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Falklands/Malvinas: OAS Assembly calls on Argentina/UK to resume sovereignty negotiations
OAS supports Argentina's commitment ”to continue exploring all possible tracks for the peaceful solution of the controversy and for its constructive attitude towards the inhabitants of the Falklands/M The Organization of American States, OAS, approved on Wednesday a declaration calling on Argentina and Great Britain to resume negotiations on the Falklands/Malvinas question as soon as possible.
In the declaration passed during the second and last session of the 46th OAS General Assembly in the Dominican Republic, OAS reaffirmed on both sides the need to resume as soon as possible negotiations on the sovereignty dispute, “with the purpose of reaching a peaceful solution to this prolonged controversy”
Likewise, it expresses satisfaction with Argentina's commitment “to continue exploring all possible tracks for the peaceful solution of the controversy and for its constructive attitude towards the inhabitants of the Falklands/Malvinas Islands”.
To this respect, OAS has decided to continue examining the Malvinas question in the successive sessions of the General Assembly, “until a definitive solution is reached”.
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Read all commentsWell,they have a l -o -n-g wait.
Jun 16th, 2016 - 09:07 am 0The solution was found in 1982. There is no “controversy” except in the “minds” of the ill-educated argies.
Jun 16th, 2016 - 09:17 am 0Perhaps they would do well to take a leaf from their own Charter.
Jun 16th, 2016 - 10:40 am 0CHARTER OF THE ORGANIZATION OF AMERICAN STATES
Chapter IV FUNDAMENTAL RIGHTS AND DUTIES OF STATES
Article 11
Every American State has the duty to respect the rights enjoyed by every other State in accordance with
international law.
Article 12
The fundamental rights of States may not be impaired in any manner whatsoever.
Article 13
The political existence of the State is independent of recognition by other States. Even before being
recognized, the State has the right to defend its integrity and independence, to provide for its preservation and prosperity, and consequently to organize itself as it sees fit, to legislate concerning its interests, to administer its services, and to determine the jurisdiction and competence of its courts. The exercise of these rights is limited only by the exercise of the rights of other States in accordance with international law.
Article 19
No State or group of States has the right to intervene, directly or indirectly, for any reason whatever, in the internal or external affairs of any other State. The foregoing principle prohibits not only armed force but also any other form of interference or attempted threat against the personality of the State or against its political, economic, and cultural elements.
Article 20
No State may use or encourage the use of coercive measures of an economic or political character in order to force the sovereign will of another State and obtain from it advantages of any kind.
http://www.oas.org/dil/treaties_A-41_Charter_of_the_Organization_of_American_States.htm
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