With the broad support of the international community, the United Nations Organization (UN) repeat call to great Britain agreed to enter into dialogue with Argentina to find, as soon as possible, a peaceful and definitive solution to the sovereignty dispute in the Malvinas, South Georgia, the South Sandwich Islands, and the surrounding maritime area.

This week, UN Committee on Decolonization) adopted by consensus a new resolution co-sponsored by all Latin American countries that are members of the Special Committee: ChChile, Bolivia, Cuba, Ecuador, Nicaragua and Venezuela.

Also, within the session framework, Delegations of China, Indonesia, Syria, Russia, Antigua and Barbuda, Timor Leste and Saint Vincent and the Grenadines, members of C 24, also intervened to support the resumption of sovereignty negotiations.

Support for Argentina for Malvinas

In addition, during the meeting, many statements were made in support of Argentina’s rights by countries in the region, including interventions on behalf of the Community of Latin American and Caribbean States (CELAC) and Member States and Associated States of MERCOSUR. , spoken by Saint Vincent and the Grenadines and Uruguay, respectively; while other countries in the region speak in their national capacity.

The session, which took place at the UN headquarters in New York, received support from the G77 countries and China, through Cuba, which holds the presidency of the group, as well as the countries of the Zone of Peace and Cooperation. Atlantic with intervention spoken by Brazil.

In his intervention before the Committee, Foreign Minister Cafiero reaffirmed Argentina’s sovereign rights over the Malvinas, South Georgia, the South Sandwich Islands and the surrounding maritime space and demanded that Britain comply with its international obligations to continue negotiations on sovereignty.

In this regard, he stressed that for the Argentine Government the Malvinas Islands are the past, present and future, and reiterated its determination to find a peaceful and definitive solution to the dispute in accordance with relevant General Assembly resolutions.

Decolonization Committee

C-24, established in 1961 as an auxiliary body of the UN General Assembly, tIt has the function of ensuring the implementation of General Assembly resolution 1514 (XV) and, in this context, annually examining 17 colonial situations still pending resolution, including the Malvinas Question.

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The official Argentine delegation led by the Minister of Foreign Affairs, International Trade and Worship, Santiago Cafiero, who participated in the session was accompanied by the Governor of Tierra del Fuego Gustavo Melella, Senators María Eugenia Duré and Pablo Blanco.

Also participating were deputies Alberto Asseff, Rosana Bertone, Graciela Camaño, Mabel Caparrós, Julio Cobos, Eduardo Valdés and Carolina Yutrovic; and, in addition to the Chief of Staff of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Luciano Tito, Secretary for Malvinas, Antarctica and South Atlantic, Guillermo Carmona, Permanent Representative of Argentina to the United Nations, María del Carmen Squeff, and National Director for Malvinas and South Atlantic Islands, Minister Sandra Pitta.