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African Union - Colonialism
The African Union, born in 2002 as evolution of the Organization of African Unity active since 1963, faces for the first time the issue of reparations with Resolution 1339, approved by the Council of Ministers of May 27 - June 1, 1991 by which it decides to establish a group of Eminent African and Africans to the Diaspora in the relevant fields to set out clearly the extent of Africa’s exploitation, the liability of the perpetrators and the strategies for achieving reparation.
The following year, with Resolution 1373 adopted by the Council of Ministers of February 24 - 28, 1992 it mandates the Secretary-General to form the support structures to the Committee of eminent personalities, thanking the Chief MKO Abiola of Nigeria for his commitment and its shares in favor of reparations, while With Resolution 1391 adopted by the Council of Ministers of June 22 - 28 1992 it calls on the Committee of eminent personalities and the Member States to give their full support to the measures undertaken by the Organization of African Unity in reparations for the wrongs done to Africa with the exploitation and the slave trade.
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Colonialism Reparation
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Reparations to the Democratic Republic of Congo
On July 17, 2020, following the fall of colonial symbols, the Chamber of Representatives of Belgium approved the establishment of a Special Parliamentary Commission on the Belgian Colonial Past which presented on 27 October 2021 the First Experts' Report, with a thorough examination of the Belgian colonial past and the recommendation of different forms of reparation. The Commission's mandate ends in December 2022, but Belgian civil society is asking for an extension so that the final report paves the way for a holistic and long-term engagement on Belgium's colonial past.
On June 8, 2022 the King of Belgium Philippe in his speech in Kinshasa during the State visit to the Democratic Republic of the Congo reaffirms his deepest regret for the wounds of the colonial past, already expressed on June 30, 2020 in his letter of congratulation for the sixtieth anniversary of the independence of Congo. So still no excuses, as well as the kakuungu mask of the colonial era now exhibited at the Kinshasa National Museum has been returned as a long-term loan and not definitively.
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The end of the Empire
This time we propose you the article: “War in Ukraine Triggers New International Non-Alignment Trend” published on IPS - Inter Press Service: “Numerous countries of the developing South are distancing themselves from the contenders in the war in Ukraine, using the debate on the conflict to underscore their independence and pave the way for a kind of new de facto non-alignment with regard to the main axes of world power.
Meetings and votes on the conflict at the United Nations and in other forums, the search for support or neutrality, and negotiations to cushion the impact of the economic crisis accentuated by the war are the spaces where the process of new alignment is taking place, according to analysts consulted by IPS.”
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