Falklands’ delegates at the Parlamericas assembly in Panama as invited observers
Politicians and opinion formers are genuinely interested to hear about the Falkland Islands and plans for the coming referendum said lawmakers from the Islands who recently participated at the Parlamericas, (Parliamentarians for the Americas) conference in Panama City (*).
“We attended the conference as invited observers and it gave us a great opportunity to meet with fellow parliamentarians from Canada down to Chile”, said Members of the Falklands elected Legislative Assembly, Dick Sawle and Dr. Barry Elsby.
“People are genuinely interested to hear from us and take a great deal of interest in what we have to say. Our reception in Central America has been excellent and I believe we have forged many useful relationships here with both politicians and opinion formers”, underlined MLA Sawle on the discussions held at the Parlamericas 9th Plenary Assembly (August 31/Sept 1).
MLA Sawle said that at the conference they were able to meet a variety of delegates and deliver some Falklands’ key messages to parliamentary colleagues related to the claims over the Falklands from Argentina.
“We told our colleagues why we have the right to self determination, how we are a people in our own right, many of whom have lived in the Falklands for many generations going back almost two centuries, and how we have a system of self-governance which relies entirely on the decisions of the eight democratically elected Islanders, members of the Legislative Assembly”, pointed out MLA Sawle.
The Falklands representatives also gave details of the upcoming referendum on the political status of the Islands that will take place next March, organized by the local government on a local initiative and following international standards of question drafting and transparency, including inviting foreign observers (even from South America) to monitor the process.
“This will send a potent message to the world of what the Falklands want for their future and how it will be decided by us, who else can decide on our future and about our home”.
At the same time the two MLAs were able to inform people that the Falkland Islands are not a colony of Great Britain, but that “UK supports our right to determine our own future, develop our own economy and very importantly that we do not rely on Great Britain for any financial aid whatsoever. The only areas where we do depend on Great Britain are those of defence and foreign affairs”.
“These are very key points, amongst many others, that we were able to disseminate and which we are continuing to disseminate throughout the region to various media and politicians” anticipated MLA Sawle and MLA Elsby,
(*) Through various activities, ParlAmericas aims to contribute to strengthening democracy and governance in the Hemisphere, to confronting threats to hemispheric security, and to defending the rights of the citizens of the region. ParlAmericas’ member states are also committed to reducing poverty and achieving economic development
ParlAmericas membership is composed of the national legislatures of the 35 independent states of the Americas. In order to observe a balance in regional representation, the hemisphere has been divided into four sub-regions: North America, Central America, Caribbean and South America.
Parlamericas was started on March 2000 in Washington with the creation of the Steering Committee of FIPA; Inter Parliamentary Forum of the Americas and a year later held its inaugural meeting with a special ceremony held in the chamber of the House of Commons of Canada.
The current ParlAmericas Board of Directors and Executive Council has as president Randy Hoback from Canada and includes delegates from Panama, Ecuador, Canada, Mexico, Cost Rica, Honduras, Cuba, Colombia, Paraguay and Chile.
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If they do make a fool out of themselves ( which I very much doubt ) it will make a change from KFC doing it now won't it?
You should!! make yourself heard!! start mixing it up a little!! The more that other nations hear from you. See your delegates, Hear your side of the story the better!!
Go for it!! and god speed!!!
At least the yes vote would get more votes, thanks to your contribution, than the 'join up with Argentina' option will at the Falklands referendum.
AHAHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA!
Who cares about TOSE pricks! sawle=LIAR=pinocchio
SELF DETERMINATION!!! get use to it.... you are gonna hear a lot of it :)
AHAHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA!
