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COMMITTEE OF 24

ESTABLISHMENT AND FUNCTION OF THE COMMITTEE

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1 The Sub-Committee on the Situation with regard

to the Implementation of the Declaration on the

Granting of Independence to Colonial Countries and

Peoples was established in November 1961, its 17 mem-

bers being appointed by the President of the General

Assembly and representing different geographical

areas. In 1962 the number of the Special Committee

was enlarged to 24 and it has since been known

informally as the Committee of 24.

2. The Committee was established to examine the

application of the Declaration on the Granting of

Independence to Colonial Countries and Peoples

1960

(Resolution 1514 (XV) of 14 December) on which the

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UK abstained, to make suggestions and recommendations on the progress and extent of the implementation of the

Declaration and to report to the General Assembly.

The

enlarged Special Committee took over the work of the Special Committee on territories, Portuguese

Administration and on South-west Africa, and of the

Special Committee on the Situation in Angola. The

Committee's terms of reference are worldwide.

3. The present membership of the Committee is as

follows:

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