The conference is timed to coincide with December 14 – the day the UN General Assembly adopted the “Declaration on the Granting of Independence to Colonial Countries and Peoples.”
Representatives from 22 countries will participate in the conference, including the USA, the UK, France, Turkey, Switzerland, Algeria, Pakistan, Serbia, Qatar, Senegal, Cameroon, Vietnam, the Union of the Comoros, Guadeloupe, French Guiana, New Caledonia, Corsica, Martinique, French Polynesia, the Wallis and Futuna Islands, and the Solomon Islands. Additionally, around 50 representatives from two international organizations – the Organization of Islamic Cooperation (OIC) and the UN (Committee on the Elimination of Discrimination against Women) – will attend.
Leaders of various NGOs working in human rights and decolonization, as well as representatives of foreign media, will also be present at the event.
