Falkland Islands considering signing the UN Convention on Biological Diversity

Friday, February 28th 2014 - 04:49 UTC

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Although the Falkland Islands has not yet signed up to the UN Convention on Biological Diversity (CBD) it is being actively considered, stated Environmental Officer Nick Rendell, responding to an article that criticized the fact that only four UK Overseas Territories have joined the treaty, reports the latest edition from the Penguin News. Read full article

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Lord Ton
Self-determination in action :-)
Feb 28th, 2014 - 05:22 am - Link - Report abuse 0
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knarfw
This is for the FIG to determine, not Britain. I wish people would grasp the concept of self-government.
Feb 28th, 2014 - 12:25 pm - Link - Report abuse 0
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LEPRecon
If the Falkland Islands signs this UN Convention, then ipso facto, the UN is recognising the Falkland Islands Government as the legitimate government of the Islands, because only the legitimate government can sign treaties and conventions.

That would throw Argentina's lie about the whole world supporting them and not recognising the FIG out of the window, wouldn't it.
Feb 28th, 2014 - 02:16 pm - Link - Report abuse 0
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Conqueror
@3 I'd be inclined to agree. Reading the Convention, it recognises that “States have sovereign rights over their own biological resources”. Any Contracting Party would have to be a state with sovereign rights. Otherwise its signature would be meaningless. Worth noting what the Falkland Islands Government has already signed up to. Has it already been recognised?
Feb 28th, 2014 - 04:26 pm - Link - Report abuse 0
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toooldtodieyoung
3 LEPRecon

....and then that would be the Falkland Islands sticking it to the man!!

I always said that the UN was about as much use as t*t's on a boar hog but if this gets the Falkland Islands recognized as the legitimate government of the Islands, then that can't be a bad thing
Feb 28th, 2014 - 08:52 pm - Link - Report abuse 0
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Lord Ton
Resolution 68/88

Title: Economic and other activities affecting the interests of the peoples of Non-Self-Governing territories
Date: December 11th, 2013
Notes: “1. Reaffirms the right of peoples of Non-Self-Governing Territories to self-determination in conformity with the Charter of the United Nations and with General Assembly resolution 1514 (XV), containing the Declaration on the Granting of Independence to Colonial Countries and Peoples, as well as their right to enjoyment of their natural resources and their right to dispose of those resources in their best interest; ..”
Mar 01st, 2014 - 01:49 am - Link - Report abuse 0
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Klingon
I don't think they are eligible for bio diversity there, due to rampant interbreeding among the locals.
Mar 01st, 2014 - 10:39 pm - Link - Report abuse 0
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Conqueror
No danger of bio diversity in argieland, since you killed everything else. Just how “diverse” were those 30,000 you killed recently?
Mar 02nd, 2014 - 10:26 am - Link - Report abuse 0
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