Team Falklands and President Milei eclectic foreign policy

Monday, July 1st 2024 - 10:42 UTC

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Team Falklands, which recently visited the Caribbean, United States, and United Nations in New York and Canada felt they came across a new attitude towards peoples' right to self-determination, mostly privately, which anyhow did not prevent overwhelming support for Argentina's colonial claim over the Falkland Islands at the C24 meeting, or a repeat of such situation at the Organization of American States, OAS, annual assembly, held in Paraguay. Read full article

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imoyaro
Explain “eclectic” ...
Jul 01st, 2024 - 09:29 am - Link - Report abuse 0
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Steve Potts
Eccentric?
Jul 01st, 2024 - 02:54 pm - Link - Report abuse 0
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Veteran
Interesting (raised eyebrows).
Jul 01st, 2024 - 03:46 pm - Link - Report abuse 0
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Roger Lorton
It is a pantomime. As with all pantomimes there is a set story, usually with the same characters and the same jokes. Inevitably, there is always the same outcome.

Two, sometimes more, South American nations present a resolution to the Committee for its 'consideration' (you didn't think the C24 made the resolutions, did you?). The Committee then decides to adopt the presented resolution - which is normally a repeat of the one from the year before - without a vote. Why no vote? Because at the UN, if a member is not up to date with its fees, that member cannot vote. Most of the C24 member nations are way behind, so they wouldn't be able to vote on the motion.

So, what happens next. This particular pantomime will be recorded as part of the C24's report, normally published about August. That is presented to the C24's boss - the 4th Committee for their consideration. The 4th will lay aside half a day or more to listen to petitioners mostly supporting Argentina and mostly repeating what was said at the C24.

And then? The 4th Committee will note that in the C24 report there is a list of recommendations. They will note that the C24 has recommended all of its resolutions for adoption by the UN General Assembly - bar one.

At the end of the 4th Committee sessions, all of the C24 resolutions recommended for adoption by the GA wil be sent to the GA. Which leaves the one.

The C24 has not recommended its own Falklands resolution for adoption by the GA since at least 2004 when the report format changed. Without that recommendation, the 4th will not pass it, and so the GA do not get to see it. The C24 resolution effectively dies.

A pantomime.

Argentina gets to shout “victory” every year. UK get no pressure

Last year's report

https://falklandstimeline.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/08/report-of-the-special-committee-on-the-situation-with-regard-to-the-implementation-of-the-declaration-on-the-granting-of-independence-to-colonial-countries-and-peoples-for-2023.pdf
Jul 01st, 2024 - 09:23 pm - Link - Report abuse +2
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Zaphod Beeblebrox
Yes, a pantomime.

Again, I thought Milei said his government was ceasing making “...vacuous statements in international forae with zero impact...”.

https://en.mercopress.com/2024/04/03/milei-pledges-to-obtain-a-roadmap-for-the-return-of-malvinas-during-his-mandate

Old habits die hard I suppose. Oh no they don't. Oh yes they do!
Jul 02nd, 2024 - 10:40 am - Link - Report abuse 0
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Juan Cervantes
They have to do it Zaphod, to placate the so called veterans that didnt even want to be on the islands and a few thousand fanatics,
Jul 02nd, 2024 - 12:08 pm - Link - Report abuse 0
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