This Thursday, before the Special Committee on Decolonization of the UN (United Nations), santiago cafiero reiterated the Argentine claim on the sovereignty of the Malvinas Islands, 40 years after the conflict in the South Atlantic.
The chancellorwho traveled accompanied by an important delegation, requested “that the United Kingdom listen to the international community and resume negotiations”, in addition santiago cafiero he stated that “it is time for the UK not to be afraid of peace”.
in his speech santiago cafiero asked that country to “lose fear of dialogue within international law” and insisted that It is time to resume “the negotiations to reach a peaceful solution to the sovereignty dispute with the Argentine Republic.”
The president also pointed out that “today, around the world there are still 17 colonial situations pending resolution, of which 10 involve the United Kingdom,” and that “one of them is the Malvinas.”
For this reason, the Minister of International Relations insisted that “it is time for the United Kingdom to leave its exercise of colonial power in the pages of history and to act in accordance with the resolutions of the body of which it is a part, even as a permanent member of the Council of security”.
Also coffee also advocated that the international community interfere to resolve this conflict, “the international community knows that it can count on Argentina for this task. We ask this Special Committee to once again express clearly and firmly its conviction that there is no more room for colonialism in the 21st century”.
And added that “the world cannot remain indifferent to the objective of altering stability in Latin America and the Caribbean, one of the most consolidated peace zones on the planet”.
The Foreign Minister met with members of the Committee before his speech
Before making his official presentation, The chancellor held a meeting with the Secretary General of the United Nations, the Portuguese António Guterres, with whom, among other issues, he asked him to support the Argentine request on the Malvinas.
This, given the repeated requests to the Assembly and its Special Committee on Decolonization, against which Guterres promised to manage the issue.
