Falkland Islands

• Wednesday, June 18th 2003 - 21:00 UTC

  UK dismisses sovereignty discussions.

  The United Kingdom dismissed any attempt by the new Argentine government to reopen sovereignty discussions over the Falkland Islands.

• Wednesday, June 18th 2003 - 21:00 UTC

  La Nación praises Argentine-British relations.

  Buenos Aires daily La Nación praised in its Wednesday main editorial the Falklands speech of Foreign Affairs Secretary Rafael Bielsa last Monday before the United Nations Decolonization Committee and simultaneously highlighted the traditional friendship of Argentina with Britain.

• Tuesday, June 17th 2003 - 21:00 UTC

  C24 requests resumption of Falklands' negotiations

  The United Nations Special Committee on Decolonization meeting in New York Monday June 16 regretted that, in spite of the widespread international support for a negotiation between the Governments of Argentina and the United Kingdom that includes all aspects on the future of the Falkland Islands (Malvinas), the implementation of the General Assembly resolutions on that question has not yet started.

• Tuesday, June 17th 2003 - 21:00 UTC

  A South Atlantic orchestra?

  The idea of a joint orchestra of British, Argentine and Falklanders musicians as a contribution to finding a solution to the sovereignty claim dispute over the Falklands was proposed by Argentine-Israeli director Daniel Barenboim.

• Monday, June 16th 2003 - 21:00 UTC

  Fisheries News.

  Headlines:
  Toothfish operators fight illegal fishing; Twelve years cod ban in North Sea proposed; Eight months red tide ban continues in Santa Cruz; EU restrictions threaten krill meal; Good shrimp season forecasted in Patagonia;

• Monday, June 16th 2003 - 21:00 UTC

  Councillors Summers and Birmingham speeches before C24.

  This Monday elected Falkland Islands Councillors Mike Summers and John Birmingham addressed the United Nations annual meeting of the Decolonization Committee, also known as C 24.

• Monday, June 16th 2003 - 21:00 UTC

  Bielsa: seduction means seriousness and predictability.

  Reclaiming full sovereignty over the Malvinas/Falklands “is a non waivable objective of the Argentine people and a continuous State policy for the new government”, emphasized Argentine Foreign Affairs Secretary Rafael Bielsa before the United Nations Decolonization Committee unveiling President Nestor Kirchner policy regarding the South Atlantic dispute with the United Kingdom.

• Sunday, June 15th 2003 - 21:00 UTC

  Argentina and Falklands before C24.

  Argentina will reiterate this Monday before the United Nations its request for discussions with the United Kingdom leading to a peaceful and negotiated solution to the sovereignty dispute over the Falkland Islands.

• Saturday, June 14th 2003 - 21:00 UTC

  Actualización Penguin News

  Titulares: Falklands desea éxito a Argentina con su economía; Sin cambios en conexión vital; Herido rescatado; Claudette condecorada con MBE por la Reina; GF vs FIG.

• Saturday, June 14th 2003 - 21:00 UTC

  Royal Honour for FIGO Head Sukey Cameron.

  The work of the Falklands Government Representative in London, Sukey Cameron, has been recognised in the Queen's Birthday Honours. She has been awarded an MBE - a Member of the Most Excellent Order of the British Empire, for, as the citation says, “public service to the Falkland Islands”.