Congress of Independence Movements in French colonial territories held in Baku
Fatima Latifova
Read moreOn July 17, the first Congress is being held in Baku, organized by the People's Union for the Liberation of Guadeloupe and supported by the Baku Initiative Group, with the participation of leaders from more than 15 political parties and independence movements from Corsica, Melanesia, Polynesia, the Caribbean, and the Antilles, who suffer from French colonialism, Azernews reports.
The idea of holding the Congress belongs to political parties and movements fighting for the independence of France's overseas territories.
Three organizations from the Dutch colonies of Bonaire and Saint Martin are participating as honorary guests in the Congress.
The two-day Congress will provide participating parties with the opportunity to discuss ways to achieve tighter organization in their struggle for independence, as well as to coordinate result-oriented activities to overcome French colonialism by creating a unified platform. Representatives of the colonies will also discuss the most effective experiences and strategies in their struggle for self-determination.
The Congress will contribute to raising international awareness about the numerous crimes and illegal actions committed by the French government against the indigenous peoples of these territories and will draw attention to the problem of colonialism, which remains one of the scourges of the 21st century.
It should be noted that the Baku Initiative Group was created on July 6, 2023, in Baku during the ministerial meeting of the Coordinating Bureau of the Non-Aligned Movement, chaired by the Republic of Azerbaijan, under the theme "Towards the Complete Eradication of Colonialism." For a year now, the Group has been supporting the just struggle for freedom of peoples suffering from colonialism. In this regard, the BTG has already organized about 15 international conferences. Four of them were held at the UN headquarters in New York, Geneva, and Vienna, one in Istanbul, and the others in Baku.
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