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2017 regional seminar
Caribbean regional seminar on the implementation of the Third International Decade for the Eradication of Colonialism
The future for decolonization in the Non-Self-Governing Territories: what are the prospects?
Kingstown, Saint Vincent and the Grenadines, 16-18 May 2017
[Unless otherwise indicated, the documents are available only in English.]
General
- Guidelines and rules of procedure (A/AC.109/2017/19)
- Agenda (CRS/2017/CRP.1)
- Provisional programme of work (CRS/2017/CRP.2/Rev.1)
- Report of the 2017 Caribbean regional seminar (A/72/23, 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
- Opening statement [in Spanish]
- Closing statement
Host country (Saint Vincent and the Grenadines)
Statements by Non-Self-Governing Territories
- Statement of Mr. Daniel Aga Tapaau (American Samoa)
- Statement of Mr. Michael Summers (Falkland Islands (Malvinas)
- Statement of Mr. Manuel Terai (French Polynesia) [in French and English]
- Statement of Mr. Joseph Bossano (Gibraltar)
- Statement of Ms. Amanda Francel Blas (Guam)
- Statement of Mr. Ahmed Boukhari (Frente Polisario) (Western Sahara)
Discussion papers from experts
- Discussion paper of Mr. Alejandro Betts
- Discussion paper of Mr. Michael Lujan Bevacqua
- Discussion paper of Ms. Judith Bourne
- Discussion paper of Ms. Jessica Byron
- Discussion paper of Mr. Sergei Cherniavsky
- Discussion paper of Mr. Carlyle Corbin
- Discussion paper of Mr. Mickael Forrest [in French]
- Discussion paper of Ms. Wilma Reveron-Collazo [in Spanish]
- Discussion paper of Mr. Roch Wamytan [in French] (presented by Ms. Stephanie Graff)
Statements by administering Powers
- Statement of the representative of France [in French]
Statements by Member States
- Statement of the representative of Algeria
- Statement of the representative of Antigua and Barbuda
- Statement of the representative of Argentina [in Spanish]
- Statement of the representative of Cuba [in Spanish]
- Statements of the representative of Indonesia
- Statement of the representative of Morocco [in French]
- Statement of the representative of Papua New Guinea
- Statement of the representative of the Russian Federation
- Statement of the representative of Sierra Leone
- Statement of the representative of Spain [in Spanish]
- Statement of the representative of Zimbabwe
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)
- Joint statement of the representatives of the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) and the United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF)
Statements by regional organizations
Press releases
- Delegates Commend Innovative Ideas on Quest for Self-Determination, as Caribbean Regional Seminar on Decolonization Concludes (18 May 2017)
- Speakers at Caribbean Regional Seminar Call for Effective Approaches in Fulfilling Decolonization Mandate, Urging United Nations to End Long Impasse (17 May 2017)
- Advancing Decolonization Agenda ‘Our Collective Responsibility’ Requiring Cooperation By All, Secretary-General Tells Caribbean Regional Seminar (16 May 2017)
- Secretary-General Confirms His Commitment to Decolonization Agenda in Message for Opening of Caribbean Regional Seminar (16 May 2017)
- Special Committee on Decolonization to Hold Caribbean Regional Seminar in Kingstown, Saint Vincent and the Grenadines, 16 to 18 May 2017 [background press release] (12 May 2017)