“Sovereign New Caledonia will have to bring dignity, identity and security to the population” | EUROtoday

Professor of public legislation on the University of Bordeaux, Ferdinand Mélin-Soucramanien was the creator with Jean Courtial, in 2014, of a report back to the Prime Minister on the institutional way forward for New Caledonia. He explored the speculation of a territory with “Full sovereignty with strong partnership with France” On which the State works right this moment within the discussions in progress with the neo-Caledonian political events, independentists of the Kanak and Socialist National Liberation Front and non-independence.

When the Minister of Overseas, Manuel Valls, says that the 1998 Noumea Agreement types the inspiration for discussions on the following standing of New Caledonia, what does that imply?

The latest historical past of New Caledonia is predicated on two political agreements, which meet pretty totally different goals: the Matignon settlement of 1988, which restored peace [après la quasi-guerre civile qui a fait au moins 90 morts]and the 1998 Noumea settlement, projected on the decolonization of the territory, with, for guides, the Charter of the United Nations and the case legislation of the International Court of Justice.

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