text: (A/AC.IO 9/PV.1202)•Atthesamemeeting, theSpecial Committee decided that, subject totheapproval oftheGeneral Assembly atitsthirty-sixth session, the Committee wouldholdextrasessional meetings in1981,asappropriate andnecessary, toconsider thereports ofthevisiting missions ithaddispatched duringtheyear toTokelau andAmerican Samoa. -64-ils 1e :!to ofits )mit the ~ssary, ~yearCHAPTER 11* DISSEMINATION OFINFORW\TION ONDECOLONlZATION A.Consideration bytheSpecial Committee 1.Atits1184thmeeting, on21~anuary 1981,byadopting thesuggestions relating totheorganization ofitsworkputforward bytheChairman (A/AC.I09/L.1385 andCorr.l) ,theSpecial Committee decided, interalia,to maintain itsSub-Committee onPetitions, Information andAs3istance andallocated toitcertain specific itemsforitsconsideration. Atthesametime,theSpecial Committee alsodecided toconsider thequestion ofthedissemination ofinformation ondecolonization atitsplenary andsub-committee meetings. 2.'!heSpecial Committee considered theitematits1185thto1187th and 1202ndmeetings, between 27Apriland21August1981. 3.Initsconsideration oftheitem,theSpecial Committee tookintoaccount the provisions oftherelevant General Assembly resolutions, particularly resolution 35/120of11December 1980concerning thedissemination ofinformation on decolonization. Byparagraph 3ofthatresolution, theAssembly requested the secretary-General, havingregardtothesuggestions oftheSpecial Committee, "to continue totakeconcrete measures throughallthemediaathisdisposal, including publications, radioandtelevision, togivewidespread andcontinuous publicity to theworkoftheUnitedNations inthefieldofdecolonization". TheCommittee-was alsoguided bytheprovisions ofGeneral Assembly resolution 35/119ofthesame date. Byparagraph 12(e)ofthatresolution, theAssembly requested theCommittee "Totakeallnecessary stepstoenlistworld-wide support amongGovernments, as wellasnational andinternational organizations having aspecial interest in decolonization, intheachievement oftheobjectives oftheDeclaration andinthe implementation oftherelevant resolutions oftheUnitedNations, particularly as concerns theoppressed peopleofNamibia". Further, theCommittee tookinto ~ccount therelevant provisions ofGeneral Assembly resolution 35/118of 11December 1980,containing thePlanofActionfortheEUllrmplement.ation ofthe Declaration ontheGranting ofIndependence toColonial Countries andPeoples, in particular paragraph 18thereof whichstatesthatthethitedNations "shall intensify itsefforts indisseminating information byallavailable means,· including publications, radioandtelevision, onthestruggle ofpeoples for self-determination, independence andequalrightsandagainst colonial domination, ontheactivities oftheUlitedNations inthefieldofdecolonization andonthe roleofthenational liberation movements." Inaddition, theCommittee paiddue regardtotherelevant information furnished toitbytherepresentative ofthe national liberation movement ofNamibia, theSouthWestAfricaPeople's Organization (SWAPO), whoappeared beforeitduringtheyear. *Previously issuedaspartofA/36/23 (Part11). -65-~-- .a.- .........._==..=.....,~=.=.==.=,..,=. = !l [ 11 I I I I i I :1 I; I! I1 I if jl ;11 Jiif I'I4.Atthel185thmeeting, on27April,theOlairman oftheSub-Cbmmittee on Petitions, Information andAssistance, inastatement totheSpecial Committee, (A/AC.l09/PV.1185), introduced the2l3threportoftheSub-Cbmmittee (A/AC.109/L.1386) ,outlining itsprogramme ofworkfor1981,including suggestions concerning theobservance in1981oftheWeekofSolidarity withtheCblonial peoplesofSouthern AfricaFighting forFreedom, Independence andEqualRights.*e6\tb-Cbmmittee adopted theprogramme ofwork,assetoutinparagraph 2ofthe 2l3threport, withinthecontext oftheitemswhichhadbeenallocated toitbythe Special Cbmmittee (A/AC.109/PV.1185). 5.Atthesamemeeting, theChairman oftheSpecial Committee drewattention to
analysis: This text appears to be related to the United Nations and its activities, specifically the Special Committee's consideration of the dissemination of information on decolonization. The text mentions various resolutions and reports, as well as the role of national liberation movements. Given the focus on international politics and decolonization, it seems likely that the text is related to human rights and international relations.