MAlvinenses at the c24
Imploring the Special Committee not to adopt the resolution as presented, Roger Edwards, an elected official of the Legislative Assembly of the Falkland Islands, and one of several petitioners to take the floor on the issue, pointed out that the text had been drafted without a reference to the wishes of the Falkland people and their fundamental right to self-determination. “Falkland Islanders do not wish to see a change from British sovereign status,” he declared. The Islands had never formed part of Argentina; they were self-sufficient, self-governing and enjoyed a high standard of living. “Please respect our people’s wishes and our right to self-determination,” he said.
www.un.org/News/Press/docs/2011/gacol3225.doc.htm
tHANK YOU PIRATES SQUATTERS maLVINENSES,That reinforces Argentina's position...
Yup, more of the same please: Let the world know that the Falklands people cannot be brushed aside and ignored the way the colonialists in the Kirchner government want to do.
We all know C24 is a complete circus (when the Syrians start to lecture about human rights, you know that they have no credibility).
You must get that keyboard seen to. The Caps Lock seems to be a bit sticky
You must get that keyboard seen to. The Caps Lock seems to be a bit sticky
Sure and the brits are going to go on lecturing the world about HOw to comply with the International LAw,rigth?MAlvinas,Aghfanistan,Irak,India,China,the opium pusher,etc.
uk HAS ABSOLUTELY NO MORAL standing to do so...Same is applicable to USA,and the ex Soviet Union.THEY broke all the possible international laws!
Certainly the C24 has much more moral standing than uk and the sawle,and many of the mAlvinenses squatters.Get use to it: Crime does NOT PAY! Justice in the end will allways win!Get use to it: The ex-brit empire will have to pay for it! BIG TIME! I am sorry to say to you!
That is actually 'In like Flynn' which refers to Errol Flynn's habit of poking anything that had a pulse.... but even he would have drawn the line at poking the MBOA.
I hope this latest news makes her head explode.....
:-)
All of us that have been there, the FI, even for a short time knows that the people there is very proud to be Islanders and British at the same time and they won´t change their “Desire for the right” as their motto says....
So, go for it, Islanders....!!!
Oh for Gawd's sake. It had my crying!
Those Search and Rescue helicopters can be dangerous things. It would have been funny if he had been called upon to rescue an RG ship in distress - “don't come anywhere near us with your weapon of war”.
Yeah right!
All the FI reps. did was to meet with some of the delegates and explain their point of view. Are you terrified that their version might cast some doubts in the minds of parliamentarians that they may have been fed a biased story from Argentina ?
Oh, I forgot, Argentina is the flagholder of truth, democracy and fair dealings in the whole of the Americas.
No one has the right to any opinion that may clash with their universal truths that have been written into their constitution.
#23
I can just imagine the reaction.
“Christ, They are still at it! Tell them I am not in !!! ”
Hasn't she got something better to do?(like running a country).
The truth.
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”Nice to see this two Englishman(Dick Sawle and Barry Elsby) representing England.”
Out of interest, is Argentina represented by an indigenous South American...or a Spanish decendant?
....just saying.....
SELF-DETERMINATION!!
@15 meaning? you know all liverpudlians personally do you? i thought not, I thnk you will find during the victorian/edwardian era if it wasnt for liverpool and its people there would have been no british empire, look up your history before you judge its people ,einstein! even you are not that dumb!
@16 Cars thats yesterdays news, ask yourself have you ever seen a plane takeoff from liverpool airport, got to move with the times :)
@17 just for you “SELF-DETERMINATION” & “DEMOCRACY” it is as simple as that, and you know it :))) unfortately for you C24 does not trump Human rights. have a nice day!
@19 motherly love, what a horrible vision, and them poor vibrators, they have rights too....
@24 they have lived on The Falklands for a combined 50 years, id say that makes them Falkland folk in their own right or at very least dual nationality, and as your rancid queen is using immigrants to buy votes, then please dont be hypocritical, at least you will find this is democracy in action unlike vote rigging using foreigners and the “K” youth in Argentinas “Dictocracy” :)
@26 give them enough rope :)
@28 Argtards know that come march, it is Over for them, although i believe it has been since the referendum was announced.
