United Nations General Assembly Resolution 1514 (XV)

UN General Assembly Resolution 1514 (XV)
Date:	14 December 1960
Meeting no.:	fifteenth
Code:	A/RES/1514(XV) (Document)
Subject:	Declaration on the Granting of Independence to Colonial Countries and Peoples.
Result:	Adopted
United Nations General Assembly Resolution A/RES/60/119 dated 18 January 2006 on the report of the Special Political and Decolonization Committee (Fourth Committee)

United Nations General Assembly Resolution 1514 of 14 December 1960, titled "Declaration on the Granting of Independence to Colonial Countries and Peoples" was a resolution of the United Nations General Assembly during its fifteenth session, that affirmed that the resolution also provided for the granting of independence to colonial countries and peoples and passionate yearning for freedom in all dependent peoples and the decisive role of such peoples in the attainment of their independence that the peoples of the world ardently desire the end of colonialism in all its manifestations.

See also

• Decolonization
• United Nations list of Non-Self-Governing Territories
• Dependent territory

External links

• Declaration on the Granting of Independence to Colonial Countries and Peoples.
• United Nations Trusteeship Agreements or were listed by the General Assembly as Non-Self-Governing
• Declaration on the Granting of Independence to Colonial Countries and Peoples in The Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights (OHCHR) website
• ECOSOC Resolution 2007/25, 26 July 2007: Support to Non-Self-Governing Territories by the specialized agencies and international institutions associated with the United Nations
• 50th Anniversary on 14 December 2010 of the Declaration on the Granting of Independence to Colonial Countries and Peoples in the UN Radio.