1. United Nations
... from 1991 to 1995. Self-determination and independence One of the most important rights self-determination, or the right of peoples to govern themselves was a goal when the Charter was signed. Today it has become a reality in most of the lands formerly under colonial rule. In 1960, the General Assembly adopted the Declaration on the Granting of Independence to Colonial Countries and Peoples, in which it proclaimed the necessity of bringing colonialism to a speedy end. Since ... remain. The Assembly has set the goal of ending colonialism by the year 2000, declaring the period 1990-2000 a...
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