Decolonisation committee to meet in Cayman

The United Nations' Special Committee on Decolonization says it has decided to hold its Caribbean regional seminar on implementation of the Third International Decade for the Eradication of Colonialism (2011-2020) in the Cayman Islands in May.

The Committee, formally known as the Special Committee on the Situation with Regard to the Implementation of the Declaration on the Granting of Independence to Colonial Countries and Peoples, or Special Committee of 24, said the event will take place May 24-26.

It also authorised chair, Francisco Carrion-Menam of Ecuador, to finalise the composition of the official delegation.

Carrion-Menam told UN member-states that the official delegation would comprise the bureau and one special committee member from each regional group: Africa; Asia; Latin America and the Caribbean as well as Eastern Europe.

As in previous years, the bureau plans to invite three experts and three representatives of non-governmental organisations to speak at the seminar, all six of whom would be funded by the United Nations.

The Special Committee will celebrate the 'Week of Solidarity with the Peoples of the Non-Self-Governing Territories' at the seminar, the UN said.

- CMC