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For inquiries related to the next annual regional seminar, the C-24 substantive session and the Special Political and Decolonization Committee (Fourth Committee), please regularly check this page which will be updated prior to each event. 

Annual Regional Seminar - May

The 2024 regional seminar is scheduled to take place in Venezuela on 14-16 May.

Individuals or civil society organizations wishing to participate at their own expense in the annual three-day regional seminar of the Special Committee on Decolonization (C-24) regarding the Non-Self-Governing Territories* inscribed under the Declaration on the Granting of Independence to Colonial Countries and Peoples, usually held in the second half of May, should submit in good time a written request to the Chair of the C-24 via the Office of the Special Committee Secretary (c24@un.org).

C-24 substantive session - June

The Secretariat will open the list for inscriptions on Monday, 8 May 2023, at 9:00 am NY time until Friday, 2 June, 6:00 pm NY time.

Individuals or civil society organizations wishing to address at their own expense the yearly C-24 session in June as petitioners regarding the Non-Self-Governing Territories* inscribed under the Declaration on the Granting of Independence to Colonial Countries and Peoples should submit in good time an online form requesting to appear as a petitioner and specify the Non-Self-Governing Territory under which they would like to petition. 

Special Political and Decolonization Committee (Fourth Committee) - October

Individuals or civil society organizations wishing to address at their own expense the Special Political and Decolonization Committee (Fourth Committee) of the General Assembly in October as petitioners regarding the Non-Self-Governing Territories* inscribed under the Declaration on the Granting of Independence to Colonial Countries and Peoples should submit an online form from Tuesday, 29 August 2023 (09:00 a.m., Eastern Standard Time), until Friday, 15 September 2023 (5:00 p.m., Eastern Standard Time). For any questions regarding registration, please send queries to 4thcommittee@un.org.

*These are American Samoa, Anguilla, Bermuda, British Virgin Islands, Cayman Islands, Falkland Islands (Malvinas)**, French Polynesia, Gibraltar, Guam, Montserrat, New Caledonia, Pitcairn, Saint Helena, Tokelau, Turks and Caicos Islands, United States Virgin Islands and Western Sahara.

**A dispute exists between the Governments of Argentina and the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland concerning sovereignty over the Falkland Islands (Malvinas).