U.N. SEMINAR IN ST. VINCENT & GRENADINES EXAMINES OBSTACLES TO DECOLONISATION OF THE REMAINING DEPENDENCIES

Saint Vincent and the Grenadines Prime Minister Ralph Gonsalves addresses opening ceremony of the United Nations Special Committee on Decolonisation seminar which convened in the capitol city of Kingstown.  The seminar examined the conditions in the remaining seventeen non self-governing territories which have not achieved a full measure of self-government including British and U.S.-administered territories in the Caribbean; and the French and New Zealand territories in the Pacific.

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