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2009 regional seminar
Caribbean regional seminar on the implementation of the Second International Decade for the Eradication of Colonialism
Challenges and opportunities in the process of decolonization in today’s world
Saint Kitts and Nevis, 12-14 May 2009
[Unless otherwise indicated, the documents are available only in English.]
General
- Guidelines and rules of procedure (A/AC.109/2009/17)
- Provisional programme of work (CRS/2009/CRP.2)
- Report of the 2009 Caribbean regional seminar (A/64/23, 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 (Saint Kitts and Nevis)
Statements by Non-Self-Governing Territories
- Statement of Ms. Lolita Davis-Richardson (Anguilla)
- Statement of Mr. Vernon Malone (British Virgin Islands)
- Statement of Mr. Lowell Lewis (Montserrat)
- Statement of Mr. Anthony Green (Saint Helena)
- Statement of Faipule Foua Toloa (Tokelau)
- Statement of Mr. Galmo Williams (Turks and Caicos Islands)
- Statement of Mr. Ahmed Boukhari (Frente Polisario) (Western Sahara)
Discussion papers from experts
- Discussion paper of Ms. Jessica Byron
- Discussion paper of Mr. Carlyle Corbin
- Discussion paper of Ms. Sophia Harris
- Discussion paper of Ms. Lana Hoyoung, Anguilla National Council of Women
- Discussion paper of Mr. Tregenza Roach, University of the United States Virgin Islands
Statements by administering Powers
Statements by Member States
- Statement of the representative of Algeria
- Statement of the representative of Argentina
- Statement of the representative of Indonesia
- Statement of the representative of Morocco [in Spanish]
- Statement of the representative of Spain
- Statement of the representative of Venezuela
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)
- Statement of the representative of the World Health Organization (WHO)
Press releases
- Caribbean Regional Seminar on Decolonization Concludes Work with Discussion on Priorities for Way Forward, Role of Special Committee (14 May 2009)
- Regional Decolonization Seminar Addresses Pacific and Other Non-Self-Governing Territories outside Caribbean, United Nations Role in Providing Assistance (14 May 2009)
- Secretary-General Recognizes Emerging Threats to Non-Self-Governing Territories, in Message to Caribbean Regional Seminar on Decolonization (13 May 2009)
- Caribbean Regional Seminar on Implementation of Second International Decade for Eradication of Colonialism Opens in Saint Kitts and Nevis (13 May 2009)
- Special Committee on Decolonization to Hold Caribbean Regional Seminar in Saint Kitts and Nevis, 12-14 May [background press release] (6 May 2009)