PHILIPSBURG:— Former Prime Minister Etienne Ys recently released an article entitled “Colony or Not.” Mr. Ys’s article is missing a wealth of key information. Four decolonization resolutions came before the UN during the 1950s (Puerto Rico, Greenland, Netherlands Antilles, Alaska & Hawaii). In 1953, the UN declared for Puerto Rico that they had achieved a full measure of self-governance, a right to self-determination and that Chapter XI no longer applied. In 1954, the UN declared for Greenland that they had achieved a full measure of self-governance, a right to self-determination and that Chapter XI no longer applied. In 1959, ...
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