United Nations General Assembly Resolution 1514
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United Nations General Assembly Resolution 1514, adopted in 1960, is a landmark document known as the Declaration on the Granting of Independence to Colonial Countries and Peoples. This pivotal UN resolution strongly affirmed the right to self-determination for all peoples and called for an immediate end to colonialism, playing a crucial role in the global decolonization process.