18. -ion of the Decme of 1~ce to Co&r&d At its sixteenth session, in 1961, the General Assembly established the Special Committee on the Situation with regard to the Implementation of the Declaration on the Granting of Independence to Colonial Countries and Peoples, consisting of 17 members, and requested the Committee to examine the application of the Declaration, contained ir. Assembly resolution 1514 (XV), and to make suggestions and recommendations on the progress and extent of the implementation of the Declaration (resolution 1654 (XVI)). At its seventeenth session, the General Assembly enlarged the Special Committee by the addition of seven members and invited it to continue to seek the most suitable ways and means for the speedy and total application Of the Declaration to all Territories that had not yet attained independence (resolution 1810 (XvII)). At the same session, the Assembly requested the Special Committee to discharge, mutatis the tasks assigned to the Special Cosunittee for South West Africa (resolution 1865 (XVII)) and decided to dissolve the Special Committee for South West Africa (resolution 1806 (XVII)). At its eighteenth session, the General Assembly decided to dissolve the Committee on Information from Non-Self-Governing Territories and requested the Special Committee to study the information transmitted under Article 73 G of the Charter (see item 117). to take this information fully into account in examininq the situation with regard to the implementation of the Declaration in each of the Non-Self-Governing Territories and to undertake any special study and prepare any special report it might consider necessary (resolution 1970 (XVXII)). At the same session, and at each subsequent session, the General Assembly, after considering the report of the Special Committee, adopted a resolution rene.*ing the Committee's mandate. At its thirty-fourth session, the General Assembly decided to increase the 
**Analysis**
This text appears to be discussing the implementation of a declaration related to colonial independence, which suggests that it may be related to human rights or international relations. The text mentions the General Assembly and its resolutions, which further supports this hypothesis.

**Category**
Humanitarian aid and relief, International relations