tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10599841157811740522024-02-19T11:10:40.615-04:00Overseas Territories ReviewA forum for critical analysis of international issues and developments of particular relevance to the sustainable political and socio-economic development of Overseas Countries and Territories (OCTs).Unknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger2132125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1059984115781174052.post-41375416344292296362024-01-02T22:03:00.005-04:002024-01-02T22:03:40.754-04:00UN ADOPTS ANNUAL RESOLUTIONS ON DEPENDENT TERRITORIES<p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh_SO9fiuWIf_Y4IaVO2xyHpiwYNjogPj9lHc-qkNOw4rYXd2KLpFOHPntsk3KibDGOOv7RhwlmuU7xxELg6MNhKUPhYbVdxVeVA1pfq4WKSlZ-fUcQ1kMsnFj4JwzozPh0Fr8Efc-tdjuH6kzbD6ivpaiX2riK_902DaETEiNLjuCIiZQ1VTr_yJlrKl09/s219/UN%20Charter.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="219" data-original-width="152" height="273" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh_SO9fiuWIf_Y4IaVO2xyHpiwYNjogPj9lHc-qkNOw4rYXd2KLpFOHPntsk3KibDGOOv7RhwlmuU7xxELg6MNhKUPhYbVdxVeVA1pfq4WKSlZ-fUcQ1kMsnFj4JwzozPh0Fr8Efc-tdjuH6kzbD6ivpaiX2riK_902DaETEiNLjuCIiZQ1VTr_yJlrKl09/w201-h273/UN%20Charter.jpg" width="201" /></a></div><p style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://documents-dds-ny.un.org/doc/UNDOC/GEN/N23/399/02/PDF/N2339902.pdf?OpenElement"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;"><b>The Question of Anguilla</b></span></a></p><p style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://documents-dds-ny.un.org/doc/UNDOC/GEN/N23/398/38/PDF/N2339838.pdf?OpenElement"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;"><b>The Question of American Samoa</b></span></a></p><p style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://documents-dds-ny.un.org/doc/UNDOC/GEN/N23/400/44/PDF/N2340044.pdf?OpenElement"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;"><b>The Question of the Turks and Caicos Islands</b></span></a></p><p style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://documents-dds-ny.un.org/doc/UNDOC/GEN/N23/400/50/PDF/N2340050.pdf?OpenElement"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;"><b>The Question of Tokelau</b></span></a></p><p style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://documents-dds-ny.un.org/doc/UNDOC/GEN/N23/400/38/PDF/N2340038.pdf?OpenElement"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;"><b>The Question of the US Virgin Islands</b></span></a></p><p style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://documents-dds-ny.un.org/doc/UNDOC/GEN/N23/399/89/PDF/N2339989.pdf?OpenElement"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;"><b>The Question of New Caledonia</b></span></a></p><p style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://documents-dds-ny.un.org/doc/UNDOC/GEN/N23/399/76/PDF/N2339976.pdf?OpenElement"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;"><b>The Question of Montserrat</b></span></a></p><p style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://documents-dds-ny.un.org/doc/UNDOC/GEN/N23/399/64/PDF/N2339964.pdf?OpenElement"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;"><b>The Question of Guam</b></span></a></p><p style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://documents-dds-ny.un.org/doc/UNDOC/GEN/N23/399/52/PDF/N2339952.pdf?OpenElement"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;"><b>The Question of French Polynesia</b></span></a></p><p style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://documents-dds-ny.un.org/doc/UNDOC/GEN/N23/399/40/PDF/N2339940.pdf?OpenElement"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;"><b>The Question of the Cayman Islands</b></span></a></p><p style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://documents-dds-ny.un.org/doc/UNDOC/GEN/N23/399/34/PDF/N2339934.pdf?OpenElement"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;"><b>The Question of the British Virgin Islands</b></span></a></p><p style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://documents-dds-ny.un.org/doc/UNDOC/GEN/N23/399/21/PDF/N2339921.pdf?OpenElement"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;"><b>The Question of Bermuda</b></span></a></p><p style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://documents-dds-ny.un.org/doc/UNDOC/GEN/N23/398/90/PDF/N2339890.pdf?OpenElement"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;"><b>The Question of Western Sahara</b></span></a></p><p style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://documents-dds-ny.un.org/doc/UNDOC/GEN/N23/400/62/PDF/N2340062.pdf?OpenElement"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;"><b>The Question of Saint Helena</b></span></a></p><p style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://documents-dds-ny.un.org/doc/UNDOC/GEN/N23/400/62/PDF/N2340062.pdf?OpenElement"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;"><b>The Question of Pitcairn</b></span></a></p><p style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://documents-dds-ny.un.org/doc/UNDOC/GEN/N23/400/25/PDF/N2340025.pdf?OpenElement"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;"><b>Implementation of the Decolonization Declaration</b></span></a></p><p style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://documents-dds-ny.un.org/doc/UNDOC/GEN/N23/398/72/PDF/N2339872.pdf?OpenElement"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;"><b>Implementation of the Decolonization Declaration by the UN Specialized Agencies</b></span></a></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="background-color: white; color: #333333;"><a href="https://documents-dds-ny.un.org/doc/UNDOC/GEN/N23/398/84/PDF/N2339884.pdf?OpenElement"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;"><b>Offers by Member States of study and training facilities for inhabitants of Non-Self-Governing Territories</b></span></a></span></p><p style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://documents-dds-ny.un.org/doc/UNDOC/GEN/N23/398/66/PDF/N2339866.pdf?OpenElement"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;"><b>Economic and other activities which affect the interests of the peoples of the Non-Self-Governing Territories</b></span></a></p><p style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://documents-dds-ny.un.org/doc/UNDOC/GEN/N23/398/60/PDF/N2339860.pdf?OpenElement"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;"><b>Information from Non-Self-Governing Territories transmitted under Article 73 e of the Charter of the United Nations</b></span></a></p><p style="text-align: center;"><br /></p>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1059984115781174052.post-1338693984004521722023-03-30T16:28:00.000-04:002023-03-30T16:28:38.165-04:00France continues to violate UN Charter on French Polynesia<p> </p><div style="border: solid windowtext 1.0pt; margin-left: 0in; margin-right: .5in; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-element: para-border-div; padding: 1.0pt 4.0pt 1.0pt 4.0pt;">
<p align="center" class="H1" style="border: none; line-height: 115%; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin: 0in; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-between: .5pt solid windowtext; mso-padding-alt: 1.0pt 4.0pt 1.0pt 4.0pt; mso-padding-between: 1.0pt; padding: 0in; text-align: center; text-indent: 0in;"><span lang="EN-GB" style="color: #2e74b5; font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-themecolor: accent5; mso-themeshade: 191;"><b>A Decade of Violations
of the United Nations Charter by the French Republic with respect to
non-compliance of Article 73(e)<i> <br />
</i>of the United Nations Charter (2013-2023)</b><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 115%;"><b><u><span lang="EN-GB"><br />
</span></u></b><b><u><span lang="EN-GB" style="color: black; font-family: "Roboto Condensed"; letter-spacing: -0.4pt; line-height: 115%;">Article
73<br /></span></u></b><b><u><span lang="EN-GB" style="line-height: 115%;"><br />
</span></u></b><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; letter-spacing: -0.25pt; line-height: 115%;">Members of the
United Nations which have or assume responsibilities for the administration of
territories whose peoples have not yet attained a full measure of
self-government recognize the principle that the interests of the inhabitants
of these territories are paramount, and accept as a sacred trust the obligation
to promote to the utmost, within the system of international peace and security
established by the present Charter, the well-being of the inhabitants of these
territories, and, to this end:</span><b><u><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size: 11.0pt; line-height: 115%;"><o:p></o:p></span></u></b></p>
<p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 115%; text-align: center;"><b><i><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 11.0pt; line-height: 115%;">……..<o:p></o:p></span></i></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 115%;"><b><i><u><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 11.0pt; line-height: 115%;"><o:p><span style="text-decoration: none;"> </span></o:p></span></u></i></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 115%; margin-left: .5in; text-align: justify;"><i><span lang="EN-GB" style="background: white; color: black; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; line-height: 115%;">e) to transmit regularly
to the Secretary-General for information purposes, subject to such limitation
as security and constitutional considerations may require, statistical and
other information of a technical nature relating to economic, social, and
educational conditions in the territories for which they are respectively
responsible other than those territories to which Chapters XII and XIII app</span></i></p>
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<p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 115%; text-align: center;"><b><span lang="EN-GB" style="color: #1f4e79; line-height: 115%;">Dates of non-transmission of information by France under
Article 73 <i>e</i> of the United Nations (UN) Charter with respect to Ma'ohi Nui/French Polynesia<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 115%; text-align: center;"><b><u><span lang="EN-GB" style="color: #002060; line-height: 115%;">2013 – 2023<span style="font-size: 11pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></u></b></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="border: none; line-height: 115%; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-padding-alt: 1.0pt 2.0pt 1.0pt 4.0pt; padding: 0in;"><b><span lang="EN-GB" style="color: #002060; line-height: 115%;"> Administering Power Year Transmission of Information<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 115%;"><span lang="EN-GB" style="line-height: 115%;"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 115%; text-align: center;"><span lang="EN-GB" style="line-height: 115%;">France<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 115%; text-align: center;"><span lang="EN-GB" style="line-height: 115%;"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 115%; text-align: center;"><span lang="EN-GB" style="line-height: 115%;">2013<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 115%; text-align: center;"><span lang="EN-GB" style="line-height: 115%;"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 115%; text-align: center;"><span lang="EN-GB" style="line-height: 115%;">No information
transmitted <o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 115%; text-align: center;"><span lang="EN-GB" style="line-height: 115%;">France<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 115%; text-align: center;"><span lang="EN-GB" style="line-height: 115%;">2014<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 115%; text-align: center;"><span lang="EN-GB" style="line-height: 115%;">No information
transmitted<b><u><o:p></o:p></u></b></span></p>
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<p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 115%; text-align: center;"><span lang="EN-GB" style="line-height: 115%;">France<b><u><o:p></o:p></u></b></span></p>
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<p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 115%; text-align: center;"><span lang="EN-GB" style="line-height: 115%;">2015<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 115%; text-align: center;"><span lang="EN-GB" style="line-height: 115%;">No information
transmitted<b><u><o:p></o:p></u></b></span></p>
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<p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 115%; text-align: center;"><span lang="EN-GB" style="line-height: 115%;">France<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 115%; text-align: center;"><span lang="EN-GB" style="line-height: 115%;">2016<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 115%; text-align: center;"><span lang="EN-GB" style="line-height: 115%;">No information
transmitted<b><u><o:p></o:p></u></b></span></p>
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<p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 115%; text-align: center;"><span lang="EN-GB" style="line-height: 115%;">France<b><u><o:p></o:p></u></b></span></p>
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<p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 115%; text-align: center;"><span lang="EN-GB" style="line-height: 115%;">2017<b><u><o:p></o:p></u></b></span></p>
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<p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 115%; text-align: center;"><span lang="EN-GB" style="line-height: 115%;">No information
transmitted<b><u><o:p></o:p></u></b></span></p>
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<p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 115%; text-align: center;"><span lang="EN-GB" style="line-height: 115%;">France<b><u><o:p></o:p></u></b></span></p>
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<p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 115%; text-align: center;"><span lang="EN-GB" style="line-height: 115%;">2018<b><u><o:p></o:p></u></b></span></p>
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<p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 115%; text-align: center;"><span lang="EN-GB" style="line-height: 115%;">No information
transmitted<b><u><o:p></o:p></u></b></span></p>
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<td style="border-top: none; border: solid windowtext 1.0pt; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding: 0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt; width: 121.5pt;" valign="top" width="162">
<p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 115%; text-align: center;"><span lang="EN-GB" style="line-height: 115%;">France<b><u><o:p></o:p></u></b></span></p>
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<td style="border-bottom: solid windowtext 1.0pt; border-left: none; border-right: solid windowtext 1.0pt; border-top: none; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-left-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding: 0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt; width: 67.5pt;" valign="top" width="90">
<p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 115%; text-align: center;"><span lang="EN-GB" style="line-height: 115%;">2019<b><u><o:p></o:p></u></b></span></p>
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<p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 115%; text-align: center;"><span lang="EN-GB" style="line-height: 115%;">No information
transmitted<b><u><o:p></o:p></u></b></span></p>
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<p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 115%; text-align: center;"><span lang="EN-GB" style="line-height: 115%;">France<b><u><o:p></o:p></u></b></span></p>
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<p class="MsoFootnoteText" style="line-height: 115%; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: 0in; margin-right: 63.35pt; margin-top: 0in; tab-stops: right 73.8pt left 77.4pt right 91.8pt left 95.4pt; text-align: justify; text-indent: 0in;"><i><span lang="EN-GB" style="line-height: 115%;"><br />According to its
resolution </span></i><span lang="EN-GB"><a href="https://undocs.org/en/A/RES/67/265"><i><span style="line-height: 115%;">67/265</span></i></a></span><i><span lang="EN-GB" style="line-height: 115%;">, the General Assembly recognizes
that, in the light of the provision of Chapter XI of the Charter of the UN
General Assembly resolution </span></i><span lang="EN-GB"><a href="https://undocs.org/en/A/RES/1514(XV)"><i><span style="line-height: 115%;">1514 (XV)</span></i></a></span><i><span lang="EN-GB" style="line-height: 115%;">, French Polynesia remains a
Non-Self-Governing Territory within the meaning of the Charter.” </span></i><span lang="EN-GB" style="line-height: 115%;">(<i>U.N. Document </i></span><span lang="EN-GB"><a href="https://documents-dds-ny.un.org/doc/UNDOC/GEN/N23/012/29/pdf/N2301229.pdf?OpenElement"><i><span style="line-height: 115%;">A/78/63</span></i></a></span><i><span lang="EN-GB" style="line-height: 115%;"> of 11 January 2023). </span></i><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size: 11.0pt; line-height: 115%;"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoFootnoteText" style="line-height: 115%; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: 0in; margin-right: 63.35pt; margin-top: 0in; tab-stops: right 73.8pt left 77.4pt right 91.8pt left 95.4pt; text-align: justify; text-indent: 0in;"><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size: 11.0pt; line-height: 115%;"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1059984115781174052.post-74783166543297703642023-03-02T14:22:00.000-04:002023-03-02T14:22:42.193-04:00UN GENERAL ASSEMBLY ADOPTS BERMUDA RESOLUTION<p> <span style="color: #20124d; text-align: center;"> </span><br /></p><div style="text-align: center;"><b><span style="font-size: medium;"><a href="https://documents-dds-ny.un.org/doc/UNDOC/GEN/N22/748/18/pdf/N2274818.pdf?OpenElement" target="_blank">Resolution</a> adopted by the General Assembly</span></b></div><div style="text-align: center;"><b><span style="font-size: medium;">12 December 2022</span></b></div><p></p><p>
</p><p class="SingleTxt" style="line-height: 6pt; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><b>77/136. Question of Bermuda</b></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 6.0pt; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: 63.35pt; margin-right: 63.35pt; margin-top: 0in; mso-line-height-rule: exactly; tab-stops: 63.35pt 87.1pt 110.9pt 134.65pt 159.1pt 182.9pt 206.65pt 231.1pt 254.9pt 278.65pt 4.2in; text-align: justify; text-justify: inter-ideograph;"><span lang="EN-TT"><o:p><span style="font-size: medium;"> </span></o:p></span></p>
<p class="SingleTxt"><span style="font-size: medium;"><i><span lang="EN-GB"><span style="mso-tab-count: 1;"> </span>The
General Assembly</span></i><span lang="EN-GB">,<o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="SingleTxt"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span lang="EN-GB"><span style="mso-tab-count: 1;"> </span><i>Having
considered</i> the question of Bermuda and examined 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 2022,</span><a href="file:///C:/Users/cgcor/Downloads/N2274818.doc#_ftn1" name="_ftnref1" style="mso-footnote-id: ftn1;" title=""><span class="MsoFootnoteReference"><span lang="EN-GB"><span style="mso-special-character: footnote;"><!--[if !supportFootnotes]--><span class="MsoFootnoteReference"><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif;">[1]</span></span><!--[endif]--></span></span></span></a><span lang="EN-GB"><o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="SingleTxt"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span lang="EN-GB"><span style="mso-tab-count: 1;"> </span><i>Taking
note</i> of the working paper prepared by the Secretariat on Bermuda</span><a href="file:///C:/Users/cgcor/Downloads/N2274818.doc#_ftn2" name="_ftnref2" style="mso-footnote-id: ftn2;" title=""><span class="MsoFootnoteReference"><span lang="EN-GB"><span style="mso-special-character: footnote;"><!--[if !supportFootnotes]--><span class="MsoFootnoteReference"><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif;">[2]</span></span><!--[endif]--></span></span></span></a><span lang="EN-GB"> and other relevant information,<o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="SingleTxt"><span lang="EN-GB"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="mso-tab-count: 1;"> </span><i>Recognizing</i>
that all available options for self-determination of the Territory are valid as
long as they are in accordance with the freely expressed wishes of the people
of Bermuda and in conformity with the clearly defined principles contained in
General Assembly resolutions <a href="https://undocs.org/en/A/RES/1514(XV)">1514
(XV)</a> of 14 December 1960, <a href="https://undocs.org/en/A/RES/1541(XV)">1541
(XV)</a> of 15 December 1960 and other resolutions of the Assembly,<o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="SingleTxt"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span lang="EN-GB"><span style="mso-tab-count: 1;"> </span><i>Expressing
concern</i> that, more than 60 years after the adoption of the Declaration on
the Granting of Independence to Colonial Countries and Peoples,</span><a href="file:///C:/Users/cgcor/Downloads/N2274818.doc#_ftn3" name="_ftnref3" style="mso-footnote-id: ftn3;" title=""><span class="MsoFootnoteReference"><span lang="EN-GB"><span style="mso-special-character: footnote;"><!--[if !supportFootnotes]--><span class="MsoFootnoteReference"><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif;">[3]</span></span><!--[endif]--></span></span></span></a><span lang="EN-GB"> there still remain 17 Non-Self-Governing Territories, including
Bermuda,<o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="SingleTxt"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span lang="EN-GB"><span style="mso-tab-count: 1;"> </span><i>Conscious</i>
of the importance of continuing the effective implementation of the
Declaration, taking into account the target set by the United Nations to
eradicate colonialism by 2030 and the plan of action for the International
Decades for the Eradication of Colonialism,</span><a href="file:///C:/Users/cgcor/Downloads/N2274818.doc#_ftn4" name="_ftnref4" style="mso-footnote-id: ftn4;" title=""><span class="MsoFootnoteReference"><span lang="EN-GB"><span style="mso-special-character: footnote;"><!--[if !supportFootnotes]--><span class="MsoFootnoteReference"><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif;">[4]</span></span><!--[endif]--></span></span></span></a><span lang="EN-GB"><o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="SingleTxt"><span lang="EN-GB"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="mso-tab-count: 1;"> </span><i>Recognizing</i>
that the specific characteristics and the aspirations of the people of Bermuda
require flexible, practical and innovative approaches to the options for
self-determination, without any prejudice to territorial size, geographical
location, size of population or natural resources,<o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="SingleTxt"><span lang="EN-GB"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="mso-tab-count: 1;"> </span><i>Convinced</i>
that the wishes and aspirations of the people of the Territory should continue
to guide the development of their future political status and that referendums,
free and fair elections and other forms of popular consultation play an
important role in ascertaining the wishes and aspirations of the people,<o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="SingleTxt"><span lang="EN-GB"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="mso-tab-count: 1;"> </span><i>Concerned</i>
by the use and exploitation of the natural resources of the Non-Self-Governing
Territories by the administering Powers for their benefit, by the use of the
Territories as international financial centres to the detriment of the world
economy and by the consequences of any economic activities of the administering
Powers that are contrary to the interests of the people of the Territories, as
well as to resolution <a href="https://undocs.org/en/A/RES/1514(XV)">1514 (XV)</a>,<o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="SingleTxt"><span lang="EN-GB"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="mso-tab-count: 1;"> </span><i>Convinced</i>
that any negotiations to determine the status of the Territory must take place
with the active involvement and participation of the people of the Territory,
under the auspices of the United Nations, on a case-by-case basis, and that the
views of the people of Bermuda in respect of their right to self-determination
should be ascertained,<o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="SingleTxt"><span lang="EN-GB"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="mso-tab-count: 1;"> </span><i>Noting</i>
