Tag: UN Decolonization Committee (C24)

• Monday, June 15th 2015 - 06:29 UTC

  Falkland Islands receives US support on the issue of “self determination”

  

  Falkland Islands' elected lawmakers received assurances in Washington that US neutrality in the sovereign dispute with Argentina does not imply any denial of the Falkland Islanders right to self determination.

• Wednesday, May 20th 2015 - 22:09 UTC

  Falklands: “We are an Overseas Territory, very content with the status and endorsed in the 2013 referendum”

  

  The Falkland Islands are very pleased with their current political and democratic status based on the UN charter and confirmed in the 2013 referendum, enjoy a prosperous economy with emphasis on social policies and environment conservation and have good neighborly relations with nearby countries, except for Argentina that “continues to ignore our people's right to self-determination and covet our territory”.

• Tuesday, March 24th 2015 - 04:55 UTC

  Falklands' defense review full statement from Secretary Fallon expected soon

  

  A statement from UK Defense secretary Michael Fallon relative to the Falkland Islands' garrison is expected sometime this week, according to reports in the British media. The Falklands' military response capacity has been a matter of much ongoing debate among analysts and former officers, as Argentina allegedly is involved in increased military expenditure.

• Sunday, December 21st 2014 - 11:39 UTC

  C24 slammed for failing to visit Falklands

  

  Britain ’s ambassador to the United Nations has hit out at the UN’s Special Committee on Decolonisation (C24) for its “outdated” approach to dealing with overseas territories.

• Saturday, November 15th 2014 - 01:13 UTC

  Parlasur dialogue with Kelpers: a great opportunity lost

  

  By Jaime Trobo (*) - Parlasur, acronym for Mercosur Parliament, decided to approve a declaration relative to the Malvinas Islands situation, and more specifically on the sovereignty conflict between the Argentine Republic and Great Britain, which has been ongoing for over 180 years with no reasonable accord.

• Tuesday, October 21st 2014 - 02:10 UTC

  Why Falklands are not extended the right to self determination: “shame on G24”

  

  Since 1961 the UN Committee of 24 has brought almost 750 million people out of a colonial status, based on their right of self-determination, but “what a shame it won’t extend this same right to another 2,500 people of the Falkland Islands”, said US born Luke Coffey, member of the Heritage Foundation and one time advisor to the UK Defense ministry.

• Monday, September 8th 2014 - 07:07 UTC

  Malvinas Argentine sovereignty policy launches book recalling first speech before UN C24

  

  Foreign minister Hector Timerman and Malvinas affairs Secretary Daniel Filmus, made the official presentation of the book “Malvinas Argentine sovereignty; 50 years since ambassador Ruda's speech” which recalls the fiftieth anniversary of the first Argentine presentation on the question of the Malvinas Islands before the UN Decolonization Committee, or C24.

• Thursday, August 28th 2014 - 06:06 UTC

  Malvinas: Chile reiterates support for Argentina's claim through dialogue

  

  Foreign minister Heraldo Muñoz reiterated on Wednesday Chile's support for Argentina sovereign rights over the Falkland Islands, Georgia and South Sandwich Islands during a meeting with visiting Daniel Filmus, head of Argentina's desk relative to Malvinas and other South Atlantic Islands affairs.

• Monday, August 18th 2014 - 06:17 UTC

  Malvinas Museum incorporates San Martin letter referred to links with South Atlantic Islands

  

  The Malvinas Islands Museum in Argentina has incorporated a letter allegedly handwritten by Liberator General Jose de San Martin and dated August 1816, a month after Argentina formally declared independence (07/09/1816) in which he mentions having given instructions to liberate prisoners in Patagones (Patagonia) and Malvinas Islands so they can join the Andes army.

• Monday, July 21st 2014 - 06:31 UTC

  Falklands/Malvinas: strong support from China in joint declaration with Argentina

  

  Daniel Filmus head of the Argentine Foreign ministry office on Issues related to the Question of Malvinas, underlined the support from China to Argentina' sovereignty claim over the disputed Islands, which was “clearly expressed” in a joint declaration signed by Presidents Cristina Fernandez and Xi Jinping, currently on a visit to several Latin American countries.