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

Who adopted this document and its mandates?

A Resolution of the General Assembly, under agenda item 24 Implementation of the Declaration on the Granting of Independence to Colonial Countries and Peoples, published in 1978.

What other versions does this mandate have?

63 versions · 1966–2025

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

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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?

3 subjects

Declarations Decolonization Foreign Interests

What’s in this document?

31 operative paragraphs

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Having examined the report of the Conference"1 submitted by the presiding officers 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 the United Nations Council for Namibia in pursuance of paragraph 5 of resolution 31 / 145,

Having also examined the relevant parts of the reports of the Special Committee"~ and the United Nations Council for Namibia,"3

Reiterating the special responsibility of the United Nations to support the struggle of the peoples of Z:imbabwe and Namibia to exercise their inalienable nght to self-determination and independence in accordance with the Declaration on the Granting of Independence to Colonial Countries and Peoples, contained in Genern.l Assembly resolution 1514 (XV) of 14 December 1960,

Bearing in mind the continuing need to intensify the widespread dissemination of information on the struggle for liberation being waged by the peoples of Zimbabwe and Namibia,

Approves the report of the International Con- 1. ference in Support of the Peoples of Zimbabwe and Namibia, held at Maputo from 16 to 21 May 1977;

Invites all States, the specialized agencies and other organizations within the United Nations system and non-governmental organizations having a special interest in the field of decolonization to accord priority to the full implementation of the relevant provisions of the Maputo Declaration in Support of the Peoples of Zimbabwe and Namibia and the Programme of Action for the Liberation of Zimbabwe and Namibia;54 3.

Expresses its profound gratitude to the Government and the people of Mozambique for the contribution they have made to the success of the Conference and, in particular, for providing the necessary facilities for its meetings, as well as for the kind hospitality and cordial reception accorded to it throughout its duration;

Expresses its particular gratitude to the Organization of African Unity for its assistance and co-operation in ensuring the effective organization and successful conclusion of the Conference;

Expresses its deep appreciation to those Governments which made generous contributions to the funding of the Conference;

Requests the Secretary-General to effect the widest possible dissemination of the accomplishments of the Conference through all the media at his disposal;

Requests 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 the United Nations Council for Namibia to follow closely the implementation of the Maputo Declaration in Support of the Peoples of Zimbabwe and Namibia and the Programme of Action for the Liberation of Zimbabwe and Namibia, in the dis-

51 A/32/109/Rev.1-S/12344/Rev.1. For the printed text, see Official Records of the Security Council, Thirty-second Year, Supplement for July, August and September 1977.

52 Official Records of the General Assembly, Thirty-second Session, Supplement No. 23 (A/32/23/Rev.1 ), vol. I, chaps. I and IV-VI, and vol. II, chaps. VII and VIII.

53 Jbid., Supplement No. 24 (A/32/24).

64 A/32/109/Rev.1-S/12344/Rev.l, annex V. For the printed text, see Official Records of the Security Council, Thirty-second Year, Supplement for July, August and September 1977. charge of the mandates entrusted to them by the General Assembly.

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

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;

Affirms 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 wairs 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 1977, including the programme of work envisaged for 1978;58 6.

Reaffirms the relevant provisions of the Maputo Declaration in Support of the Peoples of Zimbabwe

58 Official Records of the General Assembly, Thirty-second Session, Supplement No. 23 (A/32/23/Rev.1), vol. I, chap. I, paras. 145-157. and Namibia and the Programme of Action for the Liberation of Zimbabwe and Namibia, adopted by the International Conference in Support of the Peoples of Zimbabwe and Namibia, and the Lagos Declaration for Action against Apartheid, adopted by the World Conference for Action against Apartheid;

Calls upon all States, in particular the administering Powers, and the specialized agencies and other organizations within the United Nations system to give effect to the recommendations contained in the reports of the Special Committee55 and of the International Conference in Support of the Peoples of Zimbabwe and Namibia59 for the speedy implementation of the Declaration on the Granting of Independence to Colonial Countries and Peoples and the relevant resolutions of the United Nations;

