Written question asked by Priti Patel (Conservative) on Tuesday, 22 July 2025, in the House of Commons. It was due for an answer on Monday, 1 September 2025. It was answered by Stephen Doughty (Labour) on Wednesday, 3 September 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, pursuant to the Answers of 8 July 2025 to Questions 64030 on Gibraltar: Sovereignty and 64027 on UN Special Committee on Decolonisation, if he will make it his policy to (a) reform and (b) abolish the UN Special Committee on Decolonisation.
- Answer
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The Government believes the UN Special Committee on Decolonisation is outdated and no longer has a relevant role to play with respect to the UK Overseas Territories. For those Territories who wish it, the UK will continue to support requests for the removal of the Territory from the United Nations list of non-self-governing Territories and to support the right of the people of the Overseas Territories to address the UN Special Committee on Decolonisation directly.
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- Reference
- 69768
- Session
- 2024-26
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- UN Special Committee on Decolonisation
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