Dissemination of Information on Decolonization

A/RES/71/121View PDF

Who adopted this document and its mandates?

A Resolution of the General Assembly, under agenda item 58 Implementation of the Declaration on the Granting of Independence to Colonial Countries and Peoples, published in 2016.

What other versions does this mandate have?

54 versions · 1972–2025

This is an older version — the most recent is A/RES/80/104

Year	Symbol	Title	Word length	Text similarity
2025	A/RES/80/104	Dissemination of information on decolonization	874	99%Compare
2024	A/RES/79/113	Dissemination of information on decolonization	873	99%Compare
2023	A/RES/78/100	Dissemination of information on decolonization	874	99%Compare
2022	A/RES/77/148	Dissemination of information on decolonization	874	98%Compare
2021	A/RES/76/104	Dissemination of information on decolonization	881	99%Compare

Which reports were submitted under this mandate?

8 reports · 2012–2026

Year	Symbol	Title	Mandate resolution
2026	A/AC.109/2026/18	Dissemination of information on decolonization during the period from April 2025 to March 2026 report of the Secretary-General	A/RES/80/104
2025	A/AC.109/2025/18	Dissemination of information on decolonization during the period from April 2024 to March 2025 report of the Secretary-General	A/RES/79/113
2024	A/AC.109/2024/18	Dissemination of information on decolonization during the period from April 2023 to March 2024 report of the Secretary-General	A/RES/78/100
2021	A/AC.109/2021/18	Dissemination of information on decolonization during the period from April 2020 to March 2021 report of the Secretary-General	A/RES/75/121
2020	A/AC.109/2020/18	Dissemination of information on decolonization during the period from April 2019 to March 2020 report of the Secretary-General	A/RES/74/112

What subjects does this mandate have?

4 subjects

Decolonization Information Dissemination Non-Self-Governing Territories Self-Determination of Peoples

What’s in this document?

13 operative paragraphs

Approves the activities in the field of dissemination of information on decolonization undertaken by the Department of Public Information and the Department of Political Affairs of the Secretariat, in accordance with the relevant resolutions of the United Nations on decolonization, and encourages the continued updating and wide dissemination of the information leaflet on what the United Nations can do to assist Non-Self-Governing Territories, published in accordance with General Assembly resolution 61/129 of 14 December 2006, and updated for the United Nations website on decolonization;

Considers it important to continue and expand its efforts to ensure the widest possible dissemination of information on decolonization, with particular emphasis on the options for self-determination available for the peoples of Non-Self-Governing Territories, and to this end requests the Department of Public Information, through the United Nations information centres in the relevant regions, to actively engage and seek new and innovative ways to disseminate material to the Non-Self-Governing Territories;

Requests the Secretary-General to further enhance the information provided on the United Nations decolonization website and to continue to include the full series of reports of the regional seminars on decolonization, the statements and scholarly papers presented at those seminars and links to the full series of reports 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;

Requests the Department of Public Information to continue its efforts to update web-based information on the assistance programmes available to the Non-Self-Governing Territories;

Requests the Department of Political Affairs and the Department of Public Information to implement the recommendations of the Special Committee and to continue their efforts to take measures through all of the media available, including publications, radio, television and the Internet, to give publicity to the work of the United Nations in the field of decolonization and, inter alia:

To develop procedures to collect, prepare and disseminate, particularly to the Non-Self-Governing Territories, basic material on the issue of self-determination of the peoples of the Territories;

To seek the full cooperation of the administering Powers in the discharge of the tasks referred to above;

To explore further the idea of a programme of collaboration with the decolonization focal points of territorial Governments, particularly in the Pacific and Caribbean regions, to help to improve the exchange of information;

To encourage the involvement of non-governmental organizations in the dissemination of information on decolonization;

To encourage the involvement of the Non-Self-Governing Territories in the dissemination of information on decolonization;

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

Requests all States, including the administering Powers, to accelerate the dissemination of information referred to in paragraph 2 above;

Requests the Special Committee to continue to examine this question and to report to the General Assembly at its seventy-second session on the implementation of the present resolution.

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