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Exposed C24 chairman agrees to receive Gibraltar's Picardo to match a meeting with Spanish minister
Gibraltar Chief Minister Fabian Picardo is in New York for a meeting with the Chairman of the UN’s Decolonization Committee of 24, ambassador Xavier Lasso Mendoza. The meeting arose from the Chief Minister’s intervention before the C24 last month, during which the Ecuadorian diplomat confirmed he had met with a Spanish government minister to discuss Gibraltar, according or a report from the Gibraltar Chronicle. Read full article
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Disclaimer & comment rulesThe outcome of this meeting will be of interest to others,
Jul 15th, 2015 - 09:54 am - Link - Report abuse 0it will be interesting what the C24 has to say to defend their existence.
but interesting all the same.
The last dinosaur captured in a photograph, just look at that 'majestic' face above!
Jul 15th, 2015 - 11:53 am - Link - Report abuse 0You can ever tell what the dinosaur is thinking 'WTF am I doing here and why is this man berating me and taking the piss out of my beloved C24'
Way to go Picardo!
Good start for Gibraltar. Fabian Picardo is a lawyer. Lasso Mendoza is a nobody. Should be quite fun to hear Picardo's report of the meeting as Lasso Mendoza is revealed as an argie puppet.
Jul 15th, 2015 - 01:14 pm - Link - Report abuse 0Britain shouldn't miss such an opportunity. A demand for the permanent members of the Security Council to appoint the members of the C-24. Latam countries to be excluded. The Security Council to determine when a territory has been de-colonised based on specified criteria to be published so that territories know what to achieve. The Security Council also to determine who can attend C-24 meetings. No more latams. No more traitors. One more year to finalise and then C-24 and the Fourth Committee to be abolished.
The key facts here are evidence of the Committee's dereliction of duty.
Jul 15th, 2015 - 02:47 pm - Link - Report abuse 0They say “we need to see your constitution to assess your status”. They were given it 9 years ago and have not responded.
Their remit requires them to visit the “colonies” to see things for themselves. The chairman has refused and, when offered a ticket, bluntly stated “You know I won't be using that”.
The chairman meets secretly with a non-involved and hostile 3rd party who has no role in “decolonisation” (Spain).
The committee rewrote the statement of last year's meetings to state Spain's case even though they contradicted the minutes of the meeting.
The committee states that it believes this to be a “territorial dispute”. Well, then it is out of the committee's hands and belongs at the ICJ.
Mendoza has no role to play, and neither does his fake committee.
@ 4 sceptic64
Jul 15th, 2015 - 05:24 pm - Link - Report abuse 0Excellent post.
This may sound farfetched,
Jul 15th, 2015 - 06:58 pm - Link - Report abuse 0but I think the UN should pass a resolution that states, that all countries with a dispute must present their case to the ICJ within one year [ 12 months ]
Or the case is null and void and cannot be resurrected,
Those placed with the ICJ must comply and accept their decision,
Surely this resolution along these lines would force countries to defend their claim in court, or lose the right to do so.
Just an honest thought.
“ Mr. Lasso Mendoza suggested that Mr. Picardo might have used more subtle and insightful language in his address.”
Jul 15th, 2015 - 10:29 pm - Link - Report abuse 0If Picardo hadn't, then he would have been ignored. After all Picardo was only mimicking the Latino Macho narrative.
Usually the use of insightful language is ignored by the C24, that's why the rhetoric from the Falklands and Gibraltar now has to be 'in yer face' and straight between the eyes.
@4 sceptic64
Right on the nail-the C24 should follow it's remit not it's biased , skewed opinion.
(6) Briton, good. But some countries would not accept an ICJ Ruling when the decision goes against them. we all know who they are..
Jul 16th, 2015 - 09:13 am - Link - Report abuse 0I think it is time for the Falkland Islands to play hardball.
Jul 16th, 2015 - 12:43 pm - Link - Report abuse 0They have repeatedly asked for the C24 to visit.
They have not.
A further referendum petitioning the UN to remove them from the Decolonization list and process would force the C24 to take action.
When the C24 ignores this the UK should take formal steps, maybe via the ICJ to remove the Falklands & South Sandwich islands.
8 Phil H
Jul 16th, 2015 - 06:49 pm - Link - Report abuse 0you may well be right,
but at least from the British point of view, Argentina would lose the argument and support.
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