the continued cooperation of the Non-Self-Governing Territories at the local
and regional levels, including participation in the work of regional
organizations,<o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="SingleTxt"><span lang="EN-GB"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="mso-tab-count: 1;"> </span><i>Mindful</i>
that, in order for the Special Committee to enhance its understanding of the
political status of the people of Bermuda and to fulfil its mandate
effectively, it is important for it to be apprised by the United Kingdom of
Great Britain and Northern Ireland as the administering Power and to receive
information from other appropriate sources, including the representatives of
the Territory, concerning the wishes and aspirations of the people of the
Territory,<o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="SingleTxt"><span lang="EN-GB"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="mso-tab-count: 1;"> </span><i>Aware</i>
of the importance both to Bermuda and to the Special Committee of the
participation of elected and appointed representatives of Bermuda in the work
of the Committee,<o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="SingleTxt"><span lang="EN-GB"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="mso-tab-count: 1;"> </span><i>Recognizing</i>
the need for the Special Committee to ensure that the appropriate bodies of the
United Nations actively pursue a public awareness campaign aimed at assisting
the people of Bermuda with their inalienable right to self-determination and in
gaining a better understanding of the options for self-determination, on a
case-by-case basis,<o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="SingleTxt"><span lang="EN-GB"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="mso-tab-count: 1;"> </span><i>Mindful</i>,
in that connection, that the holding of regional seminars in the Caribbean and
Pacific regions and at Headquarters, with the active participation of
representatives of the Non-Self-Governing Territories, provides a helpful means
for the Special Committee to fulfil its mandate and that the regional nature of
the seminars, which alternate between the Caribbean and the Pacific, is a
crucial element in the context of a United Nations programme for ascertaining
the political status of the Territories,<o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="SingleTxt"><span lang="EN-GB"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="mso-tab-count: 1;"> </span><i>Welcoming</i>
the Pacific regional seminar on the theme “Advancement of the Non‑Self-Governing
Territories through the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) pandemic and beyond”,
held by the Special Committee in Castries and hosted by the Government of Saint
Lucia from 11 to 13 May 2022, as a significant and forward-looking event, which
enabled the participants to assess progress made and address challenges faced
in the decolonization process, review the existing working methods of the
Committee and renew its commitment to implementing its historic task,<o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="SingleTxt"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span lang="EN-GB"><span style="mso-tab-count: 1;"> </span><i>Recalling</i>
the importance of the conclusions and recommendations adopted by the seminar,
which are annexed to the report of the Special Committee and which outline the
findings of the seminar, including, especially, the way forward for the
decolonization process within the context of the proclamation by the General
Assembly of the period 2021–2030 as the Fourth International Decade for the Eradication
of Colonialism,</span><a href="file:///C:/Users/cgcor/Downloads/N2274818.doc#_ftn5" name="_ftnref5" style="mso-footnote-id: ftn5;" title=""><span class="MsoFootnoteReference"><span lang="EN-GB"><span style="mso-special-character: footnote;"><!--[if !supportFootnotes]--><span class="MsoFootnoteReference"><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif;">[5]</span></span><!--[endif]--></span></span></span></a><span lang="EN-GB"><o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="SingleTxt"><span lang="EN-GB"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="mso-tab-count: 1;"> </span><i>Noting
with appreciation</i> the contribution to the development of some Territories
by the specialized agencies and other organizations of the United Nations
system, in particular the Economic Commission for Latin America and the
Caribbean, the Economic and Social Commission for Asia and the Pacific, the
United Nations Development Programme and the World Food Programme, as well as
regional institutions such as the Caribbean Development Bank, the Caribbean
Community, the Organisation of Eastern Caribbean States, the Pacific Islands Forum
and the agencies of the Council of Regional Organizations in the Pacific,<o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="SingleTxt"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span lang="EN-GB"><span style="mso-tab-count: 1;"> </span><i>Noting</i>
the statement made by a representative of the Government of Bermuda at the 2021
Caribbean regional seminar,</span><a href="file:///C:/Users/cgcor/Downloads/N2274818.doc#_ftn6" name="_ftnref6" style="mso-footnote-id: ftn6;" title=""><span class="MsoFootnoteReference"><span lang="EN-GB"><span style="mso-special-character: footnote;"><!--[if !supportFootnotes]--><span class="MsoFootnoteReference"><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif;">[6]</span></span><!--[endif]--></span></span></span></a><span lang="EN-GB"><o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="SingleTxt"><span lang="EN-GB"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="mso-tab-count: 1;"> </span><i>Recalling</i>
the dispatch of the United Nations special mission to Bermuda in 2005, at the
request of the territorial Government and with the concurrence of the
administering Power, which provided information to the people of the Territory
on the role of the United Nations in the process of self-determination, on the
legitimate political status options as clearly defined in General Assembly
resolution <a href="https://undocs.org/en/A/RES/1541(XV)">1541 (XV)</a> and on
the experiences of other small States that have achieved a full measure of
self-government,<o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="SingleTxt"><span lang="EN-GB"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="mso-tab-count: 1;"> </span><i>Stressing</i>
the importance of good governance, transparency and accountability in the
Territory,<o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="SingleTxt"><span lang="EN-GB"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="mso-tab-count: 1;"> </span><i>Stressing
also</i> the importance of regional ties for the development of a small island
Territory,<o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="SingleTxt"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span lang="EN-GB"><span style="mso-tab-count: 1;"> </span><i>Recalling</i>
the extension by the administering Power to Bermuda of the Convention on the
Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination against Women</span><a href="file:///C:/Users/cgcor/Downloads/N2274818.doc#_ftn7" name="_ftnref7" style="mso-footnote-id: ftn7;" title=""><span class="MsoFootnoteReference"><span lang="EN-GB"><span style="mso-special-character: footnote;"><!--[if !supportFootnotes]--><span class="MsoFootnoteReference"><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif;">[7]</span></span><!--[endif]--></span></span></span></a><span lang="EN-GB"> in March 2017,<o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="SingleTxt"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span lang="EN-GB"><span style="mso-tab-count: 1;"> </span><i>Recalling
also</i> the general elections that were held in October 2020,</span><a href="file:///C:/Users/cgcor/Downloads/N2274818.doc#_ftn8" name="_ftnref8" style="mso-footnote-id: ftn8;" title=""><span class="MsoFootnoteReference"><span lang="EN-GB"><span style="mso-special-character: footnote;"><!--[if !supportFootnotes]--><span class="MsoFootnoteReference"><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif;">[8]</span></span><!--[endif]--></span></span></span></a><span lang="EN-GB"><o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="SingleTxt"><span lang="EN-GB"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="mso-tab-count: 1;"> </span><i>Recalling
further</i> relevant resolutions adopted by the General Assembly in connection
with the COVID-19 pandemic,<o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="SingleTxt"><span lang="EN-GB"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="mso-tab-count: 1;"> </span>1.<span style="mso-tab-count: 1;"> </span><i>Reaffirms</i> the inalienable right of
the people of Bermuda to self-determination, in conformity with the Charter of
the United Nations and with General Assembly resolution <a href="https://undocs.org/en/A/RES/1514(XV)">1514 (XV)</a>, containing the
Declaration on the Granting of Independence to Colonial Countries and Peoples;<o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="SingleTxt"><span lang="EN-GB"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="mso-tab-count: 1;"> </span>2.<span style="mso-tab-count: 1;"> </span><i>Also reaffirms</i> that, in the process
of decolonization of Bermuda, there is no alternative to the principle of
self-determination, which is also a fundamental human right, as recognized
under the relevant human rights conventions;<o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="SingleTxt"><span lang="EN-GB"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="mso-tab-count: 1;"> </span>3.<span style="mso-tab-count: 1;"> </span><i>Further reaffirms</i> that it is
ultimately for the people of Bermuda to determine freely their future political
status in accordance with the relevant provisions of the Charter, the
Declaration and the relevant resolutions of the General Assembly, and in that
connection calls upon the administering Power, in cooperation with the
territorial Government and appropriate bodies of the United Nations system, to
develop political education programmes for the Territory in order to foster an
awareness among the people of their right to self-determination in conformity
with the legitimate political status options, based on the principles clearly
defined in Assembly resolution <a href="https://undocs.org/en/A/RES/1541(XV)">1541
(XV)</a> and other relevant resolutions and decisions;<o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="SingleTxt"><span lang="EN-GB"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="mso-tab-count: 1;"> </span>4.<span style="mso-tab-count: 1;"> </span><i>Stresses</i> the importance of the 2005
report of the Bermuda Independence Commission, which provides a thorough
examination of the facts surrounding independence, and continues to regret that
the plans for public meetings and the presentation of a Green Paper to the
House of Assembly followed by a White Paper outlining the policy proposals for
an independent Bermuda have so far not materialized;<o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="SingleTxt"><span lang="EN-GB"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="mso-tab-count: 1;"> </span>5.<span style="mso-tab-count: 1;"> </span><i>Underlines</i> the need further to
strengthen good governance, transparency and accountability in government for
the benefit of the Territory;<o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="SingleTxt"><span lang="EN-GB"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="mso-tab-count: 1;"> </span>6.<span style="mso-tab-count: 1;"> </span><i>Requests</i> the administering Power to
assist the Territory by facilitating its work concerning public educational
outreach efforts, consistent with Article 73 <i>b</i> of the Charter, and in
that regard calls upon the relevant United Nations organizations to provide
assistance to the Territory, if requested;<o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="SingleTxt"><span lang="EN-GB"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="mso-tab-count: 1;"> </span>7.<span style="mso-tab-count: 1;"> </span><i>Welcomes</i> the active participation
of the Territory in the work of the Economic Commission for Latin America and
the Caribbean;<o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="SingleTxt"><span lang="EN-GB"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="mso-tab-count: 1;"> </span>8.<span style="mso-tab-count: 1;"> </span><i>Stresses</i> that the Territory should
continue to participate in the activities 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, including regional seminars,
in order to provide the Committee with up-to-date information regarding the
decolonization process;<o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="SingleTxt"><span lang="EN-GB"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="mso-tab-count: 1;"> </span>9.<span style="mso-tab-count: 1;"> </span><i>Also stresses</i> the importance of the
Special Committee being apprised of the views and wishes of the people of
Bermuda and enhancing its understanding of their conditions, including the
nature and scope of the existing political and constitutional arrangements
between Bermuda and the administering Power;<o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="SingleTxt"><span lang="EN-GB"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="mso-tab-count: 1;"> </span>10.<span style="mso-tab-count: 1;"> </span><i>Calls upon</i> the administering Power to
participate in and cooperate fully with the work of the Special Committee in
order to implement the provisions of Article 73 <i>e</i> of the Charter and the
Declaration and in order to advise the Committee on the implementation of the
provisions under Article 73 <i>b</i> of the Charter on efforts to promote
self-government in Bermuda, and encourages the administering Power to
facilitate visiting and special missions to the Territory;<o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="SingleTxt"><span lang="EN-GB"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="mso-tab-count: 1;"> </span>11.<span style="mso-tab-count: 1;"> </span><i>Reaffirms</i> the responsibility of the
administering Power under the Charter to promote the economic and social
development and to preserve the cultural identity of the Territory, and
requests the administering Power to take steps to enlist and make effective use
of all possible assistance, on both a bilateral and a multilateral basis, in
the strengthening of the economy of the Territory;<o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="SingleTxt"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span lang="EN-GB"><span style="mso-tab-count: 1;"> </span>12.<span style="mso-tab-count: 1;"> </span><i>Takes into account</i> the 2030 Agenda
for Sustainable Development,</span><a href="file:///C:/Users/cgcor/Downloads/N2274818.doc#_ftn9" name="_ftnref9" style="mso-footnote-id: ftn9;" title=""><span class="MsoFootnoteReference"><span lang="EN-GB"><span style="mso-special-character: footnote;"><!--[if !supportFootnotes]--><span class="MsoFootnoteReference"><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif;">[9]</span></span><!--[endif]--></span></span></span></a><span lang="EN-GB">
including the Sustainable Development Goals, stresses the importance of
fostering the economic and social sustainable development of the Territory by
promoting sustained, inclusive and equitable economic growth, creating greater
opportunities for all, reducing inequalities, raising basic standards of
living, fostering equitable social development and inclusion and promoting the
integrated and sustainable management of natural resources and ecosystems that
supports, inter alia, economic, social and human development, while
facilitating ecosystem conservation, regeneration, restoration and resilience
in the face of new and emerging challenges, and strongly urges the
administering Power to refrain from undertaking any kind of illicit, harmful
and unproductive activities, including the use of the Territory as an
international financial centre, that are not aligned with the interest of the
people of the Territory;<o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="SingleTxt"><span lang="EN-GB"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="mso-tab-count: 1;"> </span>13.<span style="mso-tab-count: 1;"> </span><i>Requests</i> the Territory and the
administering Power to take all measures necessary to protect and conserve the
environment of the Territory against any degradation, and once again requests
the specialized agencies concerned to monitor environmental conditions in the
Territory and to provide assistance to the Territory, consistent with their
prevailing rules of procedure;<o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="SingleTxt"><span lang="EN-GB"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="mso-tab-count: 1;"> </span>14.<span style="mso-tab-count: 1;"> </span><i>Requests</i> the Special Committee to
continue to examine the question of Bermuda and to report thereon to the
General Assembly at its seventy-eighth session and on the implementation of the
present resolution.<o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="SingleTxt" style="line-height: 6.0pt; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span lang="EN-GB"><o:p><span style="font-size: medium;"> </span></o:p></span></p>
<p align="right" class="SingleTxt" style="margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: right;"><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span lang="EN-GB"><span style="font-size: medium;">52nd plenary meeting<o:p></o:p></span></span></i></p>
<p align="right" class="SingleTxt" style="text-align: right;"><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span lang="EN-GB"><span style="font-size: medium;">12 December 2022<o:p></o:p></span></span></i></p>
<div style="mso-element: footnote-list;"><!--[if !supportFootnotes]--><span style="font-size: medium;"><br clear="all" />
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<p class="MsoFootnoteText" style="margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: 63.35pt; margin-right: 63.0pt; margin-top: 0in; tab-stops: right 59.75pt left 63.35pt 87.1pt 110.9pt 134.65pt; text-indent: -.3in;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><a href="file:///C:/Users/cgcor/Downloads/N2274818.doc#_ftnref1" name="_ftn1" style="mso-footnote-id: ftn1;" title=""></a><span lang="EN-GB"><span style="mso-tab-count: 1;"> </span><span class="MsoFootnoteReference"><span style="mso-special-character: footnote;"><!--[if !supportFootnotes]--><span class="MsoFootnoteReference"><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif;">[1]</span></span><!--[endif]--></span></span><span style="mso-tab-count: 1;"> </span><i>Official Records of the General Assembly,
Seventy-seventh Session, Supplement No. 23</i> (<a href="https://undocs.org/en/A/77/23">A/77/23</a>).</span><span style="mso-ansi-language: EN-US;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
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<p class="MsoFootnoteText" style="margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: 63.35pt; margin-right: 63.0pt; margin-top: 0in; tab-stops: right 59.75pt left 63.35pt 87.1pt 110.9pt 134.65pt; text-indent: -.3in;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><a href="file:///C:/Users/cgcor/Downloads/N2274818.doc#_ftnref2" name="_ftn2" style="mso-footnote-id: ftn2;" title=""></a><span lang="EN-GB"><span style="mso-tab-count: 1;"> </span><span class="MsoFootnoteReference"><span style="mso-special-character: footnote;"><!--[if !supportFootnotes]--><span class="MsoFootnoteReference"><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif;">[2]</span></span><!--[endif]--></span></span><span style="mso-tab-count: 1;"> </span><a href="https://undocs.org/en/A/AC.109/2022/3">A/AC.109/2022/3</a>.</span><span style="mso-ansi-language: EN-US;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
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<div id="ftn3" style="mso-element: footnote;">
<p class="MsoFootnoteText" style="margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: 63.35pt; margin-right: 63.0pt; margin-top: 0in; tab-stops: right 59.75pt left 63.35pt 87.1pt 110.9pt 134.65pt; text-indent: -.3in;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><a href="file:///C:/Users/cgcor/Downloads/N2274818.doc#_ftnref3" name="_ftn3" style="mso-footnote-id: ftn3;" title=""></a><span lang="EN-GB"><span style="mso-tab-count: 1;"> </span><span class="MsoFootnoteReference"><span style="mso-special-character: footnote;"><!--[if !supportFootnotes]--><span class="MsoFootnoteReference"><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif;">[3]</span></span><!--[endif]--></span></span><span style="mso-tab-count: 1;"> </span>Resolution <a href="https://undocs.org/en/A/RES/1514(XV)">1514 (XV)</a>.</span><span style="mso-ansi-language: EN-US;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
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<div id="ftn4" style="mso-element: footnote;">
<p class="MsoFootnoteText" style="margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: 63.35pt; margin-right: 63.0pt; margin-top: 0in; tab-stops: right 59.75pt left 63.35pt 87.1pt 110.9pt 134.65pt; text-indent: -.3in;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><a href="file:///C:/Users/cgcor/Downloads/N2274818.doc#_ftnref4" name="_ftn4" style="mso-footnote-id: ftn4;" title=""></a><span lang="EN-GB"><span style="mso-tab-count: 1;"> </span><span class="MsoFootnoteReference"><span style="mso-special-character: footnote;"><!--[if !supportFootnotes]--><span class="MsoFootnoteReference"><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif;">[4]</span></span><!--[endif]--></span></span><span style="mso-tab-count: 1;"> </span><a href="https://undocs.org/en/A/56/61">A/56/61</a>,
annex.</span><span style="mso-ansi-language: EN-US;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
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<p class="MsoFootnoteText" style="margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: 63.35pt; margin-right: 63.0pt; margin-top: 0in; tab-stops: right 59.75pt left 63.35pt 87.1pt 110.9pt 134.65pt; text-indent: -.3in;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><a href="file:///C:/Users/cgcor/Downloads/N2274818.doc#_ftnref5" name="_ftn5" style="mso-footnote-id: ftn5;" title=""></a><span lang="EN-GB"><span style="mso-tab-count: 1;"> </span><span class="MsoFootnoteReference"><span style="mso-special-character: footnote;"><!--[if !supportFootnotes]--><span class="MsoFootnoteReference"><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif;">[5]</span></span><!--[endif]--></span></span><span style="mso-tab-count: 1;"> </span>See resolution <a href="https://undocs.org/en/A/RES/75/123">75/123</a>.</span><span style="mso-ansi-language: EN-US;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
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<p class="MsoFootnoteText" style="margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: 63.35pt; margin-right: 63.0pt; margin-top: 0in; tab-stops: right 59.75pt left 63.35pt 87.1pt 110.9pt 134.65pt; text-indent: -.3in;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><a href="file:///C:/Users/cgcor/Downloads/N2274818.doc#_ftnref6" name="_ftn6" style="mso-footnote-id: ftn6;" title=""></a><span lang="EN-GB"><span style="mso-tab-count: 1;"> </span><span class="MsoFootnoteReference"><span style="mso-special-character: footnote;"><!--[if !supportFootnotes]--><span class="MsoFootnoteReference"><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif;">[6]</span></span><!--[endif]--></span></span><span style="mso-tab-count: 1;"> </span>Available at <a href="https://www.un.org/dppa/decolonization/en/c24/regional-seminars/2021">www.un.org/dppa/decolonization/en/c24/regional-seminars/2021</a>.</span><span style="mso-ansi-language: EN-US;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
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<p class="MsoFootnoteText" style="margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: 63.35pt; margin-right: 63.0pt; margin-top: 0in; tab-stops: right 59.75pt left 63.35pt 87.1pt 110.9pt 134.65pt; text-indent: -.3in;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><a href="file:///C:/Users/cgcor/Downloads/N2274818.doc#_ftnref7" name="_ftn7" style="mso-footnote-id: ftn7;" title=""></a><span lang="EN-GB"><span style="mso-tab-count: 1;"> </span><span class="MsoFootnoteReference"><span style="mso-special-character: footnote;"><!--[if !supportFootnotes]--><span class="MsoFootnoteReference"><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif;">[7]</span></span><!--[endif]--></span></span><span style="mso-tab-count: 1;"> </span>United Nations, <i>Treaty Series</i>, vol.
