Pursuant to a decision of the Permanent Forum on Indigenous Issues at its eleventh session (see E/2012/43, para. 110), Valmaine Toki, a member of the Forum, undertook a study on decolonization of the Pacific region, which is hereby submitted to the Forum at its twelfth session. Owing to the diversity of the Pacific region, the present study is confined to the case studies set out below, reviewing the steps taken by New Caledonia, as an example of a Non-Self-Governing Territory currently on the list for consideration by the Special Committee, in its quest for inde pendence, in addition to the status of Hawaii, French Polynesia and West Papua. See the Recommendation of UN for Pacific Peoples of Hawaii, French Polynesia, West Papua, and New Caledonia. oppb.org/news/
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