Baku is hosting an international conference on combating neo-colonialism, focusing on the island of Bonaire, which is under Dutch colonial rule, AzVision.az reports.

The event is organized by the Baku Initiative Group and the Movement for Human Rights and Change on Bonaire Island.

The “Path to Bonaire's Self-Determination at the UN General Assembly through Baku Initiative Group” conference will bring together representatives from Bonaire, who are fighting against colonialism, along with officials and delegates from Belize, St. Vincent and the Grenadines, Suriname, St. Lucia, the UK, Mexico, the Netherlands, the UN, and other international and regional organizations. Human rights activists, NGO leaders, experts, and researchers in the field of decolonization will also participate in the conference.

High-level attendees will include special representatives from the Government of St. Vincent and the Grenadines, the Permanent Representative of Belize to the UN, UNICEF Youth Advocates, CARICOM Youth Ambassadors Corps, and the Chair of the UN Permanent Forum on Indigenous Issues in Africa, among others.

The conference will address Bonaire's struggle for liberation from colonialism and discuss actions taken to bring this issue to the forefront of relevant international organizations, as well as explore international legal avenues for decolonization.

This event comes at a significant time for the Bonaire people, as a few weeks after the conference, several states plan to submit a draft resolution to the UN General Assembly to re-list Bonaire as a territory subject to decolonization. One of the conference's primary goals is to garner international support for this resolution.

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