text: UNITED NATIONS A Distr. GENERAL A/C.4/45/2/Add.l 2 October 1990 ENGLISH ORIGINAL: FRENCH Forty-fifth session FOURTH COMMITTEE Agenda item 18 IMPLEMENTATION OF THE DECLARATION ON THE GRANTING OF INDEPENDENCE TO COLONIAL COUNTRIES AND PEOPLES QUESTION OF NEW CALEDONIA -Jest for heari. Addendum &tter dated 18 Sevtember 1990 from Mr. Pemare T. Joinville (Pornare Partil addressed to the Chairman of the Committee* Fourth Papeete As the leader of the Pornare Parti movement, and on behalf of all our comrades, I request permission to present a petition on behalf of our organisation, the Pomare Parti, on the question of New Caledonia, in the Fourth Committee (decolonization matters) of the United Nations General Assembly, in October 1990. (Sianed) Pomare T. JOINVILLE ----- * Distributed in accordance with a decision taken by the Fourth Committee at its 2nd meeting, on 2 October 1990. 90-24647 1854h (t) 
analysis: The text appears to be a request to present a petition to the United Nations General Assembly's Fourth Committee, which deals with decolonization matters. The petition is related to the question of New Caledonia, a territory with a complex history of French colonization. Given the context, it is likely that the petition is related to issues of sovereignty, self-determination, and possibly also human rights.