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2007 regional seminar
Caribbean regional seminar on the implementation of the Second International Decade for the Eradication of Colonialism
Next steps in decolonization
St. George's, Grenada, 22-24 May 2007
[Unless otherwise indicated, the documents are available only in English.]
General
- Guidelines and rules of procedure (A/AC.109/2007/1)
- Agenda (CRS/2007/CRP.1)
- Provisional programme of work (CRS/2007/CRP.2)
- Report of the 2007 Caribbean regional seminar (A/62/23, annex), 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
Chair
Host country (Grenada)
Statements by Non-Self-Governing Territories
- Statement of Mr. Richard Davies (Falkland Islands (Malvinas))
- Statement of Mr. Joseph Holliday (Gibraltar)
- Statement of Mr. Claude Hogan (Montserrat)
- Statement of Mr. William Drabble (Saint Helena)
- Statement of Mr. Ahmed Boukhari (Frente Polisario) (Western Sahara)
Discussion papers from experts
- Discussion paper of Mr. Howard Fergus
- Discussion paper of Ms. Lana Hoyoung, Anguilla National Council of Women
- Discussion paper of Ms. La Verne Ragster
- Discussion paper of Ms. Dessima Williams, Grenada Education and Development Programme
Statements by administering Powers
Statements by Member States
- Statement of the representative of Argentina
- Statement of the representative of Iran
- Statement of the representative of Spain
- Statement of the representative of Venezuela [in Spanish]
Statements by United Nations funds and programmes and organizations of the United Nations system
- Statement of the representative of the Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean (ECLAC)
- Statement of the representative of the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP)
Press releases
- Special Committee on Decolonization, Concluding Caribbean Regional Seminar, Recommends Focal Points for Non-Self-Governing Territories (24 May 2007)
- Caribbean Regional Seminar Discusses Western Sahara, Falklands/Malvinas, Importance of Education on Decolonization Issues (24 May 2007)
- Decolonization True United Nations Success Story, Caribbean Regional Seminar Told at Opening Session (23 May 2007)
- Secretary-General Urges Close Cooperation among United Nations, Administering Powers, Territories to Complete Decolonization Process, in Message to Caribbean Seminar (22 May 2007)
- Decolonization Committee Decides to Hold Caribbean Regional Seminar in Grenada, 22-24 May [background press release] (26 April 2007)