{"id":60184,"date":"2026-02-24T22:25:20","date_gmt":"2026-02-24T22:25:20","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/pakistanintheworld.pk\/live\/?p=60184"},"modified":"2026-02-24T22:43:19","modified_gmt":"2026-02-24T22:43:19","slug":"un-chief-urges-renewed-push-to-complete-decolonization-as-17-territories-remain-occupied-the-list-mentions-the-names-of-all-occupant-countries-except-one-in-case-of-west-sahara-kashmir-taiwan-ar","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/pakistanintheworld.pk\/live\/un-chief-urges-renewed-push-to-complete-decolonization-as-17-territories-remain-occupied-the-list-mentions-the-names-of-all-occupant-countries-except-one-in-case-of-west-sahara-kashmir-taiwan-ar\/","title":{"rendered":"UN chief urges renewed push to complete decolonization as 17 territories remain occupied | The list mentions the names of all occupant countries except One in case of West Sahara | Kashmir , Taiwan are not included"},"content":{"rendered":"
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United Nations Monitoring Desk Islamabad by Editor Tazeen Akhtar<\/strong><\/p>\n

More than 60 years after the UN launched its formal decolonization drive, Secretary-General Ant\u00f3nio Guterres on 23 Feb 2026 urged renewed commitment to completing the unfinished business of ending colonial rule.<\/p>\n

Since 1945, more than 80 former colonies comprising some 750 million people have gained independence. However, 17 Non-Self-Governing Territories remain on the UN list, home to nearly two million people.<\/p>\n

They range from Western Sahara in Africa to small island territories in the Caribbean and Pacific.<\/p>\n

Astonishingly, the committee does not consider Jammu and Kashmir and Taiwan as Non Self Governing \/ Occupied territories whereas Pakistan fights for Jammu Kashmir at every forum in the world including UN. It is the oldest and firsevery dispute on the agenda of UN with Security Council’s resolutions that it is not part of India and a plebscite would be held in which the people of the territory will decide their future.\u00a0<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

Taiwan is claimed by China as its integral part. China is permanent member of Security Council. China took control of another occupied territory Hong Kong from Britain in the past.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

Opening the 2026 session of the\u00a0Special Committee on Decolonization\u00a0\u2013 known as the C-24 \u2013 the Secretary-General, in\u00a0remarks\u00a0delivered by his Chef de Cabinet Courtenay Rattray, stressed that\u00a0decolonization\u00a0has been a core objective of the Organization \u201csince its earliest days.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cThis Organization was created as a place where nations could meet as equals, not as rulers and ruled<\/strong>,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n

Yet, Mr. Guterres cautioned that the legacy of colonialism continues to shape present-day realities.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe legacy of colonialism has left profound scars through deeply rooted mechanisms of economic exploitation, as well as in the form of racism, inequality and persistent exclusion from the decision-making bodies,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n

The C-24 was\u00a0established\u00a0by the General Assembly in 1961 to monitor progress towards granting independence to territories that have not yet attained \u201ca full measure of self-government,\u201d as defined under Chapter XI of the\u00a0UN Charter. Its mandate stems from the landmark\u00a01960 Declaration on the Granting of Independence to Colonial Countries and Peoples.<\/p>\n

TIME TO CRIMINALIZE COLONIALISM ON INTERNATIONAL LAW : Algeria Takes the Lead ! Hosting the first-ever International Conference on Colonial Crimes in Africa under President Tebboune\u2019s patronage!<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n