1249, No. 20378.</span><span style="mso-ansi-language: EN-US;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
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<p class="MsoFootnoteText" style="margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: 63.35pt; margin-right: 63.0pt; margin-top: 0in; tab-stops: right 59.75pt left 63.35pt 87.1pt 110.9pt 134.65pt; text-indent: -.3in;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><a href="file:///C:/Users/cgcor/Downloads/N2274818.doc#_ftnref8" name="_ftn8" style="mso-footnote-id: ftn8;" title=""></a><span lang="EN-GB"><span style="mso-tab-count: 1;"> </span><span class="MsoFootnoteReference"><span style="mso-special-character: footnote;"><!--[if !supportFootnotes]--><span class="MsoFootnoteReference"><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif;">[8]</span></span><!--[endif]--></span></span><span style="mso-tab-count: 1;"> </span>See <a href="https://undocs.org/en/A/AC.109/2021/3">A/AC.109/2021/3</a>, para. 4.</span><span style="mso-ansi-language: EN-US;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
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<p class="MsoFootnoteText" style="margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: 63.35pt; margin-right: 63.0pt; margin-top: 0in; tab-stops: right 59.75pt left 63.35pt 87.1pt 110.9pt 134.65pt; text-indent: -.3in;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><a href="file:///C:/Users/cgcor/Downloads/N2274818.doc#_ftnref9" name="_ftn9" style="mso-footnote-id: ftn9;" title=""></a><span lang="EN-GB"><span style="mso-tab-count: 1;"> </span><span class="MsoFootnoteReference"><span style="mso-special-character: footnote;"><!--[if !supportFootnotes]--><span class="MsoFootnoteReference"><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif;">[9]</span></span><!--[endif]--></span></span><span style="mso-tab-count: 1;"> </span>Resolution <a href="https://undocs.org/en/A/RES/70/1">70/1</a>.</span></span><span style="mso-ansi-language: EN-US;"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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</div><br /><p></p>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1059984115781174052.post-41635959984263872482023-02-24T15:05:00.004-04:002023-02-28T10:03:03.866-04:00RESULTS OF STUDY ON BONAIRE'S 'PUBLIC ENTITY' POLITICAL STATUS <p> <b style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #943634; font-family: "Georgia",serif; font-size: 20pt;"> </span></b></p>
<p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Georgia",serif;"><span style="color: #943634;"><span style="font-size: 20pt;"><b>The
Dependency Studies Project</b></span></span><br /></span><b><span style="color: #943634; font-size: 9pt;"> </span><i><span style="color: #943634;">Study and Analysis on Dependency Governance<br />__________________________________________</span></i></b></p><p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;"><b><i><span style="color: #943634;"><br /></span></i></b></p>
<p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><b><span style="color: #002060;">Assessment of
self-governance sufficiency in conformity<br /></span></b><b><span style="color: #002060;">with
internationally-recognised standards</span></b></span> </span></p>
<p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #0b5394; font-size: medium;"><b><span style="font-family: arial;"><u>Country: Bonaire</u></span></b><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<b><div style="text-align: center;"><b><span style="color: #0b5394; font-size: medium;">Concluding Observations</span></b></div></b><br /><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;">In the aftermath of the five-year review of the ‘public entity’ status, a constitutional process was initiated in The Hague to embed/anchor the three polities of Bonaire, Saba and Sint Eustatius (BES Islands) in the Dutch Constitution. With specific reference to Bonaire, this procedure was followed despite persistent questions about the legitimacy of the status which had been repeatedly opposed by the people through democratic expression in multiple referenda. </span><div><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;">The political and socio-economic inequalities which emerged from the imposition of the status amounted to an involuntary annexation through partial integration of a people into a larger state without their consent, against their will, and irrespective of the applicability of international law on self-determination which has clearly been circumvented. <br /><br /> Despite the misgivings formally expressed on multiple fronts in Bonaire and Sint Eustatius, and following independent critique by various scholars and legal authorities in and out of the Kingdom, the Netherlands proceeded, nevertheless, to embark on an internal political process as a ‘final solution’ of anchoring the status in the Dutch Constitution. This process was accelerated in the aftermath of the five-year review even as it was strenuously opposed in Bonaire to no avail. <br /><br />By 2019, a main Dutch objective was to encourage BES participation in the election for the nine-member Electoral College newly created under Article 132a(3) of the Dutch Constitution. This was designed to project a certain legitimacy of the foregone anchoring procedure on the assumption that the BES would participate overwhelmingly in the process. Accordingly, the voter participation for the Electoral College was a bare majority of 50.7 % (blank ballots which may have been cast in protest and which may have dropped the final count below 50 % were excluded from the final count). <a href="file:///D:/DEPENDENCY%20STUDIES%20PROJECT/BONAIRE%20ASSESSMENT%202020/FINAL-SELF-GOVERNANCE%20ASSESSMENT-BONAIRE%202020%20%20.doc#_ftn1">[1]</a> Thus, a modicum of participation in the Dutch political system may have been the result, but its significance severely limited in accordance with the level of representation for the BES. Overall, the unilateral annexation of Bonaire would be violative of the international legal principle of "<i>ex injuria jus non oritur</i>" (“unjust acts cannot create law”).</span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiIs_ycNyJc2V9T1Ma8XvphU89edqORokJzhHyHXrA73B64c6GxX_CdA772sVYYWYognvsI5FmcagrxNen9aJgvjLgqOzvIz2f_L6psds7WjmVvwQinjgDrzTiaDxbx8nq6VdAbywf9mPmTKN-BNMdSM4Ylz9vS_h0DjGZabLcJCz35GbTxc2qe3h6z2g/s985/netherlands-caribbean-eez%20map%20de%20geocurrents.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="696" data-original-width="985" height="328" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiIs_ycNyJc2V9T1Ma8XvphU89edqORokJzhHyHXrA73B64c6GxX_CdA772sVYYWYognvsI5FmcagrxNen9aJgvjLgqOzvIz2f_L6psds7WjmVvwQinjgDrzTiaDxbx8nq6VdAbywf9mPmTKN-BNMdSM4Ylz9vS_h0DjGZabLcJCz35GbTxc2qe3h6z2g/w466-h328/netherlands-caribbean-eez%20map%20de%20geocurrents.jpg" width="466" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;">Also to be noted are other portions of the amended Dutch Constitution of 2018. Hence, a new and more elaborately titled Article was created, “Caribbean part of the Netherlands, territorial public bodies other than provinces and municipalities.” (Constitution, 2018). This replaced the designation in the 2002 and 2008 versions of the constitution which referred only to ‘public bodies.’ The following Table of the current SGA compares the designation of the ‘public bodies’ as they are reflected in the 2002, 2008 and 2018 versions of the Dutch constitutions (with emphasis added).</span> <p align="center" style="line-height: 115%; text-align: center; text-indent: .5in;"><a name="_Hlk51541196"><b><span style="color: #002060; line-height: 115%;">TABLE: Comparison of ‘<i>public
bodies</i>’ in Dutch Constitution <br />
2002-2018 </span></b></a><b><span style="color: #002060; line-height: 115%;">(<i>emphasis added</i>)<span style="font-size: 10pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></b></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 115%; mso-layout-grid-align: none; text-autospace: none;"><span style="color: #002060; line-height: 115%;"> </span><span style="color: #002060;">1. </span><b style="color: #002060;">Public bodies</b><span style="color: #002060;"> for the professions and trades and
other public bodies </span><b style="color: #002060;"><u>may be established and dissolved by or pursuant to
Act of Parliament.</u></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 115%; mso-layout-grid-align: none; text-autospace: none;"><span style="color: #002060; line-height: 115%;"><br /></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 115%; mso-layout-grid-align: none; text-autospace: none;"><span style="color: #002060; line-height: 115%;"> </span><span style="color: #002060;">2. The duties and organisation of such bodies, the composition
and powers of their administrative organs and public access to their meetings
</span><u style="color: #002060;">shall be regulated by Act of Parliament.</u><span style="color: #002060;"> </span><u style="color: #002060;">Legislative powers may be
granted to their administrative organs by or pursuant to Act of Parliament</u><span style="color: #002060;">.</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 115%; mso-layout-grid-align: none; text-autospace: none;"><span style="color: #002060; line-height: 115%;"> </span><span style="color: #002060;">3. </span><u style="color: #002060;">Supervision of the administrative organs shall be regulated
by Act of Parliament</u><span style="color: #002060;">. Decisions by the administrative organs may be
quashed only if they are in conflict with the law or the public interest.
Article 135 Rules pertaining to matters in which two or more public bodies
are involved shall be laid down by Act of Parliament. These may provide for
the establishment of a new public body, in which case Article 134, paragraphs
2 and 3, shall apply. Article 136 Disputes between public bodies shall be
settled by Royal Decree unless they fall within the competence of the judiciary
or decisions are referred to other bodies by Act of Parliament.</span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 115%; mso-layout-grid-align: none; text-autospace: none;"><b><span style="color: #002060; line-height: 115%;"> </span></b><b><span style="color: #002060; line-height: 115%;">1. Public bodies</span></b><span style="color: #002060; line-height: 115%;"> for the professions and trades and other
public bodies <b><u>may be established and dissolved by or pursuant to Act of
Parliament</u></b><u>.</u></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 115%; mso-layout-grid-align: none; text-autospace: none;"><span style="color: #002060; line-height: 115%;"> </span><span style="color: #002060;">2. The duties and organisation of such bodies, the composition
and powers of their administrative organs and public access to their meetings
</span><u style="color: #002060;">shall be regulated by Act of Parliament.</u><span style="color: #002060;"> </span><u style="color: #002060;">Legislative powers may be
granted to their administrative organs by or pursuant to Act of Parliament.</u></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 115%; mso-layout-grid-align: none; text-autospace: none;"><span style="color: #002060; line-height: 115%;"> </span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 115%; mso-layout-grid-align: none; text-autospace: none;"><u><span style="color: #002060; line-height: 115%;">3. Supervision of the administrative organs shall be regulated
by Act of Parliament</span></u><span style="color: #002060; line-height: 115%;">. Decisions by the administrative organs may be quashed only
if they are in conflict with the law or the public interest. Article 135
Rules pertaining to matters in which two or more public bodies are involved shall
be laid down by Act of Parliament. These may provide for the establishment of
a new public body, in which case Article 134, paragraphs 2 and 3, shall
apply. Article 136 Disputes between public bodies shall be settled by Royal
Decree unless they fall within the competence of the judiciary or decisions
are referred to other bodies by Act of Parliament.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 115%; mso-layout-grid-align: none; text-autospace: none;"><span style="color: #002060; line-height: 115%;"> </span><span style="color: #002060;">1. In the Caribbean part of the Netherlands, </span><b style="color: #002060;">territorial
public bodies other than provinces and municipalities</b><span style="color: #002060;"> </span><b style="color: #002060;"><u>may be
established and dissolved by Act of Parliament.</u></b></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 115%; mso-layout-grid-align: none; text-autospace: none;"><span style="color: #002060; line-height: 115%;">2. Articles 124, 125 and 127 to 132 shall apply mutatis mutandis to these
public bodies. <br />
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3. In these public bodies, <b>elections shall be held for an electoral
college for the Upper House</b>. Article 129 shall apply mutatis mutandis. <br />
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4. <b>For these public bodies, rules may be laid down and other specific measures
may be taken in view of special circumstances that fundamentally distinguish
these public bodies from the European part of the Netherlands.</b><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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</tbody></table><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><br /></span><div><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;">Of the elements related to the newly designated <i>“territorial public bodies other than provinces and municipalities”</i> is a fundamental consistency throughout the three versions of the Dutch Constitution that these entities “may be established and dissolved by act of Parliament.” This is arguably the singular feature that is consistent with actual provinces and municipalities which are clearly segregated from the ‘public bodies’ in the Dutch Constitution of 2018. </span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;">Further, while the duties/organisation, and composition/ powers of the administrative organs of the provinces and municipalities are clearly spelled out, the rules governing the ‘public bodies’ are far less detailed, reflecting possibilities for “specific measures (that) may be taken in view of special circumstances that fundamentally distinguish these public bodies from the European part of the Netherlands.” (emphasis added).<br /><br />The spectre of political, economic and social inequality and the accompanying asymmetrical balance of power continues to linger when such distinctions between the Caribbean and Dutch ‘parts of the Kingdom’ are articulated as they are in the new constitutional provisions of the Dutch Constitution of 2018 related to the ‘public entities/bodies.’ At the least, there is no attempt to re-name them as ‘special municipalities’- the term often used in general discourse on the new dependency governance arrangements in the BES islands.<br /><br />All things considered, the inalienable right to self-determination must lead to a transformational process of decolonisation and democracy – or it can be replaced with a distorted process resulting in the cruel hoax of colonial reform perpetuating the inequality that the process was supposed to replace. This was the case with respect to the BES Islands in the Caribbean. </span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;">It is to be observed that dependency governance is not democratic governance, just as colonialism is not democracy. The ‘public body/entity’ renamed ‘territorial public body’ is one of several global dependency governance models erroneously projected in the 21st Century as forms of democracy, and applied in a fashion that circumvents the inalienable right to genuine self-determination under international law. This is how the scenario has evolved for Bonaire.<br /><br />The British, French and U.S. all have their versions of asymmetrical dependency governance in the Caribbean and/or the Pacific. Upon examination of the oeuvre of research, the present SGA can only conclude that any projection of Bonaire as a model of democratic governance is illusory at best. Instead, what has been created is yet another form of 21st Century colonialocracy - deficient by all measures of democratic governance. </span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;"><span style="font-size: medium;">However, whilst colonialism remains illegal, its illegality is often a matter of power, not justice. This is the fundamental challenge to the contemporary process of self-determination and its consequent decolonisation for island jurisdictions such as Bonaire.<br /></span><br style="font-size: large;" /><br style="font-size: large;" /></span></div><div><p style="line-height: 115%;"><br /><span style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span> <br /></p><div style="mso-element: footnote-list;">
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<p style="line-height: 115%;"><a href="file:///D:/DEPENDENCY%20STUDIES%20PROJECT/BONAIRE%20ASSESSMENT%202020/FINAL-SELF-GOVERNANCE%20ASSESSMENT-BONAIRE%202020%20%20.doc#_ftnref1" name="_ftn1" style="mso-footnote-id: ftn1;" title=""><span class="MsoFootnoteReference"><span style="font-size: 10pt; line-height: 115%;"><span style="mso-special-character: footnote;"><!--[if !supportFootnotes]--><span class="MsoFootnoteReference"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 10pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-US;">[1]</span></span><!--[endif]--></span></span></span></a><span style="font-size: 10pt; line-height: 115%;"> In comparison, the vote for the
candidates to the Island Council was or <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>64.14 per cent or some fourteen per cent higher
than that for the “Electoral College. <o:p></o:p></span></p>
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</div></div></div>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1059984115781174052.post-47873061213918215422023-02-24T13:15:00.001-04:002023-02-24T13:27:04.642-04:00UN GENERAL ASSEMBLY ADOPTS BR. VIRGIN ISLANDS RESOLUTION<p style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #20124d;"> <b><span style="font-size: medium;">Resolution adopted by the General Assembly</span></b></span></p><span style="color: #20124d; font-size: medium;"><b><div style="text-align: center;"><b>12 December 2022</b></div></b>
</span><p class="H4" style="margin-right: 63pt;"></p><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #20124d; font-size: medium;"><span lang="EN-GB"> <b><a href="https://documents-dds-ny.un.org/doc/UNDOC/GEN/N22/748/31/PDF/N2274831.pdf?OpenElement"> RESOLUTION</a> </b></span><b>77/137 Question of the British Virgin Islands</b></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i style="text-align: justify;"><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span></i></div><i><span style="font-size: medium;">The General Assembly,</span></i><p></p>
<p class="SingleTxt"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span lang="EN-GB"><span style="mso-tab-count: 1;"> </span><i>Having
considered</i> the question of the British Virgin Islands and examined 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 2022,</span><a href="file:///D:/DECOLONISATION%202023/RESOLUTIONS%20(2022)/A.RES.77.137%20BR.%20VIRGIN%20ISLANDS.docx#_ftn1" name="_ftnref1" style="mso-footnote-id: ftn1;" title=""><span class="MsoFootnoteReference"><span lang="EN-GB"><span style="mso-special-character: footnote;"><!--[if !supportFootnotes]--><span class="MsoFootnoteReference"><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-latin;">[1]</span></span><!--[endif]--></span></span></span></a><span lang="EN-GB"><o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="SingleTxt"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span lang="EN-GB"><span style="mso-tab-count: 1;"> </span><i>Taking
note</i> of the working paper prepared by the Secretariat on the British Virgin
Islands</span><a href="file:///D:/DECOLONISATION%202023/RESOLUTIONS%20(2022)/A.RES.77.137%20BR.%20VIRGIN%20ISLANDS.docx#_ftn2" name="_ftnref2" style="mso-footnote-id: ftn2;" title=""><span class="MsoFootnoteReference"><span lang="EN-GB"><span style="mso-special-character: footnote;"><!--[if !supportFootnotes]--><span class="MsoFootnoteReference"><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-latin;">[2]</span></span><!--[endif]--></span></span></span></a><span lang="EN-GB">
and other relevant information,<o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="SingleTxt"><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size: medium;"><span style="mso-tab-count: 1;"> </span><i>Recognizing</i>
that all available options for self-determination of the Territory are valid as
long as they are in accordance with the freely expressed wishes of the people
of the British Virgin Islands and in conformity with the clearly defined
principles contained in General Assembly resolutions <a href="https://undocs.org/en/A/RES/1514(XV)">1514 (XV)</a> of 14 December 1960, <a href="https://undocs.org/en/A/RES/1541(XV)">1541 (XV)</a> of 15 December 1960
and other resolutions of the Assembly,<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="SingleTxt"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span lang="EN-GB"><span style="mso-tab-count: 1;"> </span><i>Expressing
concern</i> that, more than 60 years after the adoption of the Declaration on the
Granting of Independence to Colonial Countries and Peoples,</span><a href="file:///D:/DECOLONISATION%202023/RESOLUTIONS%20(2022)/A.RES.77.137%20BR.%20VIRGIN%20ISLANDS.docx#_ftn3" name="_ftnref3" style="mso-footnote-id: ftn3;" title=""><span class="MsoFootnoteReference"><span lang="EN-GB"><span style="mso-special-character: footnote;"><!--[if !supportFootnotes]--><span class="MsoFootnoteReference"><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-latin;">[3]</span></span><!--[endif]--></span></span></span></a><span lang="EN-GB"> there still remain 17 Non-Self-Governing Territories, including the
British Virgin Islands,<o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="SingleTxt"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span lang="EN-GB"><span style="mso-tab-count: 1;"> </span><i>Conscious</i>
of the importance of continuing the effective implementation of the
Declaration, taking into account the target set by the United Nations to
eradicate colonialism by 2030 and the plan of action for the International
Decades for the Eradication of Colonialism,</span><a href="file:///D:/DECOLONISATION%202023/RESOLUTIONS%20(2022)/A.RES.77.137%20BR.%20VIRGIN%20ISLANDS.docx#_ftn4" name="_ftnref4" style="mso-footnote-id: ftn4;" title=""><span class="MsoFootnoteReference"><span lang="EN-GB"><span style="mso-special-character: footnote;"><!--[if !supportFootnotes]--><span class="MsoFootnoteReference"><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-latin;">[4]</span></span><!--[endif]--></span></span></span></a><span lang="EN-GB"><o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="SingleTxt"><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size: medium;"><span style="mso-tab-count: 1;"> </span><i>Recognizing</i>
that the specific characteristics and the aspirations of the people of the
British Virgin Islands require flexible, practical and innovative approaches to
the options for self-determination, without any prejudice to territorial size,
geographical location, size of population or natural resources,<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="SingleTxt"><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size: medium;"><span style="mso-tab-count: 1;"> </span><i>Convinced</i>
that the wishes and aspirations of the people of the Territory should continue
to guide the development of their future political status and that referendums,
free and fair elections and other forms of popular consultation play an
important role in ascertaining the wishes and aspirations of the people,<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="SingleTxt"><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size: medium;"><span style="mso-tab-count: 1;"> </span><i>Concerned</i>
by the use and exploitation of the natural resources of the Non-Self-Governing
Territories by the administering Powers for their benefit, by the use of the
Territories as international financial centres to the detriment of the world
economy and by the consequences of any economic activities of the administering
Powers that are contrary to the interests of the people of the Territories, as
well as to resolution <a href="https://undocs.org/en/A/RES/1514(XV)">1514 (XV)</a>,<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="SingleTxt"><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size: medium;"><span style="mso-tab-count: 1;"> </span><i>Convinced</i>
that any negotiations to determine the status of the Territory must take place
with the active involvement and participation of the people of the Territory,
under the auspices of the United Nations, on a case-by-case basis, and that the
views of the people of the British Virgin Islands in respect of their right to
self-determination should be ascertained,<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="SingleTxt"><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size: medium;"><span style="mso-tab-count: 1;"> </span><i>Noting</i>
the continued cooperation of the Non-Self-Governing Territories at the local
and regional levels, including participation in the work of regional
organizations,<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="SingleTxt"><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size: medium;"><span style="mso-tab-count: 1;"> </span><i>Mindful</i>
that, in order for the Special Committee to enhance its understanding of the
political status of the people of the British Virgin Islands and to fulfil its
mandate effectively, it is important for it to be apprised by the United
Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland as the administering Power and to
receive information from other appropriate sources, including the
representatives of the Territory, concerning the wishes and aspirations of the
people of the Territory,<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="SingleTxt"><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size: medium;"><span style="mso-tab-count: 1;"> </span><i>Aware</i>
of the importance both to the British Virgin Islands and to the Special
Committee of the participation of elected and appointed representatives of the
British Virgin Islands in the work of the Committee,<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="SingleTxt"><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size: medium;"><span style="mso-tab-count: 1;"> </span><i>Recognizing</i>
the need for the Special Committee to ensure that the appropriate bodies of the
United Nations actively pursue a public awareness campaign aimed at assisting
