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FINAL REPORT AND RECOMMENDATIONS...
Annex I - List of Participants;
Annex II - Agenda..."...5. The right of peoples to self-determination is now well established by
international law in the case of colonial peoples, peoples in dependent
territories and peoples living under racist regimes. The right of peoples to
self-determination in other States may sometimes come into conflict with the
principle of State sovereignty which is an important element in the
international legal order for safeguarding the right to peace. There is an
understandable fear that, understood in one way, the peoples? right to
self-determination might lead to the fragmentation of States, the disruption
of settled international boundaries, the breakdown of governmental authority
and even manipulation of peoples for the purpose of disrupting the internal
affairs of States. It is this concern which makes the further study of the
rights of peoples both legitimate and important. Especially important is a
further attempt to describe the features of a people? to whom, by
international law, rights such as to existence as a people and to
self-determination attach. This subject was the topic of much discussion
during the meeting. History teaches that where a State does not have the
appropriate legitimacy to represent a people or peoples living within its
borders, the right of such peoples to self-determination may assert itself in
popular unrest, revolution, or even war..."
Source/publisher:
UNESCO
Date of Publication:
1989-11-30
Date of entry:
2014-07-19
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English
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