Talk:Special Committee on Decolonization
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im still confused
im still very confused about this artical iv read it 3 times in a row just now trying to make sense of it and cannot figure it out. my big questions are who owns colonies? what country needs to decolonize any of its territory? and what are some of the territories seeking independence? 69.221.168.185 (talk) 16:20, 15 December 2011 (UTC)
Map
The map currently displayed on this article, while arguably a reasonable depiction of the current dependent territories under at least some definitions, does not correspond with the official list of "non-self-governing territories" as defined by the United Nations itself. See United Nations list of non-self-governing territories. Inasmuch as those are the territories within the purview of this committee, a map showing only those territories might be more relevant here. Newyorkbrad (talk) 18:50, 3 July 2009 (UTC)
Member States and Bureau
I added a list of the member states and bureau members as of June 2010[update].
Status of the Committee
What is the status of this Committee? How much support does it have? I gather that the UK ignores the Committee in respect of the Falkland Islands and the USA ignores the Committee in respect of Puerto Rico. It also seems that Committee "members" are largely drawn from countries intent on forming their own political bloc and pay little attention to the wishes of the inhabitants of the territories. As an example, the articles on Puerto Rico seem to suggest that the majority of Puerto Ricans are intent on an association of some sort with the United States. In recent news, it appears that Latin Americans are intent of having Puerto Rico forced into their grouping. What are the realities? Agent0060 12:25, 29 January 2013 (UTC) — Preceding unsigned comment added by Agent0060 (talk • contribs)