Fiftieth Anniversary of the Declaration on the Granting of Independence to Colonial Countries and Peoples

A/RES/65/118View PDF

Who adopted this document and its mandates?

A Resolution of the General Assembly, under agenda item 59 Implementation of the Declaration on the Granting of Independence to Colonial Countries and Peoples, published in 2011.

What other versions does this mandate have?

3 versions · 1986–2011

Year	Symbol	Title	Word length	Text similarity
2011	A/RES/65/118	Fiftieth anniversary of the Declaration on the Granting of Independence to Colonial Countries and Peoples	1,162	—
1991	A/RES/45/33	Thirtieth anniversary of the Declaration on the Granting of Independence to Colonial Countries and Peoples	—	—
1986	A/RES/40/56	Twenty-fifth anniversary of the Declaration on the Granting of Independence to Colonial Countries and Peoples	2,025	–

What subjects does this mandate have?

4 subjects

Anniversaries Decolonization Non-Self-Governing Territories Self-Determination of Peoples

What’s in this document?

13 operative paragraphs

Reaffirms the inalienable right of all peoples of the Non-Self-Governing Territories to self-determination, including independence, in accordance with the Declaration on the Granting of Independence to Colonial Countries and Peoples, contained in resolution 1514 (XV);

Declares that the continuation of colonialism in all its forms and manifestations is incompatible with the Charter of the United Nations, the Declaration and the principles of international law;

Urges Member States to do their utmost to promote, in the United Nations and the specialized agencies and other organizations of the United Nations system, effective measures for the full and speedy implementation of the Declaration in all Non-Self-Governing Territories to which the Declaration applies;

Urges the administering Powers and other Member States to ensure that the activities of foreign economic and other interests in colonial Territories do not run counter to the interests of the inhabitants of those Territories and do not impede the implementation of the Declaration;

Requests Member States, as well as the organizations of the United Nations system, to ensure that the permanent sovereignty of the colonial Territories over their natural resources is fully respected and safeguarded;

Reiterates the view that such factors as territorial size, geographical location, size of population and limited natural resources should in no way delay the speedy exercise by the peoples of the Non-Self-Governing Territories of their inalienable right to self-determination, including independence, in accordance with the Declaration, which fully applies to the Non-Self-Governing Territories;

Reaffirms that all administering Powers are obliged, under the Charter and in accordance with the Declaration, to create economic, social and other conditions in the Territories under their administration that will enable those Territories to achieve genuine self-government and economic self-reliance;

Requests the administering Powers to preserve the cultural identity, as well as the national unity, of the Territories under their administration and to encourage the full development of the indigenous culture, with a view to facilitating the unfettered exercise of the right to self-determination and independence by the peoples of those Territories;

Considers it incumbent upon the United Nations to continue to play an active role in the process of decolonization and to intensify its efforts for the widest possible dissemination of information on decolonization, with a view to the further mobilization of international public opinion in support of complete decolonization;

Urges Member States to ensure the full and speedy implementation of the Declaration and other relevant resolutions of the United Nations;

Invites non-governmental organizations having a special interest in the field of decolonization to intensify their activities in cooperation with the United Nations;

Requests the Special Committee to continue to examine the full compliance of all States with resolution 1514 (XV) and other relevant resolutions on the question of decolonization, to seek the most suitable ways for the speedy and total application of the Declaration to all Territories to which it applies and to propose to the General Assembly specific measures for the complete implementation of the Declaration in the remaining Non-Self-Governing Territories;

Invites all States to cooperate fully with the Special Committee in the complete fulfilment of its mandate.

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