– 153 – (6.2 – United Nations and other organizations) 15 request the Special Committee to intensify its efforts to promote the international campaign against apartheid and, to this end, authorizes it: a) to hold sessions away from Headquarters or to send a sub-committee on a mission to consult specialized agencies, regional organizations, States and non-governmental organizations; b) to hold consultations with experts and to arrange for special studies on various aspects of apartheid, in consultation with the Secretary-General and within the budgetary provisions to be made for this purpose, 16 requests all States, specialized agencies and other organizations to intensify the dissemination of information on the evils of apartheid in the light of the report of the Special Committee and, in this respect, reiterates its request to those States which have not yet done so to encourage urgently the establishment of national committees as provided in paragraph 9 of General Assembly Resolution 2307 (XXII) of 13 December 1967, 17 requests the Secretary-General, in the light of the proposals of the Special Committee for the widest dissemination of information on apartheid: a) to ensure that the Unit on apartheid, established in pursuance of General Assembly Resolution 2144 A (XXI) of 26 October 1966, discharges its increased functions in the light of the proposals outlined in paragraph 146 of the report of the Special Committee; b) to take other appropriate steps to assist all States, specialized agencies and other organizations to intensify the dissemination of information, 18 requests the Secretary-General to continue to provide the Special Committee with all the necessary means, including appropriate financial means, for the effective accomplishment of its task, 19 invites States, specialized agencies, regional organizations and non-governmental organizations to cooperate with the Secretary-General and the Special Committee in the accomplishment of their tasks under the present Resolution. ANNEX 3 14 RESOLUTION 2426 (XXIII) IMPLEMENTATION OF THE DECLARATION ON THE GRANTING OF INDEPENDENCE TO COLONIAL COUNTRIES AND PEOPLES BY THE SPECIALIZED AGENCIES AND THE INTERNATIONAL INSTITUTIONS ASSOCIATED WITH THE UNITED NATIONS The General Assembly, having considered the item entitled “Implementation of the Declaration on the Granting of Independence to Colonial Countries and Peoples by the specialized agencies and the international institutions associated with the United Nations”, recalling the Declaration on the Granting of Independence to Colonial Countries and Peoples contained in General Assembly Resolution 1514 (XV) of 14 December 1960, ____________________ 14 See Resolution 765/CA30 (1975).