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2022 regional seminar

Pacific regional seminar on the implementation of the Fourth International Decade for the Eradication of Colonialism

Advancement of the Non-Self-Governing Territories through the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) pandemic and beyond

Castries, Saint Lucia, 11-13 May 2022

[Unless otherwise indicated, the documents are available only in English.]

General

• Guidelines and rules of procedure (A/AC.109/2022/19)
• Agenda (PRS/2022/CRP.1)
• Provisional programme of work (PRS/2022/CRP.2)
• Report of the 2022 Pacific regional seminar (A/77/23, annex II), including the conclusions and recommendations, the list of participants and resolution expressing appreciation to the Government and the people of the host country

Secretary-General

• Message to the seminar

Discussion papers from experts

• Discussion paper of Mr. Michael Lujan Bevacqua
• Discussion paper of Mr. Julien Boanemoi [in French]
• Discussion paper of Mr. John Connell
• Discussion paper of Mr. Carlyle Corbin
• Discussion paper of Mr. Robert Kapoeri [in French]
• Discussion paper of Mr. Dimitri Qenegei [in French]
• Discussion paper of Ms. Wilma Reveron-Collazo [in Spanish]
• Discussion paper of Ms. Paula Vernet [in Spanish]
• Discussion paper of Mr. Roch Wamytan [in French]
• Discussion papers of Ms. Naia Wateou [in French]

Conference room papers

• Opening statement by the Host Country Prime Minister Philip Pierre (Saint Lucia) (PRS/2022/CRP.3)
• Mr. Nasreddine Naouali (Tunisia) (PRS/2022/CRP.5) [in French]
• Mr. Jorge Reyes (Venezuela (Bolivarian Republic of)) (PRS/2022/CRP.6) [in Spanish]
• Mr. Arrmanatha Nasir (Indonesia) (PRS/2022/CRP.7)
• Mr. Melvin Won Pat-Borja (Guam) (PRS/2022/CRP.8)
• Ms. Marine de Carné-Trécesson (France) (PRS/2022/CRP.9) [in French]
• Mr. Kenneth Hodge (Anguilla) (PRS/2022/CRP.10)
• Mr. John Malcolm (Turks and Caicos Islands) (PRS/2022/CRP.11)
• Mr. Fred Sarufa (Papua New Guinea) (PRS/2022/CRP.12)
• Mr. Jorge Reyes (Venezuela (Bolivarian Republic of)) (PRS/2022/CRP.13) [in Spanish]
• Ms. Nerissa Williams (Grenada) (PRS/2022/CRP.14)
• Mr. Pablo Gutiérrez-Segú (Spain) (PRS/2022/CRP.15) [in Spanish]
• Mr. Joseph Bossano (Gibraltar) (PRS/2022/CRP.16)
• Mr. Gonzalo Mazzeo (Argentina) (PRS/2022/CRP.17) [in Spanish]
• Mr. Anthony Liverpool (Antigua and Barbuda) (PRS/2022/CRP.18)
• Mr. Alhaji Fanday (Sierra Leone) (PRS/2022/CRP.19)
• Ms. Nerissa Williams (Grenada) (PRS/2022/CRP.20)
• Mr. Jorge Reyes (Venezuela (Bolivarian Republic of)) (PRS/2022/CRP.21) [in Spanish]
• Mr. Eliezer Wheatley (British Virgin Islands) (PRS/2022/CRP.22)
• Mr. João Gimolieca (Angola) (PRS/2022/CRP.23)
• Ms. Aliaa Ali (Syrian Arab Republic) (PRS/2022/CRP.24)
• Mr. Gbolié Ipo (Côte d'Ivoire) (PRS/2022/CRP.25) [in French]
• Mr. Karlito Nunes (Timor-Leste) (PRS/2022/CRP.26)
• Mr. Karlito Nunes (Timor-Leste) (PRS/2022/CRP.27)
• Ms. Nekwaya Iileka (Namibia) (PRS/2022/CRP.28)
• Draft report of the seminar  (PRS/2022/CRP.29)
• Mr. Carlos Gonzalez (Mexico) (PRS/2022/CRP.30) [in Spanish]
• Mr. Ánuar Nahes (Brazil) (PRS/2022/CRP.31)
• Mr. Sidi Omar (Frente Polisario) (Western Sahara) (PRS/2022/CRP.32)
• Mr. Nadir Larbaoui (Algeria) (PRS/2022/CRP.33)
• Ms. Barbara Dailey (Dominica) (PRS/2022/CRP.34)
• Mr. Carlos Fuller (Belize) (PRS/2022/CRP.35)
• Mr. Arrmanatha Nasir (Indonesia) (PRS/2022/CRP.36)
• Mr. Andres Borlone (Chile) (PRS/2022/CRP.37) [in Spanish]
• Mr. Engel Raygadas (French Polynesia) (PRS/2022/CRP.38) [in French]
• Ms. Simona Marinescu (United Nations Resident Coordinator in Samoa) (PRS/2022/CRP.39)
• Mr. Dale Alexander (ECLAC) (PRS/2022/CRP.40)
• Mr. Gavin Short (Falkland Islands (Malvinas)) (PRS/2022/CRP.41)
• Closing statement by the President of the General Assembly Abdullah Shahid (presented by Ms. Thilmeeza Hussain) (PRS/2022/CRP.42)
• Ms. Ghalla Bahiya (Western Sahara) (PRS/2022/CRP.43)
• Opening statement by the Chair (PRS/2022/CRP.44)
• Ms. Yumirka Fernández (Cuba) (PRS/2022/CRP.45) [in Spanish]
• Mr. Omar Hilale (Morocco) (PRS/2022/CRP.46) [in French]
• Mr. Marcelo Zambrana-Torrelio (Bolivia (Plurinational State of) (PRS/2022/CRP.47) [in Spanish]
• Closing statement by the Chair (PRS/2022/CRP.48)
• Statement by the Chair (PRS/2022/CRP.49)

Press releases

• Delegates Agree on Recommendations, Conclusions, as Pacific Regional Seminar on Decolonization Concludes (13 May 2022)
• Western Sahara, Falkland Islands (Malvinas), Gibraltar Take Centre Stage, as Pacific Regional Seminar on Decolonization Continues (12 May 2022)
• Eleven Non-Self-Governing Territories Enjoy ‘Historic’ Representation, as 2022 Pacific Regional Seminar on Decolonization Opens (11 May 2022)
• Special Committee on Decolonization to Hold Pacific Regional Seminar in Castries, Saint Lucia, 11-13 May [background press release] (6 May 2022)