A new process of economic neo-colonialism is advancing, affecting the exercise of the right to self-determination of peoples.

One explanation was that African economies were still dependent on colonial economic structures which were oriented towards the colonial Powers.

Like the countries of Africa, India suffered the burdens of colonial domination, economic exploitation and racial discrimination.

We have made significant progress in our collective endeavour to put a definitive end to the dehumanizing socio-economic systems of colonialism, racism and apartheid tyranny.

Thirdly, the economic development of the colony had been affected, limiting its future as a competitor in globalized markets, despite its excellent production and other resources.

During 300 years of colonial rule, the black majority of the Bahamian population were employed as slave labour and, following emancipation, generally denied access to opportunities for education, training and economic advancement by successive colonial administrations.

The citizens of the Caribbean are a transplanted people, who have forged from the crucible of slavery, colonialism and economic exploitation a vibrant, pluralistic, multiracial society built on tolerance and respect for ethnic, religious and cultural diversity.

From its inception, Association members throughout the globe have protested against racism, colonialism, and economic and political injustice wherever they interfere with legal and human rights, often at the cost of these jurists' personal safety and economic well-being.

The Seminar recommended that the World Conference should adopt as an item of its agenda, “Measures for reparation, restoration and compensation for nations, groups and individuals affected by slavery and the slave trade, colonialism, and economic and political exclusion”.

Factors and difficulties impeding the implementation of the Convention The Committee recognizes the challenges faced by Fiji in respect of its historical legacies, in particular the political, social and economic consequences of the deployment of numerous labourers from India, the establishment of an ethnically stratified labour market and the creation of an economic system during colonial rule which separated rather than united Fiji's different communities.