Continuing Decolonization Debate, Fourth Committee Stresses Need to Address Special Circumstances of Non-Self-Governing Territories ‘Case by Case’

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1. Fri, 2 October 2026

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     Continuing Decolonization Debate, Fourth Committee Stresses Need to Address Special Circumstances of Non-Self-Governing Territories ‘Case by Case’

     Dialogue, political will and respect for international law must continue to guide the decolonization process, the Fourth Committee (Special Political and Decolonization) heard today.

2. Mon, 5 October 2026

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   • UN Press04:00
     Petitioners from Non-Self-Governing Territories Urge Fourth Committee to Advance Their Decolonization

     “The ocean is our ancestor,” not a resource to be exploited, elected representatives and petitioners from French Polynesia told the Fourth Committee (Special Political and Decolonization) today.

3. Tue, 6 October 2026

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   • UN Press04:00
     From Pacific to Caribbean, Petitioners Highlight Struggle For Self-Determination

     The Fourth Committee (Special Political and Decolonization) today heard speakers from New Caledonia call on France to stop criminalizing those fighting for freedom.

4. Wed, 7 October 2026

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   • UN Press04:00
     Petitioners on Western Sahara Highlight Human Rights Concerns to Fourth Committee

     Give Morocco’s autonomy plan a chance, the Fourth Committee (Special Political and Decolonization) heard from some petitioners today, even as others underscored that there should be no compromise on the Sahrawi people’s right to self-determination.

5. Thu, 8 October 2026

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   • UN Press04:00
     Fourth Committee Listens to Last Petitioners, Opens Debate on Decolonization

     Do not reduce Western Sahara to a border dispute, the Fourth Committee (Special Political and Decolonization) heard today from some petitioners, while others stressed the need to begin negotiations based on Morocco’s autonomy plan.

6. Fri, 9 October 2026

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   • UN Press23:23
     Decolonization Must Move Beyond Simply Changing a Flag towards Justice, Healing, Fourth Committee Hears

     Decolonization must be accompanied by reparations, public investments, debt cancellation and climate resilience, the Fourth Committee (Special Political and Decolonization) heard today, as it continued its debate on decolonization.

7. Mon, 12 October 2026

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     Fourth Committee Underscores Importance of Supporting Territories’ Priorities, Stresses Need to Reflect on Reparations for Colonization

     The United Nations must listen to colonized people as well as disseminate information on decolonization, the Fourth Committee (Special Political and Decolonization) heard today from representatives of countries that experienced colonialism, while an administering Power described close bilateral ties with the Territories under its administration.

8. Tue, 13 October 2026

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   • UN Press21:03
     Fourth Committee Highlights Need to Face ‘Darkest Pages’ of Colonialism, Address Impacts of Slavery, Return Cultural Heritage

     As the Fourth Committee (Special Political and Decolonization) concluded its general debate on decolonization, the representative of a former colonial Power expressed her country’s determination to confront the darkest pages of its colonial past.

9. Thu, 15 October 2026

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   • UN Press22:26
     Fourth Committee Approves over 22 Drafts, 1 Decision, including Texts on Contemporary Colonialism, Independence Declaration, Western Sahara

     The Fourth Committee (Special Political and Decolonization) today approved over 22 draft resolutions and one decision, many of them recommendations from the Special Committee on Decolonization, even as the representative of the United States called for ending that body’s mandate and described some of its activities as a waste of resources.

   • UN Press22:26edited after publishing
     Fourth Committee Approves over 20 Drafts, 1 Decision, including Texts on Contemporary Colonialism, Independence Declaration, Western Sahara

     previouslyFourth Committee Approves over 22 Drafts, 1 Decision, including Texts on Contemporary Colonialism, Independence Declaration, Western Sahara

     The Fourth Committee (Special Political and Decolonization) today approved over 20 draft resolutions and one decision, many of them recommendations from the Special Committee on Decolonization, even as the representative of the United States called for ending that body’s mandate and described some of its activities as a waste of resources.

10. Mon, 19 October 2026

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    • MercoPress (South America)19:50
      US calls at the UN for an end to the Decolonisation Committee, key to Argentina’s claim

      The United States has called at the UN for an end to the mandate of the Special Committee on Decolonisation, the body before which Argentina presents its sovereignty claim over the Falklands every year, and described some of its activities as “a waste of resources”, according to the official summary of the General Assembly Fourth Committee session held on October 15.