the people of the British Virgin Islands with their inalienable right to
self-determination and in gaining a better understanding of the options for
self-determination, on a case-by-case basis,<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="SingleTxt"><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size: medium;"><span style="mso-tab-count: 1;"> </span><i>Mindful</i>,
in that connection, that the holding of regional seminars in the Caribbean and
Pacific regions and at Headquarters, with the active participation of
representatives of the Non-Self-Governing Territories, provides a helpful means
for the Special Committee to fulfil its mandate and that the regional nature of
the seminars, which alternate between the Caribbean and the Pacific, is a crucial
element in the context of a United Nations programme for ascertaining the
political status of the Territories,<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="SingleTxt"><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size: medium;"><span style="mso-tab-count: 1;"> </span><i>Welcoming</i>
the Pacific regional seminar on the theme “Advancement of the Non‑Self-Governing
Territories through the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) pandemic and beyond”,
held by the Special Committee in Castries and hosted by the Government of Saint
Lucia from 11 to 13 May 2022, as a significant and forward-looking event, which
enabled the participants to assess progress made and address challenges faced
in the decolonization process, review the existing working methods of the
Committee and renew its commitment to implementing its historic task,<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="SingleTxt"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span lang="EN-GB"><span style="mso-tab-count: 1;"> </span><i>Recalling</i>
the importance of the conclusions and recommendations adopted by the seminar,
which are annexed to the report of the Special Committee and which outline the
findings of the seminar, including, especially, the way forward for the
decolonization process within the context of the proclamation by the General
Assembly of the period 2021–2030 as the Fourth International Decade for the
Eradication of Colonialism,</span><a href="file:///D:/DECOLONISATION%202023/RESOLUTIONS%20(2022)/A.RES.77.137%20BR.%20VIRGIN%20ISLANDS.docx#_ftn5" name="_ftnref5" style="mso-footnote-id: ftn5;" title=""><span class="MsoFootnoteReference"><span lang="EN-GB"><span style="mso-special-character: footnote;"><!--[if !supportFootnotes]--><span class="MsoFootnoteReference"><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-latin;">[5]</span></span><!--[endif]--></span></span></span></a><span lang="EN-GB"><o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="SingleTxt"><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size: medium;"><span style="mso-tab-count: 1;"> </span><i>Noting
with appreciation</i> the contribution to the development of some Territories
by the specialized agencies and other organizations of the United Nations
system, in particular the Economic Commission for Latin America and the
Caribbean, the Economic and Social Commission for Asia and the Pacific, the
United Nations Development Programme and the World Food Programme, as well as
regional institutions such as the Caribbean Development Bank, the Caribbean
Community, the Organisation of Eastern Caribbean States, the Pacific Islands
Forum and the agencies of the Council of Regional Organizations in the Pacific,<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="SingleTxt"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span lang="EN-GB"><span style="mso-tab-count: 1;"> </span><i>Noting</i>
the statement made by a representative of the Government of the British Virgin
Islands at the 2022 Pacific regional seminar,</span><a href="file:///D:/DECOLONISATION%202023/RESOLUTIONS%20(2022)/A.RES.77.137%20BR.%20VIRGIN%20ISLANDS.docx#_ftn6" name="_ftnref6" style="mso-footnote-id: ftn6;" title=""><span class="MsoFootnoteReference"><span lang="EN-GB"><span style="mso-special-character: footnote;"><!--[if !supportFootnotes]--><span class="MsoFootnoteReference"><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-latin;">[6]</span></span><!--[endif]--></span></span></span></a><span lang="EN-GB"><o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="SingleTxt"><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size: medium;"><span style="mso-tab-count: 1;"> </span><i>Recalling</i>
the invitation extended by the Premier to the Special Committee to send a
visiting mission to the Territory in 2019 and 2021,<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="SingleTxt"><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size: medium;"><span style="mso-tab-count: 1;"> </span><i>Stressing</i>
the importance of regional ties for the development of a small island
Territory,<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="SingleTxt"><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size: medium;"><span style="mso-tab-count: 1;"> </span><i>Cognizant</i>
of the Territory’s membership in the Caribbean Overseas Countries and
Territories Council,<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="SingleTxt"><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size: medium;"><span style="mso-tab-count: 1;"> </span><i>Recalling
with concern</i> the devastating damage and impact caused in the Territory by
Hurricane Irma and Hurricane Maria in 2017,<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="SingleTxt"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span lang="EN-GB"><span style="mso-tab-count: 1;"> </span><i>Recalling</i>
the general elections that were held in February 2019,</span><a href="file:///D:/DECOLONISATION%202023/RESOLUTIONS%20(2022)/A.RES.77.137%20BR.%20VIRGIN%20ISLANDS.docx#_ftn7" name="_ftnref7" style="mso-footnote-id: ftn7;" title=""><span class="MsoFootnoteReference"><span lang="EN-GB"><span style="mso-special-character: footnote;"><!--[if !supportFootnotes]--><span class="MsoFootnoteReference"><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-latin;">[7]</span></span><!--[endif]--></span></span></span></a><span lang="EN-GB"><o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="SingleTxt"><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size: medium;"><span style="mso-tab-count: 1;"> </span><i>Recalling
also</i> the establishment of the Commission of Inquiry by the Governor on 18
January 2021, and aware of the publication in April 2022 of the report of the
Commission of Inquiry,<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="SingleTxt"><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size: medium;"><span style="mso-tab-count: 1;"> </span><i>Taking
note</i> of the agreement of the administering Power to the proposal by the
territorial Government of National Unity on the implementation of the
recommendations of the Commission of Inquiry without the need for a temporary
partial suspension of the Constitution,<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="SingleTxt"><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size: medium;"><span style="mso-tab-count: 1;"> </span><i>Expressing
concern</i> that the administering Power put an Order in Council on hold to
partially suspend the Constitution if the Government of the United Kingdom
assesses that the implementation of the recommendations does not proceed
satisfactorily,<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="SingleTxt"><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size: medium;"><span style="mso-tab-count: 1;"> </span><i>Recalling</i>
relevant resolutions adopted by the General Assembly in connection with the
COVID-19 pandemic,<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="SingleTxt"><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size: medium;"><span style="mso-tab-count: 1;"> </span>1.<span style="mso-tab-count: 1;"> </span><i>Reaffirms</i> the inalienable right of
the people of the British Virgin Islands to self-determination, in conformity
with the Charter of the United Nations and with General Assembly resolution <a href="https://undocs.org/en/A/RES/1514(XV)">1514 (XV)</a>, containing the
Declaration on the Granting of Independence to Colonial Countries and Peoples;<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="SingleTxt"><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size: medium;"><span style="mso-tab-count: 1;"> </span>2.<span style="mso-tab-count: 1;"> </span><i>Also reaffirms</i> that, in the process
of decolonization of the British Virgin Islands, there is no alternative to the
principle of self-determination, which is also a fundamental human right, as recognized
under the relevant human rights conventions;<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="SingleTxt"><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size: medium;"><span style="mso-tab-count: 1;"> </span>3.<span style="mso-tab-count: 1;"> </span><i>Further reaffirms</i> that it is
ultimately for the people of the British Virgin Islands to determine freely
their future political status in accordance with the relevant provisions of the
Charter, the Declaration and the relevant resolutions of the General Assembly,
and in that connection calls upon the administering Power, in cooperation with
the territorial Government and appropriate bodies of the United Nations system,
to develop political education programmes for the Territory in order to foster
an awareness among the people of their right to self-determination in
conformity with the legitimate political status options, based on the
principles clearly defined in Assembly resolution <a href="https://undocs.org/en/A/RES/1541(XV)">1541 (XV)</a> and other relevant
resolutions and decisions;<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="SingleTxt"><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size: medium;"><span style="mso-tab-count: 1;"> </span>4.<span style="mso-tab-count: 1;"> </span><i>Recalls</i> the 2007 Constitution of
the British Virgin Islands, and stresses the importance of continued
discussions on constitutional matters, to accord greater responsibility to the
territorial Government for the effective implementation of the Constitution and
increased levels of education relating to constitutional matters;<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="SingleTxt"><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size: medium;"><span style="mso-tab-count: 1;"> </span>5.<span style="mso-tab-count: 1;"> </span><i>Calls for</i> full respect of the
Constitution and the mutual agreement with respect to the recommendations of
the report of the Commission of Inquiry, and calls upon all parties involved to
maintain dialogue and work in partnership in the interest of the people of the
Territory;<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="SingleTxt"><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size: medium;"><span style="mso-tab-count: 1;"> </span>6.<span style="mso-tab-count: 1;"> </span><i>Stresses</i> the need for continued
close monitoring by the Special Committee on the Situation with regard to the
Implementation of the Declaration on the Granting of Independence to Colonial
Countries and Peoples of the situation in the Territory, including the dispatch
of a visiting mission, in close consultation with the administering Power and
the territorial Government;<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="SingleTxt"><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size: medium;"><span style="mso-tab-count: 1;"> </span>7.<span style="mso-tab-count: 1;"> </span><i>Requests</i> the administering Power to
assist the Territory by facilitating its work concerning public educational
outreach efforts, consistent with Article 73 <i>b</i> of the Charter, and in
that regard calls upon the relevant United Nations organizations to provide
assistance to the Territory, if requested;<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="SingleTxt"><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size: medium;"><span style="mso-tab-count: 1;"> </span>8.<span style="mso-tab-count: 1;"> </span><i>Welcomes</i> the active participation
of the Territory in the work of the Economic Commission for Latin America and the
Caribbean;<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="SingleTxt"><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size: medium;"><span style="mso-tab-count: 1;"> </span>9.<span style="mso-tab-count: 1;"> </span><i>Stresses</i> that the Territory should
continue to participate in the activities of the Special Committee, including
regional seminars, in order to provide the Committee with up-to-date
information regarding the decolonization process;<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="SingleTxt"><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size: medium;"><span style="mso-tab-count: 1;"> </span>10.<span style="mso-tab-count: 1;"> </span><i>Also stresses</i> the importance of the
Special Committee being apprised of the views and wishes of the people of the
British Virgin Islands and enhancing its understanding of their conditions,
including the nature and scope of the existing political and constitutional
arrangements between the British Virgin Islands and the administering Power;<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="SingleTxt"><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size: medium;"><span style="mso-tab-count: 1;"> </span>11.<span style="mso-tab-count: 1;"> </span><i>Calls upon</i> the administering Power
to participate in and cooperate fully with the work of the Special Committee in
order to implement the provisions of Article 73 <i>e</i> of the Charter and the
Declaration and in order to advise the Committee on the implementation of the
provisions under Article 73 <i>b</i> of the Charter on efforts to promote
self-government in the British Virgin Islands, and encourages the administering
Power to facilitate visiting and special missions to the Territory;<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="SingleTxt"><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size: medium;"><span style="mso-tab-count: 1;"> </span>12.<span style="mso-tab-count: 1;"> </span><i>Also calls upon</i> the administering
Power to facilitate a visiting mission to the Territory, and requests the Chair
of the Special Committee to take all the steps necessary to that end;<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="SingleTxt"><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size: medium;"><span style="mso-tab-count: 1;"> </span>13.<span style="mso-tab-count: 1;"> </span><i>Reaffirms</i> the responsibility of the
administering Power under the Charter to promote the economic and social
development and to preserve the cultural identity of the Territory, and
requests the administering Power to take steps to enlist and make effective use
of all possible assistance, on both a bilateral and a multilateral basis, in
the strengthening of the economy of the Territory;<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="SingleTxt"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span lang="EN-GB"><span style="mso-tab-count: 1;"> </span>14.<span style="mso-tab-count: 1;"> </span><i>Takes into account</i> the 2030 Agenda
for Sustainable Development,</span><a href="file:///D:/DECOLONISATION%202023/RESOLUTIONS%20(2022)/A.RES.77.137%20BR.%20VIRGIN%20ISLANDS.docx#_ftn8" name="_ftnref8" style="mso-footnote-id: ftn8;" title=""><span class="MsoFootnoteReference"><span lang="EN-GB"><span style="mso-special-character: footnote;"><!--[if !supportFootnotes]--><span class="MsoFootnoteReference"><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-latin;">[8]</span></span><!--[endif]--></span></span></span></a><span lang="EN-GB">
including the Sustainable Development Goals, stresses the importance of
fostering the economic and social sustainable development of the Territory by
promoting sustained, inclusive and equitable economic growth, creating greater
opportunities for all, reducing inequalities, raising basic standards of living,
fostering equitable social development and inclusion and promoting the
integrated and sustainable management of natural resources and ecosystems that
supports, inter alia, economic, social and human development, while
facilitating ecosystem conservation, regeneration, restoration and resilience
in the face of new and emerging challenges, and strongly urges the
administering Power to refrain from undertaking any kind of illicit, harmful
and unproductive activities, including the use of the Territory as an international
financial centre, that are not aligned with the interest of the people of the
Territory;<o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="SingleTxt"><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size: medium;"><span style="mso-tab-count: 1;"> </span>15.<span style="mso-tab-count: 1;"> </span><i>Requests</i> the Territory and the
administering Power to take all measures necessary to protect and conserve the
environment of the Territory against any degradation, and once again requests
the specialized agencies concerned to monitor environmental conditions in the
Territory and to provide assistance to the Territory, consistent with their
prevailing rules of procedure;<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="SingleTxt"><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size: medium;"><span style="mso-tab-count: 1;"> </span>16.<span style="mso-tab-count: 1;"> </span><i>Reiterates its call upon</i> the
administering Power, the specialized agencies and other organizations of the
United Nations system and regional organizations to provide all the necessary
assistance to the Territory, support the recovery and rebuilding efforts and
enhance capabilities for emergency preparedness and risk reduction, in
particular in the aftermath of Hurricane Irma and Hurricane Maria that impacted
the Territory in 2017;<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="SingleTxt"><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size: medium;"><span style="mso-tab-count: 1;"> </span>17.<span style="mso-tab-count: 1;"> </span><i>Requests</i> the Special Committee to
continue to examine the question of the British Virgin Islands and to report
thereon to the General Assembly at its seventy-eighth session and on the
implementation of the present resolution.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="SingleTxt" style="line-height: 6pt; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size: medium; mso-bidi-font-size: 10.0pt;"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p align="right" class="SingleTxt" style="margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: right;"><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size: medium;">52nd plenary meeting<o:p></o:p></span></i></p>
<p align="right" class="SingleTxt" style="text-align: right;"><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size: medium;">12 December 2022<o:p></o:p></span></i></p>
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</div>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1059984115781174052.post-54639683519299676172023-02-12T02:22:00.001-04:002023-02-20T23:41:02.516-04:00UN GENERAL ASSEMBLY ADOPTS US VIRGIN ISLANDS RESOLUTION<p></p><blockquote style="border: none; margin: 0px 0px 0px 40px; padding: 0px; text-align: left;"><br /></blockquote><blockquote style="border: none; margin: 0px 0px 0px 40px; padding: 0px;"><span style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #20124d; font-size: x-large; font-weight: bold;"> <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjnNkKhI62WMwcCCNiqlpaJaLOzbp8rybUNHyBJScrVSH3kiG6ZLBZVJyy9yDM4bREjHbLO631r1UDASRFwpsewT9rSMsjYzKeXEY3LIlVGfasiHz_AQuuMfJqMySu-hjwMLxNQ63hiqFetlC2Aez2I0LxCn0YC37ZVDwXMhjXmr1fu9BNTPgPrQ8Yb9g/s275/UN%20Flag.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="183" data-original-width="275" height="93" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjnNkKhI62WMwcCCNiqlpaJaLOzbp8rybUNHyBJScrVSH3kiG6ZLBZVJyy9yDM4bREjHbLO631r1UDASRFwpsewT9rSMsjYzKeXEY3LIlVGfasiHz_AQuuMfJqMySu-hjwMLxNQ63hiqFetlC2Aez2I0LxCn0YC37ZVDwXMhjXmr1fu9BNTPgPrQ8Yb9g/w140-h93/UN%20Flag.png" width="140" /></a></div></span></span><div style="text-align: center;"><b>UNITED NATIONS</b> </div></blockquote><blockquote style="border: none; margin: 0px 0px 0px 40px; padding: 0px;"><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://documents-dds-ny.un.org/doc/UNDOC/GEN/N22/750/25/pdf/N2275025.pdf?OpenElement"><b></b></a><b><a href="https://documents-dds-ny.un.org/doc/UNDOC/GEN/N22/750/25/pdf/N2275025.pdf?OpenElement">RESOLUTION</a> 77/147</b><span style="text-align: left;"> </span></div></blockquote><blockquote style="border: none; margin: 0px 0px 0px 40px; padding: 0px;"><div style="text-align: center;"><b>US VIRGIN ISLANDS</b></div></blockquote><blockquote style="border: none; margin: 0px 0px 0px 40px; padding: 0px;"><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><b>Resolution adopted by the General Assembly</b></div></blockquote><p></p><div style="text-align: center;"><i style="font-size: x-large;"> </i><i><span style="font-size: medium;">12th December 2022 </span></i></div><span style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span><div style="text-align: center;"><i><b><u><span style="font-size: medium;">EXCERPTS</span></u></b></i></div><p></p><p style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><i>The General Assembly,</i></span></p><p></p><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"> <i>Convinced</i> that any negotiations to determine the status of the Territory must
take place with the active involvement and participation of the people of the Territory,
under the auspices of the United Nations, on a case-by-case basis, and that the views
of the people of the United States Virgin Islands in respect of their right to self-determination should be ascertained, </span></div><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><div style="text-align: center;">.......</div></span><p></p><p style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><span> </span><i>Aware</i> of the importance both to the United States Virgin Islands and to the
Special Committee of the participation of elected and appointed representatives of the
United States Virgin Islands in the work of the Committee,</span></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;">.......</span></p><p style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><span> </span><i>Recognizing</i> the need for the Special Committee to ensure that the appropriate
bodies of the United Nations actively pursue a public awareness campaign aimed at
assisting the people of the United States Virgin Islands with their inalienable right to
self-determination and in gaining a better understanding of the options for self-determination, on a case-by-case basis,</span></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;">......</span></p><p style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><span> 1. </span><i>Reaffirms</i> the inalienable right of the people of the United States Virgin
Islands to self-determination, in conformity with the Charter of the United Nations, and with General Assembly resolution 1514 (XV),</span></p><p style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><span> 2. </span><i>Also reaffirms</i> that, in the process of decolonization of the United States
Virgin Islands, there is no alternative to the principle of self-determination, which is
also a fundamental human right, as recognized under the relevant human rights
conventions; </span></p><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><div style="text-align: justify;"> 3. <i>Further reaffirms</i> that it is ultimately for the people of the United States
Virgin Islands to determine freely their future political status in accordance with the
relevant provisions of the Charter, the Declaration and the relevant resolutions of the
General Assembly, and in that connection calls upon the administering Power, in
cooperation with the territorial Government and appropriate bodies of the United
Nations system, to develop political education programmes for the Territory in order
to foster an awareness among the people of their right to self-determination in
conformity with the legitimate political status options, based on the principles clearly
defined in Assembly resolution 1541 (XV) and other relevant resolutions and
decisions; </div></span><p></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;">......</span></p><p style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;">12. <i>Calls upon</i> the administering Power to participate in and cooperate fully
with the work of the Special Committee in order to implement the provisions of
Article 73 e of the Charter and the Declaration and in order to advise the Committee
on the implementation of the provisions under Article 73 b of the Charter on efforts
to promote self-government in the United States Virgin Islands, and encourages the