Condemns the intensified activities of foreign economic and other interests which arc impeding the implementation of the Declaration on the Granting of Independence to Colonial Countries and Peoples with respect to the colonial Territories, particularly in southern Africa;

Strongly condemns all collaboration, particularly in the nuclear and military fields, with the Government of South Africa and calls upon all States concerned to cease forthwith all such collaboration;

Requests all States, directly and through their action in the specialized agencies and other organizations within the United Nations system, to withhold assistance of any kind from the Government of South Africa and from the illegal racist minority regime in Southern Rhodesia until they restore to the peoples of Namibia and Zimbabwe their inalienable right to selfdetermination and independence and to refrain from

taking any action which might imply recognition of the legitimacy of the domination of the Territories by those regimes;

Calls upon the colonial Powers to withdraw immediately and unconditionally their military bases and installations from colonial Territories and to refrain from establishing new ones;

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Urges all States, directly and through their action in the specialized agencies and other organizations 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 Powers, in consultation with the Governments of the Territories 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 specific proposals for the elimination of the remaining manifestations of colonialism and to report thereon to the General Assembly at its thirtythird session;

To make concrete suggestions which could ( b) assist the Security Council in considering appropriate

59 A/32/109/Rev.1-S/12344/Rev.1. For the printed text, see Official Records of the Security Council, Thirty-second Year, Supplement for July, August and September 1977.

measures under the Charter with regard to developments in colonial Territories that are likely to threaten international peace and security;

( c) To continue to examine the compliance of Member States with the Declaration on the Granting of Independence to Colonial Countries and Peoples and with other relevant resolutions on decolonization, particularly those relating to Namibia and Southern Rhodesia;

To continue to pay particular attention to the 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 exercise their right to self-determination, freedom and independence;

( e) To take all necessary steps to enlist world-wide support among Governments, as well as national and international organizations having a special interest in the field of decolonization, in the achievement of the objectives of the Declaration on the Granting of Independence to Colonial Countries and Peoples and in the implementation of the relevant resolutions of the United Nations, particularly as concerns the oppressed peoples of Namibia and Zimbabwe;

Calls upon the administering Powers to continue to co-operate with the Special Committee in the discharge of its mandate and, in particular, to permit the access of visiting missions to the Territories in order to secure first-hand information 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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Dissemination of information on decolonization

Approves the chapter of the report of the Special Comm\ttee on the Situati<;>n with regard to the Implementation of the Declaration on the Granting of Independence to Colonial Countries and Peoples relating to the question of publicity for the work of the United Nations in the field of decolonization;

R_eaffi,:ms the relevant provisions of the Maputo Declarat10n m Support of the Peoples of Zimbabwe and Namibia and the Programme of Action for the Liberati?n of Zimbabwe and Namibia, adopted by the I~ternat10nal Conference in Support of the Peoples of Zimbabwe and Namibia, and the Lagos Declaration for Action against Apartheid, adopted by the World Conference for Action against Apartheid;

Reaffirms the importance of effecting the widest possible dissemination of information on the evils and dangers of colonialism, on the determined efforts o[ the colonial peoples to achieve self-determination freedom. and indepe1:dence _and on the assistance 'being provided by the mternational community towards the elimination of the remaining vestiges of colonialism m all its forms;

Reque~ts the Secretary-General, having regard to the suggestions of the Special Committee and of the International Conference in Support of the Peoples of Zimbabwe and Namibia, to continue to take concrete measures through all the media at his disposal, including publications, radio and television, to give widespread and continuous publicity to the work of the United Nations in the field of decolonization and inter alia:

. To continue, in consultation with the Special Committee, to collect, prepare and disseminate basic material, studies and articles relating to the problems of decolonization and, in particular, to continue to publish the periodical Objective: Justice and other publications, special articles and studies and to select from among them appropriate material for wider dissemination by means of reprints in various languages;

To seek the full co-operation of the administering Powers concerned in the discharge of the tasks referred to above;

( c) To intensify the activities of all information centres, particularly those located in Western Europe;

T? rt?aintain a ~lose w~rking relationship with the Orgamzat1on of Afncan Umty by holding periodic

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Dissemination of information on decolonization

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