for those of us in the territories who take seriously the importance of the rule of law - which, by the way, was the subject of a recent high level meeting of the U.N. General Assembly. Implementation of the Decolonization Mandate CAR Does the U.N. review implementation? CGC Well, there have been  a number of U.N. reports over the years on implementation of the decolonization mandate. These are essentially compilation documents  derived from replies of some member states and some U.N. agencies on their respective activities in advancing the decolonization process. But these reports reflect the activities of only the countries or agencies which make such information available, while most do not report. So there is an incomplete picture. CAR How can this be improved? CGC Well, I have suggested in the past that a systematic examination of the specific actions called for in the resolutions is the best approach in determining the extent to which these actions have been carried out. Such mandates as the development of political education programs for the people of the territories, dissemination of information to the territories, mechanisms for the control of natural resources, among a number of areas would be assessed in a comprehensive fashion. CAR We understand that you conducted analyses of the implementation of the decolonization mandate on behalf of previous chairs of the Decolonization Committee. What became of these analyses? CGC First of all, the intention of these analyses was to conduct a systematic assessment of implementation of the specific