administering Power to facilitate visiting and special missions to the Territory. </span></p><p style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></p><p style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></p>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1059984115781174052.post-64215965636183711632023-01-29T21:59:00.001-04:002023-03-02T14:43:39.523-04:00U.S. TERRITORIAL VOTING RIGHTS AND POLITICAL INEQUALITY <div style="text-align: center;"><b><span style="font-size: medium;">Statement of Dr. Carlyle Corbin</span></b></div><div style="text-align: center;"><b><span style="font-size: medium;">International Advisor on Governance</span></b></div><div style="text-align: center;"><b><span style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span></b></div><div><div style="text-align: center;"><b><span style="font-size: medium;">to a Briefing on of the Voting Rights in the U.S. Virgin Islands</span></b></div><div style="text-align: center;"><b><span style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span></b></div><div style="text-align: center;"><b><span style="font-size: medium;">U.S. Virgin Islands Advisory Committee</span></b></div><div style="text-align: center;"><b><span style="font-size: medium;">to the U.S. Commission on Civil Rights</span></b></div><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><b>January 23, 2023</b></div><span><span style="font-size: x-large;"> <br /></span><span style="font-size: medium;">At the outset, I wish to thank the U.S. Virgin Islands <i>Advisory Committee to the U.S. Commission on Civil Right</i>s for the kind invitation to participate in this discussion. <br /><br /><span> </span>The subject at hand is the particular question of territorial voting rights in the US political system. It is evident that this a function of the general question of the overall political inequality of our unincorporated territorial status.<br /><br /><span> </span>Following the end of WWII and the subsequent adoption of the <a href="https://www.un.org/en/about-us/un-charter/full-text" target="_blank">United Nations Charter</a>, such dependency arrangements as our own were to serve as preparatory to the full measure of self-government (Article 73) - not the embodiment of it. This may be why attempts at reforming or modernizing the territorial status through legal challenges and US Congressional legislation have not been successful to present day.<br /><br /> <span> </span>Such dependency reform measures being proposed to the territorial status, as <a href="https://www.congress.gov/bill/116th-congress/house-joint-resolution/24/all-actions?overview=closed" target="_blank">presidential</a> and <a href="https://crsreports.congress.gov/product/pdf/R/R40170/14" target="_blank">Congressional</a> votes, <a href="https://www.congress.gov/bill/117th-congress/house-bill/6941?s=1&r=91" target="_blank">delegate representation</a> in the US Senate, de-legitimization of the <a href="https://www.congress.gov/bill/117th-congress/house-resolution/279/text" target="_blank">Insular Cases</a>, et al, would provide for, at best, a position of “lesser inequality” within the US political system. Even in the unlikelihood that any of these proposed measures would be adopted, the territories would not be elevated to the full measure of self-government (FMSG) required under international law.</span></span><div><span style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-size: medium;"><span> </span>If the proponents of these dependency reform measures take the position that the current political status of the US territories is that of political inequality requiring remediation, then we are in agreement. Where we may differ is how to address the inequivalence. I would suggest that the inequality is best remedied through the attainment of a permanent political status through a process of self-determination where options of full political equality would be considered. Self-determination is a fundamental human right which has yet to be exercised in the US Virgin Islands or other territories.<br /><br /><span> </span>Only last December, the UN General Assembly adopted its annual <a href="https://documents-dds-ny.un.org/doc/UNDOC/GEN/N22/750/25/pdf/N2275025.pdf?OpenElement" target="_blank">resolution</a> on the US Virgin Islands (Resolution 77/147) which called for public education programmes in the territory “to foster an awareness among the people of their right to self-determination in conformity with the legitimate political options” providing for full political equality. As always, the US joins in the consensus on the US Virgin Islands resolution even as we await full implementation of such a programme.</span></div><div><span style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-size: medium;"><span> </span>The General Assembly also adopted last December a resolution calling for the countries which administer territories, like the US, to take all steps necessary to enable the people” of the US Virgin Islands and other territories “to exercise fully and as soon as possible their right to self-determination.” This international self-determination mandate applies directly to the US Virgin Islands even as it is not well known, and rarely referenced, or even misconstrued, in local discourse. <br /><br /><span> </span>This mandate is codified in Article 73 of the UN Charter, in particular Article 73(b) which requires the administering Power to advance the territory to the full measure of self-government, and <a href="https://www.un.org/en/about-us/un-charter/chapter-11" target="_blank">Chapter XI, Article 73(e)</a> which mandates the administering Power to report to the UN annually on developments in the territory. The US, as the US Virgin Islands’ administering Power, complies with Article 73(e) by submitting information to the UN. Regarding Article 73(b) on the advancement of our territory to the full measure of self-government, the compliance is not so evident as we remain a non-self-governing territory (NSGT) under international law without full political, economic or social rights. <br /><br /><span> </span>Territories such as Guam have taken the approach to select from one of the three options of political equality, namely US statehood, free association or independence. The adoption by the US House of Representatives of the <a href="https://www.congress.gov/bill/117th-congress/house-bill/8393" target="_blank">Puerto Rico Status Act</a> last December (2022) also endorsed these same three political status options. These political status alternatives are aligned with UN doctrine [UN Res.1541(XV)] and are cited in several White House Reports as the permanent options for Puerto Rico - and by extension, for the other US territories. Guam and Puerto Rico have followed this approach, and have removed the unincorporated territorial status from consideration because of the inherent inequalities of the status quo. Congress followed suit by consciously omitting the unincorporated territory status from the Puerto Rico Status Act. <br /><br /><span> </span>The attainment of any of these three genuine self-governing choices would, by definition, provide for equal voting rights. Accordingly, US statehood would yield full political, economic and social rights (and responsibilities) in the US political system, and could be achieved as a stand-alone state, or also as integration into an existing state. The other options of free association or independence, respectively, would provide for full rights within the political systems created under those alternatives. <br /><br /><span> </span>This process of self-determination is the route to address the existent political inequality of a system which has effectively reached its peak in terms of the political evolution of a polity – a system which was never meant to be permanent in any event, but rather intended to be transitional to a permanent political status. The problem comes when the temporary becomes indefinite. <br /><br /> <span> </span>Unsurprisingly, the likelihood of success in remedying the specific political inequalities and democratic deficiencies of the present territorial status through various proposed reforms remains slim. Recent efforts mirror initiatives dating back over a half-century with similar results. Neither US Court decisions nor Congressional legislative proposals have yielded outcomes favouring political rights for territories - because full political rights in the US system inhere in states. Territories are not states. <br /><br /><span> </span>On this point, three challenges to the lack of presidential voting rights for US citizens in Puerto Rico between 1994 and 2004 were consistently denied, and determined not violative of the constitutional rights of those citizens. The consistent determination was – and remains - that such voting rights under <a href="https://www.archives.gov/founding-docs/constitution-transcript#toc-article-ii--2" target="_blank">Article 2</a> of the U.S. Constitution inhere not in citizens, but in states - absent the unlikelihood of a constitutional amendment as previously adopted for the District of Columbia. <br /><br /> <span> </span>An earlier 1984 ruling of the US Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit resulted in a similar conclusion for Guam. A 2006 case in the U.S. District Court for the US Virgin Islands, upheld by the US Third Circuit Court of Appeals, confirmed that the US Constitution does not grant the right to vote for President and Vice President to individual citizens, but to “Electors” appointed by each state. <br /><br /> <span> </span>In the 2020 analysis “<a href="https://www.pr51st.com/americas-territories-trapped-between-equality-and-autonomy/" target="_blank">America’s Territories: Equality and Autonomy</a>,” eminent American legal scholar Howard Hills confirmed that “the U.S. Constitution itself allows fully equal representation in Congress and the Electoral College only for citizens of a state, making any remedy other than statehood less than equal” (emphasis added). <br /><br /> <span> </span>On this particular question of territorial voting rights, the late U.S. First Circuit Court of Appeals Justice Juan Toruella in 2014 referred to the inherent “state of eternal inequality” including the “political impair(ment) of the territory(ies’) representation to the US House of Representatives.” <br /><br /> <span> </span>In fact, the limitation of the territorial vote in the US House was confirmed as early as 1993 by U.S. District Court ruling which set a requirement for an automatic recount excluding the territorial representatives in the event that their votes had been “decisive.” These limitations were later reflected in a 2017 U.S. Congressional Research Service (CRS) report on the limitation of the authority of what was referred to as the “officers who represent territories and properties possessed or administered by the United States (emphasis added). Being referred to as possessed ‘properties elicits a particular reaction for a people whose ancestors suffered the crimes against humanity perpetuated under chattel slavery. <br /><br /><span> </span>There is a larger picture. Such dependency reforms that could unilaterally alter elements of the political status of the US territories, one way or another, are being pursued without the informed consent of the people of the territories. This is especially concerning in light of the potential implications of such initiatives. One such proposed measure is illustrative. If proposed federal legislation is adopted “to reject the Insular Cases and ‘their application to all present and future cases and controversies’, the basis for unincorporated territorial status would disappear. However, the territorial clause would still remain applicable. <br /><br /><span> </span>Would the US territories, then, become incorporated territories, by default, since the basis for unincorporated territorial status would have disappeared? Would US territories, then, be vulnerable to the application by Congress of the full corpus of the US Constitution - as has historically been the case for incorporated territories? Would this incorporation put the USTs on the road to statehood - without the formal concurrence of the people? Some analysts are asking these questions. <br /><br /><span> </span>Specifically for the US Virgin Islands, would there be unintended political, economic and social consequences of incorporated territorial status? - Loss of Jones Act exemption? - diversion of tax revenue to Washington? - Incorporation into the US Customs zone? I would suggest that the people should be made fully aware of any such unintended consequences of these dependency reform initiatives. Ironically, the Congress can unilaterally impose such measures, and more, under the plenary authority of the territorial clause of the US Constitution. Therein lies a particular irony that such measures are being pursued without a public discussion. <br /><br /><span> </span>Another proposed initiative affecting the US territory of American Samoa is also relevant. That territory’s political leadership continues to vehemently object to court challenges that would unilaterally confer an unwanted US citizenship on its people. Their concern is that this could have potential implications for their land rights and indigenous governance. American Samoa leaders from all political parties regard such efforts as violative of their right to self-determination since their status could be unilaterally changed by a US court decision. <br /><br /><span> </span>Overall, the clarification should be made as to the current relationship between US territories and the US. It is often routine to refer to the USTs as part of the US, when in effect, is it more accurate to refer to the territories as being owned by the US - as the ‘<a href="https://constitution.congress.gov/browse/article-4/section-3/clause-2/#:~:text=The%20Congress%20shall%20have%20Power,or%20of%20any%20particular%20State." target="_blank">territorial clause</a>’ of the US Constitution implies? It is instructive that the application of the territorial clause refers to “territory or other property belonging to the United States” (emphasis added). <br /><br /><span> </span>In this light, it is interesting that the French Constitution, the Netherlands Kingdom Charter, and the political and constitutional documents of other ‘democracies' (which also administer dependencies) clearly identify these respective territories by name in their governance documents. (Martinique, Guadeloupe, French Guiana, Aruba, Curacao, Sint Maarten, et al). It should speak volumes that the linkage between the US Constitution and the US territories is not by name, but rather tied to the Article of the US Constitution that deals with property. <br /><br /><span> </span>This is our political reality reflective of an anachronistic model of dependency governance that was never meant to be permanent, but preparatory to something permanent. Yet, in the absence of public discourse, the illusion prevails that there is legitimacy in the territorial status as a permanent, democratic form of governance worthy of modernization, and that it only needs to be reformed or modernized. A sustained dialogue on these issues is required.<br /><br /><span> </span>Perhaps a discussion on the general question of a permanent status for the US Virgin Islands might be held in future - unless the adoption of a territorial constitution through the recently-legislated <a href="https://www.legvi.org/billtracking/ShowPDF.aspx?num=34-0153&type=Bill" target="_blank">Sixth Constitutional Convention</a> would be perceived as the final step in our political evolution. It should be recognized, however, that just as a territory is not a state, a territorial constitution is not a state constitution. There is no territorial clause applicable to states. <br /><br /><b>CONCLUSION </b><br /><br /><span> </span>I conclude on the particular question of the right for the people of the US Virgin Islands and other US territories to vote in the US political system. This is not a question of a denial of civil rights, but rather a symptom of a political status which was not intended to provide such rights to non-states. Again, political rights inhere in states, not citizens, as clearly set forth in the US Constitution and re-confirmed in relevant US court decisions, and consistent Congressional refusal to legislate political rights for territories in the US system. <br /><br /><span> </span>I reiterate that full political rights can only be achieved through the evolution to a permanent political status through a process of self-determination - a fundamental <i>human</i> right, rather than a <i>US civil</i> right. This would yield a model of democratic governance devoid of the existent political, economic and social inequalities of the status of “territory or other property belonging to the United States.” </span><br /><p></p></div></div>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1059984115781174052.post-75736756309147121162020-11-28T20:56:00.004-04:002020-11-28T20:59:45.349-04:00BONAIRE SELF-DETERMINATION DENIED - NEW BOOK BY JAMES FINIES<p><span style="background-color: white; color: #444444; font-family: "Open Sans", serif; font-style: inherit; font-variant-caps: inherit; font-variant-ligatures: inherit; font-weight: inherit;"></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjb06ulbeUoVecSUza3vzM0WtIBwKmXUETP01ZhDmeuU5f66ao7-9cZvpIaDU1JMqdb-SL3yxeNW-_vCKkL2lJlXfSsc4nPKtYhBgKnevD-YcJxtukc8XUNAz89FWIFNoL50eVWjI9dODYn/" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="" data-original-height="140" data-original-width="380" height="118" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjb06ulbeUoVecSUza3vzM0WtIBwKmXUETP01ZhDmeuU5f66ao7-9cZvpIaDU1JMqdb-SL3yxeNW-_vCKkL2lJlXfSsc4nPKtYhBgKnevD-YcJxtukc8XUNAz89FWIFNoL50eVWjI9dODYn/" width="320" /></a></div></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large; margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjzib1gBnbjy3eZXehztVhE4vGOI0B-WHpOugTTvA8V_7w21_A8hR_17_4vh7mwnR12btVlg2HiPuMtF1fazv1FE5-0SJoCdjpE1w2KT6Z_VwO7-VEzPOkDn3xukijZnp7tu1bCmH4p4WMY/s712/JAMES+FINIES.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="445" data-original-width="712" height="225" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjzib1gBnbjy3eZXehztVhE4vGOI0B-WHpOugTTvA8V_7w21_A8hR_17_4vh7mwnR12btVlg2HiPuMtF1fazv1FE5-0SJoCdjpE1w2KT6Z_VwO7-VEzPOkDn3xukijZnp7tu1bCmH4p4WMY/w374-h225/JAMES+FINIES.jpg" width="374" /></a></span></div><br /><span style="font-size: medium;"> </span><span style="background-color: white; color: #444444; font-family: "Open Sans", serif; font-size: large; font-style: inherit; font-variant-caps: inherit; font-variant-ligatures: inherit; font-weight: inherit;">The book, Self-determination Denied, has as its main objectives: to document and commemorate events that transpired between 2010 and 2020; inform about important decisions, situations and actions that led towards the illegal annexation of Bonaire; and document the consequences of the change of status imposed on Bonaire. It will further shine light, desecrate and encapsulate the persons, politicians, leaders, the players, their actions, and all that led to the betrayal and annexation of the Bonaire people on October 10, 2010 going forward to October 10, 2020.</span><p></p><p><span style="background-color: white; color: #444444; font-family: "Open Sans", serif; font-size: large; font-style: inherit; font-variant-caps: inherit; font-variant-ligatures: inherit; font-weight: inherit;"><span> </span>The people of Bonaire never chose this change of status termed “public entity” and also referred to as “special municipality”. On the contrary, Bonereans used a referendum to express their overwhelming rejection of the imposed status under unequal rights in the Dutch Constitution.</span></p><p><span style="background-color: white; color: #444444; font-family: "Open Sans", serif; font-size: large; font-style: inherit; font-variant-caps: inherit; font-variant-ligatures: inherit; font-weight: inherit;"><span> </span>The book will reveal the atrocities committed against our people, the social inequality, the oppression of our rights, and the suppression of our culture on Bonaire. Imposed laws, policies, regulations, and taxes rob our people of their natural food resources and inherited land and leave them destitute. Local Bonerians, now a shrunken and displaced population, have become a minority group on their own island in less than a decade.</span></p><p><span style="background-color: white; color: #444444; font-family: "Open Sans", serif; font-size: large; font-style: inherit; font-variant-caps: inherit; font-variant-ligatures: inherit; font-weight: inherit;"><span> </span>Further the book, </span><span style="background-color: white; color: #444444; font-family: "Open Sans", serif; font-size: large; font-variant-caps: inherit; font-variant-ligatures: inherit; font-weight: inherit;"><i>Bonaire Self-Determination Denied</i></span><span style="background-color: white; color: #444444; font-family: "Open Sans", serif; font-size: large; font-style: inherit; font-variant-caps: inherit; font-variant-ligatures: inherit; font-weight: inherit;">, will summarize Nos Ke Boneiru Back trajectory to re-list Bonaire back on the Non-Self-Governing-Territories list of the United Nations that started in 2016, when Mr. James Finies spoke as the first Antillean in the Special Committee on Decolonization. History has shown us that only international exposure can free our people and guarantee the right of self-determination to the whole Dutch colonies in the Caribbean; Sint Eustatius, Saba, Bonaire, Aruba, Curacao and Sint Maarten.</span></p><div class="entry-content clearfix" style="background-color: white; border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-family: "Open Sans", serif; font-stretch: inherit; font-variant-east-asian: inherit; font-variant-numeric: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px 0px 10px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><p style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-stretch: inherit; font-variant: inherit; line-height: 1.6; margin: 0px 0px 15px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="color: #45818e; font-size: medium;"><b><i>Click on the following link to watch the trailer-promo:</i><a href="https://youtu.be/dNoiZo_hNbY" style="font-style: inherit;"><span style="font-style: inherit;"> </span><span style="font-family: inherit; font-style: inherit;"><span style="border-color: initial; border-image: initial; border-style: initial; box-sizing: border-box; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; line-height: inherit; outline-color: initial; outline-style: initial; transition-duration: 0.3s; transition-property: all;">https://youtu.be/dNoiZo_hNbY</span></span></a></b></span></p><p style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-stretch: inherit; font-variant: inherit; line-height: 1.6; margin: 0px 0px 15px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="color: #45818e; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></p><p style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; color: #444444; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: 1.6; margin: 0px 0px 15px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><br /></p></div>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1059984115781174052.post-67220579878987205492020-11-23T16:26:00.000-04:002020-11-23T16:26:41.793-04:00INDEPENDENT SELF-GOVERNANCE ASSESSMENT ON BONAIRE <p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; 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font-family: "Patua One", Arial, sans-serif; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: 1.2em; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: x-large; vertical-align: inherit;"><a href="https://www.tahiti-infos.com/%E2%80%8BAntony-Geros-nouveau-president-du-Conseil-superieur-de-la-FPC_a196075.html">Antony Géros new president of the Superior Council of the FPC</a></span></h1><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjnNdhB0SzM0gcl-_n0aMJQDYyfiuFudYFt0l7HG-tMdokBi7xtT-yNkv4QyCkVdxyxzR388locHLlbjw6wCbIAxkvfTTN_qRm6mdiVI7PRT2OSfiJFzG6dCIwZC6N6Zfre3Ki19S9t4FYJ/" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="" data-original-height="700" data-original-width="764" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjnNdhB0SzM0gcl-_n0aMJQDYyfiuFudYFt0l7HG-tMdokBi7xtT-yNkv4QyCkVdxyxzR388locHLlbjw6wCbIAxkvfTTN_qRm6mdiVI7PRT2OSfiJFzG6dCIwZC6N6Zfre3Ki19S9t4FYJ/" width="262" /></a></div><br /><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: large;">Tahiti, November 16, 2020 - Antony Géros succeeds Benoit Kautai as President of the Higher Council for the Public Service of the Municipalities. The tāvana of Paea is elected against the mayor of Mahina, Damas Teuira, the candidate supported by the mayors in the Council. </span></div><span style="font-size: medium;"><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div> <div style="text-align: justify;">Antony Géros, will be the president of the Superior Council of the Public Service of the Communes (CSFPC) until 2026. He succeeds Benoît Kautai who had been in office since 2014. The mayor of Paea, president of the sovereignist group Tavini Huiraatira at the assembly from French Polynesia, was elected Wednesday, November 4 against the city councilor of Mahina, Damas Teuira and despite the support given to the latter by the elected municipal officials represented within the CSFPC. </div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;">If for this election the candidacy Géros obtained the support of a strong majority of the members representing the trade unions with the exception of the three representatives of A Tia i mua, it above all received five precious votes among the 10 representatives of the municipalities, of open support for Damascus Teuira. Out of the 20 votes cast in this election, the new CSFPC president obtained 12 votes in his favor.</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;"> "Antony Géros is a municipal agent. He is the former secretary general of the town hall of Faa'a. He knows the problem of municipalities ", defends one of the representatives of the trade unions. " Unlike Damas Teuira, who was originally an official of the Country ." </div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;">The Superior Council of the Municipal Public Service is intended to be consulted for an opinion on all draft texts relating to the statute of the municipal public service and to the rules relating to the organization of this branch of the public service. </div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;">The next major project for the CSFPC is the cleaning of the January 2005 ordinance on the general status of civil servants in municipalities and groupings of municipalities in French Polynesia as well as their public administrative establishments. This text has been applicable since 2012. The opinion of the CSFPC on the grooming project submitted to it is expected next January at the latest.</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div></span><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1059984115781174052.post-21254117916092740912020-11-16T13:27:00.001-04:002023-03-02T14:44:50.295-04:00Colonialism and Neo-colonialism in the Caribbean - An Overview <p style="text-align: center;"><b><span style="font-size: medium;">Norman Girvan </span></b></p><p></p><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><b>Prepared For IV International Seminar Africa, The Caribbean And Latin America, </b><b>St.
Vincent And The Grenadines, 24th- 26th November, 2012</b></span></div><b><span style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span></b><p></p><div style="text-align: center;"><b><b><a href="https://www.alainet.org/images/Girvan_St-Vincent_paper.pdf"><span style="font-size: medium;">(FULL TEXT)</span></a></b></b></div><p></p><p><span style="font-size: medium;"><b>Introduction</b> </span></p><p><span style="font-size: medium;">The contemporary Caribbean<span style="color: #2b00fe;"><b>1/</b></span> is one of the most politically fragmented regions for its size on
earth; and one with the strongest remaining colonial presence. Political divisions and external
control are major blocs to the consolidation of a Caribbean identity and the charting of an
independent course of development in the interest of Caribbean peoples. They undermine the
‘fragmented nationalism’<b><span style="color: #2b00fe;">2/</span></b>, and the pervasive epistemological dependency <b><span style="color: #2b00fe;">3/</span></b> , that is characteristic
of the regional consciousness. This situation is a direct consequence of the region’s five-century
long history as area of rivalry among, and colonisation by, external powers. </span></p><p><span style="font-size: medium;">Political
decolonisation of Caribbean countries is incomplete; indeed it has come to a virtual standstill.
