written on this a number of times -- that it is the dependency governance arrangements themselves which are anachronistic, not the decolonization process designed to bring about democratic self-government. This is the real issue. Any objective analysis of these dependency arrangements reveals that they are not in conformity with democratic governance. The ambassador of Papua New Guinea made several important proposals regarding the modernization of the process during the Decolonization Committee session last June. I applaud him for his insight. Indications are that the present leadership of the Committee under the Chairmanship of Ecuador is examining some innovations in the committee's method of work. So this is a positive sign. CAR You stated in your paper at the Academic Council on the United Nations System (ACUNS) last June that implementation of the decolonization mandate was the 'Achilles heel' of the United Nations. How was this position received by the other scholars at the conference? CGC The challenge to implementation of U.N. mandate is well known and was referenced a number of times throughout the conference. I have made this point for a number of years before U.N. committees, academic conferences and elsewhere. It is not new that U.N. resolutions are only as good as their implementation. This is especially true for decolonization resolutions. The ACUNS conference was focused on larger issues, so I suppose I was re -introducing the question of contemporary colonialism as a remaining unsolved issue on the U.N.  agenda.The point was made that unimplemented mandates raise expectations