Day Against Colonialism in All Its Forms and Manifestations 2025
14 december 2025
In 2025, with the adoption of resolution A/RES/80/106, the United Nations established 14 December as the International Day Against Colonialism in All Its Forms and Manifestations.
This observance reaffirms the purposes and principles of the UN Charter and the Declaration on the Granting of Independence to Colonial Countries and Peoples (Resolution 1514 (XV)), emphasizing the necessity of bringing to a speedy and unconditional end colonialism in all its forms and manifestations. This International Day supports the UN’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 Secretary-General. The meeting is to advance global dialogue on the full implementation of UN resolutions on decolonization. More than sixty years after the adoption of resolution 1514 (XV), colonialism in its various forms continues to exist, undermining the principles of the UN Charter, with an impact on social, cultural, and economic development. The eradication of colonialism remains a key priority for the United Nations, particularly under the Fourth International Decade for the Eradication of Colonialism (2021-2030).
This observance reaffirms the purposes and principles of the UN Charter and the Declaration on the Granting of Independence to Colonial Countries and Peoples (Resolution 1514 (XV)), emphasizing the necessity of bringing to a speedy and unconditional end colonialism in all its forms and manifestations. This International Day supports the UN’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 Secretary-General. The meeting is to advance global dialogue on the full implementation of UN resolutions on decolonization. More than sixty years after the adoption of resolution 1514 (XV), colonialism in its various forms continues to exist, undermining the principles of the UN Charter, with an impact on social, cultural, and economic development. The eradication of colonialism remains a key priority for the United Nations, particularly under the Fourth International Decade for the Eradication of Colonialism (2021-2030).
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