Implementation of the Declaration on the Granting of Independence to Colonial Countries and Peoples by the Specialized Agencies and the International Institutions Associated with the United Nations

A/RES/2980(XXVII)View PDF

Who adopted this document and its mandates?

A Resolution of the General Assembly, published in 1973.

What other versions does this mandate have?

55 versions · 1968–2025

This is an older version — the most recent is A/RES/80/87

Year	Symbol	Title	Word length	Text similarity
2025	A/RES/80/87	Implementation of the Declaration on the Granting of Independence to Colonial Countries and Peoples by the specialized agencies and the international institutions associated with the United Nations	1,977	99%Compare
2024	A/RES/79/96	Implementation of the Declaration on the Granting of Independence to Colonial Countries and Peoples by the specialized agencies and the international institutions associated with the United Nations	1,975	98%Compare
2023	A/RES/78/83	Implementation of the Declaration on the Granting of Independence to Colonial Countries and Peoples by the specialized agencies and the international institutions associated with the United Nations	1,995	99%Compare
2022	A/RES/77/131	Implementation of the Declaration on the Granting of Independence to Colonial Countries and Peoples by the specialized agencies and the international institutions associated with the United Nations	2,004	94%Compare
2021	A/RES/76/87	Implementation of the Declaration on the Granting of Independence to Colonial Countries and Peoples by the specialized agencies and the international institutions associated with the United Nations	2,110	95%Compare

Which reports were submitted under this mandate?

8 reports · 2011–2026

Year	Symbol	Title	Mandate resolution
2026	A/81/64	Implementation of the Declaration on the Granting of Independence to Colonial Countries and Peoples by the specialized agencies and the international institutions associated with the United Nations report of the Secretary-General	A/RES/80/87
2025	A/80/64	Implementation of the Declaration on the Granting of Independence to Colonial Countries and Peoples by the specialized agencies and the international institutions associated with the United Nations report of the Secretary-General	A/RES/79/96
2024	A/79/66	Implementation of the Declaration on the Granting of Independence to Colonial Countries and Peoples by the specialized agencies and the international institutions associated with the United Nations report of the Secretary-General	A/RES/78/83
2023	A/78/65	Implementation of the Declaration on the Granting of Independence to Colonial Countries and Peoples by the specialized agencies and the international institutions associated with the United Nations report of the Secretary-General	A/RES/77/131
2022	A/77/66	Implementation of the Declaration on the Granting of Independence to Colonial Countries and Peoples by the specialized agencies and the international institutions associated with the United Nations report of the Secretary-General	A/RES/76/87

What subjects does this mandate have?

10 subjects

Africa Declarations Emergency Relief National Liberation Movements Non-Self-Governing Territories Portugal Sanctions Self-Determination of Peoples South Africa Southern Rhodesia

What’s in this document?

14 operative paragraphs

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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 item;28

Reaffirms that the recognition by the General Assembly, the Security Council and other United Nations bodies of the legitimacy of the struggle of colonial peoples to achieve freedom and independence entails, as a corollary, the extension by the United Nations system of organizations of all the necessary moral and material assistance to the national liberation movements of the colonial Territories, including especially the liberated areas of those Territories;

Expresses its appreciation to the Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees, to the lUnited Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization and to those other specialized agencies and organizations within the United Nations system which have been co-operating in varying degrees with the United Nations in the implementation of the Declaration and other relevant resolutions of the General Assembly;

Reiterates its urgent appeal to all specialized aa,mies and other organizations within the United Nelliens system and to all States to render, as a matter of lll!gency, all possible moral and material assistance to tie colonial peoples in Africa stru&gling for their liberation from colonial rule, to initiate or broaden colffllcts •and co-operation with them in consultation wid\, the Organization of African Unity and, in particdlr, to work out and implement, with the active cooperation of the Organization of African Unity and, through it, of the national liberation fbovements, concrete programmes for such assistanctf to the peoples of Angola, Guinea (Bissau) and Cape Verde, Mozambique, Southern Rhodesia and Namibia, including in particular the peoples in the liberated areas of those Territories and their national liberation movements;

Reiterates its urgent request tl., the specialized agencies and other organizations wi11fnn the United Nations system, including in particular the United Nations Development Programme and the International Bank for Reconstruction and Development, should take measures, within their respective spheres of competence, to increase the scope of their assistance to refugees from colonial Territories, including assistance to the Governments concerned in the preparation and execution of projects beneficial to those refugees, and in that connexion to introduce the greatest possible measure of flexibility in their relevant procedures;

Urges once again the specialized agencies and ot~r organizations within the United Nations system, in accordance with the re.Jevant resolutions of the General Assembly and the Security Counci.J, to take all necessary measures to withhold any financial, economic, technical and other assistance from the Governments of Portugal and South Africa and the illegal regime in Southern Rhodesia, and to discontinue all collaboration with them until they renounce their policies of racial discrimination and colonial oppression;

Requests the specialized agencies and other organizations within the United Nations system, in consultation with the Organization of African Unity, to ensure the representation of the colonial Territories in

28 01/icial Records of the General Assembly, Twenty-seventh Session, Supplement No. 23 (A/8723/Rev.1), chap. VII.

Africa by the national liberation movements concerned, in an appropriate capacity, when dealing with matters pertaining to those Territories;

Recommends that all Governments should intensify their efforts in the specialized agencies and other organizations within the United Nations system of which they arc members to ensure the full and effective implementation of the Declaration and other relevant resolutions of the United Nations, and in that connexion should accord priority to the question of providing a:,sistance, on an emergency basis, to peoples in the colonial Territories and to their national liberation movements;

Recommends that the specialized agencies and other organizations within the United Nations system, with a view to facilitating the implementation of paragraph 8 above, should request their executive heads to formulate and submit to their respective governing bodies or legislative organs, as a matter of priority and with the act,ive co-operation of the Organization of African Unity, concrete proposals for specific programmes of all possible assistance to the peoples in colonial Territories and their national liberation movements, together with a comprehensive analysis of the problems, if any, confronted by these agencicf; and organizations;

Requests the Economic and Socia·] Council to continue to consider, in consultation with the Special Committee, appropriate measures for co-ordination of the policies and activities of the specialized agencies and other organizations within the United Nations system in implementing the relevant resolutions of the General Assembly;

Requests the Secretary-General:

To prepare for submission to the relevant bodies

concerned with related aspects of the present item. with the assistance of the specialized agencies and other organizations within the United Nations system, a report on the action taken since the circulation of his previous report in implementation of the relevant resolutions of the United Nations, including the present resolution;

To continue to assist the specialized agencies and other organizations within the United Nations system in working out appropriate measures for implementing the present resolution and to report thereon to the General Assembly at its twenty-eighth session;

Requests the Special Committee to continue to examine the question and to report to the General Assembly at its twenty-eighth session.

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General A■sembly-Twenty-aeventh SeHion

Rc,olulions adopted on the reports of the Fourth Commiti.•c 211 A/8850 and Add. I.

30 A/8855.

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