The Secretary of Malvinas, Antarctica and South Atlantic, Guillermo Carmonareaffirmed this Thursday “Argentine rights” over the Malvinas Islands and “reiterated the firm will of the national Government” to “find a peaceful solution” to the conflict with the United Kingdom, while rejecting “unilateral British activities” in that area.
Carmona rejected, for example, the deployment to the islands of a group of soldiers from the so-called “Kosovo Security Forces” -sent with the argument of participating in “peacekeeping” in the area-, which he described as a “new British provocation” and “unwarranted show of force”.
Carmona made these statements in a meeting that he held with the members of the committee of the Special Committee on Decolonization (C-24) at the United Nations (UN) headquarters.
Meanwhile, these officials “reiterated their commitment to the full implementation of the relevant resolutions of the Special Committee on Decolonization and the General Assembly in relation to the issue of the Malvinas Islands,” it was highlighted.
Through Carmona, the Government “participated in the meeting in its capacity as counterpart in the sovereignty dispute with the United Kingdom in relation to the issue of the Malvinas Islands, one of the 17 Non-Self-Governing Territories under the jurisdiction of the Special Committee”, reported the Foreign Ministry in a statement.
In his presentation, Carmona “reaffirmed the Argentine rights over the Malvinas, South Georgia and South Sandwich Islands and the surrounding maritime spaces.”
And in this context “he reiterated the firm will of the Argentine Government to find a peaceful solution to the controversy with the United Kingdom, respecting the way of life and the interests of the inhabitants of the Islands.”
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He also warned about “the importance of the Secretary General of the United Nations renewing his efforts regarding the good offices mission entrusted to him by the General Assembly 40 years ago so that both governments resume negotiations.”
Carmona transmitted to the members of the table the “concern over continued unilateral British activities in the South Atlantic” and warned that they “contradict the provisions of General Assembly resolution 31/49 that requests both parties to refrain from introducing unilateral changes in the situation while the negotiating process recommended by the Assembly is pending a solution.”
Thus, he expressed the national government’s rejection of “the British military presence in the South Atlantic and, in this context, conveyed his concern over the recent deployment to the Islands of members of the so-called ‘Kosovo Security Forces'”.
Carmona conveyed to the members of the roundtable his concern over the persistence of British unilateral activities in the South Atlantic.
Carmona warned, the Foreign Ministry said, that “this new British provocation constitutes an unjustified show of force and a deliberate departure from the call of the resolutions of the General Assembly and the pronouncements of other international forums.”
Regarding the exploitation and exploration of renewable and non-renewable natural resources, the official “warned about the plunder suffered by the entire Argentine people as a result of the unilateral granting of licenses to fishing companies that illegally extract fish resources equivalent to hundreds of millions of dollars,” he said.
The meeting ended “with a fruitful exchange with the members of the table, who reiterated their commitment to the full implementation of the relevant resolutions of the Special Committee on Decolonization and the General Assembly in relation to the issue of the Malvinas Islands,” said the Foreign Ministry. .
He added that these officials “showed interest in learning about the efforts of the Argentine government to comply with the international community’s mandate to put an end to the anachronistic colonial situation of the Malvinas Islands through a diplomatic solution with the United Kingdom.”
It was also reported that Carmona “will hold a series of meetings with representatives of other Member States and officials of the United Nations Secretariat in order to consolidate the broad international support for a peaceful solution to the issue of the Malvinas Islands.”
I participated in a meeting with the members of the Bureau of the Special Committee on Decolonization (C24) of the #UNwhere I made a presentation in which I reaffirmed Argentina’s sovereign rights over #Malvinas and reported on the most recent developments on the subject.
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— Guillermo Carmona (@) January 26, 2023
