Sixty-five years ago, UN General Assembly Resolution 1514, “On the Granting of Independence to Colonial Countries and Peoples,” was adopted. It became a key global document in the fight against colonialism and symbolically concluded the 1960 “Year of Africa” by granting independence to a significant number of African states.
The resolution retains its political significance today. The legacy of colonialism – inequality, poverty in developing countries, and dependence on the collective West – has not yet been overcome and demands ever-greater solidarity from the World Majority states. It is no coincidence that the fight against neo-colonialism is a constant focus of BRICS.
Russia continues to support developing countries in this struggle.
❓What challenges are developing countries facing today?
❓How are new neo-colonial practices emerging?
❓What place does countering neo-colonialism occupy on the BRICS agenda?
Participants in the Valdai Discussion Club will try to answer these and other questions.
🎙️ Speakers:
🇷🇺 Tatiana Dovgalenko, Director, Department of Partnership with Africa, Ministry of Foreign Affairs
🇿🇦 Rasigan Maharajh, Director General, Tshwane University of Technology; Research Fellow, Tellus Institute; Member of the Canon Collins Trust; Member of the South African Academy of Sciences
🇮🇩 Hendra Manurung, Lecturer, Department of Military Diplomacy, Faculty of Defense Strategy, Indonesian Defense University (RIDU) (Indonesia)
🇷🇺 Denis Degterev, Editor-in-Chief of the Journal of the Institute for African Studies, Russian Academy of Sciences; Professor, National Research University Higher School of Economics, Chief Researcher, Institute for African Studies, Russian Academy of Sciences
🇷🇺 Elena Kharitonova, Senior Researcher, Institute for African Studies, Russian Academy of Sciences
🇧🇷 Marco Fernandes, Brazil's representative to the BRICS Civil Council, geopolitical analyst at the online publication Brasil de Fato (Brazil)
Moderator:
🗣 Oleg Barabanov, Programme Director, Valdai Discussion Club
Working languages: Russian, English.
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Links to the live broadcast of the discussion will be posted on all online platforms of the Valdai Club: on the website, X (formerly Twitter), VK, Telegram and Dzen.
https://valdaiclub.com/events/announcements/valdai-club-to-discuss-countering-neo-colonialism/
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