@30 shes too busy on planning how to run from her country.
SELF_DETERMINATION & DEMOCRACY!!! ITS ALL GOOD!!!
The recent response to the referendum shows that Argentina is on the back foot and clutching at straws claiming its some sort of parody. Looks like they are also showing clear aggression to unarmed vessels in the region which I notice MercoPress has omitted from reporting on. www.fis.com/fis/worldnews/worldnews.asp?l=e&country=0&special=&monthyear=&day=&id=55120&ndb=1&df=0
What’s next out fo the box from CFK and her team to try and deliver…?
SELF-DETERMINATION & DEMOCRACY!!
The following article is completely off topic:
english.telam.com.ar/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=16188%3Anobel-peace-prize-perez-esquivel-made-a-presentation-in-lower-house-on-malvinas&catid=42%3Apolitics
All the usual nonesense but can anyone explain what 'sanitary aid' is being proposed for us and why we need a new National Broadcasting Service?
How curious. It sounds as if they are preparing for a takeover.
I guess by “sanitary aid” they really mean “health care”.
The mind boggles at the thought of an Argentine National Broadcasting Service aimed at the Falklands. The Troll, Think, Pirat-Hunter, etc , all getting their own show, and endless documentaries about what never happened in 1833. Sort of a Mercopress Live.
Sep 06th, 2012 - 11:58 am
Firstly I must admit that I don't know what “sanitary aid” is supposed to be, especially for you Islanders, maybe Telam have got mixed up and realy the Government are discussing a bit of “sanitary aid” for the Argentine people!!!!
Secondly, obviously you need a National Broadcasting Service to be able to watch and listen to the MBOA doing her (almost) daily “cadena nacional” monologues!!!!!
Apparently they're also going to air-drop you some pans so you can have a cacerolazo.
Either way it dosnt matter, UN law applied from 1945 on and as such the rights of the islanders are enshrined in the UN charter (the highest document of the UN) and as such can not be legal removed by any resolutions which much comply with the charter, (its called the hirachy of documents). Even if self detrmination did not (for some reason) every UN resolution issued by the general council has indicated any decion ont he future of the islands must take into consideration the intrests of the current population. It is impossible for their intrests to be served by transferring them from a semi-otonomus terrioty to a territory which is wholly owned and administarted from a foreign power with whom they share no cultural links.
To argue that the legilsators are not allowed because they born in the UK is nonsense they have been selected by islanders to represent them, this is the same as saying that CFK who is 3rd/4th generation Argentine (Father from Spanish descent, Mother from German descent) can not represent the intrest of thos Argentines who are 8th or 9th generation. This is of course false as she was elected by those people to represent them and as such is legitamate.
www.telam.com.ar/nota/37113/
Sep 06th, 2012 - 09:04 am
Don't you know how a Malvinista gets when somebody with an opposing viewpoint gets to express it to their own target audience?
................ B O O M !!!! ...............
Pirates! Squatters! Thieves! We ares Owens you ares pasties!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
The more other nations, especially in the americas, hear the truth about the Falklands (there are STILL no Malvinas) from people without mental disorders (unlike TMBOA and her minions) the more they will appreciate the opportunities that their countries may be missing out on.
Once that happens Argentina will be dropped like the stinking turd TMBOA seems determined to make it. Remember, a polished turd is still a turd!
LOL
Parlamericas did not invite the falklanders to make fun of them.
Well done islanders.
Do please answer this question with one of these 2 words:
Yes or No ?
Malen and IsMalv - being invited as an observer in a region where you are or have interests is standard practice - same way as UK has observer status at the OAS.
Such a shame that you 3 can never understand oir accept democratci principles and free speech!
Oh malen - do please list and name the Int laws that UK etc have broken that you claim?
www.economist.com/node/21562238
If Argentines are that hungry to pay 6 pesos for a alfajor, how much will they give me for a whole pack of custard creams??? a weeks wages???
