Fourth Committee, 1st plenary meeting - General Assembly, 81st session

‘Colonialism has not disappeared; it has adapted’, delegates hear, as Fourth Committee opens debate.

• Categories: Meetings & Events / General Assembly
• Video Length: 01:40:54
• Production Date: 1 October 2026
• Asset Language: Arabic; English; French; Russian; Spanish; Chinese; Original
• Corporate Name: FOURTH COMMITTEE
• Subject Topical: DECOLONIZATION; REPARATION; NATURAL RESOURCES; INDEPENDENCE; ECONOMIC CONDITIONS; COLONIALISM; DECLARATIONS
• MAMS Id: 3639037
• Parent Id: 3636595
• Alternate Title: MTG GA 81 SESSION FOURTH CTTE 01 PLENARY 01 OCT 2026 AM

Description

As the Fourth Committee (Special Political and Decolonization) began its debate today on “Eradicating colonialism in all its forms and manifestations”, speakers highlighted modern-day manifestations of that phenomenon.

Organization of work A/C.4/81/L.1

• Approval of programme of work
• Approval of time limits for statements
• Establishment of the Working Group of the Whole on outer space
• Consideration of aide-memoire containing requests to petition on Non-Self-Governing Territories
• A/C.4/81/1, A/C.4/81/INF/1, A/C.4/81/INF/4
• Eradicating colonialism in all its forms and manifestations - Item 59

General debate

Statements delivered:

• Russian Federation (on behalf of Group of Friends in Defense of the Charter of the United Nations)
• Poland (on behalf of Czech Republic, Estonia, Latvia, Lithuania, Moldova and Ukraine)
• Cuba
• India
• Argentina
• Angola
• Azerbaijan
• Nicaragua
• Venezuela (Bolivarian Republic of)
• Namibia
• South Africa
• Zimbabwe
• Iran (Islamic Republic of)

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