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The Baku Initiative Group (BIG) and 14 political movements fighting for independence in the last French colonies of Kanaky (New Caledonia), Maohi Nui (French Polynesia), French Guiana, Martinique, Guadeloupe and Corsica issued a joint statement.
Report informs that the document condemns the French government's forced implementation of illegal changes in favor of expanding the electoral masses in Kanaky-New Caledonia, and also expresses full support for the Kanak people in their just struggle for independence.
The document notes that responsibility for the arrests of about 150 people and the killing of three people in recent days lies with the French government: "The deliberate desire of the French state, the so-called 'country of human rights', trampling on the right of the Kanak people to self-determination, to make the Kanak people a minority on their land is leading to a worsening of the current situation."
The document calls on France to end colonial policies and allow the Kanak people to freely decide their destiny, and for the international community not to turn a blind eye to the colonial experience, which has led to the fact that the Kanak people are becoming a minority.
Those who joined the statement called on the UN Security Council to condemn the violation of international law by France.
Below is the full text of the statement:
"We, as the representatives of organizations from the last French colonies - Kanaky, Maohi Nui, Guyane, Martinique, Guadeloupe, and Corsica, along with the Baku Initiative Group, condemn the French authority's forceful amendments in favor of expanding the electorate which supported by certain French senators and deputies in Kanaky-New Caledonia.
"As a consequence of the persistent efforts of the French authority, based on the French colonialist doctrine that denies the right to self-determination of peoples under its control, the people of Kanaky finds themselves engulfed in flames today. Over the past few days, there has been a resurgence of civil war, including about 150 arrested civilians and 3 losses of lives in Kanaky. Many shops are on fire, the streets left empty, and some roads have been blocked by burning cars.
"The furious will of the French state, the so-called "country of human rights” which violates the people of the Kanaky’s inalienable right to self-determination by expanding the electorate illegally in order to marginalize Kanaks in their own country, caused the degradation of the current situation.
"We express our full solidarity with the people of Kanaky and support their fair struggle against the expansion of the electorate as well as demand the cancel of the proposed amendments from the French authority.
"Supporting Kanaky-New Caledonia until its independence is an obligation under international law and supporting documents of international organizations, particularly UN Resolution 1514, concerning the right of peoples to self-determination. Therefore, all current demonstrations of the People of Kanaky and supporters of independence are legitimate.
"We call on France to stop its neo-colonial policy and insure the people of Kanaky freedom to determine its own destiny!
"We also call on the international community not to turn a blind eye to this disgraceful neo-colonial practice that leads to the marginalization of the people of Kanaky!
"We call on the UN member states to raise the alarm with the UN Security Council so that this esteemed institution to convene and condemn France's gross violation of international law!"
