Among the resolutions is one on a set of eleven small territories which has a provision mandating an annual report of the Secretary-General on the implementation of the decolonization resolutions.This report was not done annually during the first and second international decades, but then again, the Secretary-General is required to write many reports. For some years now the reports on implementation of the decolonization mandate have entailed the compilation of replies from a small number of member states and U.N. agencies which reply to requests for information. ***** CAR So, given the present scenario, how do you think the U.N. decolonization process can be accelerated? CGC Well, I would say that a substantive assessment on the present level of implementation of the mandate would establish a baseline. The resolutions contain important actions and the member states need to be aware of the extent to which these things have been carried out. I believe that this would provide important information on how the U.N. is performing, and by extension, how it might accelerate - and innovate - its work. I suggest this approach in view of prevailing reality which finds the major administering powers - the United Kingdom and the United States - not participating in the work of the Decolonization Committee. Both countries formally withdrew their cooperation from the committee decades ago. So that perspective is missing from the debate. Some have suggested that the administering powers don't wish to place themselves in the position of having to be questioned