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2012 regional seminar
Pacific regional seminar on the implementation of the Third International Decade for the Eradication of Colonialism
Current realities and prospects
Quito, Ecuador, 30 May - 1 June 2012
[Unless otherwise indicated, the documents are available only in English.]
General
- Guidelines and rules of procedure (A/AC.109/2012/17)
- Agenda (PRS/2012/CRP.1)
- Provisional programme of work (PRS/2012/CRP.2)
- Report of the 2012 Pacific regional seminar (A/67/23, 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
Chair
Host country (Ecuador)
Statements by Non-Self-Governing Territories
- Statement of Mr. Toetasi Fue Tuiteleleapaga (American Samoa)
- Statement of Ms. Josephine Gumbs-Connor (Anguilla)
- Statement of Ms. Kim Wilson (Bermuda)
- Statement of Ms. Delores Christopher (British Virgin Islands)
- Statement of Mr. Roger Edwards (Falkland Islands (Malvinas))
- Statement of Mr. Joseph Bossano (Gibraltar)
- Statement of Ms. Lisalinda Natividad (Guam)
- Statement of Mr. Reuben Meade (Montserrat)
- Statement of Mr. Mohamed Yeslem Beisat Deich (Frente Polisario) (Western Sahara)
Discussion papers from experts
- Discussion paper of Mr. Edward Alvarez
- Discussion paper of Mr. Sarimin Boengkih, Agence kanak de développement
- Discussion paper of Ms. Lana Hoyoung, Anguilla National Council of Women
- Discussion paper of Ms. Wilma Reveron-Collazo [in Spanish]
- Discussion paper of Mr. Edward Wolfers
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 Sierra Leone
- Statement of the representative of Spain [in English and Spanish]
Press releases
- ‘Most Pressing Realities’ of Non-Self-Governing Territories Examined, Prospects for Decolonization Assessed, as Pacific Regional Seminar Concludes in Ecuador (1 June 2012)
- Discussion at Pacific Regional Seminar on Decolonization Focuses on Challenges, Opportunities for Non-Self-Governing Territories (1 June 2012)
- Secretary-General, in Message to Pacific Regional Seminar on Decolonization Set to Examine ‘Current Realities and Prospects’, Urges Genuine Discussion (31 May 2012)
- Secretary-General Says with 16 Non-Self-Governing Territories Remaining, Dialogue among Special Committee, Elected Representatives, Administering Powers Essential (30 May 2012)
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Special Committee on Decolonization to Hold Regional Seminar on Eradication of Colonialism, in Quito, Ecuador, 30 May - 1 June [background press release] (25 May 2012)