Tag: Dick Sawle

• Wednesday, September 14th 2011 - 21:57 UTC

  Preparations for Falklands’ war victory to be celebrated thirty years on

  

  Plans are being drawn up for celebrations to mark next year's 30th anniversary of the Falklands conflict, reports Wednesday the Evening Standard. The UK Ministry of Defence, Foreign Office and Falkland Islands government are working on how best to commemorate the 1982 conflict with Argentina.

• Monday, August 22nd 2011 - 07:53 UTC

  Falklands’ government readies for a decision on a new deep sea port

  

  After a year without any obvious movement on the idea of a new deep sea port for the Falkland Islands it seems that the idea is alive and well and being pursued, quietly in the background. The estimates for such a project vary up to £ 50, £ 60 million.

• Tuesday, August 9th 2011 - 19:25 UTC

  “Demanding Falklands’ sovereignty talks before anything else, states Argentina’ current default position”

  

  In an interview with the Buenos Aires Herald, Argentine Defence Minister Arturo Puricelli demands that Falklands’ sovereignty talks must be started before any other issues can be discussed.

• Monday, August 1st 2011 - 07:06 UTC

  Falklands’ active participation at forum on democracy and transparency

  

  Making the democratic process more clear and transparent and parliamentary reform were among the main issues debated at the 57th Commonwealth Parliamentary Conference CPA, held last week in London and where the Falklands were represented by Dick Sawle, Member of the Islands Legislative Assembly.

• Thursday, July 21st 2011 - 23:30 UTC

  Falklands present at the centennial of the Commonwealth’s Parliamentary Conference

  

  Legislative Assembly Member Dick Sawle will represent the Falkland Islands at the 57th Commonwealth Parliamentary Conference next week in London which on this occasion will have a very special significance: the founding centennial of the Commonwealth’s oldest organization.

• Wednesday, June 29th 2011 - 22:48 UTC

  Falkland Islands well defended and world opinion tide is on ‘our favour’, says MLA Sawle

  

  The Falklands are well defended, much better than in 1982, and the international opinion tide is turning “on our favour” said Dick Sawle, elected member of the Falklands’ Legislative Assembly recently back from a round of political contacts in New York and Washington.

• Tuesday, June 21st 2011 - 15:37 UTC

  Falklands calls on C24 “to open its mind” and support Islanders desire to determine their future

  

  The Falkland Islands called on the UN Decolonization Committee to open its mind to both sides of the sovereignty dispute with Argentina, underlining “legitimate sovereignty is a self-determined desire to live under a government of one’s own choice”.

• Tuesday, June 21st 2011 - 03:57 UTC

  Struggling to preserve Falklands’ self-determination in the South Atlantic

  

  (*) By Roger Edwards and Dick Sawle
  Visiting the United States, with its bustling streets in Washington and Manhattan, is always a bit of a culture shock for a Falkland Islander. While we have much in common – a shared ancestry and language, and the democratic values that underpin our societies – we have a few differences too.

• Friday, June 3rd 2011 - 08:09 UTC

  Falklands’ legislators will be meeting US and Canadian officials in Washington and Canada

  

  Falkland Islands Members of the Legislative Assembly Roger Edwards and Dick Sawle will be in New York June 21 to attend the United Nations Committee of 24 sessions and later will meet US and Canada officials in Washington and Ottawa.

• Saturday, December 4th 2010 - 00:24 UTC

  Falkland Islands Government wants a louder voice in the world stage

  

  The UK Coalition Government would like to see the Falkland Islands being more proactive in getting the message to the world that the Islands are a modern democracy with good above international governance standard.