About the United Nations: Decolonization

This educational video focusses on the process of decolonization and how the United Nations has contributed to development of the principle and practice of "self-determination” for people living in non-self-governing territories.

• Categories: News & Features / Features
• Video Length: 00:18:54
• Production Date: 1 January 1990
• Asset Language: English
• Subject Topical: DECOLONIZATION; DISCRIMINATION; EDUCATION; INDEPENDENCE; NON-SELF-GOVERNING TERRITORIES; VIOLENCE
• Geographic Subject: ANGOLA; ARGENTINA; CAMEROON; FALKLAND ISLANDS - MALVINAS; FRANCE; GAMBIA; GUINEA-BISSAU; MICRONESIA; NAMIBIA; NIGERIA; PORTUGAL; SENEGAL; SOUTH AFRICA; TIMOR-LESTE; UNITED KINGDOM; UNITED REPUBLIC OF TANZANIA; UNITED STATES; VANUATU; WESTERN SAHARA; ZIMBABWE
• MAMS Id: 2053017
• Parent Id: 837122

Description

Archival footage provides a glimpse of colonial life and the progress the peoples of non-self-governing territories have made towards self-determination. The programme records their varied experiences: from peaceful referenda to decide their political status, to armed struggle or negotiation leading to independence. Individuals who lived under colonial rule during the past three decades comment on colonialism and what their countries' transitions to independence meant to them.

In thirty years, since the adoption of the UN Declaration on decolonization in 1960, the world map has changed dramatically. With independence, people in many former colonies have regained their sense of national culture and pride.

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• Scripts: File; 786 ABOUT THE UNITED NATIONS DECOLONIZATION SYNOPSIS SCRIPT 1990.pdf (522.35 KB)