United Nations Warning: You are not logged in. Your IP address will be publicly visible if you make any edits. If you log in or create an account, your edits will be attributed to your username, along with other benefits.Anti-spam check. Do not fill this in! ===Other global issues=== Since the UN's creation, over 80 colonies have attained independence. The General Assembly adopted the [[Declaration on the Granting of Independence to Colonial Countries and Peoples]] in 1960 with no votes against but abstentions from all major colonial powers. The UN works towards decolonization through groups including the [[Special Committee on Decolonization|UN Committee on Decolonization]].<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.un.org/en/decolonization/index.shtml |title=The United Nations and Decolonization |publisher=United Nations |access-date=6 November 2013 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131023035929/http://www.un.org/en/decolonization/index.shtml |archive-date=23 October 2013 |url-status=dead}}</ref> The committee lists seventeen remaining "[[non-self-governing territories]]", the largest and most populous of which is the [[Western Sahara]].<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.un.org/en/decolonization/nonselfgovterritories.shtml |title=non-self-governing territories |publisher=United Nations |access-date=7 February 2014 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140227010648/http://www.un.org/en/decolonization/nonselfgovterritories.shtml |archive-date=27 February 2014 |url-status=dead}}</ref> The UN also declares and co-ordinates [[international observance]]s that bring awareness to issues of international interest or concern; examples include [[World Tuberculosis Day]], [[Earth Day]], and the [[International Year of Deserts and Desertification]].<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.un.org/en/events/observances/index.shtml |title=United Nations Observances |publisher=United Nations |access-date=17 November 2013 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131104192143/http://www.un.org/en/events/observances/index.shtml |archive-date=4 November 2013 |url-status=live}}</ref> Summary: Please note that all contributions to Christianpedia may be edited, altered, or removed by other contributors. If you do not want your writing to be edited mercilessly, then do not submit it here. You are also promising us that you wrote this yourself, or copied it from a public domain or similar free resource (see Christianpedia:Copyrights for details). Do not submit copyrighted work without permission! Cancel Editing help (opens in new window) Discuss this page