Implementation of the Declaration on the Granting of Independence to Colonial Countries and Peoples

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Who adopted this document and its mandates?

A Resolution of the General Assembly, under agenda item 25 Implementation of the Declaration on the Granting of Independence to Colonial Countries and Peoples, published in 1977.

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63 versions · 1966–2025

This is an older version — the most recent is A/RES/80/105

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2025	A/RES/80/105	Implementation of the Declaration on the Granting of Independence to Colonial Countries and Peoples	1,693	95%Compare
2024	A/RES/79/114	Implementation of the Declaration on the Granting of Independence to Colonial Countries and Peoples	1,683	99%Compare
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What subjects does this mandate have?

8 subjects

Decolonization Military Assistance Military Bases Nuclear Technology Sanctions Self-Determination of Peoples South Africa Southern Rhodesia

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16 operative paragraphs

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Reaffirms its resolutions 1514 (XV) and 2621

(XXV) and all other resolutions on decolonization, and calls upon the administering Powers, in accordance with those resolutions, to take all the necessary steps to enable the dependent peoples of the Territories concerned to exercise fully and without further delay their inalienable right to self-determination and independence;

Declares once again that the continuation of colonialism in all its forms and manifestations-including racism, apartheid, the exploitation by foreign and other interests of economic and human resources, and the waging of colonial wars to suppress the national liberation movements of the colonial Territories in Africais incompatible with the Charter of the United Nations, the Universal Declaration of Human Rights and the Declaration on the Granting of Independence to Colonial Countries and Peoples and poses a serious threat to international peace and security;

Reaffirms its determination to take all necessary steps with a view to the complete and speedy eradication of colonialism and to the faithful and strict observance by all States of the relevant provisions of the Charter, the Declaration on the Granting of Independence to Colonial Countries and Peoples and the guiding principles of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights;

Affirms once again its recognition of the legitimacy of the struggle of the peoples under colonial and alien domination to exercise their right to self-determination and independence by all the necessary means at their disposal;

Approves 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 covering its work during 1976, 56 including the programme of work envisaged for 1977;60 6.

Calls upon all States, in particular the administering Powers, and the specialized agencies and other

57 Ibid., chap. VII.

58 Ibid., chap. XXVIII.

59 Ibid., chap. XVII.

60 Ibid., chap. I, paras. 149-161.

organizations within the United Nations system to give effect to the recommendations contained in the report of the Special Committee for the speedy impl_cmcntation of the Declaration and the relevant resolutions of the United Nations;

Condemns the intensified activities of foreign eco~omic and other interests which are impeding the implementation ?f the D_eclaratio? with respect ~o ~he colonial Territones, particularly m southern Afnca,

Strongly condemns all collaboration in both the nuclear and military fields with the Government of South Africa and calls upon all States concerrl:ed to refrain from extending to that Govern1;1ent, ~uec_tly or indirectly, any faciliti~~ or collab?rat10n which Increase its nuclear and military potential;

Requests all States, directly and through t~eir action in the specialized agencies and other or~anizations within the United Nations system, to withhold assistance of any kind from the _Gov~rnm_ent ~f. Sou!h Africa and from the illegal racist mmonty regime m Southern Rhodesia until they restore to the peoples of Namibia and Zimbabwe their inalienable right. to selfdetermination and independence and to refram from

taking any action whi~h 1;1ight imply ree;ogD:ition of the legitimacy of the dommahon of the Terntones by those regimes;

Calls upon the colonial Powers to withdraw immediately and unconditi~mally ~hei_r military bas~s and installations from colomal Terntones and to refram from establishing new ones;

Urges all States, directly an<l through ~eir action in the specialized agencies and other or~amzations within the United Nations system, to provide all moral and material assistance to the oppressed peoples of Namibia and Zimbabwe and, with respect to the other Territories, requests the administering Pow~rs, _in consultation with the Governments of the Terntones under their administration, to take steps to enlist and make effective use of all possible assistance, on both a bilateral and a multilateral basis, in the strengthening of the economies of those Territories;

Requests the Special Committee to continue to seek suitable means for the immediate and full implementation of General Assembly resolution 1514 (XV) in all Territories which have not yet attained independence and, in particular:

To formulate spec_ific pr_oposals for t~e ~limination of the remaining manifestations of colomahsm and to report thereon to the General Assembly at its thirtysecond session;

( b) To make concrete suggestions which c<-:uld assist the Security Council in considering appropnate measures under the Charter with regard to developments in colonial Territories that are likely to threaten international peace and security;

To continue to examine the compliance of Member States with the Declaration and with other relevant resolutions on decolonization, particularly those relating to Namibia and Southern Rhodesia;

To continue to pay particular attention to the (d) small Territories, including the sending of visiting missions thereto, as appropriate, and to recommend to the General Assembly the most suitable steps to be taken to enable the populations of those Territories to ~xercise their right to self-determination, freedom and mdependence;

To take all necessary steps to enlist w_orld-wide ( e) support among Governments, as well as. na~1onal a~d international organizations having a special interest m the field of decolonization in the achievement of the objectives of the Declaratio'n and the _implcme.ntation of the relevant resolutions of the United Nations, particularly as concerns the oppressed peoples of Namibia and Zimbabwe;

Calls upon the administering Powers to c_ooperate, or continue to co-operate, with the ~pec1al Committee in the discharge of its mandate and, m particular, to participate_in the work ?f the ~?mm~ttee relating to the Territories under the1r admm1strat1on an~ to permit the access of visiting mi~sions to_ the Terntories in order to secure first-hand mformat1on and ascertain the wishes and aspirations of their inhabitants;

Requests the Secretary-General to provide the Special Committee with the facilities and services. required for the implementation of the present resolution, as well as of the various resolutions and decisions on decolonization adopted by the General Assembly and the Special Committee.

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