Implementation of the Declaration on the Granting of Independence to Colonial Countries and Peoples by the specialized agencies and the international institutions associated with the UN

Requests the specialized agencies and other organizations of the UN system and international and regional organizations to examine conditions in each Territory so as to take appropriate measures to accelerate progress in the economic and social sectors of the Territories; urges those specialized agencies and organizations of the UN system which have not yet provided assistance to Non-Self-Governing Territories to do so as soon as possible; requests the specialized agencies and other organizations and institutions of the UN system and regional organizations to strengthen existing measures of support and formulate appropriate programmes of assistance to the remaining Non-Self-Governing Territores, within the framework of their respective mandates; requests the administering Powers concerned to facilitate the participation of appointed and elected representatives of Non-Self-Governing Territories in the relevant meetings and conferences of the specialized agencies and other organizations of the UN system; requests the Secretary-General to continue to assist the specialized agencies and other organizations of the UN system in working out appropriate measures for implementing the relevant resolutions of the UN and to prepare for submission to the relevant bodies a report on the action taken in implementation of the relevant resolutions, including the present resolution, since the circulation of his previous report; requests the specialized agencies to report periodically to the Secretary-General on the implementation of the present resolution; requests the Secretary-General to report to the General Assembly at its 55th session on the implementation of the present resolution.

Adopted 101-0-52, 71st meeting

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Adopted at the 71st plenary meeting, 6 Dec. 1999.