Falklands representatives take the Islanders' case for self-determination to the UN

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Two members of the Falkland Islands Legislative Assembly, Dorothy “Dot” Gould and Michael Goss, addressed the United Nations Special Committee on Decolonisation, known as the Committee of 24 (C24), on June 25, where they defended the right to self-determination of the archipelago's inhabitants and renewed their invitation for the body to send a visiting mission to the Islands, something that has never happened since the UN began considering the question in 1965. Read full article

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Steve Potts
Self-determination - The International Court of Justice has confirmed in a judgment and five advisory opinions that 'the right to self-determination applies to all non-self-governing territories. (Legal Consequences for States of South Africa's Continued Presence in Namibia 1971, pp. 31-32; Western Sahara Advisory Opinion 1975, p. 68, para. 162; East Timor Evidence for 1995, p. 102, para. 29; Legal Consequences of the Wall in the Occupied Palestinian Territory 2004, p. 171-172, para. 88; Kosovo Advisory Opinion 2010, p. 37, para. 79) and Chagos Advisory Opinion 25 Feb 2019 Para 161. No exceptions were given.
In this regard, on October 20, 2008, the United Nations General Assembly rejected a motion by Spain and Argentina to impose restrictions on the right to self-determination, by 61 votes to 40, to where there was a sovereignty dispute determining that it is a fundamental right.(GA/DOCUP/406)
In light of the 1995 judgment of the International Court of Justice in East Timor, the United Nations International Law Commission and the United Nations Commission on Human Rights consider the right to self-determination to be a ”jus cogens'. (Compelling law).
The people of the Falklands have elected to remain ' ‘Associated with the UK’ in accordance with UNGA 2625 OF 1970. A legal right.
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Jack Jones
The C24 Committee is of no relevance what so ever. no colonies exist any more, no lands are held against the wishes of the people who live in those lands, not French, not Dutch not British etc, time this money wating farce was closed down for good,
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Steve Potts
Probably the best fibbers in the world...

A Critical Analysis of Argentina at the UN C24 Decolonisation Committee:- https://www.academia.edu/130114630/A_Critical_Analysis_of_Argentina_at_the_UN_C24_Decolonisation_Committee
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