Minister To Attend UN Seminar On Decolonization

May 22, 2012

Attorney-General and Minister of Justice Kim Wilson will represent Bermuda at a decolonization conference in Ecuador later this month.

The United Nations Pacific Regional Seminar on the implementation of the Third International Decade for the Eradication of Colonialism in Quito, Ecuador takes place from 30 May to 1 June, 2012.

And it is anticipated that attending participants will assist the Special Committee to obtain the views of representatives of the Non Self-Governing Territories, in identifying policy approaches and practical ways that can be pursued in the UN decolonization process.

Minister Wilson said, “As the Special Committee attaches great importance to hearing the views of the representatives from each Territory, it is critical for Bermuda to be at the table of such an international event.

“The UN regards national sovereignty as one of the basic and fundamental human rights and it is intended that discussions at this month’s conference will assist the Special Committee in making a realistic analysis and evaluation of each Non-Self-Governing Territory.

“It will also canvass the ways in which the UN and the international community at large may enhance programmes of assistance to the Territories,” continued Minister Wilson.

The Attorney General’s Chambers noted that funding for the trip is being borne by the United Nations.

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  1. Chart says:

    Why is the Bermuda Govt pursing this? It is not a priority!

    • JNR says:

      Yet another example of this government wasting tax payers’ money pursuing an agenda that is clearly contrary to the wishes of the majority of Bermudians.

  2. Chart says:

    Can’t get the PLP to do most of the basic functions of government … but o man, hold an independence meeting on the other side of the world run by totalitarian states, and they are all over it!

  3. Kathy says:

    Decolonization is the last thing Bermuda needs right now!!!

  4. Concerned says:

    thus the Referendum Act 2012….. so many people asked for Referendum re: Independence – it has been put in place to cover every situation and their non-purpose.

  5. TheFuture says:

    Decolonization of the local minds is what is required, more than anything else. Not achieved through conferences.