Fifteenth session of the United Nations General Assembly

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United Nations General Assembly session session of the United Nations General Assembly

The Fifteenth session of the United Nations General Assembly was a pivotal 1960 meeting of UN member states, notable for its strong focus on decolonization and the admission of many newly independent countries.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf United Nations General Assembly session ⓘ
session of the United Nations General Assembly ⓘ
adoptedDocument Declaration on the Granting of Independence to Colonial Countries and Peoples NERFINISHED ⓘ
country United States of America ⓘ
dateOfAdoption 1960-12-14 ⓘ
endTime 1961-04-12 ⓘ
followedBy Sixteenth session of the United Nations General Assembly NERFINISHED ⓘ
follows Fourteenth session of the United Nations General Assembly NERFINISHED ⓘ
hasOrdinalNumber 15 ⓘ
hasTopic African independence movements ⓘ
admission of new Member States ⓘ
economic development ⓘ
end of colonialism ⓘ
human rights ⓘ
international peace and security ⓘ
self-determination of peoples ⓘ
languageUsed Arabic ⓘ
Chinese ⓘ
English ⓘ
French ⓘ
Russian ⓘ
Spanish ⓘ
locatedIn New York City ⓘ
United Nations Headquarters NERFINISHED ⓘ
mainTheme admission of newly independent states ⓘ
decolonization ⓘ
meetingOf United Nations member states ⓘ
notableFor adoption of a landmark anti-colonial declaration ⓘ
expansion of UN membership in 1960 ⓘ
strong focus on decolonization ⓘ
organization United Nations NERFINISHED ⓘ
partOf United Nations General Assembly NERFINISHED ⓘ
period Cold War NERFINISHED ⓘ
president Frederick H. Boland NERFINISHED ⓘ
presidentCountry Ireland NERFINISHED ⓘ
resolutionNumber 1514 (XV) ⓘ
sessionNumber XV ⓘ
significantEvent admission of many newly independent African states ⓘ
large increase in UN membership ⓘ
significantResolution United Nations General Assembly Resolution 1514 (XV) NERFINISHED ⓘ
startTime 1960-09-20 ⓘ
subjectOf United Nations decolonization process ⓘ
year 1960 ⓘ

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Declaration on the Granting of Independence to Colonial Countries and Peoples (A/RES/1514 (XV)) → adoptionSession → Fifteenth session of the United Nations General Assembly ⓘ
subject surface form: Declaration on the Granting of Independence to Colonial Countries and Peoples
Khrushchev UN shoe-banging incident → duringSession → Fifteenth session of the United Nations General Assembly ⓘ