Tag: Roger Edwards

• Thursday, June 21st 2018 - 14:38 UTC

  “The Argentine claim to our Falkland Islands is unfounded and unwelcome”

  

  ”We have a right to live in peace, in freedom and to determine our own future”. “We have a right to live in peace, we have a right to our freedom and above all we have a right to determine our own future”, Falkland Islands elected lawmaker, MLA Ian Hansen told the United Nations decolonization committee or C24 on Wednesday, in New York.

• Friday, June 1st 2018 - 18:44 UTC

  Falkland Islands Government publishes Budget for 2018/19

  

  The Falkland Islands Government has set out its medium term plan for the Islands with an ambitious Budget designed to ensure that we have solid foundations for future economic, social and political development.

• Wednesday, May 16th 2018 - 06:40 UTC

  “Falklands want a normal, friendly relationship with all its neighbors, but...”

  

  ”We would be delighted to have a normal, friendly relationship with all our neighbors, to freely trade with, work with and discuss things of mutual benefit” said Falkland Islands lawmaker MLA Roger Edwards at the UN Decolonization 2018 Pacific Regional Seminar held in Grenada last week. But, he added, “instead, we are not recognized or accepted as a people in our own right”, by Argentina.

• Monday, April 30th 2018 - 07:34 UTC

  Falklands' elected government after a Special Advisor for the coming C24 meeting

  

  The Falkland Islands elected government are interested in recruiting a Special Advisor with a particular interest in global politics. The purpose of the Special Advisor is to support the two elected representatives of the Falklands that will be attending the annual meeting of the Special Committee on Decolonization (C24) scheduled to take place next 22 June at the United Nations.

• Sunday, April 8th 2018 - 21:16 UTC

  What does the new Falklands ‘Islands Plan’ mean for South America?

  

  Over the past decade it is has become customary for a newly elected Legislative Assembly in the Falkland Islands to publish an ‘Islands Plan’. As there are no political parties in the Falkland Islands, all eight members of the Assembly are independents. Therefore there is no collective manifesto when elected to office. This has traditionally been addressed via a consensus-based Islands Plan.

• Thursday, April 5th 2018 - 07:53 UTC

  Falklands launches Plan outlining the Islands 2018/2022 growth and prosperity targets

  

  The Falkland Islands Government has published The Islands Plan 2018-2022, which sets out its ambitions for improving the prosperity, health and wealth of people across the Falklands over the next four years.

• Tuesday, April 3rd 2018 - 17:31 UTC

  Falklands' lawmaker concern over capital program delivery

  

  Falkland Islands' Member of Legislative Assembly Roger Spink has expressed concern about the shortfall in achieving the objectives of the capital program for 17/18.

• Wednesday, November 29th 2017 - 06:49 UTC

  Falklands' concerns put forward at meetings with Prime Minister May and Foreign Secretary Johnson

  

  Following a full day of activities in London in the framework of the annual British Overseas Territories Joint Ministerial Council meeting, the Falklands delegation said talks were very high level, and a wonderful opportunity to put forward the Islands concerns, such as Brexit, and listen to the issues faced by the other British Overseas Territories.

• Friday, November 17th 2017 - 07:40 UTC

  Falklands' newly elected Legislative Assembly anticipates lively debate

  

  Five of the eight members of the Falkland Islands Legislative Assembly, were elected for the first time only three working days before their first formal appearance in the Town Hall on Monday morning. With this in mind, the business to be brought before the chamber is normally routine and unlikely to require much in the way of discussion.

• Friday, November 10th 2017 - 01:40 UTC

  Falkland Islands Elects New Legislative Assembly

  

  Residents of the Falkland Islands went to the polls yesterday, with results released earlier this morning. Seventeen candidates stood for election to the Legislative Assembly and have campaigned over the past month to be elected to office.