Tag: Chagos Islands

• Friday, October 4th 2024 - 10:05 UTC

  Mondino hails UK-Mauritius understanding on Chagos

  

  Argentine Foreign Minister Diana Mondino celebrated Thursday's announcement regarding the imminent handover of the British Indian Ocean Territory of Chagos to Mauritius after a dispute of nearly six decades and hinted that a similar path should be followed to ”recover the Malvinas (Falkland).”

• Thursday, October 3rd 2024 - 14:20 UTC

  Chagos Archipelago: Political Agreement between the UK and Mauritius

  

  The UK Government has confirmed today (Thursday 3 October) that it has reached a political agreement on the exercise of sovereignty over the Chagos Archipelago. Today’s political agreement is subject to the finalisation of a treaty. Under the terms of this treaty the United Kingdom will agree that Mauritius is sovereign over the Chagos Archipelago, including Diego Garcia.

• Wednesday, February 15th 2023 - 09:14 UTC

  Chagos negotiations back on the table: PM Sunak speaks to PM Jugnauth of Mauritius

  

  Prime Minister Rishi Sunak spoke to the Prime Minister of Mauritius, Pravind Jugnauth, on Tuesday morning.

• Tuesday, February 15th 2022 - 09:00 UTC

  Chagossian people return to their home islands and claim Mauritius sovereignty; Foreign Office rejects claim

  

  Another “invasion” of a British Overseas Territory, peaceful, but which included the flag raising of the disputed islands alleged claimants, plus a presidential message, and the small party dancing of joy for their recovered land? Yes and No.

• Tuesday, February 9th 2021 - 09:00 UTC

  Chagossian people claiming billions of dollars from the US government

  

  The Chagossian people are seeking billions of dollars in damages from the United States under the Foreign Claims Act. The United Nations General Assembly, African Union, and International Court of Justice have all found that the forcible deportation of the Chagos Islanders a generation ago to make way for the US military base at Diego Garcia was unlawful and the continued military occupation is a serious violation of international law, according to a release from Chagossians’ lawyer, Dr, Jonathan Levy.

• Saturday, December 28th 2019 - 09:52 UTC

  UK accused of “crimes against humanity” for not allowing people to return to Chagos islands, their ancestral home

  

  The UK has been accused of committing “crimes against humanity” for refusing to allow people to return to their former homes on the Chagos Islands, despite a ruling earlier this year by the United Nation's highest court.

• Thursday, June 27th 2019 - 09:55 UTC

  Argentina claims Boris Johnson is willing to dialogue on the Falklands issue

  

  Boris Johnson, the leading candidate in the current process to replace Theresa May as UK prime minister is open to dialogue on the Falklands/Malvinas issue, said Argentine foreign minister Jorge Faurie during a meeting with the United Nations Secretary-General Antonio Guterres.

• Thursday, May 23rd 2019 - 09:58 UTC

  Chagos islands decolonization: stunning defeat for UK in UN assembly

  

  United Nations General Assembly overwhelmingly demanded on Wednesday that Britain give up control over the Chagos Islands in the Indian Ocean within six months, dealing a diplomatic blow to Britain and the United States.

• Tuesday, February 26th 2019 - 10:02 UTC

  UK should end control of Chagos Islands “as rapidly as possible” says International Court of Justice

  

  UK should end its control of the Chagos Islands in the Indian Ocean “as rapidly as possible”, the UN's highest court has said. Mauritius claims it was forced to give up the islands - now a British overseas territory - in 1965 in exchange for independence, which it gained in 1968.

• Saturday, February 23rd 2019 - 09:01 UTC

  ICJ will rule on the Chagos people UK/Mauritius dispute on Monday

  

  The UN's top court will hand down its view on Monday, February 25, in a bitter dispute between Britain and Mauritius over the fate of the Chagos islands, home to key UK and US military base.