Removal from the list of Non-Self-Governing Territories (NSGT’s): the capstone of decolonization. Removal from the UN list of NSGT’s is the final step in the decolonization of a colony. Only the UN General Assembly is authorized to issue a resolution authorizing the removal from that list. The example of French Polynesia and New Caledonia: These are examples of territories which were not included in the 1963 list of NSGT’s, while the UN had never declared that “ Chapter XI of the Charter no longer applied”. In the 1940s France had unilaterally stopped reporting on these territories under Article 73e of the Charter. Because France was no longer reporting, the committee charged with drawing up the list in 1963, wrongfully omitted them from the list.