text: wellasthecreation bytheillegal occupying regimeoftheso-called SouthWest AfricaTerritorial Force. Inreiterating itscondemnation ofallmilitary activities andarrangements bycolonial PowersinTerritories undertheir administration whichweredetrimental totheinterests andrightsofthecolonial peoples concerned, theCommittee againrequested thecolonial Powersconcerned to terminate suchactivities andeliminate suchmilitary basesincompliance withthe relevant resolutions oftheGeneral Assembly. Inthatconnexion, theCommittee deplored, inparticular, thecontinued alienation oflandincolonial Territories formilitary installat'ions andconsidered thatthelarge-scale utilization oflocal economic andmanpower resources toservice suchinstallations diverted resources whichcouldbemorebeneficially utilized inpromoting theeconomic development of theTerritories concerned. 168.Inthelightoftherequest addressed totheSecretary-General bytheGeneral Assembly tocontinue totakeconcrete measures throughallthemediaathis disposal toimplement itsprevious decisions onthematter, theSpecial Committee continued itsreviewofthequestion ofthepublicity tobegiventotheworkof theUnitedNations inthefieldofdecolonization. TheCommittee againstressed theneedtomobilize worldpublicopinion toassisteffectively thepeoples ofthe colonial Territories and,inparticular, tointensify thewidespread andcontinuous -58-dissemi nationa context yearsb decolon werein countri should Committ intensif byplac' activiti activit' establis andint inWeste Departm effort t organs i forthe 169.Our ofthe1 therele directiv thirty-so session, States. Committe afurthe chapter. 170.In resoluti andhold Comm'.tte consider resoluti cancella control theGene appropri rearrang report t previous 171.In mayrecei bearing i especiall ··.1---------------" .~~..---------- ---~--~---- "e,,1dissemination ofinformation onthestruggle beingwagedbythosepeoples andtheir national liberation movements toachieve freedom andindependence. Inthat context, andbearing inmindtheimportant roleplayedduringthepastseveral yearsbyanumberofnon-governmental organizations activeinthefieldof decolonization, theCommittee remained oftheviewthatbecause suchorganizations wereinaposition toreachhroadsectors ofpublicopinion, especially inthose countries wheretheneedforinformation ondecolonization wasgreatest, they shouldbeurgedtointensify theirworkinthatfield. Inthesamecontext, the Committee continued toconsider itessential thatconcrete measures betakento intensify thedissemination ofinformation ondecolonization issues, particularly byplacing special emphasis ontheliberation struggle inNamibia andthe activities ofthenational liberation movement concerned) publicizing the activities oftheUnitedNations organsinthefieldofdecolonization, establishing acloserworking relationship withthenational liberation movement) andintensifying therelevant activities ofallinformation centres, particularly inWestern EUropeandtheAmericas. 'IbeCommittee further considered thatthe Department ofPublicInformation oftheSecretariat shouldundertake anall-out efforttoobtain amoresympathetic response onthepartofthemajorinformation organsinthoseareasandtoprovide theCommittee withananalysis ofthecauses forthelimited coverage ofdecolonization issuesinthemassmedia. 169.Duringtheyearunderreview, theSpecial Committee alsocontinued itsreview ofthelistofTerritories towhichtheDeclaration isapplicable. Asindicated in therelevant section ofthepresent chapter, theCommittee decided, subject toany directives whichtheGeneral Assembly mightwishtogiveinthatregardatits thirty-s·ixth session, tocontinue consideration ofthequestion atitsnext session, takingintoaccount anyrelated information whichmightbereceived from States. Asregardsitsdecision of20August 1980concerning PuertoRico,the Committee heardanumberofrepresentatives oforganizations concerned andadopted
analysis: The text primarily focuses on the decolonization process, discussing the struggle for independence and freedom of colonial territories. It also touches on the role of the United Nations in promoting decolonization and the importance of disseminating information on the subject. The text does not directly address economic development, natural resources, or environmental issues.