International Day Against Colonialism in All Its Forms and Manifestations

Commemoration of the sixty-fifth anniversary of the Declaration on the Granting of Independence to Colonial Countries and Peoples . Watch the High-level plenary meeting to commemorate the 65th anniversary of the Declaration on the Granting of Independence to Colonial Countries and Peoples - General Assembly, 80th session! General Assembly

  ,  This celebration of the  International Day Against Colonialism in All Its Forms and Manifestations  supports the United Nations ’s determination to implement the  Declaration on the Granting of Independence to Colonial Countries and Peoples  and related decisions, and to promote decolonization as one of its main mandates. As part of the inaugural celebration of the Day, the United Nations is hosting on 18 December, a one-day high-level plenary meeting of the General Assembly to commemorate the sixty-fifth anniversary of the Declaration on the Granting of Independence to Colonial Countries and Peoples , with the participation of Member States and observers, as well as of the President of the General Assembly , the President of the Economic and Social Council and the United Nations Secretary-General . The meeting is to advance global dialogue on the full implementation of UN resolutions on decolonization .