Resolution nº E/RES/2014/25 of the United Nations Economic and Social Council. 16-07-2014

• Date: 16 July 2014
• Issuer: Economic and Social Council of the United Nation

United Nations E/RES/2014/25

Economic and Social Council Distr.: General

22 August 2014

2014 session

Item 12 of the provisional agenda*

14-58512 (E)

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Resolution adopted by the Economic and Social Council on 16 July 2014

[on a proposal considered in plenary meeting (E/2014/L.27)]

2014/25. Support to Non-Self-Governing Territories by the

specialized agencies and international institutions

associated with the United Nations

The Economic and Social Council

,

Having examined

the report of the Secretary-General

1

and the report of the

President of the Economic and Social Council containing the information submitted

by the specialized agencies and other organizations of the United Nations system on

their activities with regard to the implementation of the Declaration on the Granting

of Independence to Colonial Countries and Peoples,

2

Having heard

the statement by the representative of the Special Committee on

the Situation with regard to the Implementation of the Declaration on the Granting

of Independence to Colonial Countries and Peoples,

3

Recalling

General Assembly resolutions 1514 (XV) of 14 December 1960 and

1541 (XV) of 15 December 1960, the resolutions of the Special Committee and

other relevant resolutions and decisions, including, in particular, Economic and

Social Council resolution 2013/43 of 25 July 2013,

Bearing in mind

the relevant provisions of the final documents of the

successive Conferences of Heads of State or Government of Non-Aligned Countries

and of the resolutions adopted by the Assembly of Heads of State and Government

of the African Union, the Pacific Islands Forum and the Caribbean Community,

Conscious

of the need to facilitate the implementation of the Declaration on

the Granting of Independence to Colonial Countries and Peoples, contained in

General Assembly resolution 1514 (XV),

Wel co mi ng

the current participation, in their capacity as observers, of those

Non-Self-Governing Territories that are associate members of the regional

commissions in the world conferences in the economic and social sphere, subject to

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* E/2014/1/Rev.1, annex II.

1 A/69/66.

2 E/2014/11.

3 See E/2014/SR.45.