58. 2017 年 12 月 7 日，大会根据给予殖民地国家和人民独立宣言执行情况特别委员会 2017 年报告(A/72/23)和第四委员会随后提出的建议，未经表决通过了第72/98 号决议。大会在该决议中：
58. On 7 December 2017, the General Assembly adopted, without a vote, resolution 72/98, on the basis of the report of the Special Committee on the Situation with regard to the Implementation of the Declaration on the Granting of Independence to Colonial Countries and Peoples for 2017 (A/72/23) and the subsequent recommendation by the Fourth Committee. In that resolution, the Assembly: