NGOs Travel to United Nations

Traveling to the United Nations as part of the Cayman
Islands NGO Constitutional Working Group are (l-r) Wil
Pineau, Chief Executive Officer of the Chamber of
Commerce, Alice Mae Coe, Chairperson for the
Concerned Citizens Group, Pastor Al Ebanks NGO
Constitutional Working Group Co-Chairperson and
Dennie Warren Jr, President of the People for
Referendum

Wednesday, June 16, 2004

A delegation from the Non-Governmental Organizations (NGOs) Constitutional Working Group has traveled to New York City to address the United Nations (UN) Special Committee of 24 (C24) on Decolonization on Wednesday, 16 June.

The delegation includes Pastor Al Ebanks, NGO Constitutional Working Group Co-Chairperson, Dennie Warren Jr, President of the People for Referendum (PFR), Alice Mae Coe, Chairperson for the Concerned Citizens Group (CCG) and Wil Pineau, Chief Executive Officer of the Cayman Islands Chamber of Commerce and Secretary to the Working Group.

This is the second consecutive year that a delegation from NGOs and Citizens Groups in the Cayman Islands will address the C24.

The presentation will address the status of the United Kingdom’s (UK) mandated Constitutional Review in the Cayman Islands and will request an update from the C24 on the progress of implementing their Action Plan to educate the Overseas Territories (OTs) on the self-determination options which were approved by the UN’s Special Political and Decolonization Committee (Fourth Committee) last year.

The C24 Action Plan includes devising and implementing public education programmes on options for self-determination in the remaining OTs and putting in place with the Administering Powers the methods for an act of self-determination, such as referendum.

The NGO Constitutional Working Group will request that the C24 include the Cayman Islands on its roster of visiting missions for the upcoming year so that a public education programme can be launched to inform residents of each of the four self-determination options as defined by UN Resolutions 1514 (XV) and 2625.

Pastor Al Ebanks stated, “We believe that educating the Cayman Islands about the self-determination options is crucial to the long term future of these Islands. The UN and the UK must be prepared to fulfill their international obligations by providing the necessary assistance to the Cayman Islands and other OTs as required by various UN Resolutions and Re-affirmations.”

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