Written question asked by Priti Patel (Conservative) on Tuesday, 1 July 2025, in the House of Commons. It was due for an answer on Thursday, 3 July 2025. It was answered by Stephen Doughty (Labour) on Tuesday, 8 July 2025 on behalf of the Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office.
UN Special Committee on Decolonisation
- Question
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To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what discussions he has had with his counterparts in the UN on the (a) remit and (b) activities of the UN Special Committee on Decolonization.
- Answer
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The Foreign Secretary and other Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office (FCDO) ministers have not held meetings with the UN Special Committee on the Implementation of the Declaration on the Granting of Independence to Colonial Countries and Peoples ('C24'). The Deputy Permanent Representative of the UK Mission to the UN last met the C24 Bureau on 5 February.
The Government supports the right of the people of the Overseas Territories to address the C24 directly. Ahead of the C24 discussion on the Falkland Islands on 18 June 2025, the Foreign Secretary and FCDO Ministers engaged a range of C24 members on the Falkland Islanders' right of self-determination.
Secondary information
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- Written question
- Reference
- 64028
- Session
- 2024-26
- Subjects
- UN Special Committee on Decolonisation
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- 2025-09-05 23:45:39 +0100
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