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TO PRIORITY F C O TELNO 2328 OF 6 DECEMBER 1977
INFO PRIORITY WASHINGTON AND PARIS,
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FOLLOWING IS TEXT OF WORKING PAPER :-
THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY,
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GUIDED BY THE PRINCIPLES AND PURPOSES OF THE DECILTRATIONce
ON THE GRANTING OF INDEPENDENCE TO COLONIAL COUNTRIES AND PEOPLES CONTAINED IN GENERAL ASSEMBLY RESOLUTION 1514 (XV),
RECALLING ALL ITS PREVIOUS RESOLUTIONS CONCERNING THE IMPLEMENTATION OF THE DECLARATION, IN PARTICULAR, RESOLUTION 2621 (XXV), CONTAINING THE PROGRAMME OF ACTION FOR THE FULL IMPLEMENTATION OF THE DECLARATION ON THE GRANTING OF INDEPENDENCE TO COLONIAL COUNTRIES AND PEOPLES,
FURTHER RECALLING THE UNIVERSAL DECLARATION ON HUMAN RIGHTS,
TAKING NOTE OF AN IMPORTANT ROLE OF THE UNITED NATIONS AND THE ORGANIZATION OF AFRICAN UNITY, WHICH HAVE HELPED AND CONTINUE TO HELP COLONIAL AND DEPENDENT TERRITORIES TO ACHIEVE THEIR SELF-DETERMINATION AND INDEPENDENCE,
PURSUING THE GOAL TO SPEED UP THE PROCESS OF DECOLONIZATION OF THE REMAINING COLONIAL COUNTRIES AND TERRITORIES,
1. CALLS UPON ALL THE ADMINISTERING POWERS TO ESTABLISH AS SOON AS POSSIBLE A SPECIFIC DEADLINE (OR TIME-TABLES) FOR THE COMPLETE DECOLONIZATION OF ALL THE TERRITORIES UNDER THEIR ADMINISTRATION AND FURTHER INVITES THESE POWERS TO INFORM THE SECRETARY GENERAL AND THE SPECIAL COMMITTEE OF 24 OF THIS.DEADLINE TIME-TABLE WHICH THEY HAVE ESTABLISHED,
2. EXPRESSES THE VIEW THAT CONCRETE PROGRESS HAVE BEEN MADE IN THIS DIRECTION BY THE TIME OF COMMEMORATING THE 20TH ANNIVERSARY OF THE DECLARATION OF THE GRANTING OF INDEPENDENCE TO COLONIAL.
COUNTRIES AND PEOPLES IN 1980,
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