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Montevideo, July 14th 2026 - 19:56 UTC

Tag: United Kingdom

  • Tuesday, March 29th 2016 - 19:48 UTC

    UN announcement has no implications on sovereignty over the Falklands.

    Mike Summers, Chairman of the Legislative Assembly in the Falklands, earlier stating that FIG’s understanding had “always been that the UN would not make any determination on applications for continen

    A statement released earlier this afternoon from the Falkland Islands Government regarding the UN announcement of the extension of the Argentine continental shelf states that the announcement makes “no adjudication on the sovereignty of the Falkland Island and has no implications for the sovereignty of the Falkland Islands”.

  • Tuesday, March 29th 2016 - 03:25 UTC

    Argentine congress celebrates UN continental shelf decision as a big plus for Malvinas dispute

    This opens the places where Argentina can claim sovereignty and further reinforces the value of diplomacy as the path to recover the Malvinas Islands, said Amadeo.

    Lawmaker from president Mauricio Macri ruling “Let's Change” group, Eduardo Amadeo, celebrated the UN recognition of Argentina's continental shelf extension presentation which means a strong support in the Malvinas Islands' sovereignty dispute with the UK, but also increased the country's territory by at least 35%.

  • Tuesday, March 29th 2016 - 02:59 UTC

    Falklands waiting UK reaction; extended continental shelf does not apply to mobile species such as squid

    “FIG is seeking clarification from the UK Government on what, if any, decisions have been made, and what implications there may be for the Falkland Islands.”

    The Falkland Islands Government, FIG, reacted to the Tuesday official Argentine announcement of its extension of the continental shelf saying it was waiting clarification from the UK government on the implications, if any for the Islands. What is certain is that it does not affect fisheries or squid catches, one of the Islands main source of income.

  • Tuesday, March 29th 2016 - 02:45 UTC

    Macri praises the 'State policy' and all those who contributed to design “the new map of Argentina”

    “It's a project with two decades of studies and preparation, the effort of experts working in different fields and under different governments”

    The new map of Argentina, implemented by the UN resolution that extends the country's continental shelf is an example of “State policy”, since it's a claim that has been elaborated in international forums for over twenty years under different governments, underlined president Mauricio Macri, following the official announcement on Tuesday.

  • Tuesday, March 29th 2016 - 02:26 UTC

    Argentina makes official presentation of new continental shelf outer limit

    Deputy minister Carlos Foradori, who chaired the presentation panel said “this is definitively a factory of sovereignty creation, silently, constantly, permanently”

    Argentina on Monday made the official presentation of the outer limit of its continental platform, passed by the UN Commission on the Limits of the Continental Shelf, CLCS, on March 11, during a media conference which included officials from the foreign ministry, officers from the Navy and Coast Guard, scientists and lawmakers.

  • Sunday, March 27th 2016 - 12:52 UTC

    Argentina, on a UN decision expands continental shelf area by 35% to 350 miles

    “We're reaffirming our sovereignty rights over the resources from our continental shelf, minerals, hydrocarbons and sedentary species”, Ms Malcorra was quoted

    Foreign minister Susana Malcorra is scheduled to officially announce on Monday the external limit of Argentina's continental shelf based on a unanimous decision from the UN Commission on the Limits of the Continental Shelf, (dependent from the Oceans and Law of the Sea), which adds to Argentina's shelf 1.7 million square kilometers, apparently confirming areas surrounding the Falklands/Malvinas, other South Atlantic islands and the Antarctica Argentine sector.

  • Saturday, March 19th 2016 - 05:31 UTC

    Evita Peron's 1951 Cadillac official limousine to be auctioned in England

    The going price for the black classic, also used by Evita´s husband, three times Argentine president Peron, is estimated at between 120.000 and 150.000 Euros.

    A 1951 Cadillac which was Argentina's charismatic leader Evita Peron official limousine will be auctioned on Sunday 20 March by Bonhams at Chichester, southern England. The going price for the black classic, which was also used by Evita´s husband, three times Argentine president Juan Domingo Peron, is estimated at between 120.000 and 150.000 Euros.

  • Wednesday, March 16th 2016 - 07:04 UTC

    Minister Hugo Swire: “The Commonwealth is no relic of the past”

    Hugo Swire with New Zealand Foreign Minister Murray McCully

    Minister of State Rt Hon Hugo Swire MP blogs on the importance of the Commonwealth following his visit to New Zealand and Canada.Sometimes the Commonwealth is seen as a relic of the past. I argue passionately that it is nothing of the sort. The test is always the same – would we invent the Commonwealth today? The answer is that we would. It is an important organisation for the present and the future.

  • Thursday, March 10th 2016 - 06:26 UTC

    Falklands' sovereignty issues has been solved, says MLA Phyllis Rendell

    ”We're not going to discuss sovereignty, not with the government of (president Mauricio) Macri, or anybody for that matter ”.(Piic ABC Color)

    The member of the Falklands/Malvinas legislative assembly Phyllis Rendell on a private visit to Paraguay openly stated that the South Atlantic archipelago claimed by Argentina is a British Overseas Territory and underlined that the sovereignty issue was settled with a war between the two sides over thirty years ago.

  • Thursday, March 10th 2016 - 05:26 UTC

    Murdoch and The Sun gets the Queen involved in the Brexit debate

    Under the headline “Queen backs Brexit”, The Sun quoted unidentified sources as saying that Elizabeth had expressed opposition to British membership of the EU

    Buckingham Palace said it had launched an official complaint with Britain's press watchdog on Wednesday over a newspaper report that Queen Elizabeth backs a British exit from the European Union, saying the monarch remains politically neutral.