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Pacific Regional Seminar

Managua, Nicaragua, 31 May - 2 June 2016

[All documents are in PDF format]

Documents

• Guidelines and Rules of Procedure - A/AC.109/2016/19
• Agenda
• List of Participants
• Procedural Report of the Seminar

Secretary-General

• Message

Chair

• Opening statement
• Closing statement

Discussion Papers from Experts

1. Mr. Alejandro BETTS: Statement on Falkland Islands (Malvinas)
2. Dr. Michael Lujan Bevacqua: "Updates on Guam's Quest for Decolonization"
3. Dr. Sergei Cherniavsky: "Outreach Activities of the Special Committee in the Context of the Third Decade for the Eradication of Colonialism (The Week of Solidarity: A Case Study)"
4. Dr. Carlyle Corbin: "Decolonisation - The Unfinished Agenda of the United Nations"
5. Mr. Ernesto Moreau: Statement on Falkland Islands (Malvinas)
6. Mr. Macharia Munene: "The United Nations as Source of Legitimacy for Western Sahara"
7. Mr. Jimmy Naouna of Melanesia Spearhead Group: "Discussion Paper"
8. Ms. Wilma Reveron-Collazo: “La crisis fiscal como impedimento al ejercicio de libre determinación e independencia en los territorios que aún no han alcanzado su independencia”
9. Mr. Richard Ariihau Tuheiva: "Statement to Special Committee on Decolonization"
10. Mr. Roch Wamytan: "La colonisation en Nouvelle-Calédonie: un dossier politiquement"

Statements from Non-Self-Governing-Territories

1. Statement of Mr. Edward Alvarez (Guam)
2. Statement of Mr. Joseph Bossano (Gibraltar)
3. Statement of Ms. Krysteen Ormond (Falkland Islands (Malvinas))
4. Statement of Mr. Jean-Louis D'Anglebermes (New Caledonia)
5. Statement of Mr. Ahmed Boukhari (Frente Polisario) (Western Sahara)

Statements from Members States

1. Statement of the Representative of Antigua and Barbuda
2. Statement of the Representative of Argentina
3. Statement of the Representative of Spain
4. Statement of the Representive of Morocco

Press Releases

• Special Committee Approves Three Texts on Implementation of Decolonization Declaration in Non-Self-Governing Territories (21 June 2016)
• Special Committee on Decolonization Approves Text Calling upon United States Government to Expedite Self-Determination Process for Puerto Rico (20 June 2016)
• Tolerance, Productive Dialogue Essential to Advancing Self-Determination Process, Speakers Stress, as Pacific Regional Seminar on Decolonization Concludes (2 June 2016)
• Speakers Urge Administering Powers to Address Impact of Nuclear Testing, Military Build-up in Pacific Territories, as Regional Decolonization Seminar Continues (1 June 2016)
  
• Secretary-General Urges Concrete Action to Advance Decolonization Agenda as Pacific Regional Seminar Convenes (31 May 2016)
• Secretary-General Hails Nicaragua for Its Generosity in Hosting Second Regional Decolonization Seminar in Two Years (31 May 2016)
• Special Committee on Decolonization to Hold Pacific Regional Seminar in Managua, Nicaragua, 31 May - 2 June