– 154 – (6.2 – United Nations and other organizations) R 708 Resolutions of the General Assembly of the United Nations (C-1972) The Council, recalling a) the Declaration on the Granting of Independence to Colonial Countries and Peoples contained in Resolution 1514 (XV) adopted by the General Assembly of the United Nations on 14 December 1960 and other pertinent Resolutions of the General Assembly; b) Resolution 659 adopted by the Council during its 24th Session, having noted the Resolutions of the twenty-sixth Session of the General Assembly annexed to Document 4303/CA2716 submitted to the Council in accordance with Article IV of the Agreement between the United Nations and the ITU, invites the administrations, in particular those of countries in which there are refugees from dependent territories in Africa, to arrange for training in their vocational centres of a certain number of sponsored refugees wishing to be trained in telecommunications, requests the Secretary-General 1 to maintain contact with the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees, other organs of the United Nations system and with the Organization for African Unity, in order to achieve cooperation in this field; 2 to continue to collaborate with the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees in application of Resolution 659, instructs the Secretary-General 1 to draw the attention of the Members of the Union to this Resolution and to communicate its text to the Secretary-General of the United Nations, to the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees, to the Heads of the Specialized Agencies and of the International Atomic Energy Agency and to the Secretary- General of the Organization for African Unity; 2 to report on any action taken in pursuance of this Resolution to the 28th and subsequent Sessions of the Council. Ref.: Document 4402/CA27 (1972). R 800 (C-1977, last amended C-1984) Telecommunications, an important factor in economic and social development: role of the ITU in this domain The Council, having examined the note by the Secretary-General entitled, “Telecommunications, an important factor in economic and social development: role of the ITU in this domain” (Document 5073/CA32), noting a) that in all countries, regardless of their level of development, the existence of an adequate telecommunication infrastructure is of vital importance for economic and social development in different areas and that in consequence many international organizations, in addition to the ITU, are interested in one or more aspects of telecommunication development; ____________________ 16 Resolutions 2775 A-H (XXVI), 2795 (XXVI), 2796 (XXVI), 2839 (XXVI), 2871 (XXVI), 2872 (XXVI), 2874 (XXVI), 2878 (XXVI) and 2879 (XXVI).