Initiatives at regional cooperation and regional integration have made some progress; but face
continuing challenges. Such progress as has been made result from the efforts of Caribbean
people themselves; and are continuing. Rebellion, revolution, cultural affirmation and other
forms of resistance are as integral to the Caribbean experience as are exploitation by external
forces and internal elites. </span></p><p><span style="font-size: medium;">The tradition of struggle serves to inspire, inform and motivate current
generations. Slowly but surely, a pan-Caribbean consciousness is emerging, led by the vision of
cultural practitioners; and containing the seeds of a future Caribbean nation. <br />________________________________________________________________</span></p><p><i><span style="font-size: medium;"><b><span style="color: #2b00fe;">1/</span></b> In this paper we refer to ‘the Caribbean’ as constituting the archipelago which runs from the Bahamas to Trinidad
and Tobago; plus Guyana, Suriname, French Guiana, Belize, and Bermuda. </span></i></p><p><i><span style="font-size: medium;"><b><span style="color: #2b00fe;">2/</span></b>
See Franklin W. Knight, The Caribbean: Genesis of a Fragmented Nationalism . Oxford University Press, 2011. </span></i></p><p><i><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;"><b>3/</b>
</span> See Brian Meeks and Norman Girvan (eds.) The Thought of New World: The Quest for Decolonisation. Ian Randle
Publishers, 2009.</span></i></p>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1059984115781174052.post-84564459428293636782020-11-15T14:09:00.000-04:002020-11-15T14:09:49.495-04:00U.N. COMMITTEE SUPPORTS ASSISTANCE TO DEPENDENT TERRITORIES<p><span style="font-family: arial;"><i><b>The United Nations (U.N.) Special Political and Decolonization Committee (Fourth Committee) has adopted its annual resolution in support of U.N. assistance to the remaining seventeen non self-governing territories. The resolution was adopted on 6th November by the specific General Assembly committee which deals with decolonization issues and is comprised of all 193 U.N. member States. </b></i></span><i style="font-family: arial;"><b>The resolution is reproduced below: </b></i></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><i><b>_______________________________________________________ </b></i></span></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><i></i></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><i><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiHs76YibJ2KRVGtjZNoRhIcUXzEWwG5JINYm1Xjktnj8fHYmp-_nIqBK9Yu36TkFfefDgTLghCZpWolTuXE9-xMIq21pO2U9Lwh9WMQnnGdRSU6lzJHznm5iTFR5EwWpD5NtBnInbJze3Z/s275/UNGA.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="183" data-original-width="275" height="266" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiHs76YibJ2KRVGtjZNoRhIcUXzEWwG5JINYm1Xjktnj8fHYmp-_nIqBK9Yu36TkFfefDgTLghCZpWolTuXE9-xMIq21pO2U9Lwh9WMQnnGdRSU6lzJHznm5iTFR5EwWpD5NtBnInbJze3Z/w400-h266/UNGA.jpg" width="400" /></a></i></span></div><span style="font-family: arial;"><i><br /></i></span><p style="text-align: center;"><b><span lang="EN-GB"><u>RESOLUTION ADOPTED BY U.N. FOURTH COMMITTEE</u></span></b></p><p class="H1" style="margin-right: 63pt; text-align: center;"><b><span lang="EN-GB">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</span><span style="font-size: 5pt; text-align: justify;"> </span></b></p>
<p class="SingleTxt"><span lang="EN-GB"><span style="mso-tab-count: 1;"> </span><i>The
General Assembly</i>,<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="SingleTxt"><span lang="EN-GB"><span style="mso-tab-count: 1;"> </span><i>Having
considered</i> 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”,<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="SingleTxt"><span lang="EN-GB"><span style="mso-tab-count: 1;"> </span><i>Having
also considered</i> the report of the Secretary-General<a name="_Ref28117158"></a><a href="file:///G:/DECOLON-RELATED/A.75.23%20WORD.doc#_ftn1" name="_ftnref1" style="mso-footnote-id: ftn1;" title=""><span style="mso-bookmark: _Ref28117158;"><sup><span style="mso-special-character: footnote;"><!--[if !supportFootnotes]--><sup><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 10.0pt; letter-spacing: .2pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-font-kerning: 7.0pt; mso-font-width: 103%;">[1]</span></sup><!--[endif]--></span></sup></span></a><span style="mso-bookmark: _Ref28117158;"></span> and the report of the Economic and
Social Council<a href="file:///G:/DECOLON-RELATED/A.75.23%20WORD.doc#_ftn2" name="_ftnref2" style="mso-footnote-id: ftn2;" title=""><sup><span style="mso-special-character: footnote;"><!--[if !supportFootnotes]--><sup><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 10.0pt; letter-spacing: .2pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-font-kerning: 7.0pt; mso-font-width: 103%;">[2]</span></sup><!--[endif]--></span></sup></a>
on the item,<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="SingleTxt"><span lang="EN-GB"><span style="mso-tab-count: 1;"> </span><i>Having
examined</i> 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 2020,<a href="file:///G:/DECOLON-RELATED/A.75.23%20WORD.doc#_ftn3" name="_ftnref3" style="mso-footnote-id: ftn3;" title=""><sup><span style="mso-special-character: footnote;"><!--[if !supportFootnotes]--><sup><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 10.0pt; letter-spacing: .2pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-font-kerning: 7.0pt; mso-font-width: 103%;">[3]</span></sup><!--[endif]--></span></sup></a><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="SingleTxt"><span lang="EN-GB"><span style="mso-tab-count: 1;"> </span><i>Recalling</i>
its resolutions <a href="https://undocs.org/A/RES/1514%20(XV)">1514 (XV)</a> of
14 December 1960 and <a href="https://undocs.org/A/RES/1541%20(XV)">1541 (XV)</a>
of 15 December 1960 and the resolutions of the Special Committee, as well
as other relevant resolutions and decisions, including, in particular, Economic
and Social Council resolutions <a href="https://undocs.org/en/E/RES/2018/18">2018/18</a>
of 3 July 2018 and <a href="https://undocs.org/en/E/RES/2019/27">2019/27</a> of
23 July 2019,<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="SingleTxt"><span lang="EN-GB"><span style="mso-tab-count: 1;"> </span><i>Bearing
in mind</i> the relevant provisions of the final documents of the successive Conferences
of Heads of State or Government of Non-Aligned Countries and of the resolutions
adopted by the Assembly of Heads of State and Government of the African Union,
the Pacific Islands Forum and the Caribbean Community,<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="SingleTxt"><span lang="EN-GB"><span style="mso-tab-count: 1;"> </span><i>Conscious</i>
of the need to facilitate the implementation of the Declaration on the Granting
of Independence to Colonial Countries and Peoples, contained in resolution <a href="https://undocs.org/A/RES/1514%20(XV)">1514 (XV)</a>,<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="SingleTxt"><span lang="EN-GB"><span style="mso-tab-count: 1;"> </span><i>Noting</i>
that the large majority of the remaining Non-Self-Governing Territories are
small island Territories,<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="SingleTxt"><span lang="EN-GB"><span style="mso-tab-count: 1;"> </span><i>Welcoming</i>
the assistance extended to Non-Self-Governing Territories by certain
specialized agencies and other organizations of the United Nations system,<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="SingleTxt"><span lang="EN-GB"><span style="mso-tab-count: 1;"> </span><i>Welcoming
also</i> the participation in the capacity of observers of those
Non-Self-Governing Territories that are associate members of regional
commissions in the world conferences in the economic and social spheres,
subject to the rules of procedure of the General Assembly and in accordance
with relevant resolutions and decisions of the United Nations, including
resolutions and decisions of the Assembly and the Special Committee on specific
Territories,<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="SingleTxt"><span lang="EN-GB"><span style="mso-tab-count: 1;"> </span><i>Noting</i>
that only some specialized agencies and other organizations of the United
Nations system have been involved in providing assistance to Non-Self-Governing
Territories,<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="SingleTxt"><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span lang="EN-GB"><span style="mso-tab-count: 1;"> </span><span style="mso-bidi-font-style: italic;">Stressing</span></span></i><span lang="EN-GB"> that, because the development options of the small island
Non-Self-Governing Territories are limited, there are special challenges to
planning for and implementing sustainable development and that those
Territories will be constrained in meeting those challenges without the
continuing cooperation and assistance of the specialized agencies and other
organizations of the United Nations system,<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="SingleTxt"><span lang="EN-GB"><span style="mso-tab-count: 1;"> </span><i>Stressing
also</i> the importance of securing the resources necessary for funding
expanded programmes of assistance for the peoples concerned and the need to
enlist the support of all major funding institutions within the United Nations
system in that regard,<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="SingleTxt"><span lang="EN-GB"><span style="mso-tab-count: 1;"> </span><i>Reaffirming</i>
the mandates of the specialized agencies and other organizations of the United
Nations system to take all appropriate measures, within their respective
responsibilities, to ensure the full implementation of General Assembly
resolution <a href="https://undocs.org/A/RES/1514%20(XV)">1514 (XV)</a> and
other relevant resolutions,<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="SingleTxt"><span lang="EN-GB"><span style="mso-tab-count: 1;"> </span><i>Expressing
its appreciation</i> to the African Union, the Pacific Islands Forum, the
Caribbean Community and other regional organizations for the continued
cooperation and assistance that they have extended to the specialized agencies
and other organizations of the United Nations system in this regard,<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="SingleTxt"><span lang="EN-GB"><span style="mso-tab-count: 1;"> </span><i>Expressing
its conviction</i> that closer contacts and consultations between and among the
specialized agencies and other organizations of the United Nations system and
regional organizations help to facilitate the effective formulation of
programmes of assistance to the peoples concerned,<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="SingleTxt"><span lang="EN-GB"><span style="mso-tab-count: 1;"> </span><i>Mindful</i>
of the imperative need to keep under continuous review the activities of the
specialized agencies and other organizations of the United Nations system in
the implementation of the various resolutions and decisions of the United
Nations relating to decolonization,<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="SingleTxt"><span lang="EN-GB"><span style="mso-tab-count: 1;"> </span><i>Bearing
in mind</i> the extremely fragile economies of the small island
Non-Self-Governing Territories and their vulnerability to natural disasters,
such as hurricanes, cyclones and sea level rise, and recalling the relevant
resolutions of the General Assembly,<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="SingleTxt"><span lang="EN-GB"><span style="mso-tab-count: 1;"> </span><i>Recalling</i>
its resolution <span class="MsoHyperlink">74/95</span> of 13 December 2019 on the
implementation of the Declaration by the specialized agencies and the
international institutions associated with the United Nations,<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="SingleTxt"><i><span lang="EN-GB"><span style="mso-tab-count: 1;"> </span>Recalling
also</span></i><span lang="EN-GB"> its resolutions <a href="https://undocs.org/en/A/RES/74/270">74/270</a> of 2 April 2020, entitled “Global
solidarity to fight the coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19)”, and <a href="https://undocs.org/en/A/RES/74/274">74/274</a> of 20 April 2020, entitled
“International cooperation to ensure global access to medicines, vaccines and
medical equipment to face COVID-19”,</span><span lang="EN-US" style="mso-ansi-language: EN-US;"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="SingleTxt"><span lang="EN-GB"><span style="mso-tab-count: 1;"> </span>1.<span style="mso-tab-count: 1;"> </span><i>Takes note</i> of the report of the
Secretary-General;<sup>1</sup><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="SingleTxt"><span lang="EN-GB"><span style="mso-tab-count: 1;"> </span>2.<span style="mso-tab-count: 1;"> </span><i>Recommends</i> that all States
intensify their efforts through the specialized agencies and other
organizations of the United Nations system of which they are members to ensure
the full and effective implementation of the Declaration on the Granting of
Independence to Colonial Countries and Peoples, contained in General Assembly
resolution <a href="https://undocs.org/A/RES/1514%20(XV)">1514 (XV)</a>, and
other relevant resolutions of the United Nations;<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="SingleTxt"><span lang="EN-GB"><span style="mso-tab-count: 1;"> </span>3.<span style="mso-tab-count: 1;"> </span><i>Reaffirms</i> that the specialized
agencies and other organizations and institutions of the United Nations system
should continue to be guided by the relevant resolutions of the United Nations
in their efforts to contribute to the implementation of the Declaration and all
other relevant resolutions of the General Assembly;<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="SingleTxt"><span lang="EN-GB"><span style="mso-tab-count: 1;"> </span>4.<span style="mso-tab-count: 1;"> </span><i>Also reaffirms</i> that the
recognition by the General Assembly, the Security Council and other United
Nations organs of the legitimacy of the aspirations of the peoples of the
Non-Self-Governing Territories to exercise their right to self-determination
entails, as a corollary, the extension of all appropriate assistance to those
peoples;<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="SingleTxt"><span lang="EN-GB"><span style="mso-tab-count: 1;"> </span>5.<span style="mso-tab-count: 1;"> </span><i>Expresses its appreciation</i> to
those specialized agencies and other organizations of the United Nations system
that have continued to cooperate with the United Nations and the regional and
subregional organizations in the implementation of General Assembly resolution <a href="https://undocs.org/A/RES/1514%20(XV)">1514 (XV)</a> and other relevant
resolutions of the United Nations, and requests all the specialized agencies
and other organizations of the United Nations system to implement the relevant
provisions of those resolutions;<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="SingleTxt"><span lang="EN-GB"><span style="mso-tab-count: 1;"> </span>6.<span style="mso-tab-count: 1;"> </span><i>Requests</i> the specialized agencies
and other organizations of the United Nations system to intensify their
engagement with the work 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 as an important element for the implementation
of General Assembly resolution <a href="https://undocs.org/A/RES/1514%20(XV)">1514
(XV)</a>, including participation in the regional seminars on decolonization,
upon the invitation of the Special Committee;<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="SingleTxt"><span lang="EN-GB"><span style="mso-tab-count: 1;"> </span>7.<span style="mso-tab-count: 1;"> </span><i>Requests</i> the specialized agencies
and other organizations of the United Nations system and international and
regional organizations to examine and review conditions in each Territory so as
to take appropriate measures to accelerate progress in the economic and social
sectors of the Territories;<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="SingleTxt"><span lang="EN-GB"><span style="mso-tab-count: 1;"> </span>8.<span style="mso-tab-count: 1;"> </span><i>Urges</i> those specialized agencies
and other organizations of the United Nations system that have not yet provided
assistance to Non-Self-Governing Territories to do so as soon as possible;<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="SingleTxt"><span lang="EN-GB"><span style="mso-tab-count: 1;"> </span>9.<span style="mso-tab-count: 1;"> </span><i>Requests</i> the specialized agencies
and other organizations and institutions of the United Nations system and
regional organizations to strengthen existing measures of support and formulate
appropriate programmes of assistance for the remaining Non-Self-Governing
Territories, within the framework of their respective mandates, in order to
accelerate progress in the economic and social sectors of those Territories;<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="SingleTxt"><span lang="EN-GB"><span style="mso-tab-count: 1;"> </span>10.<span style="mso-tab-count: 1;"> </span><i>Requests</i> the specialized agencies
and other organizations of the United Nations system concerned to provide
information on:<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="SingleTxt"><span lang="EN-GB"><span style="mso-tab-count: 1;"> </span>(a)<span style="mso-tab-count: 1;"> </span>Environmental problems facing the
Non-Self-Governing Territories;<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="SingleTxt"><span lang="EN-GB"><span style="mso-tab-count: 1;"> </span>(b)<span style="mso-tab-count: 1;"> </span>The impact of natural disasters, such as
hurricanes and volcanic eruptions, and other environmental problems, such as
beach and coastal erosion and droughts, on those Territories;<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="SingleTxt"><span lang="EN-GB"><span style="mso-tab-count: 1;"> </span>(c)<span style="mso-tab-count: 1;"> </span>Ways and means to assist the Territories to
fight drug trafficking, money-laundering and other illegal and criminal
activities;<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="SingleTxt"><span lang="EN-GB"><span style="mso-tab-count: 1;"> </span>(d)<span style="mso-tab-count: 1;"> </span>Illegal exploitation of the marine and
other natural resources of the Territories and the need to utilize those
resources for the benefit of the peoples of the Territories;<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="SingleTxt"><span lang="EN-GB"><span style="mso-tab-count: 1;"> </span>11.<span style="mso-tab-count: 1;"> </span><i>Recommends</i> that the executive heads
of the specialized agencies and other organizations of the United Nations
system formulate, with the active cooperation of the regional organizations
concerned, concrete proposals for the full implementation of the relevant
resolutions of the United Nations and submit the proposals to their governing
and legislative organs;<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="SingleTxt"><span lang="EN-GB"><span style="mso-tab-count: 1;"> </span>12.<span style="mso-tab-count: 1;"> </span><i>Also recommends</i> that the specialized
agencies and other organizations of the United Nations system continue to
review at the regular meetings of their governing bodies the implementation of
General Assembly resolution <a href="https://undocs.org/A/RES/1514%20(XV)">1514
(XV)</a> and other relevant resolutions of the United Nations;<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="SingleTxt"><span lang="EN-GB"><span style="mso-tab-count: 1;"> </span>13.<span style="mso-tab-count: 1;"> </span><i>Recalls</i> the adoption by the Economic
Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean of its resolution 574 (XXVII) of
16 May 1998,<a href="file:///G:/DECOLON-RELATED/A.75.23%20WORD.doc#_ftn4" name="_ftnref4" style="mso-footnote-id: ftn4;" title=""><sup><span style="mso-special-character: footnote;"><!--[if !supportFootnotes]--><sup><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 10.0pt; letter-spacing: .2pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-font-kerning: 7.0pt; mso-font-width: 103%;">[4]</span></sup><!--[endif]--></span></sup></a>
calling for the necessary mechanisms for its associate members, including
Non-Self-Governing Territories, to participate in the special sessions of the
General Assembly, subject to the rules of procedure of the Assembly, to review
and assess the implementation of the plans of action of those United Nations world
conferences in which the Territories originally participated in the capacity of
observer, and in the work of the Economic and Social Council and its subsidiary
bodies;<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="SingleTxt"><span lang="EN-GB"><span style="mso-tab-count: 1;"> </span>14.<span style="mso-tab-count: 1;"> </span><i>Requests</i> the Chair of the Special
Committee to deepen cooperation with the President of the Economic and Social
Council on the identical agenda items of both bodies on assistance to the
Non-Self-Governing Territories, through regular consultations, in accordance
with relevant resolutions on decolonization;<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="SingleTxt"><span lang="EN-GB"><span style="mso-tab-count: 1;"> </span>15.<span style="mso-tab-count: 1;"> </span><i>Recalls</i> the publication by the
Department of Public Information and the Department of Political Affairs of the
Secretariat, in consultation with United Nations agencies, funds and programmes
and the Special Committee, of an information leaflet on assistance programmes
available to the Non-Self-Governing Territories, which was updated for the
United Nations website on decolonization, and requests its continued updating
and wide dissemination;<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="SingleTxt"><span lang="EN-GB"><span style="mso-tab-count: 1;"> </span>16.<span style="mso-tab-count: 1;"> </span><i>Welcomes</i> the continuing efforts made
by the United Nations Development Programme in maintaining close liaison among
the specialized agencies and other organizations of the United Nations system,
including the Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean and the
Economic and Social Commission for Asia and the Pacific, and in providing
assistance to the peoples of the Non-Self-Governing Territories;<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="SingleTxt"><span lang="EN-GB"><span style="mso-tab-count: 1;"> </span>17.<span style="mso-tab-count: 1;"> </span><i>Encourages</i> the Non-Self-Governing
Territories to take steps to establish and/or strengthen disaster preparedness
and management institutions and policies, inter alia, with the assistance of
the relevant specialized agencies;<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="SingleTxt"><span lang="EN-GB"><span style="mso-tab-count: 1;"> </span>18.<span style="mso-tab-count: 1;"> </span><i>Requests</i> the administering Powers
concerned to facilitate, when appropriate, the participation of appointed and
elected representatives of Non-Self-Governing Territories in the relevant
meetings and conferences of the specialized agencies and other organizations of
the United Nations system, in accordance with relevant resolutions and
decisions of the United Nations, including resolutions and decisions of the
General Assembly and the Special Committee on specific Territories, so that the
Territories may benefit from the related activities of those agencies and
organizations;<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="SingleTxt"><span lang="EN-GB"><span style="mso-tab-count: 1;"> </span>19.<span style="mso-tab-count: 1;"> </span><i>Recommends</i> that all Governments
intensify their efforts through the specialized agencies and other
organizations of the United Nations system of which they are members to accord
priority to the question of providing assistance to the peoples of the
Non-Self-Governing Territories;<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="SingleTxt"><span lang="EN-GB"><span style="mso-tab-count: 1;"> </span>20.<span style="mso-tab-count: 1;"> </span><i>Requests</i> the Secretary-General to
continue to assist the specialized agencies and other organizations of the
United Nations system in working out appropriate measures for implementing the
relevant resolutions of the United Nations and to prepare for submission to the
relevant bodies, with the assistance of those agencies and organizations, a
report on the action taken in implementation of the relevant resolutions,
including the present resolution, since the circulation of his previous report;<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="SingleTxt"><span lang="EN-GB"><span style="mso-tab-count: 1;"> </span>21.<span style="mso-tab-count: 1;"> </span><a name="_Hlk48058385"><i>Commends</i> the
Economic and Social Council for its debate on this question, </a>and requests
it to continue to consider and intensify its cooperation with the Special
Committee, with the aim of developing appropriate measures for the further
coordination of the policies and activities of the specialized agencies and
other organizations of the United Nations system in implementing the relevant
resolutions of the General Assembly;<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="SingleTxt"><span lang="EN-GB"><span style="mso-tab-count: 1;"> </span>22.<span style="mso-tab-count: 1;"> </span><i>Requests</i> the specialized agencies to
report annually to the Secretary-General on the implementation of the present
resolution;<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="SingleTxt"><span lang="EN-GB"><span style="mso-tab-count: 1;"> </span>23.<span style="mso-tab-count: 1;"> </span><i>Requests</i> the Secretary-General to
transmit the present resolution to the governing bodies of the appropriate
specialized agencies and international institutions associated with the United
Nations so that those bodies may take the measures necessary to implement it,
and also requests the Secretary-General to report to the General Assembly at
its seventy-fifth session on the implementation of the present resolution;<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="SingleTxt"><span lang="EN-GB"><span style="mso-tab-count: 1;"> </span>24.<span style="mso-tab-count: 1;"> </span><i>Requests</i> the Special Committee to
continue to examine the question and to report thereon to the General Assembly
