CARIBBEAN REGIONAL SEMINAR ON DECOLONIZATION CONCLUDES, OFFERS

39 RECOMMENDATIONS TO ‘COMMITTEE OF 24’ ON DECOLONIZATION

Catalytic Role for Committee Envisaged

in Search for Specific Solutions for Remaining Territories

(Reissued as received from a UN Information Officer.)

CARIBBEAN REGIONAL SEMINAR ON DECOLONIZATION GRAPPLES WITH ‘HISTORICAL ANOMALIES’ ON UNITED NATIONS LIST OF NON-SELF-GOVERNING TERRITORIES

Discusses Situations in Falklands (Malvinas), Western Sahara,

Gibraltar; Prepares to Draft Seminar Conclusions and Recommendations

(Reissued as received from a UN Information Officer.)

                                                            GA/COL/3079/Rev.1*

PRESSING DEVELOPMENT ISSUES STALL PREPARATIONS FOR SELF-GOVERNMENT,

CARIBBEAN REGIONAL SEMINAR TOLD

Role of Administering Powers

And Relationship with Locally Elected Officials Debated

(Received from a UN Information Officer.)

QUEST FOR INDEPENDENCE TEMPERED BY NEED FOR ROBUST ECONOMIC FOUNDATION,

CARIBBEAN REGIONAL SEMINAR TOLD THIS MORNING ON SECOND DAY OF TALKS

Territories Urged to Hold Referendums by Set Date to Assess

Aspirations of Their Peoples, Advance Decolonization

(Received from a UN Information Officer.)

SECRETARY-GENERAL URGES CARIBBEAN REGIONAL SEMINAR TO ADVANCE

DECOLONIZATION PROCESS IN 16 REMAINING TERRITORIES

Calls Decolonization Cardinal Goal,

True UN Success Story, as Three-Day Seminar Opens

(Received from a UN Information Officer)

SPECIAL COMMITTEE ON DECOLONIZATION TO HOLD CARIBBEAN REGIONAL SEMINAR,

20 - 22 MAY IN ANGUILLA

To Review Constitutional Developments, Political,

Special Committee on

Decolonization

2^nd Meeting (AM) 

Special Committee on

Decolonization

1^st Meeting (AM) 

SECRETARY-GENERAL CALLS FOR REINVIGORATION OF DECOLONIZATION PROCESS,

AS SPECIAL COMMITTEE OPENS 2003 SESSION AT HEADQUARTERS

Newly-Elected Chair Says States Administering

Final 16 Territories Should See Committee as Partner, Not Adversary

Trusteeship Council

Sixty-third session

1708^th Meeting (PM)

TRUSTEESHIP COUNCIL MEETS, ELECTS NEW OFFICERS

Meeting for the first time since 1998, the Trusteeship Council this afternoon elected Adam Thomson of the United Kingdom as its President and Michel Duclos of France as its Vice-President.  Both will serve for five year terms in their posts.