�� On December 15 at 13:00 Moscow Time (GMT+3), the Valdai Club will host an expert discussion “Decolonisation: 65 Years On.”

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.

ℹ️ Information for the media: In order to get accredited for the event, please fill out the form on our web site. Accreditation closes on December 8 at 12:00 Moscow Time (GMT+3). If you have any questions about the event, please call +79269307763.

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.

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