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Brazilian support for Argentine sovereignty claim over the Falklands
Brasilia the modern capital of Brazil, the leading economy of Latin America On Wednesday, 3 January, the Brazilian government made an official statement in support of its second trade partner, and Mercosur associate, Argentina, and its sovereignty claim over the Falklands and other South Atlantic Islands.
“The date which marks the 191 years of British occupation of the Malvinas Islands, Brazil reaffirms its support for Argentina's legitimate rights in its sovereignty dispute with the United Kingdom over the Malvinas, South Georgia and South Sandwich Islands and the surrounding maritime spaces.
”The position of Brazil goes back to 1833, when then Brazilian ambassador in London was instructed to help with the Argentine protest to the British government for the occupation of the Islands.
“In line with the Argentine position, Brazil favors the creation of a confidence environment which contributes to the resumption of bilateral negotiations, in accordance with the United Nations resolutions in which the dispute was considered, since the sixties, as a decolonization issue.
”The Brazilian commitment, with its support of Argentine rights was reaffirmed recently in the Joint Declaration when the official visit of the President (of Brazil) to the Argentine Republic, in January 2023 and in the Action Plan to re-launch the Strategic Alliance Brazil/Argentina, approved in June 2023.
“The Brazilian position is also in the vision of South America as a region of peace and cooperation, as reaffirmed in the Consensus of Brasilia, approved by all South American countries in 2023, and in the priority attributed to maintaining the South Atlantic as a zone of peace and cooperation.”
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Read all commentsIt is not a popularity contest. No matter how much support Argentina has, only the Islanders can decide their future.
Jan 06th, 2024 - 01:06 am +1And as for this supposed support, there has been no UN resolution since 1988.
The matter was settled.
https://falklandstimeline.files.wordpress.com/2022/08/1982-to-1999.pdf
Brazil is irrelevant.
In the post by Argentine_Cityzen, the punctuation marks and caps are doctored to make it appear he is a poor english speaker. Probably Waenk from Denmark.
Jan 07th, 2024 - 05:31 pm +1Argie Zit
Jan 08th, 2024 - 10:05 am +1You mistake “the UN” for the C24 sub-committee.
The C24 sub-committee for Decolonization is charged with putting forward proposals to the UN General Assembly to pass resolutions.
If the General Assembly does not pass resolutions then the C24 opinion is irrelevant and not the view of the UN.
The C24 is packed with corrupt and failed states, most with false agendas and their own land grab aspirations. They are unable to get any of their perverse recommendations through the general assembly.
Therefore the only Directive for the non-self governing territories is the principle of self-determination.
Indeed when Argentina proposed that the right of self determination did not apply where a sovereignty dispute existed for a NSGT it was voted down by the General Assembly.
So no inheritance from Spain
No Usurpation or eviction in 1833
No special case from the UNGA
Any more myths to be repelled?
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