Falkland Islands

• Thursday, June 30th 2016 - 23:05 UTC

  “Business as usual” for Falklands travel trade and consumer despite Brexit, says Tony Mason

  

  “Business as usual”, because there will be no immediate effects to the way people travel, is the message to Falkland Islands travel trade and consumer, following the British people Brexit vote for change in the future, underlined in a release Tony Mason, Director of International Communications for the Falklands Tourist Board.

• Thursday, June 30th 2016 - 15:15 UTC

  Convention on Biological Diversity extended to the Falkland Islands

  

  The United Kingdom ratification to the Convention on Biological Diversity was formally extended to the Falkland Islands on Wednesday (June 29). The CBD is an agreement on environmental management and best practice and originated from the 1992 Rio Conference on environment and development.

• Saturday, June 25th 2016 - 11:29 UTC

  UK´s Leave vote is of great concern for Argentina, admits Malcorra

  

  The exit of the United Kingdom from the European Union is of most concern to the administration of Argentine president Mauricio Macri, said foreign minister Susana Malcorra. “It is a shock for world institutions”, but it's too early to gauge the impact on the Falklands/Malvinas discussions.

• Saturday, June 25th 2016 - 11:08 UTC

  Falklands/Malvinas discussions with Argentina 'more complicated' because of 'British nationalism' resurgence

  

  Wikileaks founder Julian Assange anticipated that the exit of the United Kingdom from the European Union will further complicate negotiations with Argentina regarding the Falklands/Malvinas sovereignty dispute because of a “resurgence” of what he described as British nationalism.

• Saturday, June 25th 2016 - 10:53 UTC

  Argentina's chances of advancing Malvinas claim not enhanced by Brexit, says Cisneros

  

  The Leave victory in UK and its impact on the Falklands and Argentina's ongoing claim over the Islands was addressed by Argentine academics and diplomats. Probably the man with most experience and knowledge in the trilateral relation between London, Buenos Aires and the Falklands is former Deputy foreign minister Andres Cisneros, who worked next to Guido Di Tella.

• Friday, June 24th 2016 - 18:43 UTC

  Falklands will continue to engage with UK and negotiate to retain trade access benefits

  

  The Falkland Islands Government said on Friday it will be working with the public and private sector to further investigate the impact of Brexit on the Islands.

• Friday, June 24th 2016 - 04:00 UTC

  Falklands are not recognized as a “people” and the principle of self determination does not apply, argues Malcorra

  

  With a less aggressive tone but with the same determination, Argentine foreign minister Susana Malcorra (and hopeful UN Secretary General), argued that the principle of self-determination is not absolute and does not apply to the disputed Falkland/Malvinas Islands, since the principle of territorial integrity of States prevails, and the inhabitants of the Malvinas are not recognized as a “people”.

• Thursday, June 23rd 2016 - 22:16 UTC

  “We are Falkland Islanders”, it has taken 160 years to decolonize from UK, “we have no intention of becoming a colony of any other claimant”

  

  “We are a people in our own right, who care deeply for our country and our home. We are Falkland Islanders. It has taken us around 160 years to de-colonise from the United Kingdom, and we have no intention of becoming a colony of any other claimant”, emphasized MLA Mike Summers before the UN Special Committee on Decolonization.

• Thursday, June 23rd 2016 - 22:06 UTC

  “We, Falklands are the only people who can say what we want for our future”, MLA Short tells the C24 committee

  

  A Falkland Islands lawmaker addressing the United Nations Special Decolonization Committee, C24, in New York said that the political future of the Islands is not about the UK or Argentina, but rather the people of the Falklands, and “We are the only people who can say what we want for our future”.

• Thursday, June 23rd 2016 - 15:16 UTC

  Falklands defend their right to self-determination at UN Decolonisation Committee in New York

  

  Falkland Islands Legislative Assembly members, Mike Summers and Gavin Short, speaking early today at the Special Committee on Decolonisation at the United Nations in New York argued that the Falkland Islands and its people have the right to determine their own future. Argentine Foreign Minister Susana Malcorra is scheduled to present Argentina’s case to the C24 claiming Argentine sovereignty over the Falkland Islands later this afternoon.