SELF-DETERMINATION & DEMOCRACY :))
dont ignore this article
www.economist.com/node/21562230
by the way how much was your lunch today or did you skip it to buy crack??
SELF-DETERMINATION & DEMOCRACY :)) All day every day....
And your point is what?
Having read the item it clearly states the picture of less immigration and more emigration for the UK.
More qualified people leaving to work in other countries: I'd like to see you be ABLE to do that with your standard of education (or misinformation) that is AG today.
BTW, your homeland Spain no less, the PM has advised ALL young qualified people to leave because 'there is no work here for the FORESEABLE FUTURE'.
And yes, my wife and I have come to Uruguay primarily for her health. What a wonderful country it is compared to the shit-hole that you live in.
Any more questions?
“clutching” and “straws” springs to mind, the “K” model in affect,
maybe “MightThink” should “FirstThink” before “NotThink” or is it he “CantThink” of what “ToThink” and needs to “ReThink” his “ShiteThink” thats what “IThink”
SELF-DETERMINATION & DEMOCRACY :))
56
wellknown that foggy,rainy,cold England is not healthy place to live there
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Self Determiantion & Democracy are not enough to have a prestige
You have to need to have “” self governing “” not by “” constituted /deputized Governors “”.
you should be more worried about feeding your family, instead of breeding with them.
SELF-DETERMINATION & DEMOCRACY :))))
www.prensalibre.com/internacional/queremos-decidir-futuro_0_769123146.html
“Self Determiantion & Democracy are not enough to have a prestige
You have to need to have “” self governing “” not by “” constituted /deputized Governors ”
and who are you to state what we need to do? as long as our government is what we Falkland Islanders want that's fine by us, it's no concern of yours so you can just keep your nose out.
keep your islands you know where...
Yes.
First, no inmigrant in Argentina mainland, including British, ever claimed a piece of land here in behalf of their country of origin.
What nationality did Barry or Dick changed to? British nationality to British nationality?
And the Falkland lsles for Falklanders(&NOT Argentines!).
You have to need to have your “” self governing “” not by constituted/deputized Governors.
”The arguments put forward in support of british sovereignty conflict with the (many, many) conclusions of the following british subject matter experts, all highly regarded in their fields - to name a few, Jeffrey Myhre [12], Peter Beck, Ronald Barston, Patricia Birnie...“
The ”highly regarded“ ”expert“ Jeffrey D. Myhre who ”support“ the Argentine claim was a research STUDENT in the International Relations Department at the London School of ECONOMICS, and his modest article does NOT support the Argentine claim. He concludes that ”Perhaps, the islands are British by prescription and self-determination. More likely, they belong to Argentina by uti posseditis acquisition of Spanish rights or by occupation of terra nullius. [12]
If the the best you can show is “perhaps” and “more likely”, you ain't got nothing.
Before I waste more time on your “highly regarded” “experts” who “support” you have to give title(s) + ISBN(s) or link(s) AND excerpts.
[12] Jeffrey D. Myhre: “Title to the Falklands-Malvinas Under International Law” (1983) mil.sagepub.com/content/12/1/25.full.pdf
Yes they keep their same passport nationality but have their FI Status no stamped inside it. You cannot just arrive here from UK and live with a Br Passport - you are an immigrant just the same as if you were Chilean or Argentine and have to have a work permit. All are treated the same on arrival.
So I hope you will agree that these 2 are thus entitled to represent the Islands - as they were elected to do so.
As far as I know the only property they own here are their homes and gardens! Surely even with your belief that is allowed?
You cannot pretend we do not physically exist! You are entitled to your belief that the Islands belong to Arg - but the reality fact is that we are the people here and have our elected Govt - this is who you have to deal with - by ignoring reality and just saying UK --UK---UK -- gets nowhere. As Christina is starting to find out.
