(A/AC.IO 9/PV.1202)•Atthesamemeeting, theSpecial Committee decided that, subject totheapproval oftheGeneral Assembly atitsthirty-sixth session, the Committee wouldholdextrasessional meetings in1981,asappropriate andnecessary, toconsider thereports ofthevisiting missions ithaddispatched duringtheyear toTokelau andAmerican Samoa. -64-ils 1e :!to ofits )mit the ~ssary, ~yearCHAPTER 11* DISSEMINATION OFINFORW\TION ONDECOLONlZATION A.Consideration bytheSpecial Committee 1.Atits1184thmeeting, on21~anuary 1981,byadopting thesuggestions relating totheorganization ofitsworkputforward bytheChairman (A/AC.I09/L.1385 andCorr.l) ,theSpecial Committee decided, interalia,to maintain itsSub-Committee onPetitions, Information andAs3istance andallocated toitcertain specific itemsforitsconsideration. Atthesametime,theSpecial Committee alsodecided toconsider thequestion ofthedissemination ofinformation ondecolonization atitsplenary andsub-committee meetings. 2.'!heSpecial Committee considered theitematits1185thto1187th and 1202ndmeetings, between 27Apriland21August1981. 3.Initsconsideration oftheitem,theSpecial Committee tookintoaccount the provisions oftherelevant General Assembly resolutions, particularly resolution 35/120of11December 1980concerning thedissemination ofinformation on decolonization. Byparagraph 3ofthatresolution, theAssembly requested the secretary-General, havingregardtothesuggestions oftheSpecial Committee, "to continue totakeconcrete measures throughallthemediaathisdisposal, including publications, radioandtelevision, togivewidespread andcontinuous publicity to theworkoftheUnitedNations inthefieldofdecolonization". TheCommittee-was alsoguided bytheprovisions ofGeneral Assembly resolution 35/119ofthesame date. Byparagraph 12(e)ofthatresolution, theAssembly requested theCommittee "Totakeallnecessary stepstoenlistworld-wide support amongGovernments, as wellasnational andinternational organizations having aspecial interest in decolonization, intheachievement oftheobjectives oftheDeclaration andinthe implementation oftherelevant resolutions oftheUnitedNations, particularly as concerns theoppressed peopleofNamibia". Further, theCommittee tookinto ~ccount therelevant provisions ofGeneral Assembly resolution 35/118of 11December 1980,containing thePlanofActionfortheEUllrmplement.ation ofthe Declaration ontheGranting ofIndependence toColonial Countries andPeoples, in particular paragraph 18thereof whichstatesthatthethitedNations "shall intensify itsefforts indisseminating information byallavailable means,· including publications, radioandtelevision, onthestruggle ofpeoples for self-determination, independence andequalrightsandagainst colonial domination, ontheactivities oftheUlitedNations inthefieldofdecolonization andonthe roleofthenational liberation movements." Inaddition, theCommittee paiddue regardtotherelevant information furnished toitbytherepresentative ofthe national liberation movement ofNamibia, theSouthWestAfricaPeople's Organization (SWAPO), whoappeared beforeitduringtheyear. *Previously issuedaspartofA/36/23 (Part11). -65-~-- .a.- .........._==..=.....,~=.=.==.=,..,=. = !l [ 11 I I I I i I :1 I; I! I1 I if jl ;11 Jiif I'I4.Atthel185thmeeting, on27April,theOlairman oftheSub-Cbmmittee on Petitions, Information andAssistance, inastatement totheSpecial Committee, (A/AC.l09/PV.1185), introduced the2l3threportoftheSub-Cbmmittee (A/AC.109/L.1386) ,outlining itsprogramme ofworkfor1981,including suggestions concerning theobservance in1981oftheWeekofSolidarity withtheCblonial peoplesofSouthern AfricaFighting forFreedom, Independence andEqualRights.*e6\tb-Cbmmittee adopted theprogramme ofwork,assetoutinparagraph 2ofthe 2l3threport, withinthecontext oftheitemswhichhadbeenallocated toitbythe Special Cbmmittee (A/AC.109/PV.1185). 5.Atthesamemeeting, theChairman oftheSpecial Committee drewattention to