at its seventy-sixth session.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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General Assembly, Seventy-fifth Session, Supplement No. 23</i> (<a href="https://undocs.org/en/A/75/23">A/75/23</a>).</span><span lang="EN-US" style="mso-ansi-language: EN-US;"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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Social Council, 1998, Supplement No. 21</i> (<a href="https://undocs.org/en/E/1998/41">E/1998/41</a>), sect. III.G.</span><span lang="EN-US" style="mso-ansi-language: EN-US;"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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Fourth Committee Approves 23 Texts on Decolonization<p> </p><div><div class="field field_doctype" style="background-color: white; border-bottom: 1px solid gray; box-sizing: border-box; color: #999999; font-family: "Roboto Condensed", "Helvetica Neue", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; font-weight: 700; letter-spacing: 0.03em; line-height: 21px; margin-bottom: 7px; margin-right: 80px; padding-bottom: 7px; padding-right: 7px; text-transform: uppercase;"><a href="https://www.un.org/press/en/meetings-coverage" style="background-color: transparent; box-sizing: border-box; color: #008fd5; cursor: pointer; text-decoration-line: none;">MEETINGS COVERAGE</a></div><div class="info-float-right" style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #333333; float: right; font-family: Roboto, "Helvetica Neue", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; padding-right: 80px; text-align: right;"><div class="field field-name-field-symbol field-type-taxonomy-info" style="box-sizing: border-box; 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color: #333333; font-family: "Roboto Condensed", "Helvetica Neue", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; line-height: 1.25em; margin: 24px 4.2rem 12px 0px;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><a href="https://www.un.org/press/en/2020/gaspd725.doc.htm">Fourth Committee Approves 23 Texts on Decolonization, as It Concludes Main Part of Seventy-Fifth General Assembly Session</a></span></h1><div class="content" style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #333333; font-family: Roboto, "Helvetica Neue", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px;"><div class="field field-name-body field-type-text-with-summary field-label-hidden" style="box-sizing: border-box; clear: both; margin-top: 0px; padding-right: 80px; padding-top: 10px;"><div class="field-items" style="box-sizing: border-box;"><div class="field-item even" property="content:encoded" style="box-sizing: border-box;"><p style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px 0px 22px;">Chair Notes High Output Despite Constraints Imposed by COVID-19 Pandemic, Highlighting ‘Exceptional’ Joint General Debate</p><p style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px 0px 22px;">The Fourth Committee (Special Political and Decolonization) approved 22 draft resolutions and one draft decision concerning decolonization today, as it completed its work for the main part of the General Assembly’s seventy-fifth session.</p><p style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px 0px 22px;">At the outset, the Committee approved the a text titled “Information from Non‑Self‑Governing Territories transmitted under Article 73 e of the Charter of the United Nations” by a recorded vote of 163 in favour to 2 against (Israel, United States), with 2 abstentions (France, United Kingdom).</p><p style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px 0px 22px;">By its terms, the General Assembly requests that administering Powers transmit or continue to regularly transmit to the Secretary‑General statistical and other technical information relating to the economic, social and educational conditions in the Territories within a maximum period of six months following the expiration of the administrative year.</p><p style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px 0px 22px;">The Committee then approved the draft resolution “Economic and other activities which affect the interests of the peoples of the Non‑Self‑Governing Territories” by a recorded 162 votes in favour to 2 against (Israel, United States), with 3 abstentions (El Salvador, France, United Kingdom).</p><p style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px 0px 22px;">By that text, the Assembly reaffirms its deep concern at the number and scale of natural disasters in the course of 2017 and their devastating impact on Caribbean Non‑Self‑Governing Territories. The Assembly also expresses concern about activities aimed at exploiting the natural and human resources of the Non‑Self‑Governing Territories to the detriment of their inhabitants.</p><p style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px 0px 22px;">Further by that text, the Assembly calls upon administering Powers to ensure that the exploitation of marine and other natural resources in the Non‑Self‑Governing Territories neither violates relevant United Nations resolutions nor adversely affects the interests of the Territories’ peoples. It also calls upon those Powers to provide all necessary assistance to those in the Territories affected by hurricanes in order to alleviate humanitarian needs, support recovery and rebuilding efforts, and enhance emergency preparedness and risk reduction capabilities.</p><p style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px 0px 22px;">The Committee also approved — by a recorded vote of 115 in favour to 2 against (Israel, United States), with 52 abstentions — the draft “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”.</p><p style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px 0px 22px;">By that text, the Assembly recommends that all States intensify their efforts to ensure full and effective implementation of the Declaration through specialized agencies and other entities of the United Nations system. It also urges those that have not yet provided assistance to Non-Self‑Governing Territories to do so as soon as possible.</p><p style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px 0px 22px;">Taking up the draft “Dissemination of Information on Decolonization draft resolution XVIII” (document A/75/23, chapter V, p.100), the Committee approved it by a recorded vote of 168 in favour, 2 against (Israel, United States) with 1 abstention (France).</p><p style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px 0px 22px;">By its terms, the General Assembly requests that the Department of Global Communications continue its efforts to update web-based information on the assistance programmes available to the Non-Self-Governing Territories. It also requests that the Department, and the Department of Political and Peacebuilding Affairs, implement the recommendations of the Special Committee on Decolonization.</p><p style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px 0px 22px;">The Committee then turned to the draft “Implementation of the Declaration on the Granting of Independence to Colonial Countries and Peoples” (document A/75/23, chapter V, p.102), by which the General Assembly calls upon administering Powers to cooperate fully with the Special Committee to develop and finalize a constructive programme of work for the Non-Self-Governing Territories to facilitate implementation of the Special Committee’s mandate as well as relevant resolutions.</p><p style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px 0px 22px;">Moreover, the text calls upon administering Powers to ensure that economic and other activities in the Territories do not adversely affect the interests of their peoples but instead promote development. It also calls upon the administering Powers to terminate military activities and eliminate military bases in the Territories. The Committee approved the text by a recorded 126 votes in favour to 3 against (Israel, United Kingdom, United States), with 42 abstentions. </p><p style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px 0px 22px;">The Committee then turned to the draft resolution “Fourth International Decade for the Eradication of Colonialism: draft resolution XX” (document A/75/23, chapter V, p.106), by which the General Assembly declares the period 2021–2030 the Fourth International Decade for the Eradication of Colonialism. As such, the Assembly calls upon Member States to intensify their efforts to implement the plan of action for the Second International Decade for the Eradication of Colonialism. It calls upon the administering Powers to cooperate fully with the Special Committee to develop a constructive programme of work for the Non-Self-Governing Territories to facilitate implementation of its mandate. The Committee approved the text by a recorded vote of 147 in favour to 3 against (Israel, United States), with 22 abstentions.</p><p style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px 0px 22px;">It went on to approve several other texts without a vote, including “Offers by Member States of study and training facilities for inhabitants of Non-Self-Governing Territories” (document A/C.4/75/L.2), by which the General Assembly urges administering Powers to take effective measures to ensure widespread and continuous dissemination of State-offered study and training facilities information in Territories and provide all facilities necessary to enable students to avail themselves of such offers.</p><p style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px 0px 22px;">Acting again without a vote, the Committee approved drafts on the following individual Non‑Self‑Governing Territories: American Samoa, Anguilla, Bermuda, British Virgin Islands, Cayman Islands, French Polynesia, Guam, Montserrat, New Caledonia, Pitcairn, Saint Helena, Tokelau, Turks and Caicos Islands, and the United States Virgin Islands.</p><p style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px 0px 22px;">The Committee went on to approve, without a vote, a draft resolution and a draft decision on the questions of Western Sahara and Gibraltar, respectively.</p><p style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px 0px 22px;">Finally, the Committee a draft decision on its programme of work for the seventy-sixth session without a vote.</p><p style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px 0px 22px;">In concluding remarks, Committee Chair Collen Vixen Kelapile (Botswana) noted that it approved 34 draft resolutions and three draft decisions despite constraints imposed by the COVID-19 pandemic. On an exceptional basis, the Committee held a joint general debate on all 11 substantive agenda items before it, which heard 135 statements delivered in 10 formal meetings and two virtual informal meetings.</p><p style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px 0px 22px;">Delivering statements in explanation of position were representatives of the United States, United Kingdom, Argentina, Germany, Australia, Armenia and Spain.</p><p style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px 0px 22px;">Speaking in exercise of the right of reply was the representative of Azerbaijan.</p></div></div></div></div></div>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1059984115781174052.post-34772112365062043872020-11-12T14:43:00.005-04:002020-11-12T14:45:06.462-04:00U.N. FOURTH COMMITTEE APPROVES FOURTH INTERNATIONAL DECADE TO END CONTEMPORARY COLONIALISM<p><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh9ZgbdU8uT4geoBQVBN-2QWpEy2r5oTShJgl26tKLRXSlALsv98CSDmotyCjRi-H3mkFJY-EsDlQzMlN9RMXb5wbZEpsBSVIAY5bhWkigFp6oTT4wZ5xrE_wl-RkuGt3MLDdW-gd1zgF3m/s197/UN+seal+image.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; font-family: arial; font-weight: 700; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-align: center;"><img border="0" data-original-height="170" data-original-width="197" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh9ZgbdU8uT4geoBQVBN-2QWpEy2r5oTShJgl26tKLRXSlALsv98CSDmotyCjRi-H3mkFJY-EsDlQzMlN9RMXb5wbZEpsBSVIAY5bhWkigFp6oTT4wZ5xrE_wl-RkuGt3MLDdW-gd1zgF3m/s0/UN+seal+image.jpg" /></a><i> </i><i>T</i><i>he United Nations (U.N.) Special Political and Decolonization Committee (Fourth Committee) adopted the recommendation of the Special Committee on Decolonization to convene the Fourth International Decade for the Eradication of Colonialism (IDEC). The decision was made on 6th November 2020 at a meeting of the Fourth Committee at U.N. Headquarters in New York. Below is the text of the resolution which will be considered for final adoption by the full General Assembly in December. </i></p><p class="H1" style="margin-right: 63pt; text-align: center;"><span lang="EN-GB"><span style="font-family: arial;"><b><span></span></b></span></span></p><a name='more'></a><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><b><b><span style="font-size: large;">Fourth International
Decade for the Eradication of Colonialism</span></b></b></span></div><p></p>
<p class="SingleTxt" style="line-height: 6.0pt; margin-bottom: 0cm; mso-line-height-rule: exactly;"><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size: 5.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 10.0pt;"><o:p><span style="font-family: arial;"> </span></o:p></span></p>
<p class="SingleTxt" style="line-height: 6.0pt; margin-bottom: 0cm; mso-line-height-rule: exactly;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><i><span> </span><span> </span><span> </span>The General Assembly</i>,</span></p>
<p class="SingleTxt" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><span lang="EN-GB"><span style="mso-tab-count: 1;"> </span><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">Recalling</i> that 2020 marks the sixtieth
anniversary of the Declaration on the Granting of Independence to Colonial
Countries and Peoples,</span><span class="MsoFootnoteReference"><span lang="EN-GB"><span style="mso-special-character: footnote;"><a href="file:///G:/UKOTs%202020/A.75.23.doc#_ftn1" style="mso-footnote-id: ftn1;" title=""><!--[if !supportFootnotes]--><span class="MsoFootnoteReference"><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size: 10pt;">[1]</span></span></a></span></span></span></span></p><p class="SingleTxt" style="text-align: justify;"><i style="font-family: arial;"><span> </span>Recalling also</i><span style="font-family: arial;"> its resolution </span><a href="https://undocs.org/en/A/RES/43/47" style="font-family: arial;">43/47</a><span style="font-family: arial;"> of 22 November 1988, by
which it declared the period 1990–2000 the International Decade for the
Eradication of Colonialism, resolution </span><a href="https://undocs.org/en/A/RES/55/146" style="font-family: arial;">55/146</a><span style="font-family: arial;"> of 8 December 2000, by
which it declared the period 2001–2010 the Second International Decade for the
Eradication of Colonialism, and resolution </span><a href="https://undocs.org/en/A/RES/65/119" style="font-family: arial;">65/119</a><span style="font-family: arial;"> of 10 December 2010, by
which it declared the period 2011–2020 the Third International Decade for the
Eradication of Colonialism,</span></p>
<p class="SingleTxt" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><span lang="EN-GB"><span style="mso-tab-count: 1;"> </span><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">Bearing in mind</i> the recommendations
contained in the Final Document of the Eighteenth Summit of Heads of State or
Government of Non-Aligned Countries, held in Baku on 25 and 26 October 2019,</span><a href="file:///G:/UKOTs%202020/A.75.23.doc#_ftn2" name="_ftnref2" style="mso-footnote-id: ftn2;" title=""><span class="MsoFootnoteReference"><span lang="EN-GB"><span style="mso-special-character: footnote;"><!--[if !supportFootnotes]--><span class="MsoFootnoteReference"><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size: 10pt;">[2]</span></span><!--[endif]--></span></span></span></a><span lang="EN-GB"> including the renewal of the call to States Members of the United
Nations to speed up the process of decolonization towards the complete
elimination of colonialism, including by supporting the work and activities 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
and the effective implementation of the plan of action,</span><a href="file:///G:/UKOTs%202020/A.75.23.doc#_ftn3" name="_ftnref3" style="mso-footnote-id: ftn3;" title=""><span class="MsoFootnoteReference"><span lang="EN-GB"><span style="mso-special-character: footnote;"><!--[if !supportFootnotes]--><span class="MsoFootnoteReference"><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size: 10pt;">[3]</span></span><!--[endif]--></span></span></span></a><span lang="EN-GB"><o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="SingleTxt" style="text-align: justify;"><span lang="EN-GB"><span style="font-family: arial;"><span style="mso-tab-count: 1;"> </span><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">Recalling</i> its resolution <a href="https://undocs.org/en/A/RES/74/113">74/113</a> of 13 December 2019, in
which it recognized that the eradication of colonialism has been one of the
priorities of the United Nations and continued to be one of its priorities for
the decade that began in 2011, and reaffirmed its determination to continue to
take all steps necessary to bring about the complete and speedy eradication of
colonialism,<o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="SingleTxt" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><span lang="EN-GB"><span style="mso-tab-count: 1;"> </span><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">Guided</i> by the fundamental and universal
principles enshrined in the Charter of </span><span lang="EN-GB" style="letter-spacing: .1pt;">the United Nations, the Universal Declaration of
Human Rights</span><a href="file:///G:/UKOTs%202020/A.75.23.doc#_ftn4" name="_ftnref4" style="mso-footnote-id: ftn4;" title=""><span class="MsoFootnoteReference"><span lang="EN-GB"><span style="mso-special-character: footnote;"><!--[if !supportFootnotes]--><span class="MsoFootnoteReference"><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size: 10pt;">[4]</span></span><!--[endif]--></span></span></span></a><span lang="EN-GB" style="letter-spacing: .1pt;"> and the International</span><span lang="EN-GB">
Covenant on Civil and Political Rights,</span><a href="file:///G:/UKOTs%202020/A.75.23.doc#_ftn5" name="_ftnref5" style="mso-footnote-id: ftn5;" title=""><span class="MsoFootnoteReference"><span lang="EN-GB"><span style="mso-special-character: footnote;"><!--[if !supportFootnotes]--><span class="MsoFootnoteReference"><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size: 10pt;">[5]</span></span><!--[endif]--></span></span></span></a><span lang="EN-GB"><o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="SingleTxt" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><span lang="EN-GB"><span style="mso-tab-count: 1;"> </span><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">Having examined</i> the relevant reports of
the Secretary-General concerning the implementation of the plans of action for
the International Decades,</span><a href="file:///G:/UKOTs%202020/A.75.23.doc#_ftn6" name="_ftnref6" style="mso-footnote-id: ftn6;" title=""><span class="MsoFootnoteReference"><span lang="EN-GB"><span style="mso-special-character: footnote;"><!--[if !supportFootnotes]--><span class="MsoFootnoteReference"><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size: 10pt;">[6]</span></span><!--[endif]--></span></span></span></a><span lang="EN-GB"><o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="SingleTxt" style="text-align: justify;"><span lang="EN-GB"><span style="font-family: arial;"><span style="mso-tab-count: 1;"> </span><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">Taking into account</i> the important
contribution of the United Nations in the field of decolonization, in
particular through the Special Committee,<o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="SingleTxt" style="text-align: justify;"><span lang="EN-GB"><span style="font-family: arial;"><span style="mso-tab-count: 1;"> </span>1.<span style="mso-tab-count: 1;"> </span><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">Declares</i>
the period 2021–2030 the Fourth International Decade for the Eradication of
Colonialism;<o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="SingleTxt" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><span lang="EN-GB"><span style="mso-tab-count: 1;"> </span>2.<span style="mso-tab-count: 1;"> </span><i>Calls</i><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"> upon</i> Member States to intensify their efforts to continue to </span><span lang="EN-GB" style="letter-spacing: .1pt;">implement the plan of action for the
Second International Decade for the Eradication</span><span lang="EN-GB"> of
Colonialism</span><a href="file:///G:/UKOTs%202020/A.75.23.doc#_ftn7" name="_ftnref7" style="mso-footnote-id: ftn7;" title=""><span class="MsoFootnoteReference"><span lang="EN-GB"><span style="mso-special-character: footnote;"><!--[if !supportFootnotes]--><span class="MsoFootnoteReference"><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size: 10pt;">[7]</span></span><!--[endif]--></span></span></span></a><span lang="EN-GB">
and to cooperate with the Special Committee on the Situation with regard to the
Implementation of the Declaration on the Granting of Independence to Colonial
Countries and Peoples in updating it as necessary, with a view to using it as
the basis for a plan of action for the Fourth International Decade;<o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="SingleTxt" style="text-align: justify;"><span lang="EN-GB"><span style="font-family: arial;"><span style="mso-tab-count: 1;"> </span>3.<span style="mso-tab-count: 1;"> </span><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">Calls
upon</i> the administering Powers to cooperate fully with the Special Committee
to develop a constructive programme of work on a case-by-case basis for the
Non-Self-Governing Territories to facilitate the implementation of the mandate
of the Special Committee and the relevant resolutions of the United Nations on
decolonization, including resolutions on specific Territories;<o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="SingleTxt" style="text-align: justify;"><span lang="EN-GB"><span style="font-family: arial;"><span style="mso-tab-count: 1;"> </span>4.<span style="mso-tab-count: 1;"> </span><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">Invites</i>
Member States, the specialized agencies and other organizations of the United
Nations system, and other governmental and non-governmental organizations,
actively to support and participate in the implementation of the plan of action
during the Fourth International Decade;<o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="SingleTxt" style="text-align: justify;"><span lang="EN-GB"><span style="font-family: arial;"><span style="mso-tab-count: 1;"> </span>5.<span style="mso-tab-count: 1;"> </span><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">Requests</i>
the Secretary-General to provide the resources necessary for the successful
implementation of the plan of action;<o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="SingleTxt" style="text-align: justify;"><span lang="EN-GB"><span style="font-family: arial;"><span style="mso-tab-count: 1;"> </span>6.<span style="mso-tab-count: 1;"> </span><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">Also
requests</i> the Secretary-General to report to the General Assembly at its
eightieth and eighty-fifth sessions on the implementation of the present
resolution.</span></span></p><div style="mso-element: footnote-list;"><hr align="left" size="1" width="33%" />
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<p class="MsoFootnoteText" style="margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0cm; margin-left: 63.35pt; margin-right: 63.0pt; margin-top: 0cm; tab-stops: right 59.75pt left 63.35pt 87.1pt 110.9pt 134.65pt; text-indent: -21.6pt;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><a href="file:///G:/UKOTs%202020/A.75.23.doc#_ftnref6" name="_ftn6" style="mso-footnote-id: ftn6;" title=""></a><span lang="EN-GB"><span style="mso-tab-count: 1;"> </span><span class="MsoFootnoteReference"><span style="mso-special-character: footnote;"><!--[if !supportFootnotes]--><span class="MsoFootnoteReference"><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size: 8.5pt;">[6]</span></span><!--[endif]--></span></span> <span style="mso-tab-count: 1;"> </span><a href="https://undocs.org/en/A/44/800">A/44/800</a>,
<a href="https://undocs.org/en/A/45/624">A/45/624</a>, <a href="https://undocs.org/en/A/46/593">A/46/593</a>, <a href="https://undocs.org/en/A/46/593/Add.1">A/46/593/Add.1</a>, <a href="https://undocs.org/en/A/46/634/Rev.1">A/46/634/Rev.1</a>, <a href="https://undocs.org/en/A/46/634/Rev.1/Corr.1">A/46/634/Rev.1/Corr.1</a>, <a href="https://undocs.org/en/A/54/219">A/54/219</a>, <a href="https://undocs.org/en/A/55/497">A/55/497</a>, <a href="https://undocs.org/en/A/56/61">A/56/61</a>, <a href="https://undocs.org/en/A/60/71">A/60/71</a>, <a href="https://undocs.org/en/A/60/71/Add.1">A/60/71/Add.1</a>, <a href="https://undocs.org/en/A/64/70">A/64/70</a>, <a href="https://undocs.org/en/A/65/330">A/65/330</a>, <a href="https://undocs.org/en/A/65/330/Add.1">A/65/330/Add.1</a>, <a href="https://undocs.org/en/A/70/73">A/70/73</a>, <a href="https://undocs.org/en/A/70/73/Add.1">A/70/73/Add.1</a> and <a href="https://undocs.org/en/A/75/220">A/75/220</a>.</span><span lang="EN-US" style="mso-ansi-language: EN-US;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
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</div>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1059984115781174052.post-77405796486553975542020-10-13T20:24:00.000-04:002020-10-13T20:24:16.274-04:00VIRGIN ISLANDER WINS ANIMATION AWARD AT GHANA FILM FESTIVAL<p style="text-align: center;"><br /></p><p style="text-align: center;"><b></b></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><img border="0" data-original-height="960" data-original-width="960" height="388" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhP9MLH8yEShvChmhQUY8hHBv4295qf26RGHee9hwenldjJrQVoEs7LoeJpO7J9xxWrMa9rIwAo0wxHyFos2w3FyqgZH6xMSfYxQ7Y4nuZcS8u5dUyu2EpCYwMstpP1OXZ8TeFcD8dh1vQx/w422-h388/AWARD_revision.png" style="font-size: x-large;" width="422" /></div><b><br /></b><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><span style="text-indent: 48px;">Virgin Islander Verna M. Corbin has been awarded the excellence in animation award </span><span style="text-indent: 48px;">by the Black Star International Film Festival for her animated short film </span><i style="text-indent: 48px;">“Jumbie Kids.”</i><span style="text-indent: 48px;"> The annual event was held in Accra, Ghana, and brought together filmmakers from across Africa and its diaspora including Haiti, the Virgin Islands and other Caribbean countries. </span></span><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><b></b></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="text-indent: 48px;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;">Ms. Corbin is a graduate of St. Patrick’s School in Frederiksted, and attended St. Joseph High School before finishing here secondary studies in the U.S. She is a graduate of the Kansas City Art Institute with a BFA in Animation, and is currently pursuing a Master’s Degree in Screenwriting at the National University in California.</span></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span lang="EN-US" style="line-height: 115%; text-indent: 36pt;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><span lang="EN-US" style="line-height: 115%; text-indent: 36pt;">The film “<i>Jumbie Kids</i>” depicts</span><span lang="en-VI" style="line-height: 115%; text-indent: 36pt;">
two </span><span lang="EN-US" style="line-height: 115%; text-indent: 36pt;">Virgin Islands
children </span><span lang="en-VI" style="line-height: 115%; text-indent: 36pt;">who encounter a mischievous Moko Jumbie
spirit</span><span lang="EN-US" style="line-height: 115%; text-indent: 36pt;">, and was produced,
according to Corbin, “</span><span lang="en-VI" style="line-height: 115%; text-indent: 36pt;">as a love letter to my
home of St. Croix</span><span lang="EN-US" style="line-height: 115%; text-indent: 36pt;">,</span><span lang="en-VI" style="line-height: 115%; text-indent: 36pt;">
and the culture</span><span lang="en-VI" style="line-height: 115%; text-indent: 36pt;"> </span><span lang="en-VI" style="line-height: 115%; text-indent: 36pt;">and
sense of humor I grew up with</span><span lang="EN-US" style="line-height: 115%; text-indent: 36pt;">.”
