United Nations General Assembly resolution 1514

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United Nations General Assembly resolution 1514 (also known as the Declaration on the Granting of Independence to Colonial Countries and Peoples) was a cornerstone of the decolonization movement. Adopted on 14 December 1960, this resolution called for the independence of the colonies, considering fundamental human rights and the Charter of the United Nations.

The resolution

Resolution 1514 consists of the need to create conditions of stability and well-being and peaceful and friendly relations based on respect for the principles of equality of law and self-determination of all peoples, and to ensure universal respect for human rights and fundamental freedoms for all without distinction as to race, sex, language or religion, and the realization of such rights and freedoms, and states that "any attempt to break all or part of the national unity and territorial integrity of a country is incompatible with the purposes and principles of the Charter of the United Nations, and compromises the cause of world peace and cooperation. The resolution also sets out a clear position that, where the territorial integrity of States was at risk, the application of self-determination should not be used. It also specifies that all peoples have the right to self-determination, and that measures must be taken to transfer power to colonized peoples, without conditions and without repression.

The vote

In favour: Afghanistan, Albania, Upper Volta, Argentina, Austria, Belarus, Burma, Bolivia, Brazil, Bulgaria, Cambodia, Cameroon, Canada, Ceylon, Chad, Czechoslovakia, Chile, China (Taiwan), Cyprus, Colombia, Congo, Côte d'Ivoire, Costa Rica, Cuba, Denmark, Ecuador, Egypt, El Salvador, Ethiopia, Finland, Gabon, Ghana, Greece, Guatemala, Guinea, Haiti, Honduras, Hungary, India, Indonesia, Iran, Iraq, Iceland, Israel, Italy, Japan, Jordan, Laos, Lebanon, the Philippines, Liberia, the Netherlands, Morocco, Pakistan, Netherlands, Morocco, Morocco, Morocco, Morocco, Morocco, Morocco, Morocco, Morocco, Morocco, Morocco, Morocco, Morocco, Morocco, Morocco, Morocco, Morocco, Morocco, Morocco, Morocco, Morocco, Morocco, Morocco, Morocco, Morocco, Morocco, Morocco, Morocco, Morocco, Morocco, Morocco, Morocco, Morocco, Morocco, Morocco, Morocco, Morocco, Morocco, Morocco, Morocco, Morocco, Morocco, Morocco, Morocco, Morocco, Morocco, Morocco, Morocco, Pakistan.

Against: none.

Abstaining: Australia, Belgium, Dominican Republic, France, Portugal, Spain, South Africa, United Kingdom, United States.

Absence: Dahomey.

After the resolution

In 2000, on the occasion of the fortieth anniversary of Resolution 1514, the UN General Assembly adopted Resolution 55 / 146, which declared the period between 2001- 2010 as the Second International Decade for the Eradication of Colonialism. This is a consequence of the period between 199