MercoPress. South Atlantic News Agency
Stories for June 20th 2002
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Thursday, June 20th 2002 - 21:00 UTC
Mercosur openly supports Argentina's sovereignty claim over the Falklands in United Nations
The Special Committee on Decolonization of the United Nations adopted a draft resolution, presented by Chile, calling on Britain and Argentina to resume negotiations to find a peaceful resolution to the sovereignty dispute over the Falkland Islands/Malvinas. The resolution presented Wednesday morning in New York was sponsored by Chile, Bolivia, Cuba and Venezuela, and specifically supported by Mercosur.
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Thursday, June 20th 2002 - 21:00 UTC
People's power
A delegation of Peruvian cabinet ministers and local elected officials from the city of Arequipa reached an agreement suspending the controversial privatization of public utilities that triggered a week of violent protests in the south of Peru.
