Tag: UN Decolonization Committee (C24)

• Friday, April 19th 2019 - 09:21 UTC

  Falklands' delegation to UN conference will take two community representatives as advisors

  

  The elected government of the Falkland Islands is inviting two members from the community to accompany the official delegation to the UN Special Committee on Decolonization or C24, next June, as representatives of the Islands.

• Thursday, June 22nd 2017 - 02:11 UTC

  Argentina to appear before UN Decolonization Committee as one on Falkland/Malvinas Islands case

  

  The entire political spectrum will join forces behind newly-appointed Foreign Minister Jorge Faurie as new appeal for UK to discuss sovereignty is expected to be launched.

• Wednesday, March 2nd 2016 - 23:26 UTC

  UN watchdog blasts Ban Ki-moon blessing of Syria and Venezuela as C24 members

  

  A UN watchdog group criticized Ban Ki-moon for his blessings to the UN committee charged with “decolonizing” among others, the Falkland Islands and Gibraltar, at the same time as the 24-nation group elected mass murdering Syria and human rights abusing Venezuela to leadership posts.

• Saturday, December 19th 2015 - 06:01 UTC

  Resolution 2065 on Falklands: United Nations 'royally deceived' 50 years ago

  

  The United Nations was “royally deceived”, said Falkland Islands Member of Legislative Assembly Mike Summers in response to Argentina celebrating the 50th anniversary of a UN resolution that recognised the existence of a sovereignty dispute over the Falklands.

• Thursday, July 16th 2015 - 07:52 UTC

  “Cordial” meeting of Gibraltar Chief minister and C24 chairman Lasso Mendoza

  

  Chief Minister Fabian Picardo explained in detail Gibraltar’s views on self-determination during a ‘cordial’ meeting with Ecuadorian diplomat Xavier Lasso Mendoza, the Chairman of the United Nations Decolonization Committee of 24, in New York on Tuesday, reports the Gibraltar Chronicle.

• Wednesday, July 15th 2015 - 06:53 UTC

  Exposed C24 chairman agrees to receive Gibraltar's Picardo to match a meeting with Spanish minister

  

  Gibraltar Chief Minister Fabian Picardo is in New York for a meeting with the Chairman of the UN’s Decolonization Committee of 24, ambassador Xavier Lasso Mendoza. The meeting arose from the Chief Minister’s intervention before the C24 last month, during which the Ecuadorian diplomat confirmed he had met with a Spanish government minister to discuss Gibraltar, according or a report from the Gibraltar Chronicle.

• Saturday, June 27th 2015 - 04:54 UTC

  Timerman: UK attempts to convince Malvinas population that it could have a right to self-determination that does not exist

  

  Statement by Argentine Foreign Affairs and Worship before the UN Special Committee on Decolonization, 25 June 2015.

• Friday, June 26th 2015 - 06:02 UTC

  UN Decolonization Committee supports Argentina's Falklands/Malvinas claims

  

  The United Nations Decolonization Committee approved on Thursday a new resolution urging the United Kingdom to discuss the Falklands/Malvinas dispute with Argentina, in order to find a peaceful solution to the conflict. The decision came as no surprise since it has become an annual event despite Falklands' representatives demand for C24 to act in support of Non Self Governing Territories.

• Thursday, June 25th 2015 - 14:37 UTC

  ”Argentina seeks to colonize the Falklands against the wishes of its people”

  

  Falkland Islands lawmaker Mike Summers called on the UN Special Decolonisation Committee to uphold the basic human rights of the people of the Non Self-Governing Territories, particularly self determination, argued that C24 has no mandate to discuss competing claims over NSGTs and cautioned that in supporting Argentine colonial aspirations in the Falkland Islands, “you are complicit in supporting Argentina’s bullying and harassment”.

• Thursday, June 25th 2015 - 14:31 UTC

  “It is the duty of C24 to acknowledge the rights of the Falkland Islands and not support those who covet our territory”

  

  The Falkland Islands' long journey from a colony to a self governing, financially autonomous territory, was underlined on Thursday, by lawmaker Phyl Rendell in her presentation to the United Nations Special Decolonization Committee. But so was the fact that advancing development, and relations with the continent are always under threat from Argentina, “who makes no secret of wanting to control our territory against our wishes”.