Right now this joke is taking the round in Argentina
Matemática nueva:
1 litro de leche:... $ 7
1 kg. de pan: ....... $ 9
1 kg. de carne: .. $ 30
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Total: ................. $ 6
Sussie why do you keep changing names and then not even denying it? Why don't you save the hassle of setting up all the different accounts and just say all of your garbage from the same name?
Mercopress, why do you put up with this type of crap? Unless, of course, ah, wait a minute, don't tell me you're just happily counting every new account as another new member. LOL! Do your advertisers know that there are only a fraction of different people using this site compared to the number of actual accounts?
Chuckle chuckle.
They should try to correct their UK “royals” behavior which is simply unacceptable.
New investigations about Diana Spencer point at the “royals” as participants for her death!
Sussie the cunt has some sort of problems with the royals, jealousy perhaps, but I think it might run deeper than that. Stupid girl, the Royal family does not actually run the country, they are a celebration of tradition, nothing more. You need to spend more time studying in between scrubbing toilets and making tamales.
I cannot think of anything anyone of them has done as being “unnaceptable”
I suspect a lot of frustrated dirty old men got a bit frustrated recently when they saw what normal healthy lively single young men can do.
I would suggest you have evidence before you make silly allegations like implying someone was involved in a death!
Of course not everything Argentina does is wrong.
But everytime Argentina critises the UK,or the Falkland Islands, there are an abundance of mistakes the Argentines have made to counter those cricisms.
If Argentina got its own house in order before mouthing off at everyone else playing the sob story victim, then they would earn more respect.
Their outburst at Prince William being a consquistadore (whilst flying an un-armed search and rescue helicopter) was an example of Argentina's diplomacy by bullshit and their descent to never- never land.
Its OK taking a swipe at some unsavory actions at a Royal if your own politicians like 'Prince Maximo' weren't total clowns themselves.
I mean, WHO can take Timmerman seriously after the rubbish he came out with at the UN this year?
www.facebook.com/Britain1592
www.facebook.com/BOTUK1
I thought it was common knowledge, that photo of the two of them dancing comes to mind! I'm a disgrace? I'm sure Boris Pasternak would be fine with me stealing the name of one of his literary characters yet you insult all of Great Britain with your chosen moniker, remember what happens to trsitors.
I doubt even the Argies will come to your defense, they are brainwashed and thoroughly indoctrinated but they are not traitors.
#84 I'm not a royalisyt, Reina Cristina is just a nice nickname for her. Anyway she's earned the right to be called regal far more than the likes of Harry...
I am not interested in receiving your answers.
Wimp!
Then don't ask a question!
Skank!
It may be a nickname to you but she really believes she is ordained by God to lead a dynasty. If you remember the Brits had a few objections to “the divine right of kings” 400 years ago and that finished up in Civil War. If you want a South American parallel to Cristina, read up on the carreer of Elizabeth Lynch whose aspirations to be the Empress of South America plunged our countries into a particularly bloody and forgotten war
Your are a wimp and only likes to hurt the beatiful Senorita
Don't you have the access to The Economist?
Read my post about Prince Harry bare buttocks....
V i v a L a s V e g a s
Sin City for the “royal” UK Prince Crap!
You just do not understand LatAm political structures at all do you?
TMBOA does not have to face a vote of confidence 24/7, which if she fails it, removes her from the Presidency IMMEDIATELY.
TMBOA can use all her La Campora thugs to intimidate anyone she wants without risk of arrest in order to stay in power.
It was exactly this concern of the original drafters of the constitution that limits the number of terms without a period out of office. Nothing to stand in her way trying to get re-elected after that, other than she will be close to 70 yo and even more bi-polar than she is now.
You really should try and get a grip on things, especially basic economic matters if you want to continue posting without looking a complete sycophantic idiot.
TMBOA does not have to face a vote of confidence 24/7, which if she fails it, removes her from the Presidency IMMEDIATELY”
And yet some people kept saying Lugo did...
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