Submission from Wil Pineau, Secretary,
NGO Constitutional Working Group, Cayman Islands
I am writing to provide you with information
about the work of the non-governmental organizational (NGO) constitutional
working group that was established following the release of the
Partnership for Progress and Prosperity report released by Her
Majesty's Government in 1999. The NGO group includes the Cayman
Islands Chamber of Commerce (www.caymanchamber.ky), the Cayman
Ministers' Association, People for Referendum (www.prf.ky), Concerned
Citizens Group and the Forum.
Since the 1950s there has been widespread interest
in learning about constitutional matters, but the education process
has been limited. The attached documents provide information about
the efforts the various NGO groups have attempted to make in this
process. We contacted the United Nations Decolonization Committee
for educational material on this subject. For ease of reference
their website is http://www.un.org/Depts/dpi/decolonization/main.htm
We would welcome a visit by your group to the
Cayman Islands so that we could meet to discuss these matters.
We also suggest that a meeting open to the public be convened
so that our people can be further educated on the subject of the
relationship between ourselves as an Overseas Territory and our
Administering Power, the United Kingdom. Should you wish to discuss
any of the above or any of the attachments, please do not hesitate
to contact us.
Thank you for the opportunity to submit these
documents.
Fourth Committee 2007 reports to the UN General
Assembly:
http://www.un.org/Depts/dpi/decolonization/fourth%20committee_documentation_2007.htm
Fourth Committee press releases 2007:
http://www.un.org/Depts/dpi/decolonization/fourth%20committee_press%20releases_2007.htm
Decolonisation Regional Seminars (despite repeated
requests by the UN to host these seminars in a non self governing
territory this occurred only in May 2003 and the seminar was held
in Anguilla. In 2007 we understand that it was the wish of the
Decolonization Special Committee to convene the 2007 regional
seminar in the Cayman Islands but this did not occur.) The NGO
Constitutional Working Group was represented at the Anguilla seminar
in 2003 and in St. Vincent and the Grenadines in 2005. The annual
seminar documents:
http://www.un.org/Depts/dpi/decolonization/regional%20seminar_main.htm
Historical General Assembly resolutions:
http://www.un.org/Depts/dpi/decolonization/docs_historical%20resolutions.htm
The General Assembly Resolution 1654 you will
note that the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland
was a founding member of the special committee.
http://daccessdds.un.org/doc/RESOLUTION/GEN/NR0/167/07/IMG/NR016707.pdf?OpenElement
1 February 2008
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