UN General Assembly
1978

56. Since the founding of the United Nations and the adoption of the Declaration on the Granting of Independence to Colonial Countries and Peoples notable developments have taken place in this field. Seventy formerly colonial countries have attained independent and have taken their rightful place among the free nations of the world. We applaud the efforts and achievements of the Organization. In spite of these achievements of the Organization, however, there remain a number of dependent Territories whose peoples are still struggling for their independence and self-determination. The administering Powers in these Territories have an obligation to speed up the process of decolonization with a view to ending this sorry chapter of history.