4th GA - SPECIAL POLITICAL AND DECOLONIZATION (SPECPOL)
The Fourth committee of the General Assembly, also known as the Special Political and Decolonization committee (SPECPOL) is one of the six main committees of the General Assembly and it produces decisions, within the scope of the Charter of the United Nations, regarding a cluster of five decolonization-related agenda items, the effects of atomic radiation, questions relating to information, a comprehensive review of the question of peacekeeping operations as well as a review of special political missions, the United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestinian Refugees in the Near East (UNRWA), the Report of the Special Committee on Israeli Practices and International cooperation in the peaceful uses of outer space.
Originally, the Fourth committee was solely responsible for matters of trusteeship and decolonization, but once all UN trust territories were declared as independent, it merged with the Special Political committee; the then seventh main committee.
Originally, the Fourth committee was solely responsible for matters of trusteeship and decolonization, but once all UN trust territories were declared as independent, it merged with the Special Political committee; the then seventh main committee.
