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specific recommendations about steps to be taken to move each territory closer to independence. The Special Committee is also responsible for distributing information about decolonization, both to the people of administering nations and to those in Non-Self-Governing Territories. When the people in Non- Self-Governing Territories learn about the United Nations, its Universal Declaration of Human Rights, and Resolution 1514, they are more likely to begin wanting self-government and work toward it themselves. Non-Self-Governing Territories Today The United Nations keeps a list of all Non-Self-Governing Territories. As of 2014, sixteen territories were on the list. Most of them are small islands in the Pacific Ocean or the Caribbean.The United Nation’s goal is to have no territories on the list at all, with all the current territories having become self-governing. Some people feel the list is controversial , because of which territories are on the list and which ones are left off. For example, several areas not on the list, such as Québec and Hawaii, have independence movements, and some believe they should be included on the list for this reason. CONTROVERSY IN THE AMERICAS Two independence movements can be found right in North America— in the Canadian province of Québec and in the U.S. state of Hawaii. Many French Canadians living in Québec have for decades wanted to secede from Canada. At first, they were motivated by economic considerations and later by cultural and linguistic differences. Sometimes, the movement has turned violent. In October, 1970, members of the the Front de Libération du Québec (Quebec Liberation Front) kidnapped and murdered two government officials. The secessionist movement in Hawaii was given a boost in 1993, when Congress apologized for overthrowing the Kingdom of Hawaii in 1893 and turning it into a territory of the United States.

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