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

A/RES/51/146View PDF

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 1997.

What other versions does this mandate have?

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?

14 subjects

Colonialism Declarations Development Assistance Foreign Interests Independence International Decades Military Activity Military Bases Non-Self-Governing Territories Participants Self-Determination of Peoples Specialized Agencies Visiting Missions Work Programme

What’s in this document?

19 operative paragraphs

Reaffirms its resolution 1514 (XV) and all other resolutions on decolonization, including its resolution 43/47, in which it declared the decade that began in 1990 as the International Decade for the Eradication of Colonialism, and calls upon the administering Powers, in accordance with those resolutions, to take all necessary steps to enable the peoples of the Territories concerned to exercise fully as soon as possible their right to self-determination, including independence;

Affirms once again that the continuation of colonialism in any form or manifestation, including economic exploitation, is incompatible with the Charter of the United Nations, the Universal Declaration of Human Rights⁴ and the Declaration on the Granting of Independence to Colonial Countries and Peoples;

⁴Resolution 217 A (III).

Reaffirms its determination to continue to take all steps necessary to bring about the complete and speedy eradication of colonialism and the faithful 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 Universal Declaration of Human Rights;

Affirms once again its support for the aspirations of the peoples under colonial rule to exercise their right to self-determination, including independence;

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 1996, including the programme of work envisaged for 1997;⁵

⁵A/51/23 (Part I), chap. I, sect. J.; see Official Records of the General Assembly, Fifty-first Session, Supplement No. 23.

Calls upon all States, in particular the administering Powers, as well as the specialized agencies and other organizations of the United Nations system, to give effect within their respective spheres of competence to the recommendations of the Special Committee for the implementation of the Declaration and other relevant resolutions of the United Nations;

Calls upon the administering Powers to ensure that no activity of foreign economic and other interests in the Non-Self-Governing Territories under their administration hinders the peoples of those Territories from exercising their right to self-determination, including independence;

Takes note of the decision of some of the administering Powers to close or reduce some of the military bases in the Non-Self-Governing Territories;

Calls upon the administering Powers to eliminate the remaining military bases in the Non-Self-Governing Territories in compliance with the relevant resolutions of the General Assembly, and urges them not to involve those Territories in any offensive acts or interference against other States;

Urges all States, directly and through their action in the specialized agencies and other organizations of the United Nations system, to provide moral and material assistance to the peoples of colonial Territories, and requests that the administering Powers, in consultation with the Governments of the Territories under their administration, 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 the Declaration and to carry out those actions approved by the General Assembly regarding the International Decade for the Eradication of Colonialism in all Territories that have not yet exercised their right to self-determination, including 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 fifty-second session;

To continue to examine the implementation by Member States of resolution 1514 (XV) and other relevant resolutions on decolonization;

To continue to pay special attention to the small Territories, in particular through the dispatch of regular visiting missions, 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 and independence;

To take all necessary steps to enlist worldwide support among Governments, as well as national and international organizations, for the achievement of the objectives of the Declaration and the implementation of the relevant resolutions of the United Nations;

Calls upon the administering Powers to continue to cooperate with the Special Committee in the discharge of its mandate and to receive visiting missions to the Territories to secure first-hand information and to ascertain the wishes and aspirations of their inhabitants;

Also calls upon the administering Powers that have not participated in the work of the Special Committee to do so at its 1997 session;

Requests the Secretary-General, the specialized agencies and other organizations of the United Nations system to provide economic, social and other assistance to the Non-Self-Governing Territories and to continue to do so, as appropriate, after they exercise their right to self-determination, including independence;

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 other resolutions and decisions on decolonization adopted by the General Assembly and the Special Committee.

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