UNGA similarly adopted Resolution 1803 (XVII), affirming the right of peoples to permanent sovereignty over their natural resources.50 Additionally, the UN has developed various mechanisms that, whether directly or indirectly, have provided colonized peoples with avenues to combat colonialism. In 1961, for example, the Special Committee on the Situation with regard to the implementation of the Declaration on the Granting of Independence of Colonial Countries and Peoples (Special Committee on Decolonization) was established “in order to examine the application of the Declaration on Decolonization and to make suggestions and recommendations on the progress and extent of the implementation of the Declaration.”51 The Special Committee focuses on the issue of Non-Self-Governing Territories (NSGTs), following the UN Charter’s definition on NSGTs defining them as “territories whose peoples have not yet attained a full measure of self-government.”52 Selfgovernance itself has been identified by the UNGA as having been satisfied by a territory “(1) by becoming a sovereign state; (2) by freely associating with an independent nation-state; or (3) by integrating into an independent nation-state.”53 While Palestine is not one of the 17 NSGTs that the Special Committee on Decolonization concerns itself 50 1803 (XVII). Permanent sovereignty over natural resources (14 December 1962) UNGA A/RES/1803 (XVII) <https://documents-dds-ny.un.org/doc/RESOLUTION/GEN/ NR0/193/11/PDF/NR019311.pdf ?OpenElement> accessed 5 April 2023. The right to permanent sovereignty over natural resources was later enshrined as part of the right to selfdetermination in the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights (ICCPR) and the International Covenant on Economic Social and Cultural Rights (ICESCR). 51 United Nations Department of Global Communications, ‘Ten Frequently Asked Questions on the United Nations and Decolonization’ (United Nations, 25 July 2019) <https://www. un.org/dppa/decolonization/sites/www.un.org.dppa.decolonization/files/10_faqs_un_and_ decolonization.pdf> accessed 5 April 2023. 52 United Nations Charter, ‘Declaration Regarding Non-Self-Governing Territories’ (24 October 1945) Chapter XI, art. 73 <https://www.un.org/en/about-us/un-charter/chapter-11> accessed 5 April 2023. 53 UNGA, ‘Principles Which Should Guide Members in Determining Whether or Not an Obligation Exists to Transmit the Information Called for Under Article 73 of the Charter’ (15 December 1960) A/RES/1541 (XV) <https://digitallibrary.un.org/record/206178?ln=en> accessed 5 April 2023. 14