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Second and Third International Decades for
the Eradication of Colonialism
In 1999, the UN General Assembly admitted they would not be able to
eradicate colonialism by the twenty-first century as they had hoped.
They proposed a Second International Decade for the Eradication of
Colonialism, this one from 2001 to 2010, during which there was some
success. In 2002, the Territory of East Timor, administered by Portugal,
became independent as the country of Timor Leste.This was a great victory
for the United Nations, since many UN agencies worked together to bring
about this independence.
An aerial view of some of the tiny islands in the Caribbean Sea. The rights of
small island nations in all oceans and seas of the world have not always been
taken seriously by colonial powers.
Chapter Three