text: UNITED NATIONS A General Assembly Distr. GENERAL AlAC.109/1043 30July1990 ORIGINAL: ENGLISH m=,rmmmrmrs mwa J.:w- SPECIAL COMMITTEE ONTHESITUATION WITH REGARD TOTHEIMPLEMENTATION OFTHE DECLARATION ONTHEGRANTING OF INDEPENDENCE TOCOLONIAL COUNTRIES ANDPEOPLES REPORT OFTHEREGIONAL SEMINAR INOBSERVANCE OFTHETHIRTIETH ANNIVERSARY OFTHEDECLARATION ONTHEGRANTING OFINDEPENDENCE TOCOLONIAL COUNTRIES ANDPEOPLES, HELDATBRIDGETOWN, BARBADOS, FROM19TO21JUNE1990 Rapporteur: Mrs.MariaCecilia BERMUDEZ (Cuba) CONTENTS Paragraphs Page 3 63 3 121 -5 6 -10 11-65 11-33 34-65 66A.Proceedings ofthemeetings •...•...•........•......... B.Summary ofstatements bytherepresentatives of Non-Self-Governing Territories •...•..........•...•..•.CONDUCT OFTHESEMINARI •ORGANI ZATlONOFTHESEMINAR ....••.••.•.•.•...•.•.••.•..•.• II.INTRODUCTION 2 Ill.ADOPTION OFTHEREPORT OFTHESEMINAR ...•.•.•...•....•..•. Annexes I.Themes discussed attheSeminar 18 11.Address bythePrimeMinister ofBarbados ...•.•.•..•.•.....•..•...•..• 19 Ill.Listofparticipants andobservers .••.•.•.•.•....•...•.....•..•...• ..•23 IV.Resolution ofappreciation totheGovernment andpeople ofBarbados ...28 90-17612 1545c(E) I .•.A/AC.I09/1043 English Page2 INTRODUCTION 1.Atitsforty-fourth session, theGeneral Assembly, bearing inmindthatthe year1990wouldmarkthethirtieth anniversary oftheDeclaration ontheGranting ofIndependence toColonial Countries andPeoples andontherecommendation ofthe Special Committee ontheSituation withregardtotheImplementation ofthe Declaration ontheGranting ofIndependence toColonial Countries andPeoples, adopted resolution 44/100of11December 1989,towhichwasannexed aprogramme of activities tobecarried outinobservance ofthatanniversary. 2.Boththeresolution andtheprogramme ofactivities emphasized theimportance oftheoccasion asanopportunity toevaluate theprogress achieved overthepast 30yearsintheimplementation oftheDeclaration and,inthelightoftherecent accession ofNamibia toindependence, toreflect ontheoutstanding problems of decolonization andformulate animproved approach andmethodology thatwouldassist theSpecial Committee initsfutureconsideration oftheremaining Territories. 3.Initsenabling legislation, theGeneral Assembly commended theprogramme of activities forappropriate actiontoallStates, theUnitedNations bodies concerned, thespecialized agencies andotherorganizations oftheUnitedNations system andthenon-governmental organizations activeinthefieldofdecolonization. Withinthatcontext, theSpecial Committee wasmandated notonlytofollowclosely. theimplementation oftheprogramme butalsotoholdtworegional seminars, onein thePacific andtheotherintheCaribbean, thetworegions wherethemajority of theremaining 18Territories arelocated. 4.Asstatedintheguidelines andrulesofprocedure fortheseminars (A/AC.109/1022), theprimary objectives ofthetworegional events weretoprovide theSpecial Committee withtheopportunity todiscuss thespecific problems ofthe remaining Non-Self-Governing Territories, mostofthemsmallislandTerritories, theirspecial needsandthechallenges posedbytheirgeographical location and otherspecific conditions, andtodrawupplansfortherapiddecolonization of thoseTerritories bearing inmindtheprovisions ofGeneral Assembly resolution 43/47of22November 1988calling foracomplete decolonization bytheyear2000. 5.Informulating strategies onhowbesttoassistthepeoples ofthose Territories intheirprogress towards theexercise oftheirrightto self-determination, special attention wastobegiventotheviewsexpressed by theirrepresentatives attheseminars, hencetheimportance theSpecial Committee attached totheparticipation oftheNon-Self-Governing Territories andthe exceptional effortsitdeployed tosecure suchparticipation. Inthisconnection, theunderstanding shownbytheadministering Powers wasofgreatassistance in ensuring theattendance ofthelargest numbereverofparticipants from Non-Self-Governing Territories ataseminar oftheSpecial Committee.
analysis: The text appears to be related to the United Nations and its efforts to promote decolonization and self-determination for colonized countries and peoples. The report discusses the implementation of the Declaration on the Granting of Independence to Colonial Countries and Peoples, and the activities carried out to commemorate its 30th anniversary. The text mentions regional seminars, participants, and resolutions, indicating a focus on international relations and diplomacy.