Tag: Falklands referendum

• Friday, March 13th 2026 - 02:41 UTC

  Falklands mark anniversary of March 2013 referendum

  

  The Falkland Islands this week mark thirteen years since the referendum in which residents overwhelmingly voted to remain a British Overseas Territory of the United Kingdom.

• Saturday, October 18th 2025 - 02:45 UTC

  UK restates at UN Assembly support for OTs Falklands and Gibraltar

  

  The following was the statement by Simon Thomas, UK Ambassador to the General Assembly, at the UN's Special Political and Decolonization Fourth Committee this week: “The United Kingdom has no doubt about its sovereignty over the Falkland Islands...Nor do we have any doubt about Falkland Islanders’ right of self-determination.”

• Monday, March 17th 2025 - 10:27 UTC

  The people of the Falkland Islands and their right to Self-determination

  

  In March 2013, the people of the Falkland Islands went to the polls. With a turnout of 92%, 99.8% of the electorate voted to remain a British Overseas Territory. This was self-determination in action, and self-determination remains at the heart of the Falklands' relationship with the UK today. The following video covers the period from 1968 to the current situation and celebrations in 2013 of such an historic referendum Self-determination is a fundamental human right enshrined in Article One, Paragraph Two of the United Nations Charter.

• Saturday, December 2nd 2023 - 08:14 UTC

  “Falklands' status as a BOT has nothing to do with imperial gestures, but the wishes of its population”

  

  The Falkland Islands’ status as a British overseas territory has nothing to do with imperial gestures, and everything to do with the wishes of the population, writes Dr. Nigel Haywood, in response to the article by Simon Jenkins, published in The Guardian and MercoPress a week ago.

• Wednesday, November 22nd 2023 - 09:15 UTC

  Falklands lawmaker reaffirms self determination and questions Argentina's claim

  

  Falkland Islands elected member of the Legislative Assembly, Mark Pollard speaking with the UK media insisted on the Islands' people right to self determination and even questioned that the Falklands ever belonged to Argentina.

• Wednesday, November 22nd 2023 - 09:05 UTC

  UK Minister of Defense, “Falklands are British, that is nonnegotiable and undeniable”

  

  “The Falkland Islands are British, that is nonnegotiable and undeniable” emphasized UK Defense Secretary Grant Shapps, adding that “99,8% of Islanders voted in 2013 to remain British and we will always defend their right to self-determination and UK's sovereignty”.

• Monday, October 30th 2023 - 21:13 UTC

  Minister Rutley in Peru, “Falklands people right to self determination must be respected”

  

  “What we want is for the rights of the people of the Falklands to be respected, and one of the main democratic principles is their right to self-determination. We are asking our friends to respect their wishes”, said David Rutley, Foreign Office minister for the Americas and Caribbean during a recent visit to Peru.

• Monday, September 4th 2023 - 07:38 UTC

  Brexit tariffs, not the EU’s Malvinas blunder, are the real issue worrying Falkland Islanders

  

  Boris Johnson’s deal made no provision for exports from the UK overseas territories
  
  By Teslyn Barkman (*) – In July, a joint communiqué signed in Brussels by 60 European Union and Latin American nations referred to the Falkland Islands as the “Islas Malvinas” despite last-minute attempts by UK foreign secretary James Cleverly to persuade them to drop the reference.

• Friday, August 4th 2023 - 07:37 UTC

  Self-determination is the right of Falkland Islanders

  

  By Teslyn Barkman (*) - In March 2013, Falkland Islanders took to the polls in an internationally observed referendum in which 99.8% of voters, on a turnout of 92%, voted in favor of remaining a self-governing Overseas Territory of the UK. We spoke for our future.

• Thursday, June 22nd 2023 - 23:07 UTC

  China backs Argentina's Falklands claim and warns about “colonial thinking”

  

  Chinese ambassador to the United Nations Geng Shuang has backed Argentina's claim to the Falkland Islands and called on countries to abandon “colonial thinking”, warning of its serious implications for the international order.