The fourth committee of the General Assembly of the United Nations is the Special Political and Decolonization Committee (SPECPOL) that was established in 1993 after the merger of two committees. Originally, the Fourth Committee was solely responsible for matters of decolonization and trusteeship, but once all UN Trust Territories were declared as independent, it merged with the then Seventh Committee; the Special Political Committee. SPECPOL handles a wide variety of issues including UN peacekeeping, territorial disputes, and international cooperation in the peaceful uses of outer space. Delegates in this committee will work together to address pressing political and decolonization issues while addressing strategies to promote peaceful resolutions to conflicts and methods to prevent recurrence.
