Commission on Decolonization Executive Director Melvin Won Pat-Borja delivers his testimony during the United Nations Regional Seminar in St. George's, Grenada on May 2-4, 2019.

Distinguished experts from around the Pacific and Caribbean will be on Guam this month for a conference that will focus on decolonization and human rights.

For the first time in seven decades, an unelected governor is in charge of Puerto Rico.

From July 25-28 the XXV Sao Paulo Forum took place in Caracas, Venezuela, with the participation of 190 organizations, political parties, social movements, workers’ movements, parliamentarians and intellectuals from Latin America, the Caribbean and several continents.

Noting with concern the way in which political insubordination impedes Puerto Rico’s ability to tackle its serious economic and social problems, the Special Committee on Decolonization approved a draft resolution today that calls once again upon the United States to shoulder its responsibility to facilitate the realization of the right of Puerto Ricans to self‑determination.