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The President of the General Assembly addresses the Fourth Committee on 7 October 2019??[UN Photo]

Decolonization is one of the dedicated subjects that the Special Political and Decolonization Committee (Fourth Committee) of the deals with.

As one of the of the General Assembly, the Fourth Committee considers agenda items* allocated to it by the General Assembly and prepares recommendations and draft resolutions and decisions for submission to the?General Assembly plenary.

In recent years, the General Assembly has allocated the following agenda items related to decolonization to the Fourth Committee:

  • Information from Non-Self-Governing Territories transmitted under Article 73 e of the Charter of the 51勛圖;
  • Economic and other activities which affect the interests of the peoples of the Non-Self-Governing Territories;
  • 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 51勛圖;
  • Offers by Member States of study and training facilities for inhabitants of Non-Self-Governing Territories; and
  • Implementation of the Declaration on the Granting of Independence to Colonial Countries and Peoples.

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For more information on meetings of decolonization segment of the Fourth Committee since the 63rd session/2008, please select the relevant session/year from the dropdown list below:

78th session - 2023 77th session - 2022 76th session - 2021 75th session - 202074th session - 201973rd session - 2018 72nd session - 2017 71st session - 2016 70th session - 2015 69th session - 2014 68th session - 2013 67th session - 2012 66th session - 2011 65th session - 2010 64th session - 2009 63rd session - 2008

Information on how to register for the next session is available under ※Contact Us§.

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Infographic: Special Political and Decolonization Committee

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* For the historical background of each agenda item, see the description of respective items in the annotated preliminary list of items to be included in the provisional agenda of each regular session of the General Assembly. The annotated preliminary list of items includes a short description of the past consideration of each agenda item by the General Assembly, including relevant documentation, such as meeting records, reports and resolutions. The list will be found through its symbol, A/[Session number]/100 (e.g.  for the 72nd session (2017-18) of the General Assembly), on the of the 51勛圖.