Brazil’s Lula da Silva blasts US Security Council and Britain
Brazilian president Lula da Silva condemned on Tuesday the United Nations Organization (UN) and its Security Council for not recognizing Argentina's sovereignty over the Malvinas/Falkland Islands.
Lula da Silva was making a speech at the Unity Summit of Latin America and the Caribbean, which ended Tuesday. “Our attitude is one of solidarity with Argentina,” said the Brazilian president adding the question: “What is the geographical, political and economic explanation for England to be in the Malvinas?”
“What is the explanation for the United Nations never having that decision? It is not possible that Argentina is not the owner while England is, despite being 14,000 km away.”
For the Brazilian leader the reason this happens is the fact that Britain is a permanent member of the Security Council. He used the occasion to once again call for the admission of more members to the council, increasing its representativeness. Brazil wants to be one of the new members.
“Is it possible that Britain can do everything and while others can do nothing?” Lula da Silva went on. “We need to start pushing so that the UN Secretary reopens this debate.”
UN Security Council members respect international rulings “only when they are functional to their own interests”, he emphasized.
The 33 presidents present in Cancun, including Lula da Silva,
signed a document supporting the Argentine position, recognizing Argentina’s sovereignty claim over the Falklands and condemning the current oil drilling round by British companies.
Argentina has upped the pressure on the UK in the dispute over the South Atlantic islands by decreeing that all maritime navigation in Argentine territorial waters, or between Argentina and the Islands, must receive prior authorization.
This occurs just as Desire Petroleum begun to drill for oil in the north Falkland basin. The decree is expected to make any such exploration activities and logistics more expensive and difficult.
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Perhaps President Be-Bop-A-Lula can answer this: What is the geographical, political and economic explanation for a descendant of imported colonial Portuguese Conquistadors to be on the continent of America?
Sooner or Later man, boo boo.
Grettings from Mexico !!!
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Also, angel, you must write your comments in English on this forum. Good thing I can understand Spanish and understand how stupid your comment. For some reason, you state that the Portuguese colonize the area known as Brazil, and the decedents are Brazilians. Too bad that doesn't change the fact that most decedents are not the people who used to live there, and that Brazil is in the end, a former colony. You're not one to talk. Also, I really don't think your a rational person if your going to go calling British pirates. Here's the facts, Britain has many islands around the world, legacy of colonialism, the difference, is that most of those islands choose to be under British administration. Some got independence, some didn't, and the Falkland Islands has been inhabited by English people for hundreds of people. Who cares about their homes though, right?
Perhaps you should learn it. It will be more useful in the future.
But yes, he needs to get a few things cleared economically in his favour with Arg at the moment I recall - so the speech is not surprising.
UN has always accepted this, and that´s the reason of its recognizion of only Two parts : UK and Argentina. This is a territorial conflict between us and UK; you are merely british citizens put there by UK...<br />
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Your claim of self-determination is the same than chinese might attempt to do after illegal ocupation of Tibet: a complete nonsense.<br />
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Islanders, as british citizens, are UK problem, not ours. Sorry, I dont mean to be disrispectfull, but that´s just the truth.<br />
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On the other side, territorial rights of Argentina are very strong and solid and very well documented; UK Foreign Office knows it well, and that´s the reason they continuosly refuse to discuss sovereignity.<br />
And Third, the Brazilian rigth its called colonization, the act of building up one society, one identity, wich is(like i said before) the sum of several imigrations around the globe, wich never had happent in Malvinas, unhabitated for hundreds of years.And so i repeat, or you are extremly dumb or you never read a single page about Brazil.
Grettings From Santos.
Tell me, every caucasian culture is the same??? Is America same has France??? Is Every asian the same culture???Is North Vietnam the same has russia!!!???If you wanna keep playng dumb its fine, just dont pretend you dont understand what cultural indetity means and dont pretend that your pseudo-history lesson has anything to do with anything discussed here.
Hong Kong was leased, the British signed a piece of paper leasing the land for 100 years, then returned it to the Chinese on the date agreed. It had nothing to do with Chinese military strength, it was the case of honouring an agreement.
The reason the Falklands remain aligned with the UK are ties of culture, blood and history. Argentina maintains ties with other nations for the same reasons.
Apparently logically, “300 years in the past is OK”. Well the Falklands have been British since 1690, so I guess there is no more argument.
The citizens of Scotland are also Full British Citizens - and if they vote for it the could end up Independent as well.
Sorry Ilen, under the UN Charter we Islanders have the same right of self-determination to decide our future - as you do in your country. Wether we are 3000 and you are 40 million does not matter - it is a principle - a thing that in the past Arg has not really understood.
Arg invaded us in 1982 - Britain came and kicked you back out based on the principle that - you do not pinch somebody elses home against their will and by armed force.
You would think his Knowlegde on international relations is dictated by football?
the buggers going to start asking for bilateral relations with Chelsea FC next!
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