The OAS General Assembly approved this Friday by acclamation a declaration on the Question of the Malvinas Islandsthrough which he urged the “resumption of negotiations” between the Argentine and British states for a peaceful solution for the sovereignty of the southern archipelago, over which Argentina has “inalienable territorial rights,” according to the document.
During the plenary session of the Organization of American States forceful speeches were heard in favor of Argentine sovereignty over the southern archipelagosuch as those of the representatives of Uruguay, Bolivia and Peru.
“I am pleased to report that the declaration of the Question of the Malvinas Islands has been approved by acclamation,” said the representative of El Salvador to the OAS, Agustín Vásquez, who led the third day of the plenary sessions of the 52nd assembly of this body. , developed in Lima, Peru.
Renewed achievement for #falklands: In Lima, the OAS General Assembly approved by acclamation the Declaration on the Malvinas Question. Reaffirms the need for Argentina and the United Kingdom to resume negotiations over the sovereignty dispute#OASAssembly#The Falklands are Argentine pic.twitter.com/Xy84g7ANWr
– Guillermo Carmona (@grcarmonac) October 7, 2022
Previously, representatives of countries such as Uruguay, Peru, Bolivia, Brazil, Chile, Mexico, the Dominican Republic, Honduras, Guatemala and Costa Rica ratified their “firm support” for the Argentine request to re-establish negotiations with the United Kingdom, a “Latin American cause” for an archipelago to which Argentina has “legitimate rights,” it was emphasized.
“Today we once again ask the member states of the OAS to continue supporting the call for the resumption of negotiations between Argentina and the United Kingdom in order to resolve this dispute that affects the entire hemisphere,” said Argentine Deputy Foreign Minister Pablo Tettamanti, when initiating the declaration request.
“This year constitutes a special occasion for the treatment of the Question of the Malvinas Islands within the Organization of American States, since 40 years have passed since this General Assembly dealt with the Malvinas Question for the first time”asserted the Argentine diplomat.
He also highlighted that the OAS built a “historical consensus” through the commitment assumed by declaring every year that the Malvinas issue is “a topic of permanent hemispheric interest”.
In his turn, the Secretary General of the OAS, Luis Almagro, emphasized the support that the organization “historically” gave to the Question of the Malvinas Islands, occupied since 1833 by the United Kingdom.
“The inalienable territorial rights of the Argentine Republic over the Malvinas, South Georgia and South Sandwich Islands go together with the position of this region; a peaceful and negotiated solution is needed”Almagro stressed during his message, in which he called on the members of the OAS to “support the achievement of this objective.”
In addition, he stressed that “unilateral exploitations or modifications” that are carried out on “the platform or territorial seas” are inadmissible.
The request for a statement had been raised by Brazilwhich highlighted the “firm support” of the countries of the region for the “legitimate rights of Argentina over the Malvinas Islands”.
The secretary of Malvinas, Antarctica and the South Atlantic of the Argentine Foreign Ministry, Guillermo Carmona, stressed that it is a “renewed achievement for the Malvinas”.
“In Lima, the OAS General Assembly approved the Declaration on the Malvinas Question by acclamation,” Carmona wrote on his Twitter account. And she stated that it “Reaffirms the need for Argentina and the United Kingdom to resume negotiations over the sovereignty dispute.”
He added that the approved declaration “expresses satisfaction with the will of the Argentine Government to continue exploring all possible ways for the peaceful solution of the dispute” and “for its constructive attitude in favor of the inhabitants of the Malvinas Islands.”
Carmona also maintained that “this reiterated hemispheric accompaniment in the Malvinas issue is essential to advance in the recovery of the full exercise of Argentine sovereignty,” the Foreign Ministry reported.
The Argentine ambassador to the United States, Jorge Argüello, highlighted the “new hemispheric support for the Malvinas.”
New hemispheric support for #falklands
The General Assembly of @OEA_oficial approved by acclamation a new resolution in support of rights ?? and where it urges the UK ?? to resume negotiations with Argentina ?? to solve the sovereignty dispute over the Islands #falklands pic.twitter.com/DcN4yx1w8d
– Jorge Arguello (@JorArguello) October 7, 2022
“The OAS General Assembly approved by acclamation a new resolution in support of the rights of the Argentine Republic and where it urges the United Kingdom to resume negotiations with Argentina to resolve the sovereignty dispute over the Malvinas Islands,” Argüello wrote in Twitter.
The Uruguayan ambassador, Carolina Ache Battle, asserted that “the Malvinas are Argentine territory and the principle of territorial integrity must be respected”.
He stressed that his nation “reiterates its support for the legitimate rights of Argentina in the sovereignty dispute over the Malvinas Islands.”
“It is not appropriate to refer to the self-determination of the British population in the islands, since it was introduced by an illegal occupation and does not constitute a people in the legal sense,” warned Ache Battle.
The representative of Bolivia, Héctor Arce, expressed support “in a forceful and categorical manner for the resolution” and highlighted the “inalienable and imprescriptible right of the sister Republic of Argentina over Malvinas”.
Arce expressed his country’s decision to “support an absolutely noble and just cause on the total and full claim of sovereignty over the Malvinas Islands on the part of Argentina.”
Harold Forsyth, from Peru, stressed that his country had a “historic conduct” in favor of Argentina and paid “tribute to (Peruvian President) Fernando Belaúnde Terry” for his support for the Argentine cause for the Malvinas.
He said that Belaúnde Terry “highly raised the name of Peru, the Argentine Republic and the region as a whole based on the position expressed” by diplomatically and militarily supporting Argentina in the 1982 conflict.
“All the leaders and governments of Peru, including the current one (Pedro Castillo), have followed a similar line of conduct, and that will not change in the future, that is why we support this project without any reservations,” said Forsyth, who asserted that “Peru ratifies the rights” of Argentina over the Malvinas.
The representative of Guatemala, Mario Búcaro, expressed his country’s “firmest support” “for the legitimate rights of the Argentine Republic in the sovereignty dispute” of the Malvinas, and highlighted the “permanent interest of the countries of the region in resuming negotiations for a peaceful solution” to the dispute.
Sebastián Kraljevich, Chilean ambassador to the OAS, maintained that his country “recognizes the legitimate rights of Argentine sovereignty over the islands” and said: “We ratify the resumption of negotiations for a peaceful solution to the dispute.”
The Brazilian ambassador Octavio Brandelli pointed out that the Malvinas declaration means that it is a “subject of permanent hemispheric interest” and highlighted the willingness of the Argentine government to “find a peaceful solution to this long-standing controversy.”
Pablo Monroy, from Mexico, also gave his country’s resounding endorsement of the negotiation to peacefully resolve the dispute and reiterated CELAC’s support, reflected in the adoption of the Special Declaration of the Community of Latin American and Caribbean States.
The Paraguayan delegation “conveyed the support expressed by the Heads of State of Mercosur and Associated States,” the Foreign Ministry also highlighted.
