Tag: Roger Edwards

• Wednesday, January 25th 2012 - 23:45 UTC

  Argentina’s policy of isolating and intimidating the Falklands reaches the EU

  

  The Falkland Islands urged the EU Commission to ensure that the rights of citizens of Overseas Counties and Territories are not compromised in relations with countries and regional bodies.

• Tuesday, November 15th 2011 - 18:46 UTC

  Strong support in Caribbean countries for Falklands’ right to self determination

  

  Falkland Islands lawmakers said on Tuesday they found a very positive attitude from Governments and civic leaders in support for self-determination in all non-independent territories during their current round of visits to Caribbean independent countries.

• Wednesday, November 9th 2011 - 07:21 UTC

  Falklands's MLAs in St Kitts to discuss self-determination and economic issues

  

  Falkland Islands Legislative Assembly members Mike Summers and Roger Edwards are visiting St. Kitts and Nevis in then Caribbean this week to attend Commonwealth Games Federation meetings and hold talks with government ministers.

• Friday, October 14th 2011 - 07:45 UTC

  UK support for the Falkland Islands strongest ever

  

  “We’ve always had support from the British Government before but now it is just so strong” said Falkland Islands Member of Legislative Assembly (MLA) Sharon Halford this week on her return from the United Kingdom Party Conferences.

• Wednesday, September 21st 2011 - 22:27 UTC

  UK Deputy PM very much interested in Falklands’ relations with ‘neighbours across the sea’

  

  UK Deputy Prime Minister Nick Clegg was very much interested in the Falkland Islands situation, oil prospects and relations with “our neighbours across the sea”, said Islands’ lawmaker MLA Roger Edwards present at the Liberal-Democratic party conference this week in Birmingham.

• Tuesday, September 13th 2011 - 20:43 UTC

  Falklands MLAs and Sukey Cameron will be present at UK parties’ conferences

  

  Falkland Islands Members of Legislative Assembly will be present at the annual party conferences in United Kingdom. MLA Sharon Halford and MLA Roger Edwards left for the UK on Tuesday and will be joined for their task by the Falkland Islands Government (FIG) London Representative Sukey Cameron MBE.

• Tuesday, June 21st 2011 - 19:27 UTC

  Falklands publicly invites Decolonization Committee president to visit the Islands

  

  Falklands’ representative publicly invited the president of the UN Decolonization Committee to see for himself the reality of the self-sufficient and self-governing Islands, and called on C24 to recognize “the primacy of our right to self determination above anything and everything else”.

• 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.

• Friday, June 3rd 2011 - 07:59 UTC

  Falklands determined to exercise the right to self determination and to remain a BOT

  

  The Falkland Islands are determined to exercise their right to self determination and to remain a British Overseas Territory, a message to the international community that tells of the success story of the Falklands in spite of the attempts by the government of Argentina to impede sectors of the economy, said Falklands’ elected legislator Roger Edwards addressing a UN seminar on eradication of colonialism.