She explained:</span></span></div>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 115%; margin-left: 36.0pt;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><span lang="EN-US" style="line-height: 115%;">“</span><span lang="en-VI" style="line-height: 115%;">My middle school years
were dotted with scary stories I would overhear from my classmates or older
neighbors. All of these stories involve jumbles coming out at night and scaring
unsuspecting people in scary yet hilarious ways. I found that with each story,
the interpretations of the spirits differed from each other. Some jumb</span><span lang="EN-US" style="line-height: 115%;">i</span><span lang="en-VI" style="line-height: 115%;">es would shape shift,
some would be 12-feet tall. With this animation, I fused many of the visuals
I’ve seen/heard or imagined and interpreted them into a spirit </span><span lang="EN-US" style="line-height: 115%;">with its own personality.”<o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 115%;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><span lang="EN-US" style="line-height: 115%;"><span style="mso-tab-count: 1;"> </span>Corbin intends to expand
the “<i>Jumbie Kids</i>” film into a </span><span lang="en-VI" style="line-height: 115%;">web-series</span><span lang="en-VI" style="line-height: 115%;"> </span><span lang="EN-US" style="line-height: 115%;">in
conjunction with other ongoing animated film and illustrated projects she is
currently pursuing.</span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 115%;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: arial; text-indent: 36pt;"><span lang="en-VI" style="background: white; line-height: 115%;"><span> </span>Black Star International
film festival is a non-profit festival in Ghana founded by Juliet Asante in
2015. It is a festival celebrated annually to bridge the gap between African
movie cinema and the global community of movie makers</span><span lang="EN-US" style="background: white; line-height: 115%;">,</span><span lang="en-VI" style="background: white; line-height: 115%;"> and focuses on the
business aspect of film making.</span></span><span lang="en-VI" style="background: white; line-height: 115%; text-indent: 36pt;"><span style="font-family: arial;"> </span><span lang="en-VI"><span style="font-family: arial;"> </span></span></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; text-align: right;"></p><div style="text-align: left;"><b><u><span lang="EN-US"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></span></u></b></div><div style="text-align: left;"><b><u><span lang="EN-US"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhh-eg3qHKIYpKiLrOvskiCoOTy0b5w38WRabd2pAPavEDjW_d_2C0Wmsf0xo5_Qc8VHHKc7b4cVXSh3RTFcNHsaXBZwzrfjZrFztm-VJpUl-mvMvCWaU0E_gyqpd0e_suIyEwtXxFNCgkb/s2048/Marci+2020.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="1152" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhh-eg3qHKIYpKiLrOvskiCoOTy0b5w38WRabd2pAPavEDjW_d_2C0Wmsf0xo5_Qc8VHHKc7b4cVXSh3RTFcNHsaXBZwzrfjZrFztm-VJpUl-mvMvCWaU0E_gyqpd0e_suIyEwtXxFNCgkb/s320/Marci+2020.jpg" /></a></div></span></u></b><b><u><span lang="EN-US"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;">For further information:</span></span></u></b></div><span lang="EN-US"><div style="text-align: left;"><b style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;"><a href="mailto:vcorbinart@gmail.com">vcorbinart@gmail.com</a></b></div><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><div style="text-align: left;"><b><a href="https://vern-art.tumblr.com/">https://vern-art.tumblr.com/</a></b></div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div></span><br /><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 10pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></span><p></p>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1059984115781174052.post-5726628020130667292020-09-27T20:12:00.004-04:002020-09-27T20:12:59.582-04:00COLLECTIVITY OF SAINT MARTIN ELECTS FIRST WOMAN SENATOR<p style="text-align: center;"> <b><span style="font-size: large;"><a href="https://smn-news.com/st-maarten-st-martin-news/35779-annick-petrus-ferga-senatrice-elect-of-st-martin.html" target="_blank">SMN-N</a></span></b></p><p style="text-align: center;"><b><span style="font-size: medium;">Saint Martin News Network</span></b></p><header class="article-header clearfix" style="background-color: white; 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margin: 4px 0px 12px; padding: 2px 0px;"><div class="clr" style="border: none; clear: both; float: none; font-size: 12px; height: 0px; line-height: 0; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;"></div></div><p style="font-size: 12px; margin: 0px 0px 15px;"> </p><div class="img_caption right" style="background: none; float: right; font-size: 12px; margin: 0px 0px 10px 15px; max-width: 100%; position: relative; width: 259px;"><img alt="annickpetrusferga27092020" class="caption" src="https://smn-news.com/images/stories/localnews/2020/annickpetrusferga27092020.jpg" style="border: none; float: right; height: auto; margin-bottom: 1px !important; max-width: 100%; vertical-align: middle;" title="Sénatrice elect Annick Petrus Ferga." /><p class="img_caption" style="background: rgb(0, 0, 0); clear: both; color: #cccccc; font-family: "Arial Narrow", Arial, sans-serif; margin: 0px; max-width: 100%; padding: 0px; position: relative; text-align: center; width: 258.997px;">Sénatrice elect Annick Petrus Ferga.</p></div>MARIGOT: --- Third Vice President of the Collectivity of St. Martin Annick Petrus Petrus Ferga have been elected sénatrice of St. Martin on Sunday. The Senate election was held on Sunday morning at the Prefecture of St. Martin. Contesting the elections were outgoing senator Guillaume Arnell and Marthe Ogundele Tessi.<br />Petrus- Ferga is part of the majority of Team Gibbs. While it was expected that the Senate election would have been a landslide for Petrus Ferga in the first round. However, a second-round was necessary since there was not an outright winner. Petrus is the first female to be elected Senator of St. Martin.</section><section class="article-content clearfix" style="background-color: white; color: #2c2c2c; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; line-height: 18px; padding-bottom: 20px;">At 3 pm when at the 3rd round Annick Petrus Ferga scored 15 of the 24 votes, Marthe Ogundele Tessi scored 5 votes while outgoing senator Guillaume Arnell scored 2, while there were two blanks.</section><section class="article-content clearfix" style="background-color: white; color: #2c2c2c; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; line-height: 18px; padding-bottom: 20px;">Petrus said that she was confident from the inception because her team is committed. However, Marthe Ogundele Tessi sounded bitter because in the first round she scored more votes than Petrus. Ogundele Tessi said that the people of St. Martin opted to vote for a Guadeloupean instead of voting for a St. Martiner. When she asked to clarify her statements Ogundele said that Petrus was born in Pointe a Pitre. </section><section class="article-content clearfix" style="background-color: white; color: #2c2c2c; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; line-height: 18px; padding-bottom: 20px;">Clearly, Ogundele took her defeat personally not taking into consideration that Annick Petrus Ferga served St. Martin in different capacities, first as a school teacher then a school directrice prior to entering into politics.<br />Outgoing Senator Guillaume Arnell thanked everyone for their support during the 6 years he held the office of the senator in Paris representing St. Martin.<p style="font-size: 12px;"></p></section>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1059984115781174052.post-79488790099543825432019-12-19T03:10:00.000-04:002019-12-19T03:12:45.301-04:00U.N. General Assembly - Indigenous Languages Face Extinction <br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">Perry Bellegarde, National Chief of the Assembly of First Nations, said that to prevent the extinction of indigenous languages, speaking them must be normalized and promoted. Citing several benefits of doing so, he said the languages express the wisdom, world view and laws of ancestors, and teach how people can live in balance with Earth, which will be vital in facing future ecological challenges.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">Tijjani Muhammad‑Bande (Nigeria), President of the General Assembly, cautioned that every two weeks, at least one indigenous language vanishes, leading to two language extinctions each month. At the same time, the United Nations Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples calls on States to take concrete measures to preserve them and combat discrimination against them through related effective policies. Rather than look for who to blame, he urged, the world should focus on measures to ensure the survival of remaining ones.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">Liu Zhemin, Under-Secretary-General for Economic and Social Affairs, warned that with every time a language disappears, the world loses a wealth of traditional knowledge. Mr. Zhemin, who also serves as the Senior Official of the United Nations System to Coordinate Follow Up to the World Conference on Indigenous Peoples, called for their political, economic and social empowerment, given that they face continued marginalization and the expropriation of their lands. Further, the 2020 World Population and Housing Census must ask about regular home use of indigenous languages, not just what languages are spoken.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">Yalitza Aparicio, the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) Goodwill Ambassador for Indigenous Peoples, recalled her own experience growing up in Mexico, where her parents taught her Spanish, but not their indigenous mother tongue. “We are not different or strange beings the way we are often made to feel when we are stared at because of our colourful clothes, or the colour of our dark skin and our physical characteristics, or for the language we speak, which are codes of our history,” she said.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">Anne Nuorgam (Finland), Chair of the Permanent Forum on Indigenous Issues, called upon Member States to formulate evidence‑based policies, long‑term strategies and regulatory frameworks to ensure the protection and revitalization of these languages. Indeed, expanding the use of their languages allows them to have better access to services, such as health care or legal proceedings. Meanwhile, language barriers make indigenous peoples vulnerable to actions by others that threaten their land, natural resources, cultures, sacred sites or economic livelihoods.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">Marie‑Paule Roudil, Director of the UNESCO New York Liaison Office, highlighted the achievements of the International Year, noting that more than 900 events were held, bringing together key players, and distributing training materials on how to preserve, protect and promote indigenous languages. Describing indigenous peoples as guardians of knowledge, she said that knowledge can only be conveyed and transmitted through one vehicle — language. “Protection and promotion of indigenous languages is our common responsibility,” she declared.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">In closing remarks this afternoon, Grand Chief Wilton Littlechild, Co‑Chair of the Steering Committee of the 2019 International Year of Indigenous Languages, welcomed the decision to proclaim a Decade for Indigenous Languages. “Let us work on a positive and assertive plan of action,” he said, adding: “Starting now, no more indigenous languages will die.” They are living and the value they add to the beauty and rich diversity of humankind can only make the world better. By 2032, there will be at minimum a doubling in the language fluency among indigenous language speakers. Many interventions must work together as one to ensure that indigenous languages are not subject to further gaps or marginalization, and must be accomplished by joining efforts outlined in the objectives set out in the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">Assembly President Mr. Muhammad‑Bande said, in his closing remarks, that indigenous peoples and their languages are an integral part of the global identity. “There is no doubt that the protection of linguistic diversity and multilingualism is crucial for peaceful co‑existence, good governance and sustainable development within and across countries,” he said, calling on Governments to redouble their efforts to include the use of indigenous languages in public life, and to provide the resources needed to make this happen.</span></div>
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Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1059984115781174052.post-58596166371019010242019-08-12T19:15:00.001-04:002019-08-12T19:15:42.743-04:00BONAIRE NGO BEGINS HUMAN RIGHTS INFORMATION CAMPAIGN<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">
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Ke Boneiru Bek, due to escalating discrimination and lack of respect by the new
Dutch immigrants for the humble</span><span style="color: #1f4e79; font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"> </span><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">Bonerians, has recently launched an awareness and information campaign to protect
Bonaire as we are a nation with its own culture, language, and our own
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of our main objective with this campaign is to expose and bring to light cases
of injustice to the people of Bonaire committed by individuals,
organizations, the local and Dutch government and their governmental
institutions of abusive discriminatory actions, policies, laws and governmental
corruption that are violating the fundamental civil, economic, social,
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our struggle to raise awareness by publicizing factual information on
violations of aforementioned rights, NKBB was approached by Mr Rene Lauffer,
former president-director of Oil Trading Bonaire, that recently denounced and
exposed governmental corruption-scandal in the energetic sector. Mr Lauffer
recognizes NKBB efforts to protect the rights of the Bonerians peoples and
volunteered to share in our upcoming campaign series with valuable factual
information based on his experience and expertise in this main socio-economic
sector.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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</span></span><!--[endif]-->The stage is set and is very clear that the Dutch policy
together with the local government is directed to eliminate the Oil Trading
Bonaire. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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</span></span><!--[endif]-->The consequences hereof will result in another mayor loss of
possibilities and potential income for the local government that would amount
to two (2) or three (3) times more than the “vrije uitkering”. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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secure fuel supply will never become same, equal as in Holland in Europe. But
what most Bonerians, especially the majority of the peoples below the poverty
line, are experiencing a continues raise in all fuel-related-economic and food
consumer prices and especially WEB tariffs. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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the Bonaire peoples will lose the possibility of alleviation of<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>lowered and reduced WEB bills as much of<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>$.100 (one hundred U$) - to $150 (one
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Lauffer voiced he will be committed to bring awareness in upcoming information
series because “his love for Bonaire and the peoples” and that the “fast pace
of the developments are not in the interest of Bonaire and its peoples”,
although not being a whistle-blower, but made so by this local government
corruption-scandal, his future on Bonaire is minimized. Mr Lauffer is committed however to leave
valuable information behind for the future generations. </span><span style="font-size: 11pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif; font-size: large;">Madam Chair,<br /><br />Distinguished Members of the Special Committee,<br /><br />We acknowledge with appreciation the progressive recognition by the General Assembly of the "inalienable right of the people of French Polynesia to the ownership, control and disposal of their natural resources, including marine resources and undersea minerals" beginning with Resolution 71/120 of 6 December 2016, and most recently by Resolution<br />(73/112) of 7 December 2018 which "urges the administering Power to ensure this permanent sovereignty pursuant to relevant resolutions of the General Assembly.<br /><br />In this connection, it is to be noted that the annual resolution on the Implementation of the Decolonization Declaration applicable to all territories including Ma’ohi-Nui/French Polynesia consistently "urges the administering Powers to take effective measures to safeguard and guarantee the inalienable rights of the peoples of the Non Self-Governing Territories to their natural resources, and to establish and maintain control over the future development of those resources...".<br /><br />The willful absence of the administering Power in participating in the work of this committee on the "Question of Ma’ohi-Nui/French Polynesia," in violation of the U.N. Charter, precludes the opportunity to assess their level of compliance with international law - or lack thereof - that clearly confirms that the ownership of these resources lies with the people of the territories.<br /><br />Despite this clear "rule of law on natural resources," we continue to advise that the administering Power has kept full control and sovereignty over our natural resources in violation of international law.<br /><br />These violations of the administering Power were examined in depth in the 2019 report <span style="color: #20124d;"><b><a href="https://blueoceanlaw.com/files/2019/06/Enduring-Colonization_EN.pdf?fbclid=IwAR20F8LnjVsDioFRC0x-8KuNOi2AiWwoXcZfMvHz8-5lak_kQt664CsP0TM">“Enduring Colonization: How France’s Continuing Control of French Polynesian ResourcesViolates the International Law of Self-Determination,</a>” </b></span>published by Blue Ocean Law, the Pacific Network on Globalisation, and the International Justice and Human Rights Clinic at Allard Law School, University of British Columbia.<br /><br />Some of the key findings of the analysis are particularly poignant:<br /><br />● France’s continued control over and interference with the islands’ resources<br /><br />works to disenfranchise the people of Ma’ohi-Nui/French Polynesia, violating their fundamental right to self-determination, particularly their right to freely determine their own economic, social, and cultural development.<br /><br />● In its recent efforts to develop seabed mining programs in the region, France continually asserts sovereignty over Ma’ohi-Nui waters. At the same time, it has failed to consult<br />with – let alone obtain the consent of – indigenous, coastal, and local communities within Ma’ohi-Nui/French Polynesia, who are most likely to be affected by this new extractive activity.<br /><br />● The failure to clean up or otherwise remedy damage done by France’s 30 year nuclear testing program in the islands constitutes another violation of Ma’ohi-Nui people’s right to benefit from their natural resources and to chart a course of economic development of their own design. Existing military installations and contaminated atolls continue to affect terrestrial and marine resources and contribute to ongoing food insecurity, in addition to debilitating health and environmental impacts.<br /><br />● Self-determination standards oblige a much greater devolution of powers from France to Ma’ohi-Nui/French Polynesia and the strict non-alienation of Ma’ohi-Nui people<br />from their natural resources.<br /><br />Thank You, Madam Chair.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;"><br />The Board of Directors at the Saint Lucia Tourism Authority (SLTA) has appointed Mrs. Beverly Nicholson-Doty as the organisation’s Chief Executive Officer (CEO). Mrs. Nicholson-Doty has over three decades of industry leadership experience, including most recently serving as Commissioner of Tourism at the USVI Department of Tourism from 2007 to 2018. She brings significant experience in marketing, sales and strategic planning in Caribbean travel, tourism and hospitality. Mrs. Nicholson-Doty has developed deep relationships with executives across the airline, cruise, hotel and service industries that serve the region, and has created partnership opportunities that include public, private, non-profit, non-governmental and community-based entities.<br /><br />Mrs. Nicholson Doty’s achievements include the successful development of the Ports of the Virgin Islands concept to brand and develop a collaborative effort to elevate the territory’s port facilities, and the creation of a strategic plan for positioning the USVI as one of the top destinations for the Meetings and Incentives (MICE) market. She was also instrumental in engineering double-digit airline capacity growth over a 10-year period.<br /><br />The CEO will be responsible for overall management of the Saint Lucia Tourism Authority, including oversight of the development of the Authority’s marketing and destination services, and general administration. She intends to work closely with agencies, institutions and individuals within the public and private sectors of Saint Lucia at home and abroad.<br /><br />“We welcome Mrs. Nicholson-Doty to the organisation and look forward to the strategic leadership that she will provide implementing and developing our sustainable tourism growth strategy,” said Nicholas John, Chairman of the Board at the Saint Lucia Tourism Authority.<br /><br />In addition, as CEO, Mrs. Nicholson-Doty will work closely with the Board of Directors to achieve overall objectives, including coordinating and directing the programmes of the Board. In marketing, promotions and publicity, she will be tasked to utilize and deploy resources in the best interest of the development of tourism to Saint Lucia.<br /><br />I look forward to this opportunity. Our team at the Saint Lucia Tourism Authority will be focused on developing and implementing a strong strategic plan aimed at increasing market share, and even more importantly, increasing visitor spend for maximum return on investment,” said Mrs. Nicholson Doty.</span>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1059984115781174052.post-11979432945321789582019-07-11T01:49:00.000-04:002019-07-11T01:49:25.884-04:00"SHAM FRENCH NUCLEAR COMPENSATION SCHEME" LIMITING COMPENSATION FOR POLYNESIANS EXPOSED AT U.N. HEARING <div style="text-align: center;">
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<span style="font-size: large;"><br />Madam Chair,<br /><br />Distinguished Members of the Special Committee,<br /><br />I have the honour to address you in my capacity as an elected member of the House of Assembly of Ma’ohi-Nui/French Polynesia from the Tavini Huiraatira party.<br /><br />Since the adoption of Resolution 67/265 of 17 March 2013, the General Assembly has adopted seven resolutions on Ma’ohi-Nui/French Polynesia calling for specific actions to be undertaken in furtherance of our decolonization process. These resolutions have recognized the inalienable right of our people to self-determination and independence, and have reaffirmed that Ma’ohi-Nui/French Polynesia remains a non self-governing territory within the meaning of the United Nations Charter.<br /><br />The General Assembly also adopts its annual resolution on the implementation of this Decolonization Declaration which is applicable to all territories, including Ma’ohi-Nui/French Polynesia, which have not achieved a full measure of self-government. The Assembly adopted these resolutions on the self-determination and independence of our territory on the basis of careful review and assessment of the actual dependency relationship which existed in 2012, and which informed its consensus adoption of its resolution 67/265 of 17 March 2013. </span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">The political status of Ma’ohi-Nui/French Polynesia has not changed since 2013 despite cosmetic adjustments to the so-called Autonomy Statute made unilaterally by France in 2019 as an attempt to avoid a true self-determination process.<br /><br />Madam Chair,<br /><br />Accordingly, the General Assembly is consistently clear that Ma’ohi-Nui/French Polynesia “remains a non self-governing territory within the meaning of the (U.N.) Charter” and this should remain our point of departure. What must follow now are the ways and means to implement this General Assembly decolonization mandate through the actions adopted in its resolutions.<br /><br />Continued violation by the administering Power of Article 73 of the U.N. Charter in withholding its cooperation with the U.N. on our territory can no longer be used as an excuse or rationalization for not implementing this mandate. On this point, this Committee may wish to consider strengthening its repeated language in resolutions which only politely expresses "regret that the administering Power has not responded to the request to submit information on French Polynesia under Article 73(e) of the U.N. Charter."<br /><br />In fact, it is not a mere request. It is an international legal obligation that is being violated. The resolution on the question of Ma’ohi Nui/French Polynesia should reflect this noncompliance for what it is - a violation of the Charter which should be condemned, as in the<br />same language of General Resolution 1699(XVI) of 19 December 1961 on similar violations.<br /><br />Since the re-inscription in 2013, a work programme for Ma’ohi-Nui/French Polynesia has been requested repeatedly, and included in the resolution on such territory. I wish to state again that this is the recognized approach to initiate the self-determination process. The outline of a work programme for Ma’ohi-Nui/French Polynesia has been drafted to update the procedure adopted by the General Assembly in its Resolution 57/91 of 6 December 1999, and<br />can be provided at the appropriate time.<br /><br />This updated outline is divided into five phases beginning with</span></div>
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He said it was “anti-democratic” of the UK to attempt to make laws for its territories on issues that were the responsibility of the elected governments.<br /><br />“There is no way today we can accept modern colonialism through the back door by allowing these things to happen. On that, as has been demonstrated today, we are all 100 percent on the same page,” he said.<br /><br />The report caused ripples as far away as the Falklands. Teslyn Barkman, a legislator from the islands, off the coast of Argentina, said it was omitted entirely from the report, but could be faced with the impact of its findings.<br /><br />She said the recommendation that UK citizens be given the right to vote and run for office in the territories was the most controversial.<br /><br />“You are talking about giving UK citizens the right to vote in a population of 3,000. You could very quickly have a population of UK citizens who don’t know the territory’s needs or priorities, or care about the long-term viability of the economy.”<br /><br />Sharlene Cartwright-Robinson, of the Turks and Caicos, said she expected pressure from the UK, particularly over voting rights and same-sex marriage, would continue.<br /><br />“It is a matter of constitutional overreach, and respecting territories rights to choose how they want to govern, how they want to grow their countries, who they want to run in their elections and certainly their culture and religious beliefs,” she said.<br /><br />Montserrat Premier Donaldson Romeo said the UK clearly understood the democratic values at stake, because they were fighting for autonomy from the European Union on the basis of the same principles.<br /><br />“We have just the same right as they have and we need to insist on our right to self determination, and our people need to support us in this regard.”<br /><br />He urged the leaders around the table to remain united on issues, even when they only affected a handful of islands, and vowed to offer Montserrat’s support to others on issues, like financial services, which do not directly affect the island.<br /><br />“We have a saying in Montserrat, ‘today for you, tomorrow for me’. I am counting on us to stand together,” he said.<br /></span></div>
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