Special Committee on Decolonization
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The Special Committee on Decolonization (known as the U.N. Special Committee of the 24 on Decolonization or, simply, the Decolonization Committee) was created by the General Assembly of the United Nations with the purpose of monitoring implementation of the Declaration on the Granting of Independence to Colonial Countries and Peoples and to make recommendations on its application.[1]
Hoping to speed the progress of decolonization, the General Assembly had adopted the Declaration on the Granting of Independence to Colonial Countries and Peoples (1960). Known as the Declaration on decolonization, it stated that all people have a right to self-determination and proclaimed that colonialism should be brought to a speedy and unconditional end.[2]
Subsequently, in 1990, the General Assembly proclaimed 1990-2000 as the International Decade for the Eradication of Colonialism and adopted a concrete Plan of Action to further its principles and relevant International Law on that matter. In 2001, the United Nations proceeded to proclaim the Second International Decade for the Eradication of Colonialism.[3]
