At its forty-third session, the General Assembly adopted resolution 43/47 of 22 November 1988, by which it declared the period 1990-2000 the International Decade for the Eradication of Colonialism.
本报告提交得晚了，是因为大会直到2003年12月9日才延长特别委员会的任期（见第58/111号决议）。