The Chief Minister, Fabian Picardo, will travel to the United Nations (UN) in New York this weekend ahead of addressing the UN Special Committee on Decolonisation (the C-24) on Monday. He will be accompanied by the Deputy Chief Minister, Dr Joseph Garcia.

A statement from the Government follow below:  

This is the first meeting the Chief Minister and Deputy Chief Minister are able to attend in person  since the start of the COVID-19 pandemic. In that time, however, HM Government of Gibraltar’s  position has continuously been made at the United Nations, with Gibraltar’s Representative to the  United States, Mr David Guerrero Liston, addressing the C-24 in person on its behalf.  

The Chief Minster is expected to deliver his address to the C-24 at approximately 4pm CEST. The  meeting will be live streamed on GBC Television and also on the United Nations TV, and can be  viewed at the following link: https://media.un.org/en/webtv/schedule 

The Chief Minister, the Hon Fabian Picardo QC MP, said:“It brings me great pleasure to be able to,  finally, return to the United Nations in New York to deliver my annual address to the C-24. Although  in the last two years we have not been able to attend, the Government has continued to honour its  manifesto commitment of making the point that Gibraltar should be removed from the United  Nations list of Non-Self Governing Territories by ensuring that our views were heard through our  Representative in the United States, Mr David Guerrero Liston. I would like to take this opportunity  to wholeheartedly thank David on behalf of the Government and People of Gibraltar for the  excellent addresses he made to the UN C-24 and 4th Committee and I very much look forward to  addressing the committee on Monday at approximately 4pm.”