A/RES/55/146 GA

United Nations A/RES/55/146 General Assembly Distr.: General 6 March 2001 Fifty-fifth session Agenda item 18 00 56815 Resolution adopted by the General Assembly [without reference to a Main Committee (A/55/23)] 55/146. Second International Decade for the Eradication of Colonialism The General Assembly, Recalling that 2000 marks the fortieth anniversary of the Declaration on the Granting of Independence to Colonial Countries and Peoples,1 Recalling also its resolution 43/47 of 22 November 1988, by which the General Assembly declared the period 1990-2000 as the International Decade for the Eradication of Colonialism, and recalling further resolution 46/181 of 19 December 1991, by which it adopted a plan of action for the Decade,2 Bearing in mind the related recommendations of the Thirteenth Ministerial Conference of the Movement of Non-Aligned Countries, held in Cartagena, Colombia, on 8 and 9 April 2000,3 which proposed, inter alia, the declaration of a new decade for the elimination of colonialism, and which supported the effective implementation of the related plan of action, Bearing in mind also the endorsement of the proposed declaration of a new decade for the eradication of colonialism by the participants in the Pacific regional seminar organized by the Special Committee on the Situation with regard to the Implementation of the Declaration on the Granting of Independence to Colonial Countries and Peoples to review the political, economic and social conditions in the small island Non-Self-Governing Territories, held in Majuro, Marshall Islands, from 16 to 18 May 2000,4 Taking into account its resolution 54/90 A of 6 December 1999, in which it noted with concern that the plan of action for the International Decade could not be concluded by 2000, 1 Resolution 1514 (XV). 2 See A/46/634/Rev.1, annex. 3 A/54/917-S/2000/580, annex. 4 See A/55/23 (Part I), chap. II, annex. For the final text, see Official Records of the General Assembly, Fifty-fifth Session, Supplement No. 23. A/RES/55/146 2 Guided by the fundamental and universal principles enshrined in the Charter of the United Nations, the Universal Declaration of Human Rights5 and the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights,6 Having examined the relevant reports of the Secretary-General concerning the implementation of the plan of action for the International Decade, Taking into account the important contribution of the United Nations in the field of decolonization, in particular through the Special Committee, 1. Declares the period 2001–2010 the Second International Decade for the Eradication of Colonialism; 2. Calls upon Member States to redouble their efforts to implement the plan of action, as contained in the annex to the report of the Secretary-General,2 updated where necessary, to serve as the plan of action for the Second International Decade; 3. Calls upon the administering Powers to cooperate fully with the Special Committee on the Situation with regard to the Implementation of the Declaration on the Granting of Independence to Colonial Countries and Peoples to develop a constructive programme of work on a case-by-case basis for the Non-Self- Governing Territories to facilitate the implementation of the mandate of the Special Committee and the relevant resolutions of the United Nations on decolonization, including resolutions on specific Territories; 4. Invites Member States, specialized agencies and other organizations of the United Nations system, and other governmental and non-governmental organizations, actively to support and participate in the implementation of the plan of action during the Second International Decade; 5. Requests the Secretary-General to provide the necessary resources for the successful implementation of the plan of action; 6. Also requests the Secretary-General to report to the General Assembly at its sixty-fifth session on the implementation of the present resolution. 83rd plenary meeting 8 December 2000 5 Resolution 217 A (III). 6 See resolution 2200 A (XXI), annex.

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