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22 General Assembly-Thirty-sixth Session (c) To continue to examine the compliance of Member States with the Declaration and with other relevant reso- lutions on decolonization, particularly those relating to Namibia; (a) 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 sup- port among Governments, as well as national and interna- tional 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 peo- ple of Namibia; 13. 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 in- formation and ascertain the wishes and aspirations of their inhabitants; 14. Requests the Secretary-General to provide the Spe- cial 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. 79th plenary meeting I December /98/ 36/69. Dissemination of information on decolonization The General Assembly, Having examined the chapter of the report of the Special Committee on the Situation with regard to the Implemen- tation 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,35 Recalling its resolution 1514 (XV) of 14 December 1960, containing the Declaration on the Granting of Independence to Colonial Countries and Peoples, and all other resolutions and decisions of the United Nations concerning the dissem- ination of information on decolonization, in particular Gen- eral Assembly resolution 35/120 of 11 December 1980, Reiterating the imj)Ortance of publicity as an instrument for furthering the aims and purposes of the Declaration and mindful of the continuing pressing need for taking all pos- sible steps to acquaint world public opinion with all aspects of the problems of decolonization with a view to assisting effectively the peoples of the colonial Territories to achieve self-determination, freedom and independence, Aware of the increasingly important role being played in the widespread dissemination of relevant information by a number of non-governmental organizations having a special interest in decolonization, I. Approves the chapter of the report of the Special Committee on the Situation with regard to the Implemen- tation 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; 2. Reaffirms the importance of effecting the widest pos- sible 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 inde- pendence and on the assistance being provided by the in- ternational community towards the elimination of the remaining vestiges of colonialism in all its forms; 3. 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 wide- spread and continuous publicity to the work of the United Nations in the field of decolonization and, inter alia: (a) To continue, in consultation with the Special Com- mittee, to collect, prepare and disseminate basic material, studies and articles relating to the problems of decoloni- zation 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 dissemi- nation by means of reprints in various languages; (b) 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 and the Americas; (<i) To maintain a close working relationship with the Organization of African Unity by holding periodic consul- tations and by systematically exchanging relevant infor- mation with that organization; (e) To enlist the support of non-governmental organi- zations having a special interest in decolonization in the dissemination of the relevant information; (f) To ensure the availability of the necessary facilities and services in this regard; (g) To report to the Special Committee on the measures taken in implementation of the present resolution; 4. Invites all States. the specialized agencies and other organizations of the United Nations system and non-gov- ernmental organizations having a special interest in decol- onization to undertake or intensify, in co-operation with the Secretary-General and within their respective spheres of competence, the large-scale dissemination of the informa- tion referred to in paragraph 2 above; 5. Requests the Special Committee to follow the im- plementation of the present resolution and report thereon to the General Assembly at its thirty-seventh session. 79th plenary meeting I December /981 36/78. United Nations Conference for the Promotion of International Co-operation in the Peaceful Uses of Nuclear Energy The General Assembly, Recalling its resolutions 33/4 of 2 November 1978, 34/ 63 of 29 November I 979 and 35/1 12 of 5 December 1980, in which it decided to convene in 1983 the United Nations Conference for the Promotion of International Co-operation in the Peaceful Uses of Nuclear Energy, Reaffirming the principles and provisions of its resolution 32/50 of 8 December 1977 on the peaceful use of nuclear energy for economic and social development, Stressing, in particular, the relevance of the principles set forth in paragraph I of resolution 32/50 for the prepa- ration of the Conference and for the Conference itself, Recalling also the relevant paragraphs of the Final Doc-

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