Law-ref.org Declaration on the Granting of Independence to Colonial Countries and Peoples
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PREAMBLE     [go to this PREAMBLE]
... Recognizing the passionate yearning for freedom in all dependent peoples and the decisive role of such peoples in the attainment of their independence, ...
... Considering the important role of the United Nations in assisting the movement for independence in Trust and Non- Self- Governing Territories, ...
... Welcoming the emergence in recent years of a large number of dependent territories into freedom and independence, and recognizing the increasingly powerful trends towards freedom in such territories which have not yet attained independence, ...
... Welcoming the emergence in recent years of a large number of dependent territories into freedom and independence, and recognizing the increasingly powerful trends towards freedom in such territories which have not yet attained independence, ...


ARTICLE-3     [go to this ARTICLE]
... Inadequacy of political, economic, social or educational preparedness should never serve as a pretext for delaying independence. ...


ARTICLE-4     [go to this ARTICLE]
... All armed action or repressive measures of all kinds directed against dependent peoples shall cease in order to enable them to exercise peacefully and freely their right to complete independence, and the integrity of their national territory shall be respected. ...


ARTICLE-5     [go to this ARTICLE]
... Immediate steps shall be taken, in Trust and Non-Self-Governing Territories or all other territories which have not yet attained independence, to transfer all powers to the peoples of those territories, without any conditions or reservations, in accordance with their freely expressed will and desire, without any distinction as to race, creed or colour, in order to enable them to enjoy complete independence and freedom. ...
... Immediate steps shall be taken, in Trust and Non-Self-Governing Territories or all other territories which have not yet attained independence, to transfer all powers to the peoples of those territories, without any conditions or reservations, in accordance with their freely expressed will and desire, without any distinction as to race, creed or colour, in order to enable them to enjoy complete independence and freedom. ...