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The Special Committee on Decolonization (also known as the U.N. Special Committee of the 24 on Decolonization, the Committee of 24, or simply, the Decolonization Committee) was created in 1961 by the General Assembly of the United Nations with the purpose of monitoring implementation of the Declaration on the Granting of Independence to Colonial Countries and Peoples and to make recommendations on its application.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=the United Nations Special Committee on Decolonisation – Official Website )〕 The committee is also a successor to the former Committee on Information from Non-Self-Governing Territories, with which it was merged in 1963. The full official name of the Special Committee is "Special Committee on the Situation with Regard to the Implementation of the Declaration on the Granting of Independence to Colonial Countries and Peoples". Hoping to speed the progress of decolonization, the General Assembly had adopted in 1960 the Resolution 1514, also known as the "Declaration on the Granting of Independence to Colonial Countries and Peoples" or simply "Declaration on Decolonization". It stated that all people have a right to self-determination and proclaimed that colonialism should be brought to a speedy and unconditional end.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=History of U.N. Decolonisation Committee – Official U.N. Website )〕 Subsequently, in 1990, the General Assembly proclaimed 1990–2000 as the International Decade for the Eradication of Colonialism and adopted a concrete Plan of Action to further its principles and relevant International Law on that matter. In 2001, the United Nations proceeded to proclaim the Second International Decade for the Eradication of Colonialism.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Historical Documents of the U.N. Decolonisation Committee – Official U.N. Website and Document Archive )〕 In 2011, the Third International Decade for the Eradication of Colonialism was declared. In 1945, the year the United Nations was established, 750 million people – almost a third of the world's population – lived in territories that were non-self-governing, dependent on colonial Powers. Today, fewer than 2 million people live in such territories.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=The United Nations and Decolonization )〕 == Non-self-governing territories == As of 2014, there still remain 17 territories listed on the United Nations list of non-self-governing territories: 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Special Committee on Decolonization」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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