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 19 Implementation of the Declaration on the Granting of Independence to Colonial Countries and Peoples, published in 1982.

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63 versions · 1966–2025

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

Year	Symbol	Title	Word length	Text similarity
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
2023	A/RES/78/101	Implementation of the Declaration on the Granting of Independence to Colonial Countries and Peoples	1,685	99%Compare
2022	A/RES/77/149	Implementation of the Declaration on the Granting of Independence to Colonial Countries and Peoples	1,684	96%Compare
2021	A/RES/76/105	Implementation of the Declaration on the Granting of Independence to Colonial Countries and Peoples	1,745	94%Compare

What subjects does this mandate have?

5 subjects

Decolonization Military Bases Namibia Question Non-Self-Governing Territories Visiting Missions

What’s in this document?

30 operative paragraphs

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Deeply conscious of the urgent need to take all necessary measures to eliminate forthwith the remaining vestiges of colonialism, particularly in respect of Namibia where desperate attempts by South Africa to perpetuate its illegal occupation have brought untold suffering and bloodshed to the people,

Strongly condemning the policies of those States which. in defiance of the relevant resolutions of the United Nations, have continued to collaborate with the Government of South Africa in its domination of the people of Namibia.

Conscious that the success of the national liberation struggle and the resultant international situation have provided the international community with a unique opportunity to make a decisive contribution towards the total elimination of colonialism in all its forms and manifestations in Africa,

Welcoming warmly the achievement of independence by the peoples of Belize on 21 September 1981 and Antigua and Barbuda on I November 1981 ,

Noting with satisfaction the work accomplished by the Special Committee with a view to securing the effective and complete implementation of the Declaration and the other relevant resolutions of the United Nations,

Noting also with satisfaction the co-operation and active participation of the administering Powers concerned in the relevant work of the Special Committee, as well as the continued readiness of the Governments concerned to receive United Nations visitiag missions in the Territories under their administration,

Reiterating its conviction that the total eradication of racial discrimination, apartheid and violations of the basic human rights of the peoples of colonial Territories will be achieved most expedit:ously by the faithful and complete implementation of the Declaration, particularly in Namibia. and by the speediest possible complete elimination of the presence of the illegal occupying regimes therefrom,

Reaffirms its resolutions 1514 (XV), 2621 (XXV), 35/118 and 35/1 I 9 and all other resolutions on decolonization and calls upon the administering Powers, in accordance with those resolutions, to take all 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 wars to suppress national liberation movements-is incompatible with the Charter of the United Nations, the Universal Declaration of Human Rights 33 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 I 981, including the programme of work envisaged for 1982;34 6.

Calls upon all States, in particular the administering Powers, and the specialized agencies and other organizations of the United Nations system to give effect to the recommendations contained in the report of the Special Committee for the speedy implementation of the Declaration and the other relevant resolutions of the United Nations:

Condemns the continuing activities of foreign economic and other interests which are impeding the implementation of the Declaration with respect to the colonial Territories, particularly Namibia;

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

Requests all States, directly and through their action in the specialized agencies and other organizations of the United Nations system, to withhold assistance of any kind from the Government of South Africa until the inalienable right of the people of Namibia to self-determination and independence within a united and integrated Namibia, including Walvis Bay, has been restored, and to refrain from

taking any action which might imply recognition of the legitimacy of the illegal occupation of Namibia by that regime;

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;

Urges all States. directly and through their action in the specialized agencies and other oganizations of the United Nations system, to provide all moral and material assistance to the oppressed people of Namibia and, in respect of 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 that have not yet attained independence and, in particular:

To formulate specific proposals for the elimination (a) of the remaining manifestations of colonialism and to report thereon to the General Assembly at its thirty-seventh session;

To make concrete suggestions which could assist the Security Council in considering appropriate 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;

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;

To take all necessary steps to enlist world-wide support among Governments, as well as national and international organizations having a special interest in decolonization. in the achievement of the objectives of the Declaration and in the implementation of the relevant resolutions of the United Nations, particularly as concerns the oppressed people of Namibia;

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 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.

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 question of publicity for the work of the United Nations in the field of decolonization;

Reaffirms the importance of effecting the widest possible dissemination of information on the evils and dangers 35 Ibid., chap. II. of colonialism, on the determined efforts of the colonial peoples to achieve self-determination, freedom and independence and on the assistance being provided by the international community towards the elimination of the

remaining vestiges of colonialism in all its forms;

Requests the Secretary-General, having regard to the suggestions of the Special Committee, 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, including the Decolonization series, and to select from 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;

To intensify the activities of all information centres, particularly those located in western Europe and the Americas;

To maintain a close working relationship with the (<i) Organization of African Unity by holding periodic consultations and by systematically exchanging relevant information with that organization;

To enlist the support of non-governmental organizations having a special interest in decolonization in the dissemination of the relevant information;

To ensure the availability of the necessary facilities (f) and services in this regard;

To report to the Special Committee on the measures taken in implementation of the present resolution;

Invites all States. the specialized agencies and other organizations of the United Nations system and non-governmental organizations having a special interest in decolonization to undertake or intensify, in co-operation with the Secretary-General and within their respective spheres of competence, the large-scale dissemination of the information referred to in paragraph 2 above;

Requests the Special Committee to follow the implementation of the present resolution and report thereon to the General Assembly at its thirty-seventh session.

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