Special Committee on decolonization elects Robert Guba Aisi of Papua New Guinea as Chairman; In remarks to Committee, Secretary-General welcomes consultations with administering powers, describes colonialism as `anachronism'.

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M2 PRESSWIRE-12 February 2004-UN: Special Committee on decolonization elects Robert Guba Aisi of Papua New Guinea as Chairman; In remarks to Committee, Secretary-General welcomes consultations with administering powers, describes colonialism as `anachronism'(C)1994-2004 M2 COMMUNICATIONS LTD RDATE:02112004 While decolonization was a United Nations success story, that story was not yet finished, Secretary-General Kofi Annan told the Special Committee on decolonization today as it opened its 2004 session, adopting its work programme and electing officers, including its Chairman, Robert Guba Aisi (Papua New Guinea).

Describing colonialism as an anachronism in the twenty-first century, the Secretary-General said he hoped that in the year ahead, all...