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Antarctic Treaty half a century celebration this week in Buenos Aires
Signatories of the Antarctic Treaty would celebrate the pact's 50th anniversary here on June 23 while attending the treaty's 34th consultative meeting, Argentine Foreign Ministry said Friday. Read full article
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Disclaimer & comment rules“ .... with scientists active in Antarctica ...”
Jun 20th, 2011 - 07:17 am - Link - Report abuse 0From what I've read here before, most of Argentina's 'scientists' wear a uniform and don't actually do much science lol.
The treaty doesn't say demilitarised, it speaks of hostile military activity being prohibited by the agreement signed by those present.
Jun 20th, 2011 - 10:40 am - Link - Report abuse 0Wiki records only one occasion of a country breaking the 'military action' clause of this global Treaty.
They were, of course, summarily removed, though there remain the tears and tantarums.
Or to quote Article 1 in its entirety:
Jun 20th, 2011 - 01:23 pm - Link - Report abuse 0“1. Antarctica shall be used for peaceful purposes only. There shall be prohibited, inter alia, any measures of a military nature, such as the establishment of military bases and fortifications, the carrying out of military maneuvers, as well as the testing of any type of weapons.
2. The present Treaty shall not prevent the use of military personnel or equipment for scientific research or for any other peaceful purposes.”
“Antarctic Treaty half a century celebration this week in Buenos Aires”
Jun 20th, 2011 - 02:46 pm - Link - Report abuse 01. Rotted, getting jealous?
When the time comes and the big boys smell MONEY and other PROFFITS
Jun 20th, 2011 - 02:55 pm - Link - Report abuse 0Little guys like Argentina may well be removed [period] ?
Is there a celebration every day of the year in Argentina?
Jun 20th, 2011 - 09:30 pm - Link - Report abuse 0I was in Argentina at the time of the last census. Everyone had the day off! Extraordinary. We had our census in the UK earlier this year and I completed the form online one evening in about 5 minutes. Maybe we are missing a day off work trick. : )
” ...Seven countries (Argentina, Australia, Chile, France, New Zealand, Norway, and the United Kingdom) maintain territorial claims in Antarctica, but the United States and most other countries do not recognize those claims.... the United States maintains a basis to claim territory in Antarctica, ...”
Jun 21st, 2011 - 12:47 am - Link - Report abuse 0http://www.state.gov/g/oes/ocns/opa/c6528.htm
I'm sorry MoreCrap ... what were you saying? Oh, you think that holding the celebration in BA is in some way significant? Hardly surprising as the Treaty organisation has its headquarters there. Don't get so excited :-)
6 ElaineB “Is there a celebration every day of the year in Argentina?”
Jun 21st, 2011 - 03:54 am - Link - Report abuse 0Yes :-)
@ 8 lol. I knew there was a reason I liked the place.
Jun 21st, 2011 - 04:08 am - Link - Report abuse 0Elaine the problem is this, they are just getting through another shitty day in a shitty broken backwater fifth rate country, one that is held together with corruption, crime, and lies (including the Big Lie); thats why they celebrate every day, having survived another 24 hours of shit.
Jun 21st, 2011 - 04:22 am - Link - Report abuse 0zzzzzz...
Jun 21st, 2011 - 07:09 am - Link - Report abuse 0This propaganda gossip magazine is getting more and more boring... and lame.
Nothing but old.. jaded senile Brits talking shit about Argentina, you'd think if you really were in 'control' of your future you'd ignore Argentina altogether, instead you focus all your attention on it.
When Argentina regains control of Malvinas I'll forget you even exist.
@11Martin_Fierro,
Jun 21st, 2011 - 09:12 am - Link - Report abuse 0Ha ha ha ha ha, what did you say? WHEN? Ha ha ha ha ha.
still giggling, 10 minutes later!
Yes, Martin,
Jun 21st, 2011 - 01:09 pm - Link - Report abuse 0it does get jaded - from 'both' points of view.
Trouble is, whenever we get a new poster, we rehash the same argument from both points of view, every time.
Even I get worn down by its repetition.
Try us with some 'good news' stories.
I, for one, will try to give a good news response.
But for Christ's sake! Will you ever stop picking on each other? I'm a frenchman, for several reasons very interested in the Falklands/Malvinas conflict and a regular visitor of this page, but getting sick and tired of pointless childish discussions. Why don't you use this forum to bring both countries closer and move forward?. I think I pointed this out some time in the past, but did you know Argentina is home to the biggest british descendant community in the whorld after the commonwhealth nations, usa, etc.? You'd be surprised to look closely at an argentinian map and read the names of some towns, specially down south. I visited B.A. last year, there is an “Plaza de los Ingleses”, places like Glew, Hurlingham, Banfield, etc., let alone the Welsh Country in Patagonia. Check http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/English_settlement_in_Argentina
Jun 21st, 2011 - 11:52 pm - Link - Report abuse 0or for example, http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/English_settlement_in_Argentina
I still can't understand why British keep ignoring this fact and Argentinians try to rid themselves of this heritage...
