Falkland Islands

• Friday, June 19th 2009 - 05:10 UTC

  Argentina appeals to “types of force” that pre-empt peaceful solutions

  

  Statement before the United Nations General Assembly 63rd Session, Special Committee of 24 on Decolonisation by the Honourable Janet Robertson, member of the Falkland Islands Legislative Assembly, 18 June 2009.

• Friday, June 19th 2009 - 05:08 UTC

  “We have a strong identity; we are Falkland Islanders”

  

  Statement before the United Nations General Assembly 63rd Session, Special Committee of 24 on Decolonisation by the Honourable Richard Stevens, member of the Falkland Islands Legislative Assembly, 18 June 2009.

• Friday, June 19th 2009 - 04:51 UTC

  Falklands reasserts self-determination before C24 and calls for new de-listing criteria

  

  Falkland Islands elected representatives called on the United Nations Decolonization Committee to acknowledge the Islanders right and wishes to self determination, based on the ethos and principles of the UN charter, and suggested updated re-examination of criteria for delisting the non self governing territories.

• Thursday, June 18th 2009 - 15:03 UTC

  Argentina has only shown aggression towards the Falklands, says Summers

  

  Falkland Islands Legislative Assembly elected member Mike Summers said the Argentine government has shown no willingness to discuss with the Falkland Islanders and went on to describe Argentina as resembling “a dictatorship with elections”.

• Thursday, June 18th 2009 - 14:59 UTC

  UN Assembly president, strong defender of Argentina in Malvinas question

  

  The president of the United Nations General Assembly is “well informed” on the Malvinas Islands issue and is a “strong defender of Argentine rights (over the Falkland Islands) and very much personally interested in all the claim process which Argentina has been intensifying”, said Argentine Foreign Secretary Jorge Taiana in New York.

• Thursday, June 18th 2009 - 01:49 UTC

  Fire on fishing vessel South Georgia waters

  

  KOREAN fishing vessel In Sung 22 needed assistance in South Georgia waters after a fire started on board.

• Wednesday, June 17th 2009 - 07:06 UTC

  Falklands’ iconic Cathedral trees face the chop

  

  Three large Cupressus macrocarpa trees have become a growing cause for concern for the members of the Council of Christ Church Cathedral in Stanley, Falkland Islands and are now set to be chopped down.

• Tuesday, June 16th 2009 - 13:02 UTC

  Falkland Islands: New look site for holiday company

  

  HOLIDAYING in the Falklands for both local and overseas clients has been made an even more tempting prospect, courtesy of the stunning photography and imaginative ideas on the brand new website launched by Falkland Islands Holidays.

• Tuesday, June 16th 2009 - 04:41 UTC

  History Channel documentary on the Falklands 1982 air warfare

  

  The “Malvinas War” seen from the air is the documentary to be aired Monday in the History channel for its Spanish language customers. According to the release the “War from the air” is a unique documentary which shows one of the most outstanding angles, but least publicized, of the 1982 South Atlantic conflict, the air battles between the Argentine Air Force and the Royal Air Force.

• Monday, June 15th 2009 - 13:35 UTC

  Argentina is “waging economic warfare” on the Falklands

  

  The Falkland Islands government has accused Argentina of waging a campaign of “economic warfare” against it, according to an article in the Sunday edition of The Guardian by Robert Booth.