wereiterateonceagainourappealtotheSecretary-GeneraloftheUnitedNationsforhisSpecialEnvoyforWesternSaharatourgentlyreactivatethenegotiationprocessbetweenthePolisarioFrontandMorocco,andtoallowthepeopleofWesternSaharatoexercisetheirrighttoself-determination,basedontheCharteroftheUnitedNationsanditsrelevantresolutions

Timor-LestewishestotakethisopportunitytourgetheUnitedNationstocommittotheworktheSpecialCommitteeonDecolonization(C-24)aimingatrealizingthedecolonizationoftheremaining17non-self-governingterritories,toenablingthosepeopleintheterritoriestoexercisetheirrightsforself-determination

Next, for the UN to be a fair organization with practical ability, we should revitalize the work of the UN based on the principles of sovereign equality and respect for equalrights and self-determination of the people

the processes underway in the middle east should not sideline the task of reaching a sustainable palestinian-israeli settlement within the university recognized international legal framework providing for the creation of an independent and viable palestinian state co-existing in peace with israel we advocate for the re-launch of direct negotiations between israelis and palestinians for galvanizing the role of the quartet of international mediators

on the other hand when the right to self-determination runs counter to the west's geopolitical interests as it did in the case of the people of crimea's expression of free will at the 2014 referendum on the peninsula's reunification with russia it forgets all about it and in and introduces illegitimate sanctions for the exercise of this right the reason is simple the crimeans were saving themselves from the ultra-radicalswho were behind the coup in ukraine supported by the west which means that since the good guys came to power in kiev they are accorded by western rules to be protected and escalated

biden has recently announced the rejection of military methods used to as he put it remake other countries we expect the us to take one step further and reject any other methods of imposing their development model on others not only military ones the rules based order is founded on double standards when it serves the west's interests people's right to self-determination is an absolute in such cases an artificial created entity of kosovo earlier forcefully seized from a european country serbia is recognized as an independent state in violation of security council resolution without any referendums it doesn't without any referendums

And the Sahawari people are similarly being prevented from exercising their right to self-determination. We urge the relevant parties and the international community to support them in their efforts.

our call for the right to self-determination of the Palestinian people and complete withdrawal from their occupied territories, as well as theindependence of the Saharawi people. We also renew our call for the lifting of the unilateral economic embargo against the people of Cuba.

The right of the Palestinian people to self-determination has been raised in this General Assembly for almost as long as this body has been in existence.We raise it again today, not because we are bound by practice to do so, but because we resolutely believe that there shall be no peace and no justice until the Palestinian people are free from occupation and are able to exercise the rights for which this United Nations stands.We have a responsibility, as the nations of the world, to spare no effort in finding a just, lasting and peaceful solution based on internationally agreed parameters enshrined in the relevant UN resolutions. Wereiterate our position that the people of Western Sahara have the right to self-determination in line with the relevant African Uniondecisions and UN Security Council resolutions. South Africa further affirms its solidarity with the Cuban people and calls for the lifting of the economic embargo that has caused untold damage to the country’s economy and people

Wearediscussingtherightsofnationsinthisforum.Letmeaskyouthen:whatisthefirstrightofeverynation?Itistherighttoself-determinationandtherighttodemocraticgovernancesetoutindetailinthescienceofdemocratizationandenshrinedintheInternationalCovenantonCivilandPoliticalRightsadoptedbytheUN.Iamabsolutelysurethatmostofusagreeonthefactthateachofournations,theUnitedNations,hastorighttoprotectitsborders,totheirinviolability,tochooseitssystemofgovernmentandtogovernwiththeconsentofthenation,andneveragainstit

3self-determination and democracy to reign supreme; hope of a world where people oppressed under the yoke of colonial rule and other forms of oppression were rendered free