Published: 29 June 2021
The British Virgin Islands (BVI) has received strong backing from the United Nations (UN) Special Committee on Decolonization (C-24) regarding the self-governance of the Territory and its right to self-determination at the recently concluded session of the C-24 at UN Headquarters from 14th – 25th June 2021.
In addressing the question of the British Virgin Islands, the Committee heard an official statement on 14th June 2021 in New York by Dr. the Honourable Natalio D. Wheatley, BVI Deputy Premier and Minister for Education, Culture, Youth Affairs, Agriculture, and Fisheries. Hon. Wheatley updated the Committee on the BVI’s relationship with the United Kingdom (UK); development assistance provided to the BVI from within the UN system; and the impact of COVID-19 on society.
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Published: 28 December 2020
PHILIPSBURG: - While the Parliament of St. Maarten passed a historic motion to finalize St. Maarten s decolonization process by an overwhelming majority in November of 2020, it is worth bearing in mind that varying governmental, as well as, non-governmental bodies in Aruba, Bonaire, Curacao, and St. Eustatius have also expressed their desires to finalize their decolonization.
ARUBA:
In July of 2020, the Parliament of Aruba sent a letter to the United Nations Fourth Committee regarding the proposed Caribbean Reform Entity which Aruba s Parliament claimed: would tamper with the autonomous status of a free people. Aruba s Parliament declared that the Dutch Administrative Entity (Caribbean Reform Entity) would have more power than a legitimately elected government and Parliament of a free people and that it had many characteristics of recolonization. The Parliament of Aruba beseeched the UN Fourth Committee to give this situatio