Decolonize This Place’s Nine Weeks of Art and Action at the Whitney Museum of American Art (courtesy of Andres Rodrigues/Decolonize This Place) We have been asked, “What comes next?” We see the ...

With 17 non-self-governing territories remaining worldwide, United Nations chief Antonio Guterres has said that decolonization is a process that has to be guided by the aspirations and needs of the ...

The Moroccan Sahara question underwent a significant evolution with the adoption of Security Council resolution 2797 on October 31, 2025. Rather than a mere extension of MINURSO’s mandate, the ...

“It is necessary that the United Nations take effective measures to speed up the process of decolonization toward the complete elimination of colonialism,” Gholam-Hossein Dehqani told the UN Special ...

When Guam became a United States territory with the Treaty of Paris of 1899, Guam’s future course was set forth in 25 words: “The civil rights and political status of the native inhabitants of the ...

Ralph Bunche was highly committed to helping colonized countries regain their autonomy through peaceful means. He was instrumental in drafting Chapters 11 and 12 of the United Nations Charter, dealing ...

Here is the statement by Ambassador Gholam Hossein Dehghani, Deputy Permanent Representative of the Islamic Republic of Iran, delivered on Oct. 3 at the 71st Session of the United Nations General ...

All over the world, hundreds of millions of people had exercised their right to self-determination and achieved self-government, and facilitating that process was “one of the proudest chapters of our ...

Honduras deposited the fiftieth instrument of ratification to the Treaty on the Prohibition of Nuclear Weapons, resulting in it being entered into force in January 2021. The Secretary-General said the ...

The statement was read out by the Iranian ambassador to the UN, Mohammad Khazaee, on behalf of the NAM member states, during a meeting of the Special Political and Decolonization Committee. Allow me ...