Lt. Gov. Roach Travels to Timor-Leste to Represent USVI at United Nations Seminar on Decolonization

Lieutenant Governor Tregenza Roach has departed the U.S. Virgin Islands to attend the United Nations Pacific Regional Seminar on the Eradication of Colonialism, a high-level international forum focused on the status of territories still considered non-self-governing by the United Nations. According to the Office of the Lieutenant Governor, the seminar, which will take place from May 21 to 23, is being held in Dili, Timor-Leste, a nation that achieved independence in 2002 after periods of colonization by both Portugal and Indonesia. The United Nations extended an invitation to the U.S. Virgin Islands to participate, and Governor Albert Bryan Jr. designated Lt. Gov. Roach as the official representative for the territory. According to the release, Mr. Roach’s selection follows his active participation in previous UN seminars on decolonization, including engagements held in Indonesia and two Caribbean capitals, where he represented the interests and unique political circumstances of the ...