![]() ![]() He drew attention to Assembly resolution 2353 (XXII) of 1967 which called for the decolonization of Gibraltar based on the principle of territorial integrity as well as the annual calls made by the Special Committee, which invite the two parties to begin talks for the decolonization of Gibraltar without delay. However, Spain’s representative described his country as the victim of a colonial situation that affects its territorial integrity. He stressed that the people of Gibraltar will not yield to any form of pressure. However, with the United Kingdom leaving the Union, Spain is using the opportunity to further its outdated claim. Richard Buttigieg of the Self-Determination for Gibraltar Group, recalling how Gibraltar acquired a unique identity after being closed off from the world when the border between Spain and Gibraltar was closed in 1969, said this was reversed when Spain joined the European Union. Pointing to ongoing negotiations for a treaty between the United Kingdom and the European Union, he added that his homeland “is not, nor will it ever be, a bargaining chip on any negotiating table.” “Gibraltar belongs to the Gibraltarians - full stop,” Fabian Picardo, Chief Minister of Gibraltar told the Special Committee, also adding: “If anyone doesn’t like it, they can lump it.” Spain gave Gibraltar away in perpetuity 300 years ago by a binding international treaty, he said. Members also examined the specific questions concerning Gibraltar, Tokelau, American Samoa, Anguilla, Bermuda, the British Virgin Islands, the Cayman Islands French Polynesia, Guam, Montserrat, New Caledonia, Pitcairn, Saint Helena’s, Turks and Caicos and United States Virgin Islands. Petitioners and officials from various Territories made spirited interventions, citing historical events and current geopolitical complexities. It also approved without a vote the draft resolution titled “Information from Non-Self-Governing Territories transmitted under Article 73(e) of the Charter of the United Nations”, which would have the Assembly request that administering Powers respect their Charter obligations by transmitting to the Secretary-General statistical and other information of a technical nature relating to the economic, social and educational conditions in the Territories for which they are respectively responsible, as well as the fullest possible information on political and constitutional developments in the Territories concerned.īy the terms of the draft resolution titled “Question of sending visiting and special missions to Territories”, also approved without a vote, members requested the Chair and Bureau to develop, on a case-by-case basis, a plan for the conduct of visiting missions to the Non-Self-Governing Territories. It would also request the Department of Global Communications to continue its efforts to update web-based information on the assistance programmes available to the Non-Self-Governing Territories. The 29-member Special 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 - approved its annual draft resolution on “Dissemination of information on decolonization”.īy its terms, the Assembly would request the Secretary-General to further enhance the information provided on the United Nations decolonization website. Approving three draft resolutions on visiting missions as well as collecting and disseminating information, the Special Committee on Decolonization opened the substantive part of its 2022 session today, with petitioners from various Non-Self-Governing Territories drawing attention to the importance of self-determination. ![]()
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