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Argentine FM sends message to his British colleague regarding South Atlantic Islands
“The UK has been violating Argentina's territorial integrity for 190 years,” Cafiero told Cleverly Argentine Foreign Minister Santiago Cafiero sent a message to his British colleague James Cleverly saying that “the UK has been violating Argentina's territorial integrity for 190 years.” The British government considered Thursday that a “regrettable choice of words” had been made.
Following the EU-Celac Summit in Brussels earlier this week using the word “Malvinas” in its final declaration, Cafiero insisted: “I remind you that according to Resolution 1514 of the United Nations General Assembly, self-determination is not applicable to the inhabitants of the Malvinas,” despite the referendum held on the Islands in this regard, which “has no value for international law nor does it modify the stipulations of more than 50 United Nations resolutions, nor the obligation of the United Kingdom to put an end to colonialism in all its forms and resolve the dispute peacefully.”
“In a world in which international relations must be based on rules, it is fundamental to respect International Law and, especially, the territorial integrity of States. We appreciate the recent categorical expressions of CELAC and EU in this regard,” Cafiero went on through his Twitter account.
“I reiterate our proposal expressed on March 2 in the margins of the G-20 Summit: to adopt a new bilateral agenda regarding the South Atlantic and to resume the formal process of negotiations within the framework of UN Resolution 2065,” he added.
Cafiero also said he hoped to “further broaden the dialogue” with the EU on the Islands issue on the basis of Tuesday's declaration which “constitutes a further call by the international community for the UK to agree to comply with its obligation to resume sovereignty negotiations with Argentina,” he also pointed out.
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Jul 21st, 2023 - 02:17 pm +4“I remind you that according to Resolution 1514 of the United Nations General Assembly, self-determination is not applicable to the inhabitants of the Malvinas,”
Errr no, it does not say anything of the sort, lets us see what it really says:
https://www.ohchr.org/en/instruments-mechanisms/instruments/declaration-granting-independence-colonial-countries-and-peoples
It does say:
2. All peoples have the right to self-determination; by virtue of that right they freely determine their political status and freely pursue their economic, social and cultural development.
And:
5. Immediate steps shall be taken, in Trust and Non-Self-Governing Territories or all other territories which have not yet attained independence, to transfer all powers to the peoples of those territories, without any conditions or reservations, in accordance with their freely expressed will and desire, without any distinction as to race, creed or colour, in order to enable them to enjoy complete independence and freedom.
Where the Falklands are listed with the UN as a ‘non self-governing territory’.
However S. Georgia and the S. Sandwich Islands are not. No permanent population and therefore no issue of decolonisation or self-determination.
Or for that matter any ‘special colonial situation’.
Opiate for the Malvinazis, he must know he’s talking total Bollox, but then that is what he is paid to do given they don’t have a legitimate claim.
“the UK has been violating Argentina's territorial integrity for 190 years.”
Jul 21st, 2023 - 10:37 pm +4“Assessment of the Totality of Argentina’s Claim to Sovereignty
“Argentina failed to submit the dispute to a body capable of adjudicating the competing claims … One must conclude that Argentina failed to do so through neglect. ... However, … Great Britain acquired definitive title to the Islands by prescription before 1982.”
...But, after critically reviewing the bases for Argentina’s claim to sovereignty, one must conclude that Argentina never developed definite title to the Islands. None of the bases argued by Argentina are conclusive in establishing sovereignty.
Applying the rules concerning the mode of extinctive prescription to Great Britain's claim results in a different conclusion.
Extinctive prescription involves possession... one could conclude under general principles of international law that this was a sufficient to extinguish Argentina's claim.
Regardless of the conclusion reached above, however, the establishment of the world courts changed the situation so that diplomatic protests were no longer sufficient to keep Argentina's claim to sovereignty alive.
To avoid losing her claim by extinctive prescription, Argentina should have submitted her claim to the international court ... For over 50 years prior to 1982, Argentina failed to submit the dispute to a body capable of adjudicating the competing claims.
The Falklands (Malvinas) James Gravelle
MILITARY LAW REVIEW CONTEMPORARY INTERNATIONAL LEGAL ISSUES
“Resolution 1514 (XV) proclaims the necessity of bringing colonialism in all its forms and manifestations to a speedy and unconditional end and declares that all people have a right to self-determination.”
Jul 21st, 2023 - 01:19 pm +3The Resolution declares that ‘all people’ have a right to self determination. That includes the people of the Falklands.
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