(2nd Plenary meeting) Special Committee on Decolonization (C-24) - 2026 session.

 



 The Special Committee on the Situation with regard to the Implementation of the Declaration on the Granting of Independence to Colonial Countries and Peoples is also known as the Special Committee on Decolonization, or C-24.
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