Tag: UN Decolonization Special Committee (C24)

• Tuesday, June 20th 2023 - 09:08 UTC

  Argentine Foreign Minister heads numerous delegation to the C 24 debate

  

  Argentine Foreign Minister Santiago Cafiero is heading the delegation to the United Nations to participate at the Special Committee on Decolonization or C24, which will address the Argentine dispute with UK over the Falklands and other South Atlantic Islands and is hopeful of a resolution calling on both sides, Argentina and UK, to begin sovereignty negotiations over what is identified as the Malvinas Islands question.

• Wednesday, June 23rd 2021 - 09:45 UTC

  Falklands/Malvinas: Solá meets with UN chief Guterres ahead of the C24 conference

  

  Argentine foreign minister Felipe Solá requested United Nations Secretary-General Antonio Guterres to intercede before UK so that the British “consent to resume discussions” over the Falklands/Malvinas Islands.

• Tuesday, June 22nd 2021 - 11:30 UTC

  Falkland Islands representatives arrive in New York for C-24

  

  Falkland Islands' Chair of the Legislative Assembly, MLA Mark Pollard, and Deputy Chair MLA Leona Roberts have arrived in New York in order to attend the main session of the Special Committee on Decolonization (C-24).

• Wednesday, June 16th 2021 - 09:55 UTC

  Falklands dispute: Solá heads the Argentine mission to the C24 conference

  

  June is a hectic month for the dispute between Argentina and UK regarding the British Overseas Territory Falkland Islands, with a string of remembrance dates referred to the ongoing disagreement.

• Friday, January 24th 2020 - 09:34 UTC

  Filmus reaffirms before C24, Argentina's legitimate rights over the Falklands

  

  The Argentine foreign ministry reported that on Thursday it had reaffirmed before UN Decolonization Committee, C24, the country's 'legitimate rights' over the South Atlantic Islands and surrounding maritime spaces, and called on the United Kingdom to resume negotiations for a peaceful solution to the dispute.

• Thursday, January 23rd 2020 - 11:17 UTC

  Filmus scheduled to discuss the Malvinas Question with C24 delegates and UN Secretary cabinet chief

  

  Argentina will reaffirm its legitimate and imprescriptible sovereignty rights over the South Atlantic Islands and its maritime spaces during a meeting on Thursday in New York with members of the United Nations Special Decolonization Committee, or C24, reads a release from the foreign and worship ministry.

• Wednesday, June 26th 2019 - 09:55 UTC

  C24 reiterates call for Argentina/UK negotiations on Falklands/Malvinas dispute

  

  The United Nations Decolonization Committee, C24, reiterated its call on Argentina and the UK to resume bilateral negotiations for a “peaceful and long-lasting” solution to the Falkland/Malvinas Islands sovereignty dispute.

• Tuesday, June 25th 2019 - 23:38 UTC

  The last Kirchner government taught a generation of Falkland Islanders not to trust Argentina

  

  Falkland Islands elected lawmaker MLA Roger Spink in his Tuesday speech before the UN Committee on decolonization called on the Argentine representatives to leave aside colonial and conquering wishes over the Islands and start behaving as a 21st-century member of the world community, respecting democratic rights and living and working in harmony with regional neighbours.

• Monday, June 11th 2018 - 07:28 UTC

  Argentina/Falklands “constructive spirit” will be tested at the UN C24 presentations

  

  The constructive spirit and pragmatic attitude towards Argentina/United Kingdom relations and shared interests seems to have spilled positively to international forae, for example the latest OAS general assembly declaration regarding the Malvinas Islands, which does not mention “militarization of the South Atlantic or nuclear arms”, as was common in the Kirchner couple years, and rather keeps to the traditional annual disputed sovereignty claim under the umbrella of the United Nations.

• 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.