They won't give up! Desperate Argentina to beg UN to intervene in Falkland Islands row

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    The UK has always stood firm against the UN’s resolutions that propose a dialogue between the two countries. Despite this Argentine officials Felipe Solá and Daniel Filmus will be present their arguments this Thursday in New York. The officials will attempt to obtain support from the 29 members of the UN’s “Decolonization Committee”.

    Daniel Filmus, Argentine Foreign Ministry official for the Secretary of the Malvinas, Antarctica and South Atlantic, told the news site Infobae: “We hope that many countries will intervene in the session expressing their support for our position.

    “Representatives of international organisations such as CELAC, Mercosur, and the Group of 77 and others will speak.”

    The Board of Directors of the United Nations Special Committee for Decolonization unanimously ratified its “support for the resumption of negotiations between Argentina and the United Kingdom to find a peaceful solution to the controversy of sovereignty over the Malvinas Islands.”

    The resolution was released on February 11 of this year but ignored by the UK.

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    “This is following the resumption of negotiations with the United Kingdom as a means to end the dispute.”

    Last Monday, June 14, Mr Filmus responded to the self-determination question and said: “As the United Kingdom knows, self-determination only applies in the cases of peoples under colonial rule, but the current population of the Malvinas Islands has been implanted by the British government.”

    Mr Filmus continued with a tweet and said: “The UN resolution 2065 and subsequent ones are clear in this regard.

    “The only way to resolve the sovereignty dispute over the Malvinas and put an end to colonialism is to resume bilateral negotiations between Argentina and the United Kingdom.”

    Various other multi-lateral forums also call for Argentina and the UK to hold talks over the future sovereignty of the islands.

    These groups include, the Organisation of American States, OAS, Mercosur, the Group of 77 plus China, the Community of Latin American and Caribbean States, Celac, and the Ibero-American Summits.

    Additional reporting by Maria Ortega.



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