SHUSHA, Azerbaijan, July 22. The aim of the research "The evolution of French colonialism: a political and constitutional study" of Carlyle Corbin (US) Executive Director of Baku Initiative Group (BIG) Abbas Abbasov said at the group's side event within the framework of the 2nd Shusha Global Media Forum today, Trend reports.
He stressed that this study will be presented to the UN and other international organizations.
The nearly 140-page research provides information on the colonization of former and current French colonies - Vietnam, Algeria, New Caledonia, French Polynesia (Mao’hi Nui), Saint Martin, Saint Barthelemy, Mayotte (considered part of the Union of Comoros), Reunion, Martinique, Guadeloupe, and French Guiana, as well as on France's current colonial policies.
The research, compiled based on international legal documents, lists the crimes committed by France and those being committed at present (ethnic cleansing, slave trade, repression, arrests and killings of the indigenous population, starvation deaths, etc.), non-compliance with UN resolutions, and widely mentions the political, military, strategic, and economic interests of France underlying these heinous acts.
The Second Shusha Global Media Forum is attended by 150 foreign guests from 49 countries, including news agencies from 34 countries, 12 international organizations and media entities, as well as 60 heads and representatives of Azerbaijani media.
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