Couldn't this be a place for good will and honest constructive friendship?
Thank you.
LB.
Hey Wireless,
Jun 23rd, 2011 - 06:31 pm - Link - Report abuse 0Your Country England has many politicians that have been caught up
in corruption scandals also crime is rampant in London u little Falkland Islander peasant go back to your little hell hole where you belong donkey!
“Go back to your little hell hole where you belong donkey!”
Jun 24th, 2011 - 10:58 am - Link - Report abuse 0Then why do you want the Falklands if it is such a hell hole tigre?
Tigre2000 has nothing important to say, so he just insults people.
Jun 25th, 2011 - 09:37 am - Link - Report abuse 0Hey gato, go back to Spain or ltaly, or wherever it is that your ancestors came from.
I wonder how long it would be before the mighty warrior Fernada-Fierra felt the need to defend to his adopted motherland....
Jun 25th, 2011 - 11:36 am - Link - Report abuse 0RedHoyt dont worry our scientist are taking good care of your poors scientist, of course if you had...
Jun 27th, 2011 - 11:07 pm - Link - Report abuse 0Of course Seaniox so thats why the BAS has not had its budget cut?
Jun 28th, 2011 - 08:28 am - Link - Report abuse 0Everyone knows there are zilch Argentine scientists in Antarctica most of them are military personnel and their families who don't really want to be there unglamorously shipped out for a 1 year tour of duty at a vast expense to the Argentine tax payer so you can maintain your barmy claims based on a wooden hut you brought from a Scot in the 1900's....
l hope the Scot made a good profit on the deal!
Jun 28th, 2011 - 10:12 am - Link - Report abuse 0William Speirs Bruce was his name Isolde, of the Scottish National Antarctic expedition I'm quite sure only the hut was in the title deeds, not 16,000km2 of Antarctic peninsula :)
Jun 28th, 2011 - 12:03 pm - Link - Report abuse 0@22Rhaurie,
Jun 28th, 2011 - 11:28 pm - Link - Report abuse 0Some of my dad's ancestors came from Dumfries, l could possibly be related to him. So by Argentine logic l could claim the Antarctic peninsula! Only joking!
I would be a very happy man If that new shed I brought the other day from B&Q entitled me to 16,000km2 + territorial waters of Scotland :)
Jun 29th, 2011 - 07:48 am - Link - Report abuse 0PS for the secret low down on who are resident gun totting angry psychopath redneck Martin really is:
http://en.mercopress.com/2011/06/10/falklands-rations-seats-on-the-uk-airbridge-forced-by-the-volcanic-ash
Look at number 16
http://en.mercopress.com/2011/06/10/falklands-rations-seats-on-the-uk-airbridge-forced-by-the-volcanic-ash
now look at the final comment....
snigger snigger....
.....And I was only looking for photographs on the FIDF for a new book I'm researching about the remaining Overseas British regiments, (unashamed self-publicity mode activated) looks like I got a bit extra....
The turd even turned up here :)
http://en.mercopress.com/2011/06/10/falklands-rations-seats-on-the-uk-airbridge-forced-by-the-volcanic-ash
What is it about Malvinists?!?!?
@24 Rhaurie,
Jun 29th, 2011 - 11:56 am - Link - Report abuse 0Excellent detective work, Rhaurie. He looks similar to how l pictured him believe it or not, a nasty piece of work.
l can feel the bad vibrations from down here.
His one redeeming feature l feel is he seems to like cats.
Once again, l congratulate you on your discovery.
hehe thanks Isolde it didn't really require much detective work, the pleb left a trail that anyone could follow (copying and pasting his own phrases from Flickr onto here?!?!? WTF! XD ) even Deany sussed that he was a mercopressatire when the gimboid copied something said by More-crap onto the discussion page of flickr....The hilarious thing is I stumbled upon the nutjob completely by accident...a mere glance at this insane gun totting red-necks ravings and I can already see several of the exact same ones on both Mercopress and Flickr, and the telegraph.
Jun 29th, 2011 - 01:56 pm - Link - Report abuse 0He looks like an angry lonely man, the pictures of him pot shootin in good ol ootah confirm my suspicions of small penis syndrome.
A dangerous individual and one to keep well away from, I feel his one redeeming feature is that he is for the Argies point of view anybody that deluded and angry weakens their pitiful case still further, if we gave that boy a podium at the UN the sovereignty dispute would be over instantly in our favor :)
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