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30 t.eneral Assembly- F ortieth Session -----------------·------·----· independent and emerging States ali possihle assistam:e in the economic, social and other fields; 15. Requests the Secretary-General to provide the Spe- cial Committee with the facilities and services required for the implementation ofthe present resolution, as well as of the various resolutions and decisions on decolonization adopted by the General Assembly and the Special C'om- mittee. 99th plenary meeting 2 December l 985 40/58. Dissemination of information on decoloniza- tion The General Assembly. Having examined the chapters of the report of the Spe- cial Committee on the Situation with regard to the Imple- mentation ofthe Declaration on the Granting of Indepen- dence to Colonial Countries and Peoples relating to the dissemination of information on decolonization and publi- city for the work of the United Nations in the field of decolonization, 44 Recalling its resolution 1514 (XV) of 14 December 1960, containing the Declaration on the Granting of Inde- pendence to Colonial Countries and Peoples, and ali other resolutions and decisions of the United Nations con- cerning the dissemination of information on decoloniza- tion, in particular General Assembly resolution 39/92 of 14 December l 984, Reiterating the importance of publicity as an instrument for furthering the aims and purposes of the Declaration and mindful of the continuing pressing need to take ali possible steps to acquaint world public opinion with ali 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 ofthe increasingly important role being played in the widespread dissemination of relevant information by a number of non-govemmental organizations having a spe- cial interest in decolonization, and noting with satisfaction the intensified efforts ofthe Special Committee in enlisting the support of those organizations in that regard, 1. Approves the chapters of the report of the Special Committee on the Situation with regard to the lmplemen- tation of the Declaration on the Granting of Independence to Colonial Countries and Peoples relating to the dissemi- nation of information on decolonization and publicity for the work of the United Nations in the field of decoloniza- tion; 2. Considers it incumbent upon the United Nations to continue to play an active role in the process of self-deter- mination and independence and to intensify its efforts for the widest possible dissemination of information on decol- onization, with a view to the further mobilization ofinter- national public opinion in support of complete decoloniza- tion; 3. Requests the Secretary-General, having regard to the suggestions of the Special Committee, to continue to take concrete measures through ali 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: (a) To continue, in consultation with the Special Com- mittee, to collect, prepare and disseminate basic material, 44 fbid., chaps. 11 and lll. 4s A/40/743. studies and articles relating to the problems of decoloniza- tion and, in particular, to continue to publish the periodi- cal Objective: Justice and other publications, special arti- cles and studies, including the Deco/onization series, and to select from them appropriate material for wider dissem- ination by means of reprints in various languages; (b) To seek the full co-operation of the administering Powers concemed in the discharge of the tasks referred to above; (e) To mtensify the activities of ali United Nations information centres; (d) To maintain a close working relationship with the Organization of African Unity by holding periodic consul- tations and by systematically exchanging relevant informa- tion with that organization; (e) To enlist, with the close co-operation of United Nations information centres, the support of non-govem- mental organizations having a special interest in decoloni- zation in the dissemination of the relevant information; (/) To ensure the availability of the necessary facilities and services to that end; (g) To report to the Special Committee on the meas- ures taken in implementation of the present resolution; 4. Requests ali States, in particular the administering Powers, the specialized agencies and other organizations of the United Nations system and non-govemmental organi- zations having a special interest in decolonization to undertake or intensify, in co-operation with the Secretary- General and within their respective spheres of compe- tence, the large-scale dissemination of the information referred to in paragraph 2 above; 5. Requests the Special Committee to follow the imple- mentation of the present resolution and report thereon to the General Assembly at its forty-first session. 99th p/enary meeting 2 December 1985 40/60. Co-operation between tbe United Nations and the Asian-African Legal Consultative Committee The General Assembly, Recalling its resolutions 36/38 of 18 November 1981, 37/8 of 29 October 1982, 38/37 of 5 December 1983 and 39/47 of 10 December 1984, Having considered the report of the Secretary-General on the state of co-operation between the United Nations and the Asian-African Legal Consultative Committee,45 Having heard the report ofthe Secretary-General ofthe Asian-African Legal Consultative Committee on the steps taken by the Committee to ensure continuing, close and effective co-operation between the two organizations,46 1. Takes note with appreciation of the report of the Secretary-General;45 2. Notes with satisfaction the further progress achieved towards strengthening the existing co-operation between the United Nations and the Asian-African Legal Consulta- tive Committee; 3. Takes note with appreciation of the study on the strengthening of the role of the United Nations prepared by the Asian-African Legal Consultative Committee on the occasion of the fortieth anniversary of the United 46 See Officia/ Records o( the General Assembly. Fortieth Session. Plenan• Meetings. 108th meeting.

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