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Falklands’ representative to address challenge of sovereignty in small states
MLA Dick Sawle will also talk about Argentina’s bullying “The challenge of sovereignty in small states” is the issue to be addressed by Falkland Islands member of the Legislative Assembly Dick Sawle at the Commonwealth Parliamentary Association (CPA) meeting in Kenya.
“I am delighted to be attending the conference on behalf of the Falkland Islands, and have been invited to be a discussion leader in section three of the 30th Small Branches conference. The topic for debate that I will be speaking on is entitled ‘the challenge of sovereignty in small states’”, said the Falklands elected representative.
MLA Sawle added he hoped to correct a few misunderstandings internationally regarding the Argentine to the Falklands’ claim to sovereignty, but would concentrate on the difficulties small countries faced when trying to deal with the challenge.
“I will be hoping to correct a few misunderstandings in the international community regarding the Argentine claim to sovereignty, but will be concentrating on the difficulties that small countries such as ours face when trying to deal with the challenge.”
While the Falklands are not a small state, the political arguments were, he said, pretty much the same.
“Economic sanctions, aggressive and illogical behaviour and an overwhelming desire to own and occupy are common themes that many small states face. In my view we in the Falklands share many of these problems with colleagues within the Commonwealth.”
He said it would be a great outcome if even a few Commonwealth colleagues left the conference a little wiser and perhaps a little more sensitive and sympathetic to the difficulties that were continually faced from Argentina.
CPA is a voluntary association of 54 countries that support each other and work towards shared goals in democracy and development.
The world’s largest and smallest, richest and poorest countries make up the Commonwealth and are home to two billion citizens of all faiths and ethnicities….Member countries span six continents and oceans from Africa to Asia, the Americas, the Caribbean, Europe and the South Pacific” (quote from the CPA website).
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Read all comments“While the Falklands are not a small state, the political arguments were, he said, pretty much the same.”
Sep 12th, 2010 - 10:16 am 0No you're right, you're not small, you're microscopic. And you live in a state of Argentina, remember that.
“He said it would be a great outcome if even a few Commonwealth colleagues left the conference a little wiser and perhaps a little more sensitive and sympathetic to the difficulties that were continually faced from Argentina.”
That's funny, I thought we were completely ineffectual and “all things go as normal”.
Fernando,
Sep 12th, 2010 - 10:25 am 0You confuse being a pain in the as with being effective, being petty, vindictive and irrational is usually ineffective.
And again no, they're not part of Argentina. They never have been, doh! Just because Argentina has constructed elaborate historical myths and uses patriotic indoctrination of its children to unite the state doesn't make it so.
@Fernando_A
Sep 12th, 2010 - 10:34 am 0“No you're right, you're not small, you're microscopic. And you live in a state of Argentina, remember that.”
Wow so many things wrong in that sentence
1. The Falkland islands are not part of Argentina(Don't know how you came to that decision), the islands have never been argentine and
never will, of course if the islanders wish to be part of Argentina then they can.
2. If there so small then why are you always talking about them.
3. The islands are not Argentine, seriously it doesn't take a genius to work that out
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