UN General Assembly
2010

to strengthen its efforts in working towards full decolonization of Territories that are still under the control of administrating Powers. Where there are serious reports of human rights violations, there must be a stronger United Nations role in investigating all allegations of human atrocity. We are reminded that the noble task of our multilateral Organization is to reaffirm our commitment to and respect for fundamental human rights and the dignity of the human person. We are encouraged to see emerging nations, such as Kosovo, rising from the turmoil of restraint to take up their position in the midst of the independent nations of the world. It is in the spirit of democratic freedom that justice must prevail for those peoples whose right to political freedom continues to be suppressed by colonial and illegitimate administrating Powers. That includes for those countries whose political freedom to claim their rights to territorial sovereignty under the United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea and those whose political freedom to rightfully claim an extended continental shelf under the Convention are suppressed by colonial