At its resumed fifty-eighth session , in July 2004 , the General Assembly decided that the item should be allocated for annual consideration in the Special Political and Decolonization Committee ( Fourth Committee ) ( resolution 58/316 ) . The General Assembly continued its consideration of the item at its sixteenth to sixty-first sessions ( resolutions 1654 ( XVI ) , 1810 ( XVII ) , 1956 ( XVIII ) , 2105 ( XX ) , 2189 ( XXI ) , 2326 ( XXII ) , 2465 ( XXIII ) , 2548 ( XXIV ) , 2708 ( XXV ) , 2878 ( XXVI ) , 2908 ( XXVII ) , 3163 ( XXVIII ) , 3328 ( XXIX ) , 3481 ( XXX ) , 31/143 , 32/42 , 33/44 , 34/94 , 35/119 , 36/68 , 37/35 , 38/54 , 39/91 , 40/57 , 41/41 A and B , 42/71 , 43/45 , 44/101 , 45/34 , 46/71 , 47/23 , 48/52 , 49/89 , 50/39 , 51/146 , 52/78 , 53/68 , 54/91 , 55/147 , 56/74 , 57/140 , 58/111 , 59/136 , 60/119 and 61/130 ) .