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Chile downplays Argentina's continental shelf extension which included Falklands and Antarctic territory
A strong controversy is expected following statements from Chilean officials who downplayed the significance of the recent UN continental shelf maritime extension referred to Argentina and which included the Falklands, South Atlantic Islands and Antarctica territory. Read full article
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Disclaimer & comment rules“In Antarctica there are no territorial claims, all those claims if they existed before 1959, ”
Apr 21st, 2016 - 06:46 am - Link - Report abuse 0How's Queen Elizabeth land?
@1
Apr 21st, 2016 - 09:16 am - Link - Report abuse 0“How's Queen Elizabeth land?”
Cold and covered in snow and ice mostly.
' the Malvinas Islands, which obviously are British territory”
Apr 21st, 2016 - 09:38 am - Link - Report abuse 0Obviously....
Quite right.
Apr 21st, 2016 - 10:47 am - Link - Report abuse 0What the UN actually said,
''With regard to the recommendations in respect of the submission made by Argentina, it is recalled that, previously, the Commission had already decided that it was not in a position to consider and qualify those parts of the submission that were subject to dispute and those parts that were related to the continental shelf appurtenant to Antarctica ''(see CLCS/64, paras. 76 and 77 and CLCS/76 para. 57) And Paragraph 3 of UN Press Release from Ban Ki-Moon's office dated 28th March 2016: http://www.un.org/press/en/2016/sea2030.doc.htm
http://www.un.org/press/en/2016/sea2030.doc.htm
@ 3 “ 'the Malvinas Islands, which obviously are British territory' Obviously..”
Apr 21st, 2016 - 01:20 pm - Link - Report abuse 0Not SO obvious, esteemed Frank, not SO...! First, the U.K. is unaware of the existence of any SO called territory, and even less about one under its domain. And second, half a dozen HM Ships lie at the bottom of the Argentine sea to testify about certain doubts entertained in Argentina and in the United Nations about this matter.
5- Learn to count and also show us an international map where this fantasy named sea is please?
Apr 21st, 2016 - 02:38 pm - Link - Report abuse 0Me thinks the UK is very well aware of where the Islands are- that's why they are defended by HM ships, men and aircraft against threat of armed invasion by a foreign power which still today demands to enforce its claim over us in total open disregard to our freely expressed wishes.
“According to the recent announcement by Argentina, under the UN reference, the maritime outer limit of its continental shelf adds 1.7 million square kilometers, covering the Falklands, South Georgia, South Sandwich Islands and the area named as Argentine Antarctica.”
Apr 21st, 2016 - 04:28 pm - Link - Report abuse 0Thanks Brit Bob for proving again the Argentine Governments skills of literacy are less than a 10 year old child:
''With regard to the recommendations in respect of the submission made by Argentina, it is recalled that, previously, the Commission had already decided that it was not in a position to consider and qualify those parts of the submission that were subject to dispute and those parts that were related to the continental shelf appurtenant to Antarctica ''
Yet another Argentine myth.
@5argfellow
“And second, half a dozen HM Ships lie at the bottom of the Argentine sea to testify about certain doubts entertained in Argentina and in the United Nations about this matter.”
If according to you this is evidence supporting an Argentine claim, why don't you go hotfoot to the ICJ?
I imagine The Malevolent Midget Malcorra TMMM © ChrisR 2016 must have had the fix in to get the UN to approve this nonsense.
Apr 21st, 2016 - 06:05 pm - Link - Report abuse 0She seems to be vying to replace TMBOA on steroids.
which obviously are British territory” said Jose Retamales Espinoza,
Apr 21st, 2016 - 07:11 pm - Link - Report abuse 0Yep.
Dream on, Argentina.
Apr 21st, 2016 - 08:27 pm - Link - Report abuse 0lts all you've got……dreams.
TMMM, like it ChrisR!
Indeed, the “Malvinas” aren't British because there is no such place. On the other hand, the Falkland Islands are British and “obviously” doesn't even come close; “Definitely” does.
Apr 21st, 2016 - 08:57 pm - Link - Report abuse 0“What the UN is saying is that there are 200 miles from the Argentine coast limit and they also include the Malvinas Islands, which obviously are British territory” said Jose Retamales Espinoza, head of the Chilean Antarctic Institute.”
Apr 22nd, 2016 - 07:57 am - Link - Report abuse 0‘which are obviously British territory’ But Argentina has oft stated that the whole world (including their neighbour Chile) supports their claim to the Falkland Islands.
Surely a country like Argentina, that perceives itself to hold a high standing within the international community, would not tell porkies about such a fundamental issue as the sovereignty of the Falkland Islands?
#5
Apr 22nd, 2016 - 07:33 pm - Link - Report abuse 0If the islands were Argentinian, why did you decide to leave in 1982 ?
Surely,if the sovereignty was yours, the UN and all other countries would have backed you and come to your aid. What happened ?
Clyde15
Apr 23rd, 2016 - 01:32 am - Link - Report abuse 0“Surely,if the sovereignty was yours, the UN and all other countries would have backed you and come to your aid. What happened ?”
Exactly! The arguments put by Argentines in support of their Malvinas fantasy become more and more specious as, bit by bit, their case is demolished.
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