MercoPress. South Atlantic News Agency
Argentine lawmakers press Falklands’ issue on UK peers at Parliamentary Union
Senator Daniel Filmus, head of the Argentine delegation Argentine lawmakers met with their UK peers and called for an end to unilateral hydrocarbons explorations in Falkland Islands waters and for an end to military exercises in the South Atlantic.
The meeting and on request from the British delegation took place in the framework of the 127th assembly of the International Parliamentary Union currently taking place in Quebec, Canada, according to the official Argentine news agency Telam.
Besides the Falklands/Malvinas sovereignty dispute, the meeting addressed issues related to scientific, technologic and trade cooperation as well as promoting investments between Argentina and the UK.
The Argentine delegation was headed by Senator Daniel Filmus, chair of the Foreign Relations Committee, who called on the UK for an end to hydrocarbons’ activities in Falklands’ waters as well as a freezing of all military operations in the area.
Senator Filmus argued that the South Atlantic and Antarctica are part of the same fragile ecosystem which must be preserved from any spill or contamination risk, as clearly established by environmental Law supported by OAS and the United Nations.
The Argentine delegation also called on their British peers to abide the different UN General Assembly and Decolonisation committee resolutions calling for both countries to sit and discuss the conflict and reach a peaceful solution.
The British delegation was made up of MP Robert Walter (Conservative); MP Nigel Evans (Liberal); MP Ian Liddell Grainger (Conservative); Lord Faulkner (Labour); Lord Davies (Labour) and Lord Dholakia Obe (Liberal).
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Read all commentsSo the delusional 'lawmakers' of AG meet their match with the equally corrupt MPs and ‘Lords’ of the UK!
Oct 25th, 2012 - 12:28 am 0I bet the race to out bid each other in the YOU MUST DO AS WE SAY race was a close run thing.
No doubt it was agreed to re-run it all next year and don’t forget those vital UN resolutions!
Bunch of cnuts, the lot of them.
And indeed, the South Atlantic is linked to the Mid Atlantic where Brazil is doing lots of offshore oil exploitation. What does Argentina say about that? Filmus' tactics appear to be a thinly-disguised attempt to impair the Falkland Islands' community approach to sustainable development and there is no reason to believe that the excellent environmental safe-guards that the Falkland Islands now have in place could be improved by any Argentine interference.
Oct 25th, 2012 - 12:38 am 0Just a coincidence that this meeting of the 127th IPU is in Canada - known for its support of Falkland Islands's self-determination, and one of the IPU meeting topics is Peak Oil - so lots of interest in supporting Falkland Islands's offshore oil exploration.
IPU website: http://www.ipu2012uip.ca/welcome/
Yawn and as always we ignore them and the Falklands stay British forever. The end oh and Argentina didn't live happily ever after.
Oct 25th, 2012 - 12:54 am 0Commenting for this story is now closed.
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