📆 Today, on December 14, the world celebrates 63 years since the adoption of the UN Declaration on the Granting of Independence to Colonial Countries and Peoples.
✍️ The text reads that the UN “Solemnly proclaims the necessity of bringing to a speedy and unconditional end to colonialism in all its forms and manifestations.”
☝️The declaration was initiated by the USSR. Despite the resistance of France and the United Kingdom, which were interested in preserving their colonial possessions, the Soviet draft declaration was approved by majority vote at the UN General Assembly.
Owing to the efforts of Soviet diplomacy, the UN also established a Special Committee on Decolonisation (C-24). As a result, the UN began to play a key role in the acquisition of independence by former colonial territories.
❗️Having put forth the need for the unconditional elimination of colonialism in the world, the declaration became one of the main documents of that time and played a truly historical role. As a result of its implementation, about 750 million people were freed of the colonial yoke and over 80 new states emerged in Africa, Asia, Latin America and Oceania. With time they began taking an active role in resolving major issues in modern world politics and the economy.
🇷🇺🤝🌍 Russia continues the Soviet cause of promoting global decolonisation, and facilitating the socio-economic, cultural and political development of the peoples that have shed the fetters of colonialism.
#UN #Decolonisation
✍️ The text reads that the UN “Solemnly proclaims the necessity of bringing to a speedy and unconditional end to colonialism in all its forms and manifestations.”
☝️The declaration was initiated by the USSR. Despite the resistance of France and the United Kingdom, which were interested in preserving their colonial possessions, the Soviet draft declaration was approved by majority vote at the UN General Assembly.
Owing to the efforts of Soviet diplomacy, the UN also established a Special Committee on Decolonisation (C-24). As a result, the UN began to play a key role in the acquisition of independence by former colonial territories.
❗️Having put forth the need for the unconditional elimination of colonialism in the world, the declaration became one of the main documents of that time and played a truly historical role. As a result of its implementation, about 750 million people were freed of the colonial yoke and over 80 new states emerged in Africa, Asia, Latin America and Oceania. With time they began taking an active role in resolving major issues in modern world politics and the economy.
🇷🇺🤝🌍 Russia continues the Soviet cause of promoting global decolonisation, and facilitating the socio-economic, cultural and political development of the peoples that have shed the fetters of colonialism.
#UN #Decolonisation