned to it in the report, to follow, in consultation with the Committee for the Twenty-fifth Anniversary of the United Nations, the implementation of the above-mentioned recommendations and to report thereon to the General Assembly at its twenty-fifth